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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1946-10-14 · Played 1968–1985 · Career WAR 43.5 (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
1968	PIT	NL	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1
1969	PIT	NL	129	463	55	132	19	2	17	70	8	5	21	38	.285	.333	.445	.778	2.1
1970	PIT	NL	151	551	63	149	33	5	12	83	1	1	35	35	.270	.326	.414	.740	2.0
1971	PIT	NL	143	529	69	149	31	7	14	64	4	3	27	72	.282	.317	.446	.763	2.9
1972	PIT	NL	140	565	88	176	27	4	12	89	2	4	34	44	.312	.352	.437	.789	3.1
1973	PIT	NL	158	654	90	191	38	7	20	99	6	0	22	52	.292	.316	.463	.779	1.3
1974	PIT	NL	147	617	96	198	38	12	11	85	10	1	33	58	.321	.358	.475	.833	4.7
1975	PIT	NL	155	628	90	176	39	8	18	84	4	2	25	73	.280	.309	.454	.763	3.4
1976	PIT	NL	121	443	62	143	22	5	12	61	6	2	26	29	.323	.362	.476	.838	4.1
1977	PIT	NL	154	568	75	175	29	6	19	82	13	16	40	38	.308	.353	.481	.834	3.6
1978	TEX	AL	133	525	65	170	35	5	14	89	8	9	31	41	.324	.358	.490	.848	3.5
1979	TEX	AL	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	.323	.367	.470	.837	3.2
1980	TEX	AL	163	656	96	209	43	3	19	117	5	7	39	47	.319	.357	.480	.837	3.5
1981	TEX	AL	102	421	53	130	29	1	4	55	3	0	24	28	.309	.348	.411	.759	1.5
1982	MON	NL	160	617	90	204	43	2	22	109	5	2	61	59	.331	.392	.514	.906	5.2
1983	MON	NL	157	614	70	184	38	3	8	84	1	3	44	44	.300	.347	.410	.757	1.5
1984	SFN	NL	91	339	27	101	19	2	0	34	2	2	20	27	.298	.339	.366	.705	-0.9
1984	PHI	NL	28	93	9	29	7	0	0	14	1	2	7	9	.312	.360	.387	.747
1985	LAN	NL	35	79	1	20	5	0	0	8	1	0	5	11	.253	.294	.316	.610	-1.1
1985	TOR	AL	61	187	20	47	6	1	5	23	0	0	7	13	.251	.282	.374	.656
Total			2368	9049	1189	2743	529	77	219	1326	84	64	535	756	.303	.342	.451	.793	43.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1968	PIT	NL	OF	1	1	10.0	3	0	0	0
1969	PIT	NL	1B	106	97	861.0	869	49	8	87
1969	PIT	NL	OF	21	20	165.0	42	1	1	0
1970	PIT	NL	1B	77	64	575.0	582	48	7	68
1970	PIT	NL	OF	80	79	680.0	136	4	2	1
1971	PIT	NL	1B	25	21	193.0	192	11	0	16
1971	PIT	NL	OF	116	112	998.0	305	4	6	2
1972	PIT	NL	1B	3	2	22.0	21	0	0	3
1972	PIT	NL	OF	138	136	1223.0	332	4	5	1
1973	PIT	NL	1B	50	48	431.1	454	31	4	42
1973	PIT	NL	OF	109	108	965.1	238	5	9	0
1974	PIT	NL	1B	49	48	413.2	418	23	3	28
1974	PIT	NL	OF	98	96	886.2	284	3	4	1
1975	PIT	NL	1B	4	3	24.0	29	1	0	3
1975	PIT	NL	OF	153	148	1322.1	380	5	5	3
1976	PIT	NL	1B	3	3	23.2	26	0	0	5
1976	PIT	NL	OF	106	105	935.2	301	4	5	0
1977	PIT	NL	OF	148	147	1269.0	305	6	6	1
1978	TEX	AL	OF	107	107	935.0	219	8	3	1
1979	TEX	AL	OF	119	115	988.1	260	9	7	2
1980	TEX	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1980	TEX	AL	OF	157	155	1340.2	314	9	9	2
1981	TEX	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0
1982	MON	NL	1B	159	159	1379.1	1286	92	19	96
1983	MON	NL	1B	153	152	1301.0	1207	118	13	93
1983	MON	NL	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1984	SFN	NL	1B	82	80	666.1	665	55	11	50
1984	PHI	NL	1B	19	17	142.0	149	5	2	8
1984	PHI	NL	OF	5	5	38.0	4	1	0	0
1985	LAN	NL	OF	17	17	124.0	13	2	2	0
1985	TOR	AL	1B	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0
Total				2109	2045	17918.1	9040	498	131	513

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1973	Player of the Week	NL
1974	Player of the Week	NL
1975	TSN All-Star	NL
1975	Player of the Week	NL
1976	Player of the Week	NL
1976	Player of the Month	NL
1978	Player of the Week	AL
1980	Silver Slugger	AL
1980	Player of the Week	AL
1981	Silver Slugger	AL
1981	Player of the Week	AL
1982	TSN All-Star	NL
1982	Silver Slugger	NL
1982	Player of the Week	NL
1982	Player of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1991	BBWAA	19	333	No
2007	Veterans - Players	14	62	No
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later	9	48	No
2011	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	No

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