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CLE9

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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WSH6

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BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

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HOU4

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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1968-02-01 · Played 1989–2008 · Career WAR 11.8 (bWAR) ·

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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
1989	ATL	NL	2		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1990	ATL	NL	36		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1991	ATL	NL	50		10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	0.0
1992	ATL	NL	53		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1993	ATL	NL	43		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1994	ATL	NL	20		37	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.054	.100	.054	.154	-0.5
1995	ATL	NL	29		48	1	5	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	.104	.104	.167	.271	-0.2
1996	BAL	AL	14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CLE	AL	10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CIN	NL	31		45	3	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	23	.156	.224	.222	.446	0.1
1998	SLN	NL	32		54	3	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	25	.148	.179	.241	.420	-0.1
1999	SLN	NL	26		28	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.179	.233	.214	.447	0.2
1999	BOS	AL	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	ANA	AL	21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	COL	NL	58		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2003	CIN	NL	49		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2003	ATL	NL	18		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2004	CHN	NL	71		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2005	CIN	NL	78		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2006	CIN	NL	37		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2008	CIN	NL	15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			698		248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	.113	.151	.161	.312	-0.8

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1989	ATL	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	8	6	0	6	4	12.46	3.231	-0.3
1990	ATL	NL	4	7	36	0	0	0	7	48.1	43	17	6	24	39	3.17	1.386	0.5
1991	ATL	NL	5	3	50	4	0	0	6	73.1	56	21	5	35	62	2.58	1.241	2.4
1992	ATL	NL	3	2	53	0	0	0	6	68.1	51	26	4	35	49	3.42	1.259	0.5
1993	ATL	NL	3	1	43	6	0	0	0	66.0	52	21	2	36	59	2.86	1.333	0.9
1994	ATL	NL	9	4	20	17	2	1	0	112.1	90	43	16	45	111	3.45	1.202	1.9
1995	ATL	NL	7	8	29	26	0	0	0	143.0	140	66	16	61	102	4.15	1.406	1.2
1996	BAL	AL	3	6	14	12	0	0	0	58.0	73	50	12	35	22	7.76	1.862	-0.8
1996	CLE	AL	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	1	3	7	3.09	1.114
1997	CIN	NL	8	11	28	25	0	0	0	144.2	135	63	16	62	75	3.92	1.362	2.6
1998	SLN	NL	11	11	30	29	0	0	0	161.2	199	91	11	53	72	5.07	1.559	0.1
1999	SLN	NL	6	5	25	18	0	0	0	103.2	125	59	16	51	64	5.12	1.698	0.2
1999	BOS	AL	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	25.2	23	10	0	13	17	3.51	1.403
2000	ANA	AL	1	3	21	7	0	0	0	48.1	57	35	12	29	30	6.52	1.779	-0.3
2002	COL	NL	3	1	58	0	0	0	0	44.0	55	30	12	22	37	6.14	1.750	-0.7
2003	CIN	NL	0	2	49	0	0	0	0	38.1	31	10	5	25	41	2.35	1.461	1.4
2003	ATL	NL	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	17.0	15	2	1	7	7	1.06	1.294
2004	CHN	NL	3	1	71	0	0	0	0	53.0	39	15	4	27	51	2.55	1.245	1.6
2005	CIN	NL	3	1	78	0	0	0	4	61.2	64	25	8	19	45	3.65	1.346	0.9
2006	CIN	NL	1	1	37	0	0	0	1	28.1	28	13	6	11	17	4.13	1.376	0.3
2008	CIN	NL	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	13.2	13	5	1	8	6	3.29	1.537	0.2
Total			74	67	692	150	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	612	154	607	917	4.16	1.444	12.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1989	ATL	NL	P	2	1	4.1	0	0	0	0
1990	ATL	NL	P	36	0	48.1	2	1	1	0
1991	ATL	NL	P	50	4	73.1	2	7	1	1
1992	ATL	NL	P	53	0	68.1	1	2	0	0
1993	ATL	NL	P	43	6	66.0	1	4	1	0
1994	ATL	NL	P	20	17	112.1	4	15	0	1
1995	ATL	NL	P	29	26	143.0	5	23	1	2
1996	BAL	AL	P	14	12	58.0	6	4	1	0
1996	CLE	AL	P	10	0	11.2	3	0	0	0
1997	CIN	NL	P	28	25	144.2	11	22	0	0
1998	SLN	NL	P	30	30	161.2	3	26	2	0
1999	SLN	NL	P	25	18	103.2	1	16	4	1
1999	BOS	AL	P	5	5	25.2	1	8	1	0
2000	ANA	AL	P	21	7	48.1	1	5	1	1
2002	COL	NL	P	58	0	44.0	3	2	1	0
2003	CIN	NL	P	49	0	38.1	6	6	1	0
2003	ATL	NL	P	18	0	17.0	0	0	0	0
2004	CHN	NL	P	71	0	53.0	1	4	0	0
2005	CIN	NL	P	78	0	61.2	0	11	2	0
2006	CIN	NL	P	37	0	28.1	1	2	0	1
2008	CIN	NL	P	15	0	13.2	1	0	0	1
Total				692	151	1325.1	53	158	17	8

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1994	Player of the Week	NL
1997	Pitcher of the Month	NL

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1999-05-04	Player	Throwing at Andruw Jones
2002-08-25	Player	Throwing at batter