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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1940-02-25 · Played 1960–1974 · Career WAR 70.6 (bWAR) ·

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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
1960	CHN	NL	95	347	44	87	24	2	9	44	0	3	31	44	.251	.311	.409	.720	0.9
1961	CHN	NL	154	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	2	3	73	77	.284	.362	.479	.841	3.0
1962	CHN	NL	162	604	44	137	20	4	17	83	4	1	65	94	.227	.302	.358	.660	-0.1
1963	CHN	NL	162	630	79	187	29	6	25	99	6	4	42	92	.297	.339	.481	.820	6.7
1964	CHN	NL	161	592	94	185	33	13	30	114	3	4	86	96	.312	.398	.564	.962	8.9
1965	CHN	NL	164	608	88	173	30	4	33	101	3	1	88	109	.285	.378	.510	.888	7.7
1966	CHN	NL	155	561	93	175	21	8	30	94	4	5	95	78	.312	.412	.538	.950	8.9
1967	CHN	NL	161	586	107	176	23	4	31	98	1	5	96	103	.300	.395	.512	.907	9.8
1968	CHN	NL	162	577	86	142	17	3	26	98	3	4	96	106	.246	.354	.421	.775	6.4
1969	CHN	NL	160	575	97	166	18	4	29	123	1	3	96	97	.289	.384	.485	.869	5.5
1970	CHN	NL	154	555	83	148	30	4	26	114	2	0	92	108	.267	.369	.476	.845	4.2
1971	CHN	NL	154	555	77	148	22	1	21	88	4	0	79	95	.267	.354	.423	.777	3.1
1972	CHN	NL	133	464	68	140	25	5	17	74	1	4	69	75	.302	.391	.487	.878	4.9
1973	CHN	NL	149	536	65	143	29	2	20	77	1	2	63	97	.267	.348	.440	.788	2.3
1974	CHA	AL	117	375	29	83	12	1	5	41	0	2	37	72	.221	.293	.299	.592	-1.6
Total			2243	8143	1138	2254	365	67	342	1331	35	41	1108	1343	.277	.363	.464	.827	70.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1960	CHN	NL	3B	94	94	836.1	78	144	13	6
1961	CHN	NL	3B	153	152	1352.0	157	307	31	41
1962	CHN	NL	3B	157	156	1372.2	161	332	23	33
1962	CHN	NL	SS	8	3	39.2	6	11	1	2
1963	CHN	NL	3B	162	162	1457.0	136	374	26	25
1964	CHN	NL	3B	161	161	1422.0	156	367	20	31
1965	CHN	NL	3B	164	164	1472.0	155	373	24	27
1966	CHN	NL	3B	152	151	1350.2	150	391	25	36
1966	CHN	NL	SS	8	4	37.0	7	17	1	5
1967	CHN	NL	3B	161	161	1440.1	187	393	26	33
1968	CHN	NL	3B	162	162	1444.1	130	378	15	33
1969	CHN	NL	3B	160	159	1413.1	144	334	27	23
1970	CHN	NL	3B	152	151	1321.0	143	320	27	36
1970	CHN	NL	OF	1	1	7.0	1	0	0	0
1971	CHN	NL	3B	149	147	1295.0	118	274	17	29
1971	CHN	NL	OF	6	6	53.0	10	1	1	0
1972	CHN	NL	2B	3	2	21.0	9	8	1	4
1972	CHN	NL	3B	129	128	1116.0	108	274	21	19
1972	CHN	NL	OF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0
1972	CHN	NL	SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1973	CHN	NL	3B	146	146	1275.1	107	271	20	17
1974	CHA	AL	1B	3	2	10.0	13	0	0	3
1974	CHA	AL	2B	39	37	331.1	97	99	6	40
1974	CHA	AL	3B	28	22	209.2	25	49	2	6
1974	CHA	AL	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
Total				2201	2172	19288.2	2100	4717	327	449

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1964	Gold Glove	NL
1965	Gold Glove	NL
1966	TSN All-Star	NL
1966	Gold Glove	NL
1967	TSN All-Star	NL
1967	Gold Glove	NL
1968	TSN All-Star	NL
1968	Gold Glove	NL
1969	TSN All-Star	NL
1972	TSN All-Star	NL
1973	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
1973	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1980	BBWAA	15	289	No
1985	BBWAA	53	297	No
1986	BBWAA	64	319	No
1987	BBWAA	78	310	No
1988	BBWAA	108	321	No
1989	BBWAA	75	336	No
1990	BBWAA	96	333	No
1991	BBWAA	116	333	No
1992	BBWAA	136	323	No
1993	BBWAA	155	318	No
1994	BBWAA	150	342	No
1995	BBWAA	139	345	No
1996	BBWAA	174	353	No
1997	BBWAA	186	353	No
1998	BBWAA	204	355	No
2003	Veterans - Players	46	61	No
2005	Veterans - Players	52	60	No
2007	Veterans - Players	57	62	No
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later	39	48	No
2012	Veterans			Yes
2012	Veterans - Golden Era	15	12	Yes

Ejections (3)