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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1951-04-06 · Played 1970–1992 · Career WAR 94.1 (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
1970	MIN	AL	27		50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	.140	.157	.140	.297	-0.1
1971	MIN	AL	38		91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	.132	.151	.143	.294	-0.3
1972	MIN	AL	39		94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	.160	.177	.181	.358	0.2
1973	MIN	AL	40		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	MIN	AL	37		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1976	MIN	AL	12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	AL	24		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	AL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	PIT	NL	37		85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	.129	.140	.153	.293	-0.4
1979	PIT	NL	38		70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	.129	.129	.143	.272	-0.4
1980	PIT	NL	37		61	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	.082	.097	.098	.195	-0.7
1981	CLE	AL	20		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	AL	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	AL	24		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CLE	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CLE	AL	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	MIN	AL	14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	MIN	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN	AL	37		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CAL	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CAL	AL	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	CAL	AL	25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			699		451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.140	.146	.287	-1.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1970	MIN	AL	10	9	27	25	5	1	0	164.0	143	58	17	47	135	3.18	1.159	2.2
1971	MIN	AL	16	15	38	38	17	5	0	278.1	267	87	21	59	224	2.81	1.171	6.5
1972	MIN	AL	17	17	39	38	11	3	0	287.1	247	87	22	69	228	2.73	1.100	5.0
1973	MIN	AL	20	17	40	40	25	9	0	325.0	296	91	16	67	258	2.52	1.117	9.7
1974	MIN	AL	17	17	37	37	19	3	0	281.0	244	83	14	77	249	2.66	1.142	7.8
1975	MIN	AL	15	10	35	35	20	3	0	275.2	219	92	24	84	233	3.00	1.099	6.0
1976	MIN	AL	4	5	12	12	4	0	0	95.1	101	33	3	35	75	3.12	1.427	6.5
1976	TEX	AL	9	11	24	24	14	6	0	202.1	182	62	11	46	144	2.76	1.127
1977	TEX	AL	14	12	30	30	15	5	0	234.2	181	71	20	69	182	2.72	1.065	5.8
1978	PIT	NL	14	10	34	34	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	17	66	182	3.03	1.161	5.0
1979	PIT	NL	12	5	37	37	4	0	0	237.1	238	95	21	92	172	3.60	1.390	3.3
1980	PIT	NL	8	13	34	32	5	2	0	216.2	219	92	20	59	168	3.82	1.283	1.4
1981	CLE	AL	11	7	20	20	9	1	0	159.1	145	51	9	40	107	2.88	1.161	5.6
1982	CLE	AL	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	20.1	16	11	2	11	19	4.87	1.328	-0.1
1983	CLE	AL	7	10	24	24	5	0	0	156.1	160	68	8	44	123	3.91	1.305	3.2
1984	CLE	AL	19	7	33	32	12	4	0	245.0	204	78	19	74	170	2.87	1.135	7.2
1985	CLE	AL	9	11	23	23	15	4	0	179.2	163	65	14	49	129	3.26	1.180	6.8
1985	MIN	AL	8	5	14	14	9	1	0	114.0	101	38	9	26	77	3.00	1.114
1986	MIN	AL	17	14	36	36	16	3	0	271.2	262	121	50	58	215	4.01	1.178	4.2
1987	MIN	AL	15	12	37	37	8	1	0	267.0	249	119	46	101	196	4.01	1.311	4.4
1988	MIN	AL	10	17	33	33	7	0	0	207.1	240	125	21	51	145	5.43	1.404	-0.7
1989	CAL	AL	17	5	33	33	8	5	0	241.0	225	73	14	44	131	2.73	1.116	6.0
1990	CAL	AL	8	7	23	23	2	0	0	134.0	163	78	15	25	69	5.24	1.403	-0.2
1992	CAL	AL	8	12	25	24	1	0	0	133.0	150	70	17	29	70	4.74	1.346	0.2
Total			287	250	692	685	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	1830	430	1322	3701	3.31	1.198	95.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1970	MIN	AL	P	27	25	164.0	5	16	1	1
1971	MIN	AL	P	38	38	278.0	19	38	2	0
1972	MIN	AL	P	39	38	287.0	18	45	3	4
1973	MIN	AL	P	40	40	325.0	21	34	1	0
1974	MIN	AL	P	37	37	281.0	19	34	3	2
1975	MIN	AL	P	35	35	275.2	16	48	6	5
1976	MIN	AL	P	12	12	95.1	5	13	0	1
1976	TEX	AL	P	24	24	202.1	17	31	0	3
1977	TEX	AL	P	30	30	234.2	10	35	1	4
1978	PIT	NL	P	34	34	243.2	11	41	1	4
1979	PIT	NL	P	37	37	237.1	14	20	0	0
1980	PIT	NL	P	34	32	216.2	10	30	2	2
1981	CLE	AL	P	20	20	159.1	9	16	1	2
1982	CLE	AL	P	4	4	20.1	2	2	0	0
1983	CLE	AL	P	24	24	156.1	7	26	1	3
1984	CLE	AL	P	33	32	245.0	21	30	2	2
1985	CLE	AL	P	23	23	179.2	11	19	0	0
1985	MIN	AL	P	14	14	114.0	6	13	0	2
1986	MIN	AL	P	36	36	271.2	15	31	0	0
1987	MIN	AL	P	37	37	267.0	17	43	4	3
1988	MIN	AL	P	33	33	207.1	12	22	1	3
1989	CAL	AL	P	33	33	241.0	14	38	0	6
1990	CAL	AL	P	23	23	134.0	3	24	1	0
1992	CAL	AL	P	25	24	133.0	5	13	0	1
Total				692	685	4969.1	287	662	30	48

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1970	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year	AL
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1985	Player of the Week	AL
1989	Player of the Week	AL
1989	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1998	BBWAA	83	355	No
1999	BBWAA	70	373	No
2000	BBWAA	87	375	No
2001	BBWAA	121	387	No
2002	BBWAA	124	354	No
2003	BBWAA	145	372	No
2004	BBWAA	179	380	No
2005	BBWAA	211	387	No
2006	BBWAA	277	390	No
2007	BBWAA	260	409	No
2008	BBWAA	336	408	No
2009	BBWAA	338	405	No
2010	BBWAA	400	405	No
2011	BBWAA	463	436	Yes

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1970-08-13	Player	Bench jockeying (Waved towel)
1977-08-25	Player	Called third strike
1978-08-15	Player	Balk call