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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1949-02-11 · Played 1971–1986 · Career WAR 26.4 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=oglivbe01, LAHMAN=oglivbe01, MLBAM=119954, RETROSHEET=oglib001

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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
1971	BOS	AL	14	38	2	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	.263	.263	.342	.605	0.1
1972	BOS	AL	94	253	27	61	10	2	8	30	1	1	18	61	.241	.293	.391	.684	0.0
1973	BOS	AL	58	147	16	32	9	1	2	9	1	1	9	32	.218	.269	.333	.602	-0.7
1974	DET	AL	92	252	28	68	11	3	4	29	12	3	34	38	.270	.353	.385	.738	0.9
1975	DET	AL	100	332	45	95	14	1	9	36	11	8	16	62	.286	.319	.416	.735	0.7
1976	DET	AL	115	305	36	87	12	3	15	47	9	4	11	44	.285	.313	.492	.805	2.0
1977	DET	AL	132	450	63	118	24	2	21	61	9	9	40	80	.262	.325	.464	.789	1.8
1978	ML4	AL	128	469	71	142	29	4	18	72	11	7	52	69	.303	.370	.497	.867	4.2
1979	ML4	AL	139	514	88	145	30	4	29	81	12	5	48	56	.282	.343	.525	.868	3.0
1980	ML4	AL	156	592	94	180	26	2	41	118	11	9	54	71	.304	.362	.562	.924	6.5
1981	ML4	AL	107	400	53	97	15	2	14	72	2	2	37	49	.242	.310	.395	.705	0.5
1982	ML4	AL	159	602	92	147	22	1	34	102	3	5	70	81	.244	.326	.453	.779	3.4
1983	ML4	AL	125	411	49	115	19	3	13	66	4	6	60	64	.280	.371	.436	.807	2.6
1984	ML4	AL	131	461	49	121	16	2	12	60	0	6	44	56	.262	.327	.384	.711	0.0
1985	ML4	AL	101	341	40	99	17	2	10	61	0	2	37	51	.290	.354	.440	.794	0.9
1986	ML4	AL	103	346	31	98	20	1	5	53	1	2	30	33	.283	.334	.390	.724	0.5
Total			1754	5913	784	1615	277	33	235	901	87	70	560	852	.273	.336	.450	.786	26.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1971	BOS	AL	OF	11	7	80.0	22	1	1	1
1972	BOS	AL	OF	65	58	530.0	98	5	2	2
1973	BOS	AL	OF	32	28	261.0	56	2	1	0
1974	DET	AL	1B	10	9	89.2	75	8	0	13
1974	DET	AL	OF	63	51	455.1	87	3	5	0
1975	DET	AL	1B	5	4	39.0	40	4	0	4
1975	DET	AL	OF	86	85	744.2	192	4	5	1
1976	DET	AL	1B	9	9	75.0	98	1	1	13
1976	DET	AL	OF	64	58	522.0	136	7	2	0
1977	DET	AL	OF	118	113	1026.0	236	10	6	3
1978	ML4	AL	1B	11	9	80.0	88	3	2	4
1978	ML4	AL	OF	89	84	741.1	187	5	4	0
1979	ML4	AL	1B	9	5	61.1	68	3	1	3
1979	ML4	AL	OF	120	113	1006.0	252	7	4	0
1980	ML4	AL	OF	152	150	1332.0	384	18	9	3
1981	ML4	AL	OF	101	100	892.0	211	3	4	1
1982	ML4	AL	OF	159	156	1395.1	359	15	7	3
1983	ML4	AL	OF	113	108	961.1	259	8	4	1
1984	ML4	AL	OF	125	117	1053.2	256	6	8	1
1985	ML4	AL	OF	91	87	774.2	190	4	7	0
1986	ML4	AL	OF	50	49	379.1	105	4	1	1
Total				1483	1400	12499.2	3399	121	74	54

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Player of the Week	AL
1980	TSN All-Star	AL
1980	Silver Slugger	AL
1980	Player of the Month	AL
1983	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1992	BBWAA	0	323	No

Ejections (4)