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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1944-12-10 · Played 1969–1983 · College: University of Kansas (1964–1965) · Career WAR 23.7 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1969	MON	NL	18	36	4	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	14	.167	.189	.250	.439	0.0
1970	MON	NL	41	80	8	16	3	0	1	6	0	2	18	.200	.220	.275	.495	0.3
1971	MON	NL	41	100	9	21	5	0	2	12	0	2	21	.210	.225	.320	.545	0.6
1972	MON	NL	32	24	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.292	.292	.292	.584	0.2
1973	MON	NL	41	88	7	24	6	0	0	9	2	8	23	.273	.333	.341	.674	1.1
1974	MON	NL	37	81	8	17	1	2	1	4	0	5	21	.210	.256	.309	.565	0.4
1975	MON	NL	33	54	5	15	1	0	1	7	1	5	13	.278	.339	.352	.691	0.6
1976	MON	NL	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	-0.5
1976	CHN	NL	29	53	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	.094	.094	.094	.188
1977	CHN	NL	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.286	.167	.453	0.0
1977	CHA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	OAK	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	BOS	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CAL	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CAL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	KCA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			462	531	44	114	16	2	6	42	3	25	139	.215	.250	.286	.536	2.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1969	MON	NL	6	7	18	15	4	0	0	103.1	94	46	14	50	68	4.01	1.394	0.7
1970	MON	NL	13	11	41	33	7	1	1	222.2	203	107	27	104	142	4.32	1.379	0.6
1971	MON	NL	15	14	40	37	9	3	0	275.2	256	115	24	135	129	3.75	1.418	1.6
1972	MON	NL	1	10	30	12	0	0	0	97.0	96	56	11	67	66	5.20	1.680	-1.0
1973	MON	NL	15	11	36	34	9	0	1	249.2	201	78	26	108	164	2.81	1.238	4.3
1974	MON	NL	12	16	37	35	8	1	0	227.2	222	102	17	81	138	4.03	1.331	1.2
1975	MON	NL	6	12	31	25	3	1	1	170.1	175	77	20	76	99	4.07	1.474	0.9
1976	MON	NL	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	13.0	15	8	2	3	4	5.54	1.385	2.0
1976	CHN	NL	8	11	28	27	4	1	0	163.1	164	70	12	43	112	3.86	1.267
1977	CHN	NL	2	2	13	8	0	0	1	51.1	51	26	10	21	34	4.56	1.403	1.9
1977	CHA	AL	5	0	8	8	0	0	0	53.1	55	21	3	17	36	3.54	1.350
1978	OAK	AL	6	12	27	25	3	1	0	151.0	152	72	10	67	89	4.29	1.450	1.1
1979	BOS	AL	11	9	27	27	4	1	0	171.0	174	78	22	53	99	4.11	1.327	2.2
1980	BOS	AL	9	9	32	23	1	0	0	165.1	180	77	17	56	90	4.19	1.427	1.6
1981	CAL	AL	8	4	22	15	0	0	1	102.0	93	39	7	42	50	3.44	1.324	1.7
1982	CAL	AL	11	6	31	23	4	0	0	156.0	163	77	17	51	81	4.44	1.372	0.9
1983	KCA	AL	6	11	25	17	1	0	1	121.1	144	58	9	36	54	4.30	1.484	1.3
Total			134	146	451	365	57	9	6	2494.0	2438	1107	248	1010	1455	3.99	1.383	21.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1969	MON	NL	P	18	15	103.1	7	13	1	0
1970	MON	NL	P	41	33	223.0	17	31	7	3
1971	MON	NL	P	40	37	276.0	17	36	3	2
1972	MON	NL	1B	1	0	3.0	5	0	0	0
1972	MON	NL	P	30	12	97.0	4	17	1	1
1973	MON	NL	P	36	34	249.2	13	28	1	0
1974	MON	NL	P	37	35	227.2	20	46	2	2
1975	MON	NL	P	31	25	170.1	13	24	3	0
1976	MON	NL	P	5	1	13.0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHN	NL	P	28	27	163.1	9	17	1	1
1977	CHN	NL	P	13	8	51.1	2	2	0	0
1977	CHA	AL	P	8	8	53.1	7	6	1	0
1978	OAK	AL	P	27	25	151.0	5	22	1	3
1979	BOS	AL	P	27	27	171.0	14	20	2	0
1980	BOS	AL	P	32	23	165.1	14	17	0	1
1981	CAL	AL	P	22	15	102.0	2	10	0	0
1982	CAL	AL	P	31	23	156.0	9	14	3	4
1983	KCA	AL	P	25	17	121.1	8	13	0	1
Total				452	365	2497.2	166	316	26	18

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1973-08-17	Player	Balls and strikes (from bench)

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