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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1940-07-21 · Played 1962–1974 · Career WAR 28.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=menkede01, LAHMAN=menkede01, MLBAM=118951, RETROSHEET=menkd101

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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
1962	ML1	NL	50	146	12	28	3	1	2	16	0	1	16	38	.192	.277	.267	.544	-0.2
1963	ML1	NL	146	518	58	121	16	4	11	50	6	7	37	106	.234	.289	.344	.633	3.3
1964	ML1	NL	151	505	79	143	29	5	20	65	4	2	68	77	.283	.368	.479	.847	6.7
1965	ML1	NL	71	181	16	44	13	1	4	18	1	3	18	28	.243	.313	.392	.705	1.2
1966	ATL	NL	138	454	55	114	20	4	15	60	0	7	71	87	.251	.355	.412	.767	1.7
1967	ATL	NL	129	418	37	95	14	3	7	39	5	7	65	62	.227	.333	.325	.658	2.2
1968	HOU	NL	150	542	56	135	23	6	6	56	5	8	64	81	.249	.334	.347	.681	2.5
1969	HOU	NL	154	553	72	149	25	5	10	90	2	7	87	87	.269	.369	.387	.756	2.5
1970	HOU	NL	154	562	82	171	26	6	13	92	6	5	82	80	.304	.392	.441	.833	3.9
1971	HOU	NL	146	475	57	117	26	3	1	43	4	5	59	68	.246	.328	.320	.648	0.1
1972	CIN	NL	140	447	41	104	19	2	9	50	0	1	58	76	.233	.322	.345	.667	2.2
1973	CIN	NL	139	241	38	46	10	0	3	26	1	1	69	53	.191	.368	.270	.638	1.9
1974	HOU	NL	30	29	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.103	.206	.138	.344	0.0
Total			1598	5071	605	1270	225	40	101	606	34	54	698	853	.250	.341	.370	.711	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1962	ML1	NL	1B	2	1	9.0	11	0	0	3
1962	ML1	NL	2B	20	16	147.0	49	47	2	10
1962	ML1	NL	3B	15	14	132.1	9	37	2	4
1962	ML1	NL	OF	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0
1962	ML1	NL	SS	9	9	77.0	16	25	4	6
1963	ML1	NL	1B	1	0	3.0	3	1	0	1
1963	ML1	NL	2B	22	20	180.1	51	51	3	12
1963	ML1	NL	3B	51	47	414.0	58	96	12	9
1963	ML1	NL	OF	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0
1963	ML1	NL	SS	82	71	654.1	120	250	9	45
1964	ML1	NL	2B	15	15	104.0	29	31	2	8
1964	ML1	NL	3B	6	4	30.2	1	2	0	0
1964	ML1	NL	SS	141	124	1129.1	253	422	25	76
1965	ML1	NL	1B	8	4	40.1	42	1	0	4
1965	ML1	NL	3B	4	3	24.0	3	5	2	1
1965	ML1	NL	SS	54	42	366.0	65	140	7	22
1966	ATL	NL	1B	7	3	33.1	25	1	0	2
1966	ATL	NL	3B	39	32	255.2	38	58	3	4
1966	ATL	NL	SS	106	94	879.1	165	282	21	50
1967	ATL	NL	3B	3	0	12.0	2	1	0	0
1967	ATL	NL	SS	124	119	1043.1	181	349	19	65
1968	HOU	NL	1B	5	2	21.0	29	1	0	2
1968	HOU	NL	2B	119	115	1001.0	269	285	10	47
1968	HOU	NL	3B	4	3	28.0	3	6	0	1
1968	HOU	NL	SS	35	29	264.0	45	92	5	21
1969	HOU	NL	1B	9	7	62.0	52	9	1	3
1969	HOU	NL	2B	23	20	172.1	42	47	2	9
1969	HOU	NL	3B	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0
1969	HOU	NL	SS	131	126	1115.1	161	356	24	63
1970	HOU	NL	1B	5	0	13.0	14	0	0	0
1970	HOU	NL	2B	21	18	162.0	51	62	1	14
1970	HOU	NL	3B	5	2	28.0	1	4	1	1
1970	HOU	NL	OF	3	2	22.0	4	0	0	0
1970	HOU	NL	SS	133	131	1139.0	192	394	28	66
1971	HOU	NL	1B	101	87	810.0	845	59	3	77
1971	HOU	NL	2B	5	4	32.0	7	11	1	2
1971	HOU	NL	3B	32	29	250.0	24	41	4	4
1971	HOU	NL	SS	17	8	83.0	16	40	2	5
1972	CIN	NL	1B	11	4	47.0	40	2	0	5
1972	CIN	NL	3B	130	120	1092.0	85	258	16	20
1973	CIN	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1973	CIN	NL	2B	5	3	30.0	7	5	0	1
1973	CIN	NL	3B	123	70	736.1	68	189	9	19
1973	CIN	NL	SS	7	0	14.0	4	3	0	0
1974	HOU	NL	1B	12	1	16.0	18	1	0	4
1974	HOU	NL	2B	3	1	14.0	1	4	0	0
1974	HOU	NL	3B	7	3	39.0	2	16	0	1
1974	HOU	NL	SS	2	0	7.1	0	2	0	0
Total				1661	1406	12757.1	3108	3688	218	687

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1980	BBWAA	0	289	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1963-05-26	Player	Balls and strikes
1984-04-28	Coach	Balls and strikes

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