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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
1965	MIN	AL	16		22	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.136	.240	.136	.376	0.0
1966	MIN	AL	31		39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.103	.182	.128	.310	-0.1
1967	MIN	AL	37		74	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	33	.135	.210	.176	.386	0.0
1968	MIN	AL	38		71	1	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	22	.141	.197	.169	.366	-0.1
1969	CIN	NL	42		77	6	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	37	.143	.190	.195	.385	0.0
1970	CIN	NL	35		83	7	14	0	0	3	6	0	0	4	42	.169	.207	.277	.484	0.2
1971	CIN	NL	29		29	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	14	.138	.167	.241	.408	0.0
1972	CIN	NL	4		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1973	TEX	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	AL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TEX	AL	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			298		397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.394	0.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1965	MIN	AL	5	4	16	9	1	0	2	76.2	68	27	11	20	61	3.17	1.148	0.8
1966	MIN	AL	7	14	31	18	5	1	3	144.0	112	54	17	33	124	3.38	1.007	2.2
1967	MIN	AL	13	7	37	28	11	4	0	227.2	196	64	21	30	161	2.53	.993	6.5
1968	MIN	AL	12	16	38	34	11	1	1	238.1	207	86	21	52	181	3.25	1.087	1.8
1969	CIN	NL	17	9	42	36	8	1	0	251.0	269	122	33	61	144	4.37	1.315	1.4
1970	CIN	NL	20	12	35	35	12	1	0	234.0	248	106	21	53	136	4.08	1.286	2.0
1971	CIN	NL	1	11	28	11	0	0	0	107.0	115	52	14	31	38	4.37	1.364	-0.6
1972	CIN	NL	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	4	1	2	4	4.50	1.875	0.0
1973	TEX	AL	5	13	35	19	8	1	1	160.0	191	72	18	34	65	4.05	1.406	1.9
1974	TEX	AL	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	32.2	46	15	3	6	18	4.13	1.592	0.0
1975	TEX	AL	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	.818	0.1
Total			81	86	297	192	56	9	7	1483.0	1468	602	160	322	932	3.65	1.207	16.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1965	MIN	AL	P	16	9	76.2	2	13	1	1
1966	MIN	AL	P	31	18	144.0	7	20	0	0
1967	MIN	AL	P	37	28	227.2	4	32	3	1
1968	MIN	AL	P	38	34	238.1	7	38	0	2
1969	CIN	NL	P	42	36	251.0	7	33	1	1
1970	CIN	NL	P	35	35	234.0	5	30	2	1
1971	CIN	NL	P	28	11	107.0	5	10	1	1
1972	CIN	NL	P	4	1	8.0	0	1	0	0
1973	TEX	AL	P	35	19	160.0	7	22	2	1
1974	TEX	AL	P	26	1	32.2	1	4	3	0
1975	TEX	AL	P	5	0	3.2	0	0	0	0
Total				297	192	1483.0	45	203	13	8

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1970	TSN All-Star	NL