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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
1978	ML4	AL	125		521	73	142	26	4	6	45	30	12	19	54	.273	.301	.372	.673	2.7
1979	ML4	AL	140		584	88	188	27	16	9	62	33	13	48	48	.322	.372	.469	.841	5.6
1980	ML4	AL	111		450	81	137	29	2	9	37	34	7	48	48	.304	.372	.438	.810	3.8
1981	ML4	AL	64		251	45	67	11	0	2	19	10	6	25	29	.267	.341	.335	.676	1.0
1982	ML4	AL	160		666	136	201	26	8	19	71	41	9	69	93	.302	.366	.450	.816	6.2
1983	ML4	AL	152		608	95	164	28	6	15	47	41	8	59	74	.270	.333	.410	.743	4.6
1984	ML4	AL	13		46	3	10	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	8	.217	.245	.239	.484	-0.1
1985	ML4	AL	140		576	93	171	28	3	10	48	21	7	54	80	.297	.356	.408	.764	3.7
1986	ML4	AL	105		437	62	123	24	6	9	55	20	5	40	81	.281	.340	.426	.766	2.3
1987	ML4	AL	118		465	114	164	41	5	16	75	45	10	69	67	.353	.438	.566	1.004	6.0
1988	ML4	AL	154		609	115	190	34	6	13	60	41	10	71	54	.312	.384	.452	.836	5.2
1989	ML4	AL	155		615	84	194	35	4	11	56	27	11	64	67	.315	.379	.439	.818	5.7
1990	ML4	AL	103		418	64	119	27	6	12	45	18	3	37	51	.285	.343	.464	.807	3.2
1991	ML4	AL	158		665	133	216	32	13	17	75	19	8	77	62	.325	.399	.489	.888	5.3
1992	ML4	AL	158		609	89	195	36	7	12	89	31	6	73	66	.320	.389	.461	.850	4.8
1993	TOR	AL	160		636	121	211	37	5	22	111	22	4	77	71	.332	.402	.509	.911	5.6
1994	TOR	AL	115		454	86	155	30	4	14	75	20	0	55	48	.341	.410	.518	.928	3.6
1995	TOR	AL	130		525	63	142	31	2	15	60	12	0	61	57	.270	.350	.423	.773	1.3
1996	MIN	AL	161		660	99	225	41	8	9	113	18	6	56	72	.341	.390	.468	.858	3.7
1997	MIN	AL	135		538	63	164	32	4	10	89	11	4	45	73	.305	.351	.435	.786	1.5
1998	MIN	AL	126		502	75	141	29	5	4	69	9	2	45	41	.281	.335	.382	.717	0.1
Total			2683		10835	1782	3319	605	114	234	1307	504	131	1094	1244	.306	.370	.448	.818	75.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1978	ML4	AL	2B	91	87	784.1	197	283	12	57
1978	ML4	AL	3B	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0
1978	ML4	AL	SS	31	31	271.0	54	118	10	17
1979	ML4	AL	2B	122	121	1075.2	289	413	15	81
1979	ML4	AL	SS	10	9	89.0	20	27	1	3
1980	ML4	AL	2B	91	90	798.1	240	294	16	80
1980	ML4	AL	3B	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0
1980	ML4	AL	SS	12	11	99.0	19	41	4	10
1981	ML4	AL	OF	46	47	412.2	119	4	3	1
1982	ML4	AL	3B	150	150	1338.1	128	340	29	48
1982	ML4	AL	SS	4	3	27.0	6	10	3	0
1983	ML4	AL	3B	146	147	1297.1	105	343	16	37
1984	ML4	AL	3B	7	7	63.0	7	21	2	3
1985	ML4	AL	3B	135	133	1168.0	126	263	19	30
1986	ML4	AL	3B	91	91	804.0	82	170	15	25
1986	ML4	AL	OF	4	4	34.0	4	1	0	0
1987	ML4	AL	2B	19	18	165.0	35	49	0	16
1987	ML4	AL	3B	41	40	329.0	25	64	5	8
1988	ML4	AL	2B	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0
1988	ML4	AL	3B	105	104	896.0	86	187	17	15
1989	ML4	AL	2B	16	15	123.0	28	44	1	9
1989	ML4	AL	3B	112	112	968.1	78	243	17	18
1990	ML4	AL	1B	37	36	311.0	325	25	5	28
1990	ML4	AL	2B	60	60	503.1	136	190	4	36
1990	ML4	AL	3B	2	2	18.0	2	7	1	1
1991	ML4	AL	1B	46	46	406.2	389	32	6	52
1992	ML4	AL	1B	48	48	425.2	461	26	2	44
1993	TOR	AL	1B	23	23	206.0	178	14	3	16
1994	TOR	AL	1B	5	5	44.0	47	3	0	6
1996	MIN	AL	1B	17	17	145.2	138	13	1	13
1997	MIN	AL	1B	12	12	97.1	99	7	1	6
1998	MIN	AL	1B	9	9	74.0	79	7	0	4
Total				1495	1481	12998.2	3506	3241	208	664

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1978	TSN Rookie Player of the Year	AL
1982	Player of the Week	AL
1987	TSN All-Star	AL
1987	Hutch Award	ML
1987	Silver Slugger	AL
1987	Player of the Week	AL
1988	Silver Slugger	AL
1989	Player of the Month	AL
1992	Player of the Week	AL
1993	TSN All-Star	AL
1993	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1993	World Series MVP	ML
1993	Silver Slugger	AL
1993	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1993	Player of the Month	AL
1994	TSN All-Star	AL
1994	Player of the Week	AL
1996	TSN All-Star	AL
1996	Silver Slugger	AL
1996	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1997	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
1998	Branch Rickey Award	ML
1998	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2004	BBWAA	431	380	Yes

Ejections (16)

Date	As	Reason
1978-09-21	Player	Call at 1B (Threw helmet)
1983-06-19	Player	Called third strike (Threw bat)
1983-09-22	Player	Called third strike
1987-07-11	Player	Balls and strikes (from bench)
1995-09-14	Player	Checked swing for strike three
2001-08-15	Coach	Balls and strikes (Threw batting tee)
2001-09-29	Coach	Balls and strikes
2001-09-30	Coach	Balls and strikes
2015-06-10	Manager	Called third strike
2015-07-25	Manager	Checked swing
2015-08-23	Manager	Checked swing
2016-05-04	Manager	Balls and strikes
2017-04-20	Manager	Checked swing
2017-09-03	Manager	Arguing balls and strikes
2018-06-27	Manager	Arguing balk non-call
2018-09-15	Manager	Arguing bunt attempt