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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1950-03-07 · Played 1971–1980 · Career WAR 22.2 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1971	HOU	NL	4		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1972	HOU	NL	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1973	HOU	NL	16		28	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.179	.179	.179	.358	-0.1
1974	HOU	NL	15		21	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.286	.429	-0.1
1975	HOU	NL	33		74	4	15	6	0	1	13	0	0	1	29	.203	.213	.324	.537	0.5
1976	HOU	NL	39		100	6	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	33	.140	.146	.210	.356	-0.1
1977	HOU	NL	36		87	10	20	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	28	.230	.247	.345	.592	0.7
1978	HOU	NL	37		101	8	18	0	0	1	10	1	1	1	27	.178	.186	.208	.394	0.1
1979	HOU	NL	38		95	6	12	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	24	.126	.134	.221	.355	-0.2
1980	HOU	NL	17		39	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	15	.154	.154	.282	.436	0.1
Total			239		552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.174	.252	.426	0.8

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1971	HOU	NL	2	1	4	4	1	0	0	21.0	17	8	1	16	29	3.43	1.571	0.2
1972	HOU	NL	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	9	0	8	8	13.50	3.000	-0.4
1973	HOU	NL	6	2	16	10	2	1	0	72.0	54	32	2	38	75	4.00	1.278	0.3
1974	HOU	NL	2	3	15	9	0	0	0	64.2	58	30	3	36	42	4.18	1.454	0.2
1975	HOU	NL	12	10	33	31	7	1	0	203.0	178	99	8	138	176	4.39	1.557	0.1
1976	HOU	NL	20	15	39	39	14	3	0	291.0	221	89	14	151	214	2.75	1.278	3.6
1977	HOU	NL	18	12	36	36	13	3	0	267.0	212	88	18	104	214	2.97	1.184	4.9
1978	HOU	NL	18	11	36	36	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	12	141	303	3.11	1.209	4.1
1979	HOU	NL	18	13	38	38	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	13	98	313	2.71	1.088	5.6
1980	HOU	NL	10	4	17	17	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	2	40	119	1.90	.924	2.8
Total			107	71	238	221	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	562	73	770	1493	3.15	1.243	21.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1971	HOU	NL	P	4	4	21.0	1	3	0	0
1972	HOU	NL	P	4	1	6.0	0	2	0	1
1973	HOU	NL	P	16	10	71.2	5	3	1	0
1974	HOU	NL	P	15	9	64.2	5	5	0	0
1975	HOU	NL	P	33	31	203.0	8	19	1	0
1976	HOU	NL	P	39	39	291.0	19	39	10	2
1977	HOU	NL	P	36	36	267.0	26	44	0	2
1978	HOU	NL	P	36	36	275.1	29	38	3	0
1979	HOU	NL	P	38	38	292.1	14	32	5	0
1980	HOU	NL	P	17	17	113.2	6	10	0	1
Total				238	221	1605.2	113	195	20	6

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1978	Player of the Week	NL
1978	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1979	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1980	Pitcher of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1986	BBWAA	7	319	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No