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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1962-01-13 · Played 1984–1998 · Career WAR 29.1 (bWAR) ·

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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
1984	NYN	NL	7	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	.214	.214	.214	.428	-0.2
1986	NYN	NL	108	328	51	91	22	2	12	43	3	3	33	61	.277	.344	.466	.810	2.5
1987	SDN	NL	62	196	19	48	7	1	7	26	0	0	20	38	.245	.313	.398	.711	3.9
1987	SFN	NL	69	268	49	82	13	1	15	44	9	6	28	50	.306	.376	.530	.906
1988	SFN	NL	148	505	60	127	25	7	19	80	5	5	48	85	.251	.319	.442	.761	2.6
1989	SFN	NL	154	543	100	158	34	6	47	125	3	4	87	115	.291	.388	.635	1.023	6.9
1990	SFN	NL	140	524	90	152	24	2	35	93	4	7	58	87	.290	.360	.544	.904	4.1
1991	SFN	NL	113	371	52	95	13	1	27	69	2	3	43	57	.256	.338	.515	.853	2.7
1992	SEA	AL	99	360	48	103	24	0	9	67	0	2	35	46	.286	.351	.428	.779	0.3
1993	CIN	NL	93	323	56	110	21	3	19	64	1	0	25	48	.341	.385	.601	.986	2.6
1994	CIN	NL	95	310	57	101	18	1	30	77	2	0	59	62	.326	.429	.681	1.110	3.7
1996	BOS	AL	27	92	9	28	4	0	2	13	0	0	11	14	.304	.385	.413	.798	1.0
1996	CIN	NL	37	114	18	37	11	0	6	26	0	0	26	16	.325	.447	.579	1.026
1997	CLE	AL	20	59	7	9	1	0	4	11	1	0	9	11	.153	.275	.373	.648	-0.5
1998	OAK	AL	51	127	14	29	7	1	2	21	0	0	9	26	.228	.279	.346	.625	-0.5
Total			1223	4134	630	1173	224	25	234	760	30	31	491	719	.284	.360	.520	.880	29.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1984	NYN	NL	3B	5	2	23.0	1	4	1	2
1986	NYN	NL	1B	2	1	7.0	6	1	1	2
1986	NYN	NL	3B	7	3	32.0	7	9	1	0
1986	NYN	NL	OF	68	53	498.0	114	3	2	1
1986	NYN	NL	SS	24	20	150.2	31	56	6	7
1987	SDN	NL	3B	51	50	430.0	29	108	8	9
1987	SDN	NL	OF	3	3	13.0	3	0	0	0
1987	SFN	NL	3B	68	65	573.0	44	131	7	10
1987	SFN	NL	OF	3	1	11.2	0	0	0	0
1987	SFN	NL	SS	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0
1988	SFN	NL	3B	102	97	843.1	61	203	16	18
1988	SFN	NL	OF	40	38	283.0	57	2	6	0
1989	SFN	NL	3B	2	1	13.0	0	2	0	0
1989	SFN	NL	OF	147	147	1280.1	305	8	7	0
1990	SFN	NL	OF	138	138	1180.0	295	9	9	3
1991	SFN	NL	1B	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
1991	SFN	NL	OF	100	99	824.0	188	6	6	1
1992	SEA	AL	OF	69	67	570.2	130	4	0	0
1993	CIN	NL	OF	87	87	660.2	149	7	7	2
1994	CIN	NL	1B	1	1	8.0	7	1	0	0
1994	CIN	NL	OF	89	89	706.1	132	9	4	2
1996	BOS	AL	OF	21	20	167.1	29	0	2	0
1996	CIN	NL	1B	3	3	29.0	28	2	1	4
1996	CIN	NL	OF	31	30	219.1	45	0	1	0
1997	CLE	AL	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	0
1998	OAK	AL	1B	2	1	7.1	5	0	0	1
1998	OAK	AL	OF	10	6	49.0	10	0	0	0
Total				1076	1022	8584.2	1676	566	86	62

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1989	Most Valuable Player	NL
1989	TSN All-Star	NL
1989	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1989	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1989	Silver Slugger	NL
1989	Player of the Week	NL
1993	Player of the Week	NL
1994	Player of the Week	NL
1996	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2004	BBWAA	2	380	No

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1986-07-22	Player	Brawl after collision at 3B
1987-05-01	Player	Balls and strikes
1988-07-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1990-05-20	Player	Called third strike
1991-04-10	Player	Charging mound after HBP
1991-05-19	Player	Called third strike
1996-08-14	Player	Called third strike

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