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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
1988	ATL	NL	12		17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.118	.167	.176	.343	0.0
1989	ATL	NL	33		62	6	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	6	23	.113	.191	.210	.401	0.2
1990	ATL	NL	38		74	7	12	2	0	0	4	1	0	6	32	.162	.225	.189	.414	0.3
1991	ATL	NL	38		65	7	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	28	.108	.171	.154	.325	-0.2
1992	ATL	NL	36		75	7	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	32	.160	.222	.200	.422	0.2
1993	ATL	NL	35		71	2	13	1	0	0	4	1	1	9	24	.183	.275	.197	.472	0.5
1994	ATL	NL	21		37	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	14	.162	.244	.270	.514	0.3
1995	ATL	NL	29		56	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	25	.107	.206	.107	.313	-0.1
1996	ATL	NL	35		78	3	17	3	0	1	12	0	0	3	26	.218	.253	.295	.548	0.4
1997	ATL	NL	36		79	10	18	3	0	0	4	1	1	9	22	.228	.307	.266	.573	0.6
1998	ATL	NL	26		51	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	8	16	.196	.317	.216	.533	0.4
1999	ATL	NL	29		62	11	17	4	0	1	7	0	0	5	28	.274	.338	.387	.725	0.9
2001	ATL	NL	36		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	-0.1
2002	ATL	NL	75		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2003	ATL	NL	62		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2004	ATL	NL	73		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2005	ATL	NL	33		68	1	10	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	26	.147	.183	.206	.389	0.0
2006	ATL	NL	35		64	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	27	.125	.176	.172	.348	-0.1
2007	ATL	NL	32		54	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.093	.109	.111	.220	-0.3
2008	ATL	NL	6		8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
2009	BOS	AL	8		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
2009	SLN	NL	7		13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220
Total			735		948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.224	.207	.431	2.8

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1988	ATL	NL	2	7	12	12	0	0	0	64.0	74	39	10	33	37	5.48	1.672	-0.2
1989	ATL	NL	12	11	29	29	5	0	0	208.0	160	68	15	72	168	2.94	1.115	3.6
1990	ATL	NL	14	11	34	34	6	2	0	231.1	206	99	20	90	170	3.85	1.280	3.6
1991	ATL	NL	14	13	36	36	5	0	0	229.2	206	97	16	77	148	3.80	1.232	5.4
1992	ATL	NL	15	12	35	35	9	3	0	246.2	206	78	17	80	215	2.85	1.159	3.5
1993	ATL	NL	15	11	35	35	3	1	0	243.2	208	98	23	100	208	3.62	1.264	2.3
1994	ATL	NL	6	10	21	21	1	0	0	134.2	120	62	15	48	113	4.14	1.248	0.9
1995	ATL	NL	12	7	29	29	2	1	0	192.2	166	68	15	72	193	3.18	1.235	4.1
1996	ATL	NL	24	8	35	35	6	2	0	253.2	199	83	19	55	276	2.94	1.001	7.3
1997	ATL	NL	15	12	35	35	7	2	0	256.0	234	86	21	63	241	3.02	1.160	4.8
1998	ATL	NL	17	3	26	26	2	2	0	167.2	145	54	10	44	173	2.90	1.127	3.3
1999	ATL	NL	11	8	29	29	1	1	0	186.1	168	66	14	40	156	3.19	1.116	4.4
2001	ATL	NL	3	3	36	5	0	0	10	59.0	53	22	7	10	57	3.36	1.068	0.8
2002	ATL	NL	3	2	75	0	0	0	55	80.1	59	29	4	24	85	3.25	1.033	1.2
2003	ATL	NL	0	2	62	0	0	0	45	64.1	48	8	2	8	73	1.12	.870	3.2
2004	ATL	NL	0	1	73	0	0	0	44	81.2	75	25	8	13	85	2.76	1.078	2.1
2005	ATL	NL	14	7	33	33	3	1	0	229.2	210	78	18	53	169	3.06	1.145	5.0
2006	ATL	NL	16	9	35	35	3	1	0	232.0	221	90	23	55	211	3.49	1.190	5.9
2007	ATL	NL	14	8	32	32	0	0	0	205.2	196	71	18	47	197	3.11	1.182	4.5
2008	ATL	NL	3	2	6	5	0	0	0	28.0	25	8	2	8	36	2.57	1.179	0.9
2009	BOS	AL	2	5	8	8	0	0	0	40.0	59	37	8	9	33	8.33	1.700	-0.5
2009	SLN	NL	1	3	7	7	0	0	0	38.0	36	18	3	9	40	4.26	1.184
Total			213	155	723	481	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1284	288	1010	3084	3.33	1.176	66.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1988	ATL	NL	P	12	12	64.0	4	6	0	1
1989	ATL	NL	P	29	29	208.0	23	32	7	2
1990	ATL	NL	P	34	34	231.1	26	27	3	4
1991	ATL	NL	P	36	36	229.2	15	34	1	1
1992	ATL	NL	P	35	35	246.2	23	26	1	3
1993	ATL	NL	P	35	35	243.2	29	23	0	1
1994	ATL	NL	P	21	21	134.2	10	18	1	1
1995	ATL	NL	P	29	29	192.2	12	18	2	0
1996	ATL	NL	P	35	35	253.2	27	27	1	2
1997	ATL	NL	P	35	35	256.0	29	31	2	2
1998	ATL	NL	P	26	26	167.2	12	20	0	2
1999	ATL	NL	P	29	29	186.1	9	30	1	3
2001	ATL	NL	P	36	5	59.0	8	7	1	0
2002	ATL	NL	P	75	0	80.1	11	11	0	0
2003	ATL	NL	P	62	0	64.1	4	6	0	1
2004	ATL	NL	P	73	0	81.2	9	9	0	0
2005	ATL	NL	P	33	33	229.2	22	31	0	4
2006	ATL	NL	P	35	35	232.0	20	33	2	1
2007	ATL	NL	P	32	32	205.2	19	29	3	1
2008	ATL	NL	P	6	5	28.0	2	3	3	0
2009	BOS	AL	P	8	8	40.0	4	7	0	1
2009	SLN	NL	P	7	7	38.0	2	5	0	0
Total				723	481	3473.0	320	433	28	30

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1992	NLCS MVP	NL
1996	TSN All-Star	NL
1996	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1996	Cy Young Award	NL
1996	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1996	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher	NL
1997	Silver Slugger	NL
1997	Player of the Week	NL
1999	Pitcher of the Month	NL
2002	Rolaids Relief Man Award	NL
2002	TSN Reliever of the Year	NL
2002	Reliever of the Year Award	NL
2002	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player	NL
2002	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year	ML
2002	This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year	ML
2003	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year	ML
2004	Player of the Week	NL
2005	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
2005	Roberto Clemente Award	ML
2005	Player of the Week	NL
2007	Branch Rickey Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2015	BBWAA	455	412	Yes

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1994-05-14	Player	Intentional HBP
1998-07-29	Player	Call at 3B
1999-07-30	Player	Intentional HBP
2007-05-26	Player	Arguing after Cox ejection; not in game