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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1960-03-14 · Played 1984–1995 · College: Bradley University (1981), Triton College (1982) · Career WAR 51.1 (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	MIN	AL	128	557	63	165	12	5	0	31	14	7	16	69	.296	.320	.336	.656	3.3
1985	MIN	AL	161	691	80	199	29	13	4	74	21	12	41	87	.288	.330	.385	.715	2.9
1986	MIN	AL	161	680	119	223	37	6	31	96	20	12	34	99	.328	.366	.537	.903	5.7
1987	MIN	AL	157	624	96	207	32	5	28	99	12	7	32	91	.332	.367	.534	.901	4.2
1988	MIN	AL	158	657	109	234	42	5	24	121	6	7	23	83	.356	.375	.545	.920	7.8
1989	MIN	AL	159	635	75	215	45	4	9	85	11	4	41	59	.339	.379	.465	.844	4.9
1990	MIN	AL	146	551	82	164	40	3	12	80	5	4	57	73	.298	.365	.446	.811	2.8
1991	MIN	AL	152	611	92	195	29	6	15	89	11	5	31	78	.319	.352	.460	.812	4.3
1992	MIN	AL	160	639	104	210	38	4	19	110	17	7	44	97	.329	.374	.490	.864	7.1
1993	MIN	AL	156	622	89	184	39	3	22	89	8	6	47	93	.296	.349	.474	.823	1.4
1994	MIN	AL	108	439	79	139	32	3	20	112	6	3	28	47	.317	.362	.540	.902	3.6
1995	MIN	AL	137	538	83	169	39	0	23	99	3	2	56	89	.314	.379	.515	.894	3.1
Total			1783	7244	1071	2304	414	57	207	1085	134	76	450	965	.318	.358	.477	.835	51.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1984	MIN	AL	OF	128	128	1125.2	438	16	3	4
1985	MIN	AL	OF	161	160	1404.1	465	19	8	5
1986	MIN	AL	OF	160	157	1385.0	429	8	6	3
1987	MIN	AL	OF	147	147	1273.1	341	8	5	2
1988	MIN	AL	OF	158	157	1349.2	450	12	3	4
1989	MIN	AL	OF	157	154	1328.1	438	13	4	3
1990	MIN	AL	2B	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
1990	MIN	AL	3B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
1990	MIN	AL	OF	141	140	1194.1	354	9	4	3
1990	MIN	AL	SS	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1991	MIN	AL	OF	152	152	1306.0	373	13	6	5
1992	MIN	AL	2B	2	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
1992	MIN	AL	3B	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
1992	MIN	AL	OF	149	147	1274.2	394	9	3	3
1992	MIN	AL	SS	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1993	MIN	AL	OF	139	139	1222.1	312	13	2	2
1994	MIN	AL	OF	95	95	823.2	204	13	3	2
1995	MIN	AL	2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0
1995	MIN	AL	3B	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
1995	MIN	AL	OF	109	108	930.1	194	9	4	1
1995	MIN	AL	SS	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
Total				1707	1684	14623.2	4392	143	51	37

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1986	TSN All-Star	AL
1986	Gold Glove	AL
1986	Silver Slugger	AL
1986	Player of the Week	AL
1986	Player of the Month	AL
1987	TSN All-Star	AL
1987	Gold Glove	AL
1987	Silver Slugger	AL
1987	Player of the Week	AL
1988	TSN All-Star	AL
1988	Gold Glove	AL
1988	Silver Slugger	AL
1989	TSN All-Star	AL
1989	Gold Glove	AL
1989	Silver Slugger	AL
1991	Gold Glove	AL
1991	ALCS MVP	AL
1992	TSN All-Star	AL
1992	Gold Glove	AL
1992	Silver Slugger	AL
1992	Player of the Week	AL
1992	Player of the Month	AL
1993	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1993	Branch Rickey Award	ML
1994	TSN All-Star	AL
1994	Silver Slugger	AL
1996	Roberto Clemente Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2001	BBWAA	423	387	Yes

Ejections (2)