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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1947-12-07 · Played 1967–1983 · Career WAR 75.1 (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
1967	CIN	NL	26		86	7	14	3	1	1	6	0	1	5	19	.163	.207	.256	.463	-0.5
1968	CIN	NL	154		564	67	155	40	2	15	82	1	5	31	96	.275	.311	.433	.744	5.0
1969	CIN	NL	148		532	83	156	23	1	26	90	6	6	49	86	.293	.353	.487	.840	6.2
1970	CIN	NL	158		605	97	177	35	4	45	148	5	2	54	102	.293	.345	.587	.932	7.4
1971	CIN	NL	149		562	80	134	19	2	27	61	2	1	49	83	.238	.299	.423	.722	4.0
1972	CIN	NL	147		538	87	145	22	2	40	125	6	6	100	84	.270	.379	.541	.920	8.6
1973	CIN	NL	152		557	83	141	17	3	25	104	4	1	83	83	.253	.345	.429	.774	4.7
1974	CIN	NL	160		621	108	174	38	2	33	129	5	4	80	90	.280	.363	.507	.870	7.8
1975	CIN	NL	142		530	83	150	39	1	28	110	11	0	65	108	.283	.359	.519	.878	6.6
1976	CIN	NL	135		465	62	109	24	1	16	74	13	2	81	95	.234	.348	.394	.742	4.6
1977	CIN	NL	142		494	67	136	34	2	31	109	2	4	58	95	.275	.348	.540	.888	5.0
1978	CIN	NL	120		393	52	102	17	1	23	73	4	2	50	83	.260	.340	.483	.823	4.5
1979	CIN	NL	130		464	73	128	19	0	22	80	4	2	67	73	.276	.364	.459	.823	5.6
1980	CIN	NL	114		360	52	90	12	0	24	68	4	2	41	64	.250	.327	.483	.810	3.4
1981	CIN	NL	52		178	14	55	8	0	8	25	0	2	17	21	.309	.369	.489	.858	1.1
1982	CIN	NL	119		399	44	103	16	0	13	38	1	2	37	58	.258	.320	.396	.716	0.0
1983	CIN	NL	110		310	32	79	15	2	12	54	0	1	24	38	.255	.308	.432	.740	1.1
Total			2158		7658	1091	2048	381	24	389	1376	68	43	891	1278	.267	.344	.476	.820	75.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1967	CIN	NL	C	26	26	233.0	175	16	1	0
1968	CIN	NL	C	154	139	1301.0	942	102	9	10
1969	CIN	NL	C	147	135	1249.0	793	76	7	10
1970	CIN	NL	1B	12	5	54.0	74	4	1	7
1970	CIN	NL	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1970	CIN	NL	C	139	130	1158.0	755	73	12	12
1970	CIN	NL	OF	24	17	151.0	24	1	2	0
1971	CIN	NL	1B	12	1	33.0	34	1	1	7
1971	CIN	NL	3B	3	3	19.0	2	6	0	0
1971	CIN	NL	C	141	133	1170.0	687	59	9	9
1971	CIN	NL	OF	12	10	79.0	12	1	0	0
1972	CIN	NL	1B	7	2	28.0	24	0	1	1
1972	CIN	NL	3B	4	4	33.0	2	7	1	0
1972	CIN	NL	C	129	124	1140.0	735	56	6	9
1972	CIN	NL	OF	17	17	138.0	30	0	2	0
1973	CIN	NL	1B	4	3	26.0	29	0	0	3
1973	CIN	NL	3B	1	1	7.0	0	2	0	0
1973	CIN	NL	C	134	124	1115.0	693	61	4	7
1973	CIN	NL	OF	23	22	181.0	35	0	2	0
1974	CIN	NL	1B	5	0	13.0	15	0	0	0
1974	CIN	NL	3B	36	30	263.0	22	55	3	2
1974	CIN	NL	C	137	129	1133.1	757	68	6	16
1975	CIN	NL	1B	9	3	37.1	45	0	1	2
1975	CIN	NL	C	121	115	1002.2	568	51	7	9
1975	CIN	NL	OF	19	18	153.0	33	1	0	0
1976	CIN	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1976	CIN	NL	C	128	120	1071.0	651	60	2	11
1976	CIN	NL	OF	5	3	28.0	4	0	2	0
1977	CIN	NL	1B	4	2	21.0	21	2	1	3
1977	CIN	NL	3B	1	0	5.0	0	1	1	0
1977	CIN	NL	C	135	125	1065.2	705	66	10	10
1977	CIN	NL	OF	8	7	52.0	9	0	0	0
1978	CIN	NL	1B	11	9	75.0	75	5	2	7
1978	CIN	NL	C	107	96	836.0	605	48	7	6
1978	CIN	NL	OF	2	2	15.2	0	0	0	0
1979	CIN	NL	1B	2	2	14.0	13	1	0	1
1979	CIN	NL	C	126	123	1083.1	619	68	10	11
1980	CIN	NL	C	105	98	847.0	505	39	5	7
1981	CIN	NL	1B	38	37	322.0	334	23	6	35
1981	CIN	NL	C	7	7	60.0	41	5	1	0
1982	CIN	NL	1B	8	5	45.2	53	4	0	7
1982	CIN	NL	3B	107	103	858.2	54	155	19	10
1982	CIN	NL	C	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1983	CIN	NL	1B	32	29	251.0	249	14	3	21
1983	CIN	NL	3B	42	41	319.1	26	58	6	5
1983	CIN	NL	C	5	3	23.0	17	2	1	0
1983	CIN	NL	OF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
Total				2193	2003	17714.1	10469	1191	151	238

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1968	TSN All-Star	NL
1968	Rookie of the Year	NL
1968	Gold Glove	NL
1968	TSN Rookie Player of the Year	NL
1969	TSN All-Star	NL
1969	Gold Glove	NL
1970	Most Valuable Player	NL
1970	TSN All-Star	NL
1970	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1970	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1970	Gold Glove	NL
1971	Gold Glove	NL
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL
1972	TSN All-Star	NL
1972	Gold Glove	NL
1973	TSN All-Star	NL
1973	Gold Glove	NL
1974	TSN All-Star	NL
1974	Gold Glove	NL
1974	Player of the Week	NL
1975	TSN All-Star	NL
1975	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
1975	Gold Glove	NL
1976	Babe Ruth Award	NL
1976	World Series MVP	ML
1976	Gold Glove	NL
1976	Player of the Week	NL
1977	Gold Glove	NL
1981	Hutch Award	ML
1983	Player of the Week	NL
2018	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - HOF Player	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1989	BBWAA	431	336	Yes

Ejections (8)

Date	As	Reason
1968-07-21	Player	Called third strike (flipped bat)
1970-08-09	Player	Call at HP
1971-09-07	Player	Call at home
1973-09-15	Player	Granting of time at last moment
1974-08-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1975-06-15	Player	Call at 1B
1976-07-10	Player	Called third strike
1979-06-16	Player	Balls and strikes