A list of birthday boy Harold Baines’ key home runs with the White Sox:
Date—Significance
*April 19, 1980—First big league homer (A seventh-inning solo shot off Jim Palmer in the White Sox 5-4 win in 12 innings at Baltimore)!
*July 7, 1982—Launched three home runs, including a grand slam, with six RBIs in a 7-0 win over Detroit at Comiskey Park
*May 9, 1984—Ended the longest game in Major League history with a home run in the 25th inning in the White Sox 7-6 win over Milwaukee at Comiskey Park. The home run off Chuck Porter came in the game’s 8th hour and 6th minute, on its second day (it started on May 8 and was suspended) and on the 753rd pitch of the contest.
*Sept. 17, 1984—Launched three homers (two solo shots and a two-run shot) in the White Sox 7-4 win at Minnesota.
*April 24, 1985—Hit his 100th homer – a two-run shot in the first inning off Milwaukee’s Pete Vuckovich – in a 3-2 loss at Comiskey Park. … Joined Bill Melton, Minnie Minoso and Sherm Lollar as Sox players with 100 homers
*Aug. 23, 1985—Hit his only roof shot homer at Comiskey Park (off Tom Filer) in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Toronto
*Aug. 28, 1986—Hit his 20th homer in a 6-2 win over Texas at Comiskey Park … Became the first player in Sox history to reach the 20-HR plateau in five consecutive seasons
*July 21, 1987—Tied Bill Melton’s all-time club mark with his 154th home run in an 11-6 loss to Baltimore before 12,789 at Comiskey Park. Baines’ historic blast came off Ken Dixon in the third inning with Ozzie Guillen on base.
*July 22, 1987—Became the franchise’s all-time leader with his 155th home run in a 10-5 setback to the Baltimore Orioles before 12,780 at Comiskey Park. Baines’ blast was part of a three-homer inning. Kenny Williams and Ivan Calderon also went deep in the frame.
*April 30, 1990—Hit the last of his 88 home runs at Comiskey Park – a solo shot for Texas off Jack McDowell in the second inning
*Oct. 19, 1990—Homered off the Reds’ Tom Browning in Game 3 of the World Series for Oakland
*June 3, 1991—Hit his first home run at New Comiskey Park – a three-run shot in the first inning for Oakland off the Sox Greg Hibbard
*May 7, 1991—Hit three homers with seven RBIs and a club-record 14 total bases for Oakland against Baltimore.
*June 23, 1992—Tied his career-high with seven RBIs for Oakland against Seattle … Included in his day was his 200th career home run
*Oct. 7, 1992—Home run off Toronto’s Jack Morris in the top of the ninth was the difference in Oakland’s 4-3 win in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series
*July 30, 1994—Hit the longest home run (442 feet) at Baltimore’s Camden Yards
*Sept. 22, 1995—Hit his 300th career home run for Baltimore at Milwaukee
*July 6, 1996—Clubbed his 200th homer as a member of the White Sox at Cleveland
*July 17, 1999—Became the all-time leader among DHs with his 220th homer for Orioles vs. Montreal
*Aug. 15, 2000—Hit the last of his 384 home runs in the White Sox 14-4 win at Baltimore