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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1947-06-10 · Played 1970–1984 · College: Hofstra University (1966) · Career WAR 42.1 (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
1970	NYN	NL	69	198	22	52	8	0	5	26	1	1	30	48	.263	.361	.379	.740	1.0
1971	NYN	NL	115	298	34	73	5	0	13	46	0	1	61	64	.245	.374	.393	.767	1.6
1972	MON	NL	142	507	77	139	23	2	14	50	5	10	70	99	.274	.363	.410	.773	2.1
1973	MON	NL	162	560	100	169	26	2	23	103	2	8	123	91	.302	.425	.479	.904	5.7
1974	MON	NL	148	511	68	141	20	2	9	74	5	2	93	84	.276	.385	.376	.761	1.5
1975	BAL	AL	155	586	88	176	37	4	15	55	3	5	118	82	.300	.415	.454	.869	5.1
1976	BAL	AL	154	544	62	151	25	2	13	70	2	2	79	76	.278	.366	.403	.769	3.4
1977	BAL	AL	152	536	90	176	24	0	24	99	0	1	107	101	.328	.438	.507	.945	5.7
1978	BAL	AL	149	502	67	147	21	2	20	81	0	0	98	94	.293	.409	.462	.871	4.7
1979	BAL	AL	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	3	1	109	118	.295	.405	.533	.938	5.3
1980	BAL	AL	156	583	85	177	28	3	24	104	0	2	92	94	.304	.397	.485	.882	4.0
1981	BAL	AL	103	363	48	101	16	1	13	49	0	0	61	59	.278	.380	.435	.815	1.2
1982	BAL	AL	156	561	71	141	27	2	14	77	0	1	86	93	.251	.349	.381	.730	0.7
1983	BAL	AL	151	507	52	140	21	3	18	84	0	2	99	83	.276	.393	.436	.829	1.9
1984	BAL	AL	111	363	28	78	7	1	6	36	0	0	37	60	.215	.286	.289	.575	-1.8
Total			2082	7189	985	2029	317	25	246	1065	21	36	1263	1246	.282	.389	.436	.825	42.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1970	NYN	NL	OF	51	49	421.0	90	1	3	0
1971	NYN	NL	OF	96	80	750.0	143	5	4	0
1972	MON	NL	OF	137	137	1223.0	236	9	7	3
1973	MON	NL	OF	161	159	1421.0	278	20	5	3
1974	MON	NL	OF	143	142	1243.0	224	7	11	0
1975	BAL	AL	OF	155	153	1378.2	283	9	3	2
1976	BAL	AL	OF	134	134	1148.1	278	9	5	2
1977	BAL	AL	OF	150	150	1250.0	278	8	4	2
1978	BAL	AL	OF	140	139	1088.0	244	1	6	0
1979	BAL	AL	OF	143	143	1172.2	247	8	5	2
1980	BAL	AL	OF	151	151	1229.2	248	3	4	1
1981	BAL	AL	OF	72	72	554.0	125	2	0	2
1982	BAL	AL	OF	5	5	27.0	10	0	0	0
Total				1538	1514	12906.1	2684	82	57	17

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1979	TSN All-Star	AL
1981	Player of the Week	AL
1981	Player of the Month	AL
1982	Roberto Clemente Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1990	BBWAA	0	333	No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1975-08-27	Player	Called third strike
1979-04-13	Player	Balls and strikes (Threw helmet)
1979-09-01	Player	Charging mound after close pitches

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