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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1952-02-03 · Played 1974–1990 · College: University of Southern California (1971–1973) · Career WAR 50.1 (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
1974	BOS	AL	15	43	5	18	2	2	2	10	0	0	6	6	.419	.490	.698	1.188	0.7
1975	BOS	AL	145	528	103	175	47	7	21	105	10	5	62	90	.331	.401	.566	.967	7.4
1976	BOS	AL	132	507	76	159	32	8	10	65	14	9	48	67	.314	.367	.467	.834	4.5
1977	BOS	AL	129	497	81	129	29	5	18	76	2	3	51	63	.260	.327	.447	.774	1.5
1978	BOS	AL	150	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	3	6	75	50	.298	.380	.492	.872	4.4
1979	BOS	AL	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	2	2	82	79	.333	.423	.637	1.060	8.8
1980	BOS	AL	110	415	67	125	32	3	12	61	12	0	58	39	.301	.383	.480	.863	4.7
1981	CAL	AL	76	256	28	56	8	1	5	31	1	2	38	42	.219	.322	.316	.638	0.1
1982	CAL	AL	138	472	89	141	38	1	21	86	7	8	58	72	.299	.374	.517	.891	4.7
1983	CAL	AL	117	437	56	119	20	3	22	74	2	2	55	83	.272	.352	.483	.835	1.6
1984	CAL	AL	142	517	84	140	28	4	23	79	2	2	77	97	.271	.366	.474	.840	3.8
1985	BAL	AL	124	448	59	118	12	1	23	68	7	3	53	100	.263	.339	.449	.788	1.8
1986	BAL	AL	112	397	67	114	13	1	23	67	2	2	53	59	.287	.371	.499	.870	2.6
1987	BAL	AL	111	396	49	100	24	0	23	60	3	7	39	72	.253	.320	.487	.807	1.0
1988	BAL	AL	87	301	37	76	13	1	18	37	2	2	28	66	.252	.312	.482	.794	2.5
1988	DET	AL	27	90	9	20	1	0	7	19	0	0	5	16	.222	.265	.467	.732
1989	DET	AL	117	353	44	85	11	1	11	46	1	1	47	71	.241	.328	.371	.699	0.8
1990	SDN	NL	90	196	18	47	3	1	6	23	2	0	22	44	.240	.315	.357	.672	-0.8
Total			1969	6925	1063	1960	388	43	306	1111	72	54	857	1116	.283	.362	.484	.846	50.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	BOS	AL	OF	12	12	99.1	18	2	0	0
1975	BOS	AL	OF	144	140	1249.2	404	11	7	1
1976	BOS	AL	OF	128	124	1110.1	367	13	6	4
1977	BOS	AL	OF	125	124	1093.1	333	7	2	1
1978	BOS	AL	OF	149	148	1336.1	408	11	7	2
1979	BOS	AL	OF	143	142	1218.1	381	10	5	4
1980	BOS	AL	OF	110	108	948.2	302	11	2	4
1981	CAL	AL	OF	69	67	589.0	176	4	4	1
1982	CAL	AL	OF	133	123	1116.0	317	6	3	3
1983	CAL	AL	OF	113	110	999.2	274	8	2	4
1984	CAL	AL	OF	140	135	1202.0	321	12	6	5
1985	BAL	AL	OF	123	121	1046.1	314	6	2	2
1986	BAL	AL	OF	107	104	909.2	244	2	4	1
1987	BAL	AL	OF	101	97	839.2	229	2	2	1
1988	BAL	AL	OF	83	78	660.2	216	1	2	0
1988	DET	AL	OF	22	20	171.1	41	2	0	0
1989	DET	AL	OF	68	63	522.0	119	5	1	0
1990	SDN	NL	OF	55	49	413.2	92	1	0	0
Total				1825	1765	15526.0	4556	114	55	33

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1975	Most Valuable Player	AL
1975	TSN All-Star	AL
1975	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1975	Rookie of the Year	AL
1975	Gold Glove	AL
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1975	Player of the Month	AL
1975	TSN Rookie Player of the Year	AL
1978	TSN All-Star	AL
1978	Gold Glove	AL
1978	Player of the Week	AL
1979	TSN All-Star	AL
1979	Gold Glove	AL
1979	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Player of the Month	AL
1980	Gold Glove	AL
1982	ALCS MVP	AL
1983	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1986	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1996	BBWAA	26	353	No
1997	BBWAA	22	353	No

Ejections (4)