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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1944-02-01 · Played 1964–1980 · Career WAR 37.7 (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
1964	BAL	AL	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1965	BAL	AL	119	364	49	85	19	2	5	25	8	5	32	52	.234	.302	.338	.640	0.5
1966	BAL	AL	133	303	35	84	20	2	6	33	5	6	15	36	.277	.309	.416	.725	2.0
1967	BAL	AL	151	552	72	162	27	12	11	64	8	6	50	68	.293	.353	.446	.799	6.8
1968	BAL	AL	141	421	48	89	22	1	7	38	4	2	37	60	.211	.277	.318	.595	2.2
1969	BAL	AL	150	625	102	178	32	5	26	76	20	6	40	72	.285	.327	.477	.804	7.1
1970	BAL	AL	133	480	79	128	24	2	18	65	24	11	56	93	.267	.344	.438	.782	5.8
1971	BAL	AL	141	516	75	135	24	8	10	44	14	11	32	94	.262	.306	.397	.703	2.9
1972	BAL	AL	142	477	47	111	20	8	8	49	7	8	25	78	.233	.267	.358	.625	2.5
1973	BAL	AL	146	500	73	140	25	3	10	64	18	8	43	72	.280	.334	.402	.736	4.9
1974	BAL	AL	151	552	77	144	27	4	17	62	27	9	43	59	.261	.313	.417	.730	5.3
1975	BAL	AL	140	440	51	96	13	4	5	31	17	11	25	82	.218	.257	.300	.557	0.8
1976	BAL	AL	145	375	29	74	16	0	3	16	15	6	22	49	.197	.245	.264	.509	-1.1
1977	NYA	AL	83	164	20	43	4	3	4	25	3	2	9	16	.262	.303	.396	.699	0.5
1978	NYA	AL	75	125	10	22	5	0	2	13	1	1	9	17	.176	.231	.264	.495	-0.8
1979	NYA	AL	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-1.6
1979	CIN	NL	75	140	7	21	4	1	2	15	0	0	11	27	.150	.209	.236	.445
1980	NYA	AL	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			1947	6042	776	1513	282	55	134	620	171	93	449	877	.250	.302	.382	.684	37.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1964	BAL	AL	OF	6	0	9.0	2	0	0	0
1965	BAL	AL	OF	116	97	908.1	241	5	2	0
1966	BAL	AL	OF	127	79	787.2	204	4	2	2
1967	BAL	AL	OF	146	139	1269.1	369	13	6	3
1968	BAL	AL	3B	1	0	8.0	1	1	1	1
1968	BAL	AL	OF	132	100	977.0	271	10	2	2
1969	BAL	AL	OF	150	149	1339.0	407	14	5	5
1970	BAL	AL	3B	1	0	5.0	0	0	1	0
1970	BAL	AL	OF	128	117	1086.0	368	10	4	3
1971	BAL	AL	OF	138	121	1115.0	331	4	3	1
1972	BAL	AL	OF	139	113	1084.0	337	10	3	1
1973	BAL	AL	OF	144	123	1154.1	369	14	4	4
1974	BAL	AL	OF	151	136	1285.0	447	7	7	2
1975	BAL	AL	1B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1975	BAL	AL	OF	138	103	1033.0	327	8	3	1
1976	BAL	AL	OF	139	89	956.2	327	6	7	1
1977	NYA	AL	OF	79	37	434.1	125	1	4	0
1978	NYA	AL	2B	5	0	6.2	2	3	1	0
1978	NYA	AL	3B	3	0	3.2	0	0	0	0
1978	NYA	AL	OF	64	20	307.2	87	2	1	1
1978	NYA	AL	SS	4	0	4.2	1	0	0	0
1979	NYA	AL	OF	2	1	13.0	6	0	0	0
1979	CIN	NL	OF	67	37	366.1	117	3	1	0
1980	NYA	AL	OF	12	0	22.0	8	0	0	0
Total				1893	1461	14175.2	4347	115	57	27

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1967	Gold Glove	AL
1969	TSN All-Star	AL
1969	Gold Glove	AL
1970	Gold Glove	AL
1971	Gold Glove	AL
1972	Gold Glove	AL
1973	Gold Glove	AL
1974	TSN All-Star	AL
1974	Gold Glove	AL
1975	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1986	BBWAA	8	319	No

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