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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1968-11-18 · Played 1988–2009 · Career WAR 60.4 (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
1988	ML4	AL	24	80	12	19	1	0	4	12	3	1	7	7	.237	.295	.400	.695	-0.1
1989	ML4	AL	95	368	34	91	18	0	5	32	10	6	27	33	.247	.303	.337	.640	-0.2
1990	ML4	AL	125	487	67	143	30	1	10	67	25	10	44	41	.294	.350	.421	.771	3.0
1991	ML4	AL	50	175	25	34	12	2	2	22	5	5	19	15	.194	.277	.320	.597	-1.3
1992	SDN	NL	146	557	87	184	34	3	33	100	5	6	48	40	.330	.385	.580	.965	6.2
1993	SDN	NL	68	258	34	76	12	2	10	36	5	1	18	30	.295	.344	.473	.817	-0.1
1993	FLO	NL	72	236	33	69	8	3	10	37	12	4	29	34	.292	.378	.479	.857
1994	FLO	NL	87	322	61	89	16	1	27	78	12	6	51	50	.276	.380	.584	.964	2.1
1995	FLO	NL	63	213	46	69	8	0	16	46	19	4	55	45	.324	.467	.587	1.054	2.2
1996	FLO	NL	161	519	118	163	33	1	42	120	16	9	142	66	.314	.465	.624	1.089	5.9
1997	FLO	NL	135	444	86	111	22	1	21	71	11	7	121	79	.250	.424	.446	.870	2.6
1998	FLO	NL	40	136	21	37	11	1	6	28	4	2	26	16	.272	.392	.500	.892	3.4
1998	LAN	NL	90	301	52	95	16	1	16	57	18	5	69	30	.316	.444	.535	.979
1999	LAN	NL	152	549	103	165	20	0	34	101	11	5	101	64	.301	.407	.523	.930	3.2
2000	LAN	NL	141	501	105	163	24	3	43	109	4	6	101	71	.325	.438	.643	1.081	6.1
2001	LAN	NL	143	515	98	160	28	2	36	100	10	4	94	67	.311	.417	.583	1.000	4.4
2002	ATL	NL	135	492	82	151	26	0	25	84	12	2	72	53	.307	.404	.512	.916	4.4
2003	ATL	NL	155	576	126	190	37	2	39	132	18	4	86	55	.330	.419	.604	1.023	6.8
2004	NYA	AL	154	573	117	166	30	1	36	121	5	6	92	83	.290	.393	.534	.927	4.2
2005	NYA	AL	154	584	104	170	27	0	34	123	10	2	78	76	.291	.379	.512	.891	4.1
2006	NYA	AL	39	151	22	45	5	0	6	25	5	1	13	16	.298	.355	.450	.805	0.4
2007	DET	AL	133	494	107	131	20	1	25	75	22	5	84	71	.265	.378	.462	.840	3.0
2008	DET	AL	114	418	52	94	16	0	19	57	9	2	58	83	.225	.326	.400	.726	-0.2
2009	NYN	NL	100	268	44	74	13	2	10	43	2	1	40	46	.276	.372	.451	.823	0.3
Total			2576	9217	1636	2689	467	27	509	1676	253	104	1475	1171	.292	.389	.514	.903	60.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1988	ML4	AL	SS	24	23	211.1	39	48	3	9
1989	ML4	AL	3B	21	21	177.0	15	44	4	4
1989	ML4	AL	SS	70	70	596.0	85	194	12	40
1990	ML4	AL	3B	125	125	1069.0	98	254	25	16
1991	ML4	AL	3B	43	43	369.0	29	65	8	7
1992	SDN	NL	3B	144	144	1247.2	99	299	16	25
1993	SDN	NL	3B	67	67	564.2	41	102	15	11
1993	FLO	NL	3B	66	66	565.0	38	123	19	4
1994	FLO	NL	OF	87	86	743.2	154	7	5	3
1995	FLO	NL	OF	61	61	530.1	109	5	7	1
1996	FLO	NL	OF	161	160	1342.0	238	8	6	0
1997	FLO	NL	OF	132	132	1115.1	226	14	5	1
1998	FLO	NL	OF	37	37	322.2	68	3	1	2
1998	LAN	NL	OF	89	89	776.0	149	6	1	2
1999	LAN	NL	OF	145	145	1222.1	235	7	7	1
2000	LAN	NL	OF	139	139	1133.0	203	5	10	0
2001	LAN	NL	OF	141	141	1202.0	195	17	6	0
2002	ATL	NL	OF	127	127	1104.0	232	7	4	0
2003	ATL	NL	OF	153	154	1288.1	283	7	4	2
2004	NYA	AL	3B	2	0	2.0	0	0	1	0
2004	NYA	AL	OF	136	136	1178.2	271	11	5	3
2005	NYA	AL	OF	131	130	1099.1	239	5	3	0
2006	NYA	AL	1B	9	9	57.0	56	3	1	4
2006	NYA	AL	OF	21	20	165.0	39	1	1	0
2007	DET	AL	OF	12	12	106.0	25	1	0	0
2008	DET	AL	OF	6	6	47.0	13	0	0	0
2009	NYN	NL	OF	63	62	502.0	96	4	2	0
Total				2212	2205	18736.1	3275	1240	171	135

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1992	TSN All-Star	NL
1992	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1992	Silver Slugger	NL
1992	Player of the Week	NL
1992	Player of the Month	NL
1992	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL
1993	Player of the Week	NL
1994	Player of the Week	NL
1995	Player of the Week	NL
1996	TSN All-Star	NL
1996	Silver Slugger	NL
1996	Player of the Week	NL
2000	Player of the Week	NL
2001	Player of the Week	NL
2003	TSN All-Star	NL
2003	Silver Slugger	NL
2003	Player of the Week	NL
2004	Silver Slugger	AL
2004	Player of the Week	AL
2005	Silver Slugger	AL
2005	Player of the Week	AL
2007	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2015	BBWAA	64	412	No
2016	BBWAA	51	330	No
2017	BBWAA	59	332	No
2018	BBWAA	47	317	No
2019	BBWAA	58	319	No
2020	BBWAA	121	298	No
2021	BBWAA	163	301	No
2022	BBWAA	160	296	No
2023	BBWAA	214	292	No
2024	BBWAA	246	289	No
2026	Contemporary Baseball Era		12	No

Ejections (33)

Date	As	Reason
1989-06-22	Player	Called third strike
1990-05-22	Player	Called third strike (Threw equipment)
1990-06-30	Player	Bench-clearing brawl
1993-04-25	Player	Fighting with Todd Hundley
1993-05-26	Player	Call at 1B
1993-06-10	Player	Charging mound after HBP
1994-08-11	Player	Balls and strikes
1995-05-15	Player	Called third strike
1996-05-13	Player	Fighting with Andy Benes
1996-07-05	Player	Called third strike
1996-07-29	Player	Balls and strikes (threw equipment)
1996-08-16	Player	Balls and strikes
1996-09-06	Player	Called third strike
1997-04-25	Player	Called third strike
1997-07-05	Player	Called third strike
1998-06-19	Player	Balls and strikes
1998-06-28	Player	Fighting with Jason Kendall
1999-04-28	Player	Balls and strikes
2000-04-26	Player	Balls and strikes
2000-08-15	Player	Called third strike
2000-09-28	Player	Called third strike
2001-05-17	Player	Balls and strikes
2001-06-12	Player	Balls and strikes
2001-09-23	Player	Non-call of foul
2003-04-08	Player	Called third strike
2003-08-22	Player	Called third strike
2004-06-27	Player	Balls and strikes
2005-06-26	Player	Call at 1B (Slammed helmet)
2007-05-31	Player	Balls and strikes
2008-08-13	Player	Called third strike
2008-09-19	Player	Fighting after HBP
2009-07-09	Player	Called third strike
2009-08-21	Player	Called third strike

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