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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	CHN	NL	36		46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	.196	.204	.239	.443	0.4
1968	CHN	NL	34		60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100	.156	.100	.256	-0.3
1969	CHN	NL	4		5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	0.0
1969	SDN	NL	38		51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	.118	.207	.137	.344
1970	DET	AL	39		66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273	.547	0.6
1971	DET	AL	32		30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167	.355	0.0
1972	DET	AL	18		12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	0.3
1973	ATL	NL	20		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	0.0
1974	ATL	NL	27		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1975	HOU	NL	40		14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.312	.214	.526	0.1
1976	HOU	NL	36		27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370	.584	0.2
1977	HOU	NL	44		50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.140	.173	.140	.313	-0.1
1978	HOU	NL	36		65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	.138	.138	.169	.307	-0.3
1979	HOU	NL	38		83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.120	.140	.145	.285	-0.2
1980	HOU	NL	37		80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	.275	.310	.338	.648	0.9
1981	HOU	NL	24		51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.176	.208	.196	.404	0.2
1982	HOU	NL	35		89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112	.211	-0.7
1983	HOU	NL	38		85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.094	.105	.118	.223	-0.6
1984	HOU	NL	38		83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	21	.133	.153	.133	.286	0.0
1985	HOU	NL	32		68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	16	.250	.257	.265	.522	0.7
1985	NYA	AL	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	NYA	AL	25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NYA	AL	8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN	AL	19		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	AL	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			706		973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	1.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1967	CHN	NL	10	7	36	22	7	2	0	169.2	171	63	15	32	77	3.34	1.196	1.8
1968	CHN	NL	14	10	34	29	2	1	2	177.0	204	85	18	59	65	4.32	1.486	-1.0
1969	CHN	NL	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	19.1	24	8	3	6	7	3.72	1.552	2.5
1969	SDN	NL	8	17	37	31	8	3	0	202.0	213	83	15	45	55	3.70	1.277
1970	DET	AL	12	13	38	34	6	2	0	213.0	221	96	28	72	101	4.06	1.376	2.5
1971	DET	AL	6	7	31	15	0	0	1	122.1	136	61	13	49	43	4.49	1.512	0.4
1972	DET	AL	3	2	18	7	1	0	1	47.0	62	20	3	8	24	3.83	1.489	0.4
1973	ATL	NL	2	4	20	0	0	0	3	24.0	23	11	2	11	12	4.13	1.417	0.1
1974	ATL	NL	3	2	27	2	0	0	0	43.0	36	17	5	18	31	3.56	1.256	0.2
1975	HOU	NL	6	4	40	4	1	1	4	88.0	79	30	3	39	54	3.07	1.341	1.4
1976	HOU	NL	4	8	36	13	0	0	0	118.0	107	44	8	56	77	3.36	1.381	-0.3
1977	HOU	NL	13	8	44	14	9	2	5	180.2	155	61	14	64	101	3.04	1.212	2.5
1978	HOU	NL	14	14	35	29	10	1	0	202.2	190	87	13	73	97	3.86	1.298	0.9
1979	HOU	NL	21	11	38	38	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	17	107	119	3.00	1.244	3.5
1980	HOU	NL	20	12	37	36	11	2	0	256.0	268	101	12	79	127	3.55	1.355	0.9
1981	HOU	NL	9	9	24	24	5	2	0	166.0	150	52	8	47	77	2.82	1.187	1.8
1982	HOU	NL	17	12	35	35	16	5	0	270.0	224	74	12	64	130	2.47	1.067	6.8
1983	HOU	NL	15	14	38	38	9	1	0	263.2	238	102	15	101	152	3.48	1.286	1.7
1984	HOU	NL	16	12	38	38	6	1	0	248.1	223	84	16	89	127	3.04	1.256	2.2
1985	HOU	NL	9	12	32	32	4	1	0	213.0	197	88	21	99	117	3.72	1.390	1.5
1985	NYA	AL	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	12.1	14	8	3	8	4	5.84	1.784
1986	NYA	AL	9	10	25	25	0	0	0	125.2	139	68	15	63	59	4.87	1.607	-0.6
1987	NYA	AL	3	4	8	8	1	0	0	50.2	40	20	4	19	30	3.55	1.164	-0.2
1987	MIN	AL	4	9	19	18	0	0	0	96.1	115	67	11	45	54	6.26	1.661
1988	MIN	AL	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	13	2	9	7	10.03	2.143	-0.4
Total			221	204	702	500	107	29	16	3584.0	3466	1431	276	1262	1747	3.59	1.319	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1967	CHN	NL	P	36	22	169.2	10	26	0	1
1968	CHN	NL	P	34	29	177.1	9	33	0	2
1969	CHN	NL	P	4	3	19.1	2	5	0	1
1969	SDN	NL	P	37	31	202.0	19	29	5	1
1970	DET	AL	P	38	34	213.0	17	35	1	1
1971	DET	AL	P	31	15	122.0	9	25	1	1
1972	DET	AL	P	18	7	47.0	5	4	0	1
1973	ATL	NL	P	20	0	24.0	2	5	0	2
1974	ATL	NL	P	27	2	43.0	4	8	0	1
1975	HOU	NL	P	40	4	88.0	7	13	0	0
1976	HOU	NL	P	36	13	118.0	9	13	3	1
1977	HOU	NL	P	44	14	180.2	11	31	0	7
1978	HOU	NL	P	35	29	202.2	18	21	0	3
1979	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	14	39	0	4
1980	HOU	NL	P	37	36	256.0	17	37	2	2
1981	HOU	NL	P	24	24	166.0	11	23	0	1
1982	HOU	NL	P	35	35	270.0	22	42	3	2
1983	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	9	36	4	0
1984	HOU	NL	P	38	38	248.1	19	39	2	5
1985	HOU	NL	P	32	32	213.0	14	34	1	1
1985	NYA	AL	P	3	3	12.1	3	2	0	0
1986	NYA	AL	P	25	25	125.2	9	13	1	2
1987	NYA	AL	P	8	8	50.2	5	5	1	0
1987	MIN	AL	P	19	18	96.1	6	11	1	1
1988	MIN	AL	P	5	2	11.2	2	3	0	1
Total				702	500	3584.0	253	532	25	41

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1979	TSN All-Star	NL
1979	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1979	Pitcher of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1994	BBWAA	6	342	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1987-08-03	Player	Scuffing the ball