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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1938-01-10 · Played 1959–1980 · Career WAR 64.4 (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
1959	SFN	NL	52	192	32	68	9	5	13	38	2	0	22	35	.354	.429	.656	1.085	3.1
1960	SFN	NL	101	260	37	62	15	3	13	51	1	1	45	53	.238	.349	.469	.818	1.7
1961	SFN	NL	106	328	59	89	12	3	18	50	1	2	37	60	.271	.350	.491	.841	2.6
1962	SFN	NL	91	229	41	67	6	1	20	54	3	3	29	35	.293	.368	.590	.958	1.9
1963	SFN	NL	152	564	103	158	19	5	44	102	1	1	50	119	.280	.350	.566	.916	6.5
1964	SFN	NL	130	364	55	80	14	1	18	54	2	1	61	73	.220	.336	.412	.748	-0.1
1965	SFN	NL	160	540	93	149	17	4	39	92	0	4	88	118	.276	.381	.539	.920	5.8
1966	SFN	NL	150	502	85	148	26	6	36	96	2	1	76	100	.295	.391	.586	.977	5.9
1967	SFN	NL	135	456	73	126	17	4	31	91	3	3	71	110	.276	.378	.535	.913	5.0
1968	SFN	NL	148	523	81	153	16	4	36	105	4	2	72	71	.293	.378	.545	.923	7.0
1969	SFN	NL	149	491	101	157	26	2	45	126	0	0	121	66	.320	.453	.656	1.109	8.1
1970	SFN	NL	152	495	98	143	39	2	39	126	0	0	137	75	.289	.444	.612	1.056	6.6
1971	SFN	NL	105	329	45	91	13	0	18	70	0	2	64	57	.277	.396	.480	.876	2.6
1972	SFN	NL	81	263	30	56	8	0	14	35	0	0	38	45	.213	.316	.403	.719	-0.5
1973	SFN	NL	130	383	52	102	14	3	29	75	1	0	105	78	.266	.420	.546	.966	3.1
1974	SDN	NL	128	344	53	87	19	1	22	63	1	0	96	76	.253	.416	.506	.922	3.2
1975	SDN	NL	122	413	43	104	17	0	23	68	1	0	57	80	.252	.345	.460	.805	1.6
1976	SDN	NL	71	202	20	41	9	0	7	36	0	0	21	39	.203	.281	.351	.632	0.3
1976	OAK	AL	11	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.208	.296	.208	.504
1977	SFN	NL	141	478	54	134	21	0	28	86	3	0	67	106	.280	.367	.500	.867	1.3
1978	SFN	NL	108	351	32	80	19	2	12	64	1	0	36	57	.228	.298	.396	.694	-0.7
1979	SFN	NL	117	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	2	36	70	.249	.318	.402	.720	0.1
1980	SFN	NL	48	113	8	23	8	0	1	16	0	0	13	23	.204	.285	.301	.586	-0.7
Total			2588	8197	1229	2211	353	46	521	1555	26	22	1345	1550	.270	.373	.515	.887	64.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1959	SFN	NL	1B	51	49	408.2	424	29	5	29
1960	SFN	NL	1B	71	65	567.2	557	39	9	42
1961	SFN	NL	1B	84	79	710.1	669	55	11	55
1962	SFN	NL	1B	17	11	93.0	105	7	1	12
1962	SFN	NL	OF	57	53	368.1	81	2	2	1
1963	SFN	NL	1B	23	14	144.1	143	14	1	5
1963	SFN	NL	OF	135	131	1103.2	220	7	14	0
1964	SFN	NL	1B	26	21	190.1	177	14	7	19
1964	SFN	NL	OF	83	80	627.1	96	5	7	1
1965	SFN	NL	1B	156	150	1300.0	1310	87	13	93
1966	SFN	NL	1B	145	139	1221.1	1287	81	22	91
1967	SFN	NL	1B	127	123	1108.1	1221	81	15	102
1968	SFN	NL	1B	146	146	1257.1	1305	103	21	91
1969	SFN	NL	1B	148	148	1249.2	1392	79	12	116
1970	SFN	NL	1B	146	146	1241.0	1217	134	15	117
1971	SFN	NL	1B	95	95	795.0	828	63	15	80
1972	SFN	NL	1B	74	73	598.0	617	32	9	52
1973	SFN	NL	1B	117	116	920.1	930	76	12	89
1974	SDN	NL	1B	104	103	841.0	815	47	11	59
1975	SDN	NL	1B	115	115	916.0	979	73	15	94
1976	SDN	NL	1B	51	51	388.0	420	44	4	39
1977	SFN	NL	1B	136	136	1080.1	1072	60	13	93
1978	SFN	NL	1B	97	95	728.0	721	44	10	49
1979	SFN	NL	1B	89	86	721.1	740	48	10	60
1980	SFN	NL	1B	27	26	235.2	241	12	2	18
Total				2320	2251	18815.0	17567	1236	256	1407

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1959	Rookie of the Year	NL
1959	TSN Rookie of the Year	NL
1965	TSN All-Star	NL
1968	TSN All-Star	NL
1969	Most Valuable Player	NL
1969	TSN All-Star	NL
1969	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1969	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1969	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1970	TSN All-Star	NL
1977	Hutch Award	ML
1977	Player of the Week	NL
1977	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL
1979	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1986	BBWAA	346	319	Yes

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