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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1949-08-11 · Played 1970–1977 · Career WAR -1.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=melenlu01, LAHMAN=melenlu01, MLBAM=118932, RETROSHEET=melel101

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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	SLN	NL	21	70	11	21	1	0	0	8	3	0	2	12	.300	.315	.314	.629	-0.3
1971	SLN	NL	88	173	25	39	3	1	0	11	2	0	24	29	.225	.320	.254	.574	-0.5
1972	SLN	NL	118	332	32	79	11	3	5	28	5	4	25	34	.238	.292	.334	.626	-0.1
1973	SLN	NL	121	341	35	91	18	1	2	35	2	7	27	50	.267	.319	.343	.662	0.4
1974	SLN	NL	83	124	15	27	4	3	0	8	2	2	11	9	.218	.283	.298	.581	0.1
1975	SLN	NL	110	291	33	77	8	5	2	27	3	2	16	25	.265	.301	.347	.648	-0.2
1976	SLN	NL	20	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.6
1976	SDN	NL	72	119	15	29	5	0	0	5	1	1	3	12	.244	.260	.286	.546
1977	SDN	NL	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.1
Total			641	1477	167	366	50	13	9	122	18	16	109	175	.248	.299	.318	.617	-1.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1970	SLN	NL	OF	18	15	148.0	31	2	0	0
1971	SLN	NL	OF	66	39	397.0	90	3	4	0
1972	SLN	NL	OF	105	80	766.0	206	5	9	0
1973	SLN	NL	OF	95	84	749.2	196	8	2	4
1974	SLN	NL	OF	46	26	260.1	84	0	2	0
1974	SLN	NL	SS	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0
1975	SLN	NL	OF	89	64	624.1	169	3	3	1
1976	SLN	NL	OF	8	2	30.0	14	0	0	0
1976	SDN	NL	OF	60	21	271.0	85	0	1	0
1977	SDN	NL	OF	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
Total				490	331	3252.1	876	22	21	5

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