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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1967	BOS	AL	27		8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.375	.625	0.1
1968	BOS	AL	49		8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1
1969	BOS	AL	71		17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.118	.167	.118	.285	-0.1
1970	BOS	AL	63		13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.071	.000	.071	-0.2
1971	BOS	AL	50		3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.2
1972	NYA	AL	59		21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.190	.227	.238	.465	0.1
1973	NYA	AL	51		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	NYA	AL	66		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1975	NYA	AL	49		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NYA	AL	64		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1977	NYA	AL	72		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1978	NYA	AL	59		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	AL	67		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1980	TEX	AL	49		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1980	PHI	NL	10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	PHI	NL	48		5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	0.2
1982	PHI	NL	34		2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0.1
1982	CHA	AL	11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			899		78	8	15	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	26	.192	.241	.218	.459	0.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1967	BOS	AL	1	2	27	0	0	0	5	43.1	33	11	3	14	42	2.28	1.085	1.2
1968	BOS	AL	6	1	49	0	0	0	11	65.2	67	20	6	14	52	2.74	1.234	0.8
1969	BOS	AL	8	3	71	0	0	0	17	102.2	91	29	8	48	93	2.54	1.354	3.5
1970	BOS	AL	1	7	63	0	0	0	20	67.1	62	29	5	34	51	3.88	1.426	-0.2
1971	BOS	AL	6	4	50	0	0	0	16	52.1	41	16	5	23	37	2.75	1.223	1.9
1972	NYA	AL	9	5	59	0	0	0	35	107.2	84	23	3	29	75	1.92	1.050	3.6
1973	NYA	AL	5	9	51	0	0	0	27	82.1	66	23	4	18	63	2.51	1.020	1.4
1974	NYA	AL	9	3	66	0	0	0	15	114.0	93	21	6	43	89	1.66	1.193	3.5
1975	NYA	AL	5	7	49	0	0	0	6	89.1	94	31	1	36	65	3.12	1.455	1.2
1976	NYA	AL	7	8	64	0	0	0	23	103.2	82	26	5	42	61	2.26	1.196	1.2
1977	NYA	AL	13	5	72	0	0	0	26	137.0	131	33	7	33	68	2.17	1.197	3.6
1978	NYA	AL	9	3	59	0	0	0	9	111.2	116	43	6	33	33	3.47	1.334	0.4
1979	TEX	AL	5	8	67	0	0	0	13	95.0	78	33	9	28	48	3.13	1.116	1.4
1980	TEX	AL	3	2	49	0	0	0	8	80.2	97	42	9	28	43	4.69	1.550	0.2
1980	PHI	NL	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	14.0	11	3	0	6	6	1.93	1.214
1981	PHI	NL	9	6	48	0	0	0	2	75.0	85	37	4	33	29	4.44	1.573	-0.3
1982	PHI	NL	3	3	34	0	0	0	2	36.2	50	21	3	12	12	5.15	1.691	-0.6
1982	CHA	AL	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	12.0	11	4	0	7	6	3.00	1.500
Total			99	76	899	0	0	0	238	1390.1	1292	445	84	481	873	2.88	1.275	22.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1967	BOS	AL	P	27	0	43.1	2	5	0	0
1968	BOS	AL	P	49	0	65.2	5	6	3	0
1969	BOS	AL	P	71	0	102.2	3	19	3	3
1970	BOS	AL	P	63	0	67.0	1	7	0	0
1971	BOS	AL	P	50	0	52.0	2	10	0	1
1972	NYA	AL	P	59	0	108.0	4	11	0	0
1973	NYA	AL	P	51	0	82.1	2	13	2	0
1974	NYA	AL	P	66	0	114.0	3	11	1	2
1975	NYA	AL	P	49	0	89.1	2	16	4	1
1976	NYA	AL	P	64	0	103.2	3	11	2	1
1977	NYA	AL	P	72	0	137.0	2	22	2	0
1978	NYA	AL	P	59	0	111.2	9	18	1	3
1979	TEX	AL	P	67	0	95.0	2	11	2	0
1980	TEX	AL	P	49	0	80.2	4	10	0	0
1980	PHI	NL	P	10	0	14.0	0	0	0	0
1981	PHI	NL	P	48	0	75.0	6	17	0	0
1982	PHI	NL	P	34	0	36.2	3	10	1	1
1982	CHA	AL	P	11	0	12.0	1	1	0	0
Total				899	0	1390.0	54	198	21	12

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1972	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1977	Cy Young Award	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1988	BBWAA	56	321	No
1989	BBWAA	25	336	No
1990	BBWAA	25	333	No
1991	BBWAA	15	333	No
2005	Veterans - Players	7	60	No
2007	Veterans - Players	6	62	No