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DET7

TOR0

ATH2

STL6

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SD9

TEX2

SEA3

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BAL9

HOU7

PHI11

NYM15

MIA14

LAA6

BOS4

COL1

NYY6

TB7

ATL2

ARI2

KC5

PIT4

CWS2

CHC6

MIL8

CIN1

LAD14

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ATL3

HOU2

PHI1

TEX3

SEA4

COL3

NYY10

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CWS0

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LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

BAL7

TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

COL7

DET11

NYM12

NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

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LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

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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
1985	DET	AL	41		82	10	18	4	1	0	4	0	0	3	21	.220	.247	.293	.540	-0.5
1986	SFN	NL	89		268	24	60	14	2	5	25	3	2	15	69	.224	.262	.347	.609	1.0
1987	SFN	NL	84		246	31	49	8	0	11	31	0	4	17	44	.199	.249	.366	.615	1.0
1988	SFN	NL	92		273	23	64	13	1	8	27	0	2	13	46	.234	.268	.377	.645	0.9
1989	BAL	AL	85		278	22	67	10	1	1	32	1	4	15	53	.241	.279	.295	.574	0.5
1990	BAL	AL	93		301	30	73	14	1	5	37	0	1	11	53	.243	.267	.346	.613	0.6
1991	BAL	AL	79		228	11	57	10	0	1	23	0	0	11	46	.250	.279	.307	.586	-0.2
1992	KCA	AL	32		70	5	22	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	13	.314	.351	.386	.737	0.3
1993	BOS	AL	77		176	13	39	7	0	3	23	0	0	7	44	.222	.251	.312	.563	-0.9
1994	NYA	AL	9		14	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.500	.786	-0.4
1994	CHA	AL	11		19	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.158	.200	.158	.358
Total			692		1955	174	456	85	6	35	212	4	13	98	396	.233	.270	.337	.606	2.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1985	DET	AL	C	41	25	233.1	175	13	2	1
1986	SFN	NL	3B	1	0	3.2	1	1	0	0
1986	SFN	NL	C	84	76	640.2	442	59	6	7
1987	SFN	NL	1B	1	1	5.0	7	1	0	1
1987	SFN	NL	C	78	60	561.1	407	43	1	7
1988	SFN	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	3	0	0	0
1988	SFN	NL	C	89	74	655.2	403	31	7	4
1989	BAL	AL	C	75	72	631.0	303	20	3	1
1990	BAL	AL	1B	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0
1990	BAL	AL	C	76	70	633.2	364	25	1	2
1991	BAL	AL	C	72	67	580.2	383	31	1	8
1992	KCA	AL	1B	3	2	18.0	22	2	1	3
1992	KCA	AL	C	21	16	144.0	77	7	0	2
1993	BOS	AL	1B	1	0	5.0	5	1	0	1
1993	BOS	AL	C	76	50	459.0	304	18	2	4
1994	NYA	AL	1B	4	1	12.0	7	0	0	2
1994	NYA	AL	C	4	1	16.0	9	0	0	0
1994	CHA	AL	C	11	6	54.1	48	0	0	0
Total				639	521	4656.1	2961	253	24	43

Ejections (68)

Date	As	Reason
2003-07-17	Manager	Intentional HBP
2003-08-16	Manager	Call at 1B
2003-08-23	Manager	Balls and strikes
2004-04-30	Manager	Called third strike
2004-05-15	Manager	Balls and strikes
2004-06-09	Manager	Fair/foul call (changed from homer)
2004-08-07	Manager	Arguing end of previous game
2005-05-09	Manager	Called third strike on Gonzalez
2005-06-05	Manager	Home run call
2005-07-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
2005-08-21	Manager	Home run call
2005-09-09	Manager	Intentional HBP
2006-06-21	Manager	Balls and strikes
2006-06-24	Manager	Balls and strikes
2006-06-29	Manager	Home run call
2006-07-03	Manager	Intentional HBP
2006-09-16	Manager	Foul tip call
2007-04-25	Manager	Balls and strikes
2007-08-24	Manager	Balls and strikes
2007-08-28	Manager	Call at 1B
2008-06-09	Manager	Reversal from homer to double
2008-08-29	Manager	Interference call
2011-06-16	Manager	Call at 2B
2012-05-17	Manager	Catch/trap call
2012-05-19	Manager	HBP call
2012-06-09	Manager	Balls and strikes
2013-04-13	Manager	Called third strike
2013-05-08	Manager	Home run replay ruling
2013-05-14	Manager	Call at 1B
2013-08-14	Manager	Call at 3B
2014-06-21	Manager	Balls and strikes
2014-07-11	Manager	Called third strike
2014-08-31	Manager	Balls and strikes
2015-04-26	Manager	Balls and strikes
2015-07-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
2015-08-17	Manager	Interference call
2016-07-15	Manager	Balls and strikes
2017-05-20	Manager	Dead ball call
2017-05-27	Manager	Balls and strikes
2018-07-10	Manager	Arguing swinging strike three
2018-09-15	Manager	Arguing called 3rd strike
2019-05-13	Manager	Arguing balls and strikes
2019-06-02	Manager	Arguing called strike 3
2019-06-12	Manager	Arguing balls and strikes
2021-04-26	Manager	Arguing replay ruling
2021-05-20	Manager	Balls and strikes
2021-06-26	Manager	Balls and strikes
2021-08-28	Manager	Arguing replay ruling
2021-09-18	Manager	Arguing replay ruling
2021-09-22	Manager	Foul non-call
2022-05-01	Manager	Balls and strikes
2022-05-31	Manager	Called third strike
2022-07-31	Manager	Replay review
2022-08-13	Manager	Replay review
2023-05-11	Manager	Balls and strikes
2023-06-18	Manager	Check swing
2023-06-21	Manager	Plate blocking violation
2023-06-28	Manager	Hit by pitch
2023-07-16	Manager	Pitch clock violation
2024-04-12	Manager	Called third strike
2024-04-21	Manager	Foul tip
2024-06-17	Manager	Balls and strikes
2024-07-21	Manager	Call from previous game
2024-08-08	Manager	Called third strike
2025-05-11	Manager	Check swing strike three
2025-05-27	Manager	Balls and strikes
2025-06-30	Manager	Called third strike
2025-09-03	Manager	Balls and strikes