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incomplete
(3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have
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completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the
official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.
Summary of 77 Home Runs
- (For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)
1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 26 go ahead
| DET | 77 |
| vs RHP | 43 |
| vs LHP | 34 |
| Home | 47 |
| Away | 30 |
| 0 | 30 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 1 | 21 |
| WSA | 12 |
| CHW | 10 |
| MIN | 9 |
| BAL | 9 |
| CLE | 8 |
| Wally Bunker | 3 |
| Tommy John | 3 |
| Jim Perry | 3 |
| Claude Osteen | 3 |
| Jim Rooker | 2 |
| Tiger Stad (DET) | 47 |
| Metrop. Stad (MIN) | 5 |
| RFK Stad (WAS) | 4 |
| ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI) | 4 |
| Memor. Stad (BAL) | 4 |
| 7 | 65 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 78 | 1 |
General field
locations
when available.
when available.
| 1·HR gms | 71 |
| 2·HR gms | 3 |
Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.
are not shown.
| --- | 54 |
| 12- | 7 |
| -2- | 5 |
| 1-- | 4 |
| --3 | 3 |
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 |
| +4.. | 12 |
| +3 | 7 |
| +2 | 4 |
| +1 | 8 |
| Tied | 23 |
Before event,
for batter
for batter
| 3B | 73 |
| 2B | 3 |
| SS | 1 |
| 7th | 20 |
| 8th | 18 |
| 1st | 17 |
| 6th | 11 |
| 5th | 4 |
| High Lev | 17 |
| Medium Lev | 24 |
| Low Lev | 36 |
Play By Play
| 1963 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1963-07-25 | DET | CHW | Joe Horlen | behind 0-4 | b 7 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.207 | 27% | Home Run; B. Phillips Scores; G. Brown Scores | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1963-07-27 | DET | WSA | Claude Osteen | behind 3-8 | b 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0.009 | 2% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1963-08-04 (1) | DET | CLE | Jack Kralick | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.130 | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1963-08-17 | DET | @ | LAA | Mike Lee | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.120 | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1963-08-23 (1) | DET | KCA | John Wyatt | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.060 | 89% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1963-09-24 | DET | WSA | Claude Osteen | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.160 | 70% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1963-09-29 | DET | @ | BAL | George Brunet | ahead 6-2 | t 9 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.008 | 99% | Home Run | |
| 1964 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1964-04-19 (1) | DET | MIN | Camilo Pascual | behind 1-8 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.003 | 0% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1964-05-24 | DET | @ | CLE | Tom Kelley | ahead 6-2 | t 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.031 | 96% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1964-06-24 | DET | @ | KCA | Diego Seguí | ahead 4-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.045 | 93% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1964-07-04 | DET | WSA | Claude Osteen | behind 2-3 | b 6 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0.396 | 84% | Home Run (Deep CF); D. Demeter Scores; B. Phillips Scores | ||
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1964-07-11 | DET | BOS | Bill Spanswick | ahead 4-0 | b 6 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0.027 | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores | ||
| 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1964-07-26 (2) | DET | NYY | Steve Hamilton | behind 3-5 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.118 | 23% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1964-08-16 | DET | @ | KCA | John O'Donoghue | ahead 2-1 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.242 | 86% | Home Run (Deep CF); B. Freehan Scores; G. Brown Scores | |
| 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1964-09-01 | DET | @ | CHW | Ray Herbert | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.247 | 79% | Home Run (Deep LF); B. Freehan Scores; D. McAuliffe Scores | |
| 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1964-09-09 | DET | NYY | Whitey Ford | ahead 1-0 | b 7 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.166 | 97% | Home Run; D. McAuliffe Scores; G. Thomas Scores | ||
| 1965 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1965-05-02 (2) | DET | BOS | Bill Monbouquette | behind 1-6 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.050 | 14% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1965-05-04 | DET | CHW | Gary Peters | behind 1-3 | b 2 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.204 | 51% | Home Run; G. Thomas Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1965-05-28 | DET | CLE | Ralph Terry | tied 0-0 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.310 | 87% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1965-06-28 | DET | @ | BAL | Wally Bunker | ahead 3-0 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.043 | 95% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1965-07-23 | DET | CHW | Eddie Fisher | ahead 5-4 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.098 | 90% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1965-07-25 (1) | DET | CHW | Tommy John | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.134 | 65% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1965-07-27 (1) | DET | @ | NYY | Whitey Ford | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.155 | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1965-08-17 | DET | MIN | Jim Merritt | tied 0-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.126 | 68% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1965-09-02 | DET | @ | MIN | Jim Merritt | tied 2-2 | t 5 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.258 | 74% | Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomas Scores | |
| 26 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1965-09-05 (2) | DET | WSA | Howie Koplitz | ahead 4-2 | b 5 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.085 | 97% | Home Run (Deep LF); P. Regan Scores; M. Stanley Scores | ||
| 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1965-09-08 (2) | DET | BAL | Darold Knowles | ahead 2-0 | b 6 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0.119 | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF); N. Cash Scores; A. Kaline Scores | ||
| 28 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1965-09-25 | DET | CLE | Jack Kralick | ahead 2-0 | b 3 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.076 | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1966 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1966-04-16 | DET | WSA | Pete Richert | ahead 4-3 | b 7 | 2 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.112 | 88% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 30 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1966-04-28 | DET | KCA | Jim Dickson | ahead 7-4 | b 5 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0.058 | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); N. Cash Scores; A. Kaline Scores; J. Northrup Scores | ||
| 31 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1966-04-29 | DET | BAL | Wally Bunker | behind 0-8 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.009 | 2% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1966-08-07 (1) | DET | BOS | Jim Lonborg | tied 0-0 | b 1 | 0 | --- | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.107 | 65% | Lead-Off | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1966-08-09 | DET | @ | WSA | Frank Kreutzer | tied 1-1 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.339 | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF); E. Wilson Scores/unER; D. Wert Scores/unER | |
| 34 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1966-08-10 | DET | @ | WSA | Phil Ortega | tied 2-2 | t 11 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.425 | 83% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 35 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1966-08-16 | DET | NYY | Al Downing | behind 1-2 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.438 | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF); G. Brown Scores | ||
| 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1966-08-31 (1) | DET | @ | CHW | Dennis Higgins | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.163 | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 37 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1966-09-05 (1) | DET | WSA | Mike McCormick | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | --3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.176 | 66% | Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1966-09-06 | DET | WSA | Pete Richert | ahead 4-1 | b 7 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.037 | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); D. McLain Scores | ||
| 39 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1966-09-16 | DET | CLE | Gary Bell | ahead 2-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.107 | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1967 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 40 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1967-05-14 (1) | DET | @ | BOS | Hank Fischer | behind 4-8 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.016 | 3% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1967-05-30 (2) | DET | CHW | Tommy John | behind 0-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.139 | 53% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1967-05-30 (2) | DET | CHW | Tommy John | behind 1-2 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.174 | 56% | Home Run | ||
| 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1967-07-19 | DET | WSA | Phil Ortega | behind 0-2 | b 1 | 1 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.105 | 41% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1967-08-01 | DET | @ | BAL | Tom Phoebus | ahead 1-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.121 | 78% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1967-09-20 | DET | NYY | Thad Tillotson | ahead 9-0 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.000 | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1968 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1968-04-29 | DET | OAK | Chuck Dobson | tied 0-0 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.294 | 89% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1968-05-10 | DET | @ | WSA | Barry Moore | ahead 3-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.068 | 86% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 48 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1968-05-11 | DET | @ | WSA | Bob Humphreys | ahead 11-2 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.000 | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 49 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1968-05-22 | DET | @ | MIN | Jim Perry | behind 0-3 | t 5 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.073 | 17% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 50 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1968-05-22 | DET | @ | MIN | Jim Perry | behind 1-3 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.113 | 22% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 51 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1968-06-04 (2) | DET | @ | BOS | Gary Waslewski | tied 0-0 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.222 | 72% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 52 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 1968-06-14 | DET | @ | CHW | Bob Priddy | tied 5-5 | t 14 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.363 | 86% | Home Run | |
| 53 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 1968-07-12 | DET | @ | MIN | Jim Kaat | ahead 2-0 | t 6 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.105 | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores | |
| 54 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1968-07-14 | DET | @ | CAL | Sammy Ellis | behind 1-6 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.018 | 4% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 55 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1968-07-27 | DET | @ | BAL | Gene Brabender | ahead 4-0 | t 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.013 | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 56 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 1968-08-06 (1) | DET | CLE | Luis Tiant | behind 0-1 | b 8 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.351 | 55% | Home Run | ||
| 57 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1968-09-07 | DET | MIN | Jim Perry | tied 0-0 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.170 | 73% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 1969 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 58 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1969-05-06 | DET | KCR | Dave Morehead | ahead 5-1 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.021 | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF-CF) | ||
| 59 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1969-05-25 | DET | CAL | Rickey Clark | ahead 6-0 | b 5 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.017 | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores; N. Cash Scores | ||
| 60 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1969-07-02 | DET | BOS | Bill Landis | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.117 | 63% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 61 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 1969-07-12 | DET | CLE | Luis Tiant | ahead 5-0 | b 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.033 | 94% | Home Run (Deep LF); D. Wert Scores/unER | ||
| 62 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 1969-07-12 | DET | CLE | Gary Kroll | ahead 10-0 | b 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.002 | 100% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 63 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 1969-07-24 | DET | KCR | Wally Bunker | tied 1-1 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.149 | 71% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 64 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 1969-07-27 | DET | KCR | Jim Rooker | behind 0-7 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.017 | 4% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 65 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 1969-07-29 (2) | DET | @ | MIN | Bob Miller | behind 4-11 | t 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.002 | 0% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 66 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 1969-08-16 | DET | @ | OAK | Rollie Fingers | tied 2-2 | t 10 | 1 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.395 | 84% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 67 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 1969-08-17 | DET | @ | OAK | Catfish Hunter | tied 2-2 | t 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0.211 | 74% | Home Run (Deep LF); T. Matchick Scores | |
| 68 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 1969-08-21 | DET | @ | SEP | George Brunet | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.119 | 58% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 69 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 1969-08-31 | DET | SEP | Gene Brabender | ahead 5-2 | b 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.043 | 95% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 70 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 1969-09-05 | DET | BAL | Mike Cuellar | behind 0-3 | b 2 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.247 | 53% | Home Run (Deep LF); B. Freehan Scores; N. Cash Scores | ||
| 71 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 1969-09-16 | DET | @ | NYY | Al Downing | behind 1-3 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.114 | 36% | Home Run (Deep LF) | |
| 1970 | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | RBI | BOP | Pos | WPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 72 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1970-05-21 (1) | DET | BAL | Dave Leonhard | ahead 4-1 | b 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0.041 | 99% | Home Run (Deep LF); B. Freehan Scores | ||
| 73 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 1970-07-10 | DET | BAL | Jim Palmer | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.115 | 64% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 74 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 1970-07-18 | DET | @ | CHW | Jim Magnuson | ahead 1-0 | t 1 | 2 | -23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0.213 | 82% | Home Run (Deep LF Line); W. Horton Scores; B. Freehan Scores | |
| 75 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1970-07-29 | DET | KCR | Jim Rooker | ahead 5-1 | b 5 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0.042 | 98% | Home Run (Deep LF); D. Wert Scores/unER; B. Freehan Scores/unER | ||
| 76 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1970-08-01 | DET | MIN | Jim Kaat | behind 1-3 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.145 | 35% | Home Run (Deep LF) | ||
| 77 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1970-08-12 | DET | @ | MIL | Lew Krausse | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0.191 | 69% | Home Run (Deep LF); B. Freehan Scores |
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