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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1949-06-28 · Played 1970–1988 · Career WAR 28.6 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1970	BAL	AL	8	17	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	3	.235	.300	.235	.535	-0.1
1971	BAL	AL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	0.2
1972	BAL	AL	102	320	33	81	13	3	11	38	24	2	29	50	.253	.330	.416	.746	2.3
1973	BAL	AL	118	405	64	116	20	4	11	51	32	9	35	48	.286	.357	.437	.794	3.3
1974	BAL	AL	137	489	66	133	22	1	10	59	29	12	43	56	.272	.341	.382	.723	1.8
1975	BAL	AL	145	524	79	148	21	6	25	76	32	17	53	64	.282	.360	.489	.849	3.0
1976	OAK	AL	157	595	85	147	25	1	15	68	52	12	58	72	.247	.329	.368	.697	2.9
1977	CAL	AL	154	561	87	141	27	0	25	75	26	12	62	76	.251	.334	.433	.767	0.4
1978	CAL	AL	158	591	103	151	26	0	34	99	22	9	56	71	.255	.332	.472	.804	1.6
1979	CAL	AL	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	22	12	71	51	.296	.371	.530	.901	3.7
1980	CAL	AL	90	340	39	85	12	2	5	51	6	6	24	32	.250	.316	.341	.657	-1.4
1981	CAL	AL	103	377	52	90	18	1	17	66	3	3	42	51	.239	.322	.427	.749	1.4
1982	CAL	AL	157	608	80	160	24	1	24	93	10	4	57	69	.263	.329	.424	.753	0.6
1983	NYA	AL	144	534	82	162	33	3	21	85	17	7	40	53	.303	.361	.494	.855	3.5
1984	NYA	AL	134	493	84	129	29	1	27	89	1	1	38	68	.262	.341	.489	.830	3.0
1985	NYA	AL	142	477	70	110	24	1	23	91	0	4	52	90	.231	.330	.430	.760	0.7
1986	BOS	AL	160	585	93	139	23	1	31	94	3	5	62	111	.238	.344	.439	.783	1.6
1987	BOS	AL	108	339	64	81	8	0	16	57	5	2	40	47	.239	.355	.404	.759	0.4
1987	MIN	AL	20	49	3	14	1	0	0	6	0	1	5	12	.286	.397	.306	.703
1988	OAK	AL	92	264	28	58	7	0	7	34	0	1	34	44	.220	.332	.326	.658	-0.3
Total			2292	8198	1236	2135	366	28	338	1276	285	120	805	1069	.260	.327	.436	.762	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1970	BAL	AL	OF	6	3	48.0	15	0	0	0
1971	BAL	AL	OF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0
1972	BAL	AL	1B	9	8	64.0	54	2	1	5
1972	BAL	AL	OF	84	72	669.0	152	2	4	0
1973	BAL	AL	1B	6	5	38.0	24	5	2	2
1973	BAL	AL	OF	110	96	894.1	204	5	4	0
1974	BAL	AL	1B	8	7	50.0	42	1	0	2
1974	BAL	AL	OF	129	120	1095.2	218	1	5	0
1975	BAL	AL	1B	2	2	14.0	18	0	0	1
1975	BAL	AL	OF	135	133	1190.0	268	8	5	0
1976	OAK	AL	1B	69	62	559.1	629	44	9	40
1976	OAK	AL	OF	76	72	640.0	152	1	3	0
1977	CAL	AL	1B	18	16	142.1	141	13	2	14
1977	CAL	AL	OF	77	77	642.1	139	3	5	0
1978	CAL	AL	1B	17	17	141.0	118	9	4	6
1978	CAL	AL	OF	39	39	327.0	76	0	2	0
1979	CAL	AL	1B	1	0	4.0	5	0	0	1
1979	CAL	AL	OF	97	97	829.2	198	3	5	0
1980	CAL	AL	OF	54	54	465.2	119	4	4	0
1981	CAL	AL	1B	4	4	33.0	32	3	0	2
1981	CAL	AL	OF	1	1	9.0	6	0	0	0
1983	NYA	AL	1B	1	1	8.0	13	2	1	0
1983	NYA	AL	OF	5	4	42.0	10	0	0	0
1984	NYA	AL	OF	5	4	36.0	8	0	1	0
1986	BOS	AL	1B	13	13	101.0	65	4	1	7
1986	BOS	AL	OF	3	3	24.0	6	0	0	0
Total				970	911	8076.1	2716	110	58	80

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Most Valuable Player	AL
1979	TSN All-Star	AL
1979	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1979	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Player of the Month	AL
1983	Silver Slugger	AL
1985	TSN All-Star	AL
1985	Roberto Clemente Award	ML
1985	Silver Slugger	AL
1985	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1986	TSN All-Star	AL
1986	Silver Slugger	AL
1986	Outstanding DH Award	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1994	BBWAA	12	342	No
1995	BBWAA	12	345	No

Ejections (19)