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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1955-04-02 · Played 1978–1986 · College: James Madison University (1974–1976) · Career WAR 10.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=samplbi01, LAHMAN=samplbi01, MLBAM=121649, RETROSHEET=sampb001

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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
1978	TEX	AL	8	15	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.467	.467	.600	1.067	0.1
1979	TEX	AL	128	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	.292	.365	.415	.780	2.7
1980	TEX	AL	99	204	29	53	10	0	4	19	8	5	18	15	.260	.335	.368	.703	0.2
1981	TEX	AL	66	230	36	65	16	0	3	25	4	1	17	21	.283	.346	.391	.737	1.9
1982	TEX	AL	97	360	56	94	14	2	10	29	10	2	27	35	.261	.318	.394	.712	1.6
1983	TEX	AL	147	554	80	152	28	3	12	57	44	8	44	46	.274	.331	.401	.732	3.8
1984	TEX	AL	130	489	67	121	20	2	5	33	18	6	29	46	.247	.286	.327	.613	-0.9
1985	NYA	AL	59	139	18	40	5	0	1	15	2	1	9	10	.288	.336	.345	.681	0.3
1986	ATL	NL	92	200	23	57	11	0	6	14	4	2	14	26	.285	.338	.430	.768	0.6
Total			826	2516	371	684	127	9	46	230	98	31	195	230	.272	.324	.384	.709	10.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1978	TEX	AL	OF	2	1	6.0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	AL	OF	103	79	728.2	173	7	0	1
1980	TEX	AL	OF	72	52	469.0	105	2	3	0
1981	TEX	AL	OF	64	63	558.0	132	4	1	1
1982	TEX	AL	OF	91	88	786.1	196	6	4	0
1983	TEX	AL	OF	146	139	1245.0	329	8	4	0
1984	TEX	AL	OF	122	112	1029.0	285	3	4	2
1985	NYA	AL	OF	55	43	352.1	89	1	1	0
1986	ATL	NL	2B	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
1986	ATL	NL	OF	56	43	373.0	69	1	1	1
Total				712	620	5548.0	1378	32	18	5

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1979-04-18	Player	Called third strike

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