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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1950-07-05 · Played 1972–1987 · Career WAR 30.6 (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
1972	SFN	NL	20	62	11	18	1	1	4	14	0	1	7	13	.290	.357	.532	.889	0.8
1973	SFN	NL	148	540	74	162	22	10	12	58	17	5	58	83	.300	.367	.444	.811	3.4
1974	SFN	NL	154	561	87	161	27	6	16	82	11	9	70	69	.287	.368	.442	.810	3.0
1975	SFN	NL	116	425	67	119	22	3	12	58	13	4	65	53	.280	.377	.431	.808	3.2
1976	SFN	NL	156	587	79	164	28	4	20	84	12	5	75	94	.279	.359	.443	.802	2.2
1977	ATL	NL	148	555	89	157	25	5	17	64	22	8	67	90	.283	.362	.438	.800	2.0
1978	ATL	NL	129	474	75	135	20	5	18	62	8	7	61	92	.285	.366	.462	.828	2.7
1979	ATL	NL	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.865	4.4
1980	ATL	NL	155	571	79	159	17	3	19	75	11	3	42	93	.278	.325	.419	.744	1.1
1981	PHI	NL	101	359	62	108	21	3	9	67	15	2	59	42	.301	.398	.451	.849	2.5
1982	PHI	NL	162	616	89	173	31	1	19	83	21	4	66	87	.281	.349	.427	.776	2.2
1983	PHI	NL	132	446	66	115	18	2	10	50	13	9	69	81	.258	.352	.374	.726	0.1
1984	CHN	NL	147	491	101	143	21	2	14	82	17	8	103	97	.291	.410	.428	.838	3.2
1985	CHN	NL	97	298	45	70	12	0	13	40	2	0	59	64	.235	.362	.406	.768	0.5
1986	CHN	NL	123	370	49	96	16	1	21	46	3	2	60	59	.259	.361	.478	.839	0.1
1987	CHN	NL	44	42	3	11	3	0	0	8	0	0	4	11	.262	.326	.333	.659	-0.8
1987	SEA	AL	45	119	10	28	1	0	3	15	0	1	15	22	.235	.319	.319	.638
Total			2033	7147	1083	2011	319	51	234	978	183	74	940	1125	.281	.365	.439	.803	30.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1972	SFN	NL	OF	19	17	153.0	34	0	1	0
1973	SFN	NL	OF	145	140	1245.0	277	11	5	0
1974	SFN	NL	OF	151	144	1296.1	281	9	9	2
1975	SFN	NL	OF	113	112	991.0	225	11	8	2
1976	SFN	NL	OF	156	155	1374.1	265	8	7	0
1977	ATL	NL	OF	145	145	1283.1	262	11	10	1
1978	ATL	NL	OF	127	126	1076.2	238	10	8	0
1979	ATL	NL	OF	156	156	1362.2	292	12	8	4
1980	ATL	NL	OF	143	142	1242.0	258	8	11	0
1981	PHI	NL	OF	100	99	840.1	170	11	7	1
1982	PHI	NL	OF	162	161	1350.0	268	14	10	2
1983	PHI	NL	OF	122	120	971.2	174	11	5	2
1984	CHN	NL	OF	145	144	1125.1	224	7	11	0
1985	CHN	NL	OF	85	85	650.0	119	7	3	2
1986	CHN	NL	OF	105	104	779.0	137	5	9	1
1987	CHN	NL	OF	2	2	10.0	2	0	0	0
Total				1876	1852	15750.2	3226	135	112	17

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1973	Rookie of the Year	NL
1973	TSN Rookie Player of the Year	NL
1974	Player of the Week	NL
1976	Player of the Week	NL
1979	Player of the Week	NL
1981	Player of the Month	NL
1982	Player of the Week	NL
1983	NLCS MVP	NL
2006	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1993	BBWAA	0	318	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1998-09-13	Coach	Called third strike
2004-06-30	Coach	Balls and strikes

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