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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1961-09-02 · Played 1983–1996 · College: Gulf Coast Community College (1980) · Career WAR 15.0 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1983	CIN	NL	10	21	1	3	1	1	3	1	6	.143	.182	.333	.515	0.1
1984	CIN	NL	34	57	2	8	2	0	7	4	27	.140	.194	.175	.369	0.0
1985	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	TEX	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	TEX	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	TEX	AL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1989	TEX	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TEX	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TEX	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1992	TEX	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1992	OAK	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	BOS	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	BOS	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CLE	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TEX	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	TEX	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			591	79	3	11	3	1	10	5	33	.139	.190	.215	.406	0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1983	CIN	NL	4	5	10	10	2	0	0	68.1	58	23	7	22	40	3.03	1.171	0.9
1984	CIN	NL	6	18	33	30	4	2	0	181.2	186	86	15	65	101	4.26	1.382	1.2
1985	TEX	AL	3	6	13	13	0	0	0	62.0	85	52	10	27	44	7.55	1.806	-1.3
1986	TEX	AL	5	2	37	0	0	0	2	82.0	74	31	11	31	54	3.40	1.280	0.7
1987	TEX	AL	5	4	52	2	0	0	3	97.1	109	48	9	52	56	4.44	1.654	0.4
1988	TEX	AL	10	9	34	24	5	0	0	188.2	183	80	15	66	88	3.82	1.320	2.5
1989	TEX	AL	6	4	71	0	0	0	38	72.2	45	16	4	24	77	1.98	.950	2.5
1990	TEX	AL	1	5	27	0	0	0	10	25.1	23	12	1	16	16	4.26	1.539	-0.3
1991	TEX	AL	6	4	68	0	0	0	30	79.1	71	29	11	26	52	3.29	1.223	0.9
1992	TEX	AL	2	3	51	0	0	0	28	56.2	51	12	3	22	43	1.91	1.288	3.3
1992	OAK	AL	2	0	8	0	0	0	2	9.2	4	0	0	3	5	0.00	.724
1993	BOS	AL	1	4	51	0	0	0	33	46.2	39	14	1	14	45	2.70	1.136	1.4
1994	BOS	AL	0	5	29	0	0	0	12	28.0	30	16	3	13	18	5.14	1.536	0.1
1994	CLE	AL	1	1	13	0	0	0	5	12.2	13	7	2	3	10	4.97	1.263
1995	TEX	AL	1	0	37	0	0	0	20	32.2	36	11	3	9	21	3.03	1.378	1.0
1996	TEX	AL	3	3	55	0	0	0	3	56.0	58	21	5	22	23	3.38	1.429	1.6
Total			56	73	589	79	11	2	186	1099.2	1065	458	100	415	693	3.75	1.346	14.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1983	CIN	NL	P	10	10	68.1	2	10	1	0
1984	CIN	NL	P	33	30	181.2	7	34	2	4
1985	TEX	AL	P	13	13	62.0	6	10	0	1
1986	TEX	AL	P	37	0	82.0	6	17	0	3
1987	TEX	AL	P	52	2	97.1	11	17	0	2
1988	TEX	AL	P	34	24	188.2	12	37	5	3
1989	TEX	AL	P	71	0	72.2	6	14	0	3
1990	TEX	AL	P	27	0	25.1	1	5	1	0
1991	TEX	AL	P	68	0	79.1	6	18	1	1
1992	TEX	AL	P	51	0	56.2	8	8	0	0
1992	OAK	AL	P	8	0	9.2	0	0	0	0
1993	BOS	AL	P	51	0	46.2	2	10	0	0
1994	BOS	AL	P	29	0	28.0	0	1	0	0
1994	CLE	AL	P	13	0	12.2	1	1	0	0
1995	TEX	AL	P	37	0	32.2	2	2	0	0
1996	TEX	AL	P	55	0	56.0	1	8	0	0
Total				589	79	1099.2	71	192	10	17

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1989	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1989	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
1989	Reliever of the Year Award	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2002	BBWAA	0	354	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1987-08-14	Player	Balls and strikes (after being relieved)
1994-06-18	Player	Arguing fair/foul call (from bench)