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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1955-10-04 · Played 1977–1988 · College: University of Michigan (1974–1976) · Career WAR 13.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=sorenla01, LAHMAN=sorenla01, MLBAM=122537, RETROSHEET=sorel001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1977	ML4	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	ML4	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	ML4	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	ML4	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	SLN	NL	23	46	1	3	1	0	21	.065	.085	.087	.172	-0.5
1982	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	OAK	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CHN	NL	45	6	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-0.1
1987	MON	NL	23	8	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0.0
1988	SFN	NL	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			346	61	2	3	1	2	30	.049	.079	.066	.145	-0.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1977	ML4	AL	7	10	23	20	9	0	0	142.1	147	69	10	36	57	4.36	1.286	1.7
1978	ML4	AL	18	12	37	36	17	3	1	280.2	277	100	14	50	78	3.21	1.165	5.0
1979	ML4	AL	15	14	34	34	16	2	0	235.1	250	104	30	42	63	3.98	1.241	3.6
1980	ML4	AL	12	10	35	29	8	2	1	195.2	242	80	13	45	54	3.68	1.467	1.9
1981	SLN	NL	7	7	23	23	3	1	0	140.1	149	51	3	26	52	3.27	1.247	1.0
1982	CLE	AL	10	15	32	30	6	1	0	189.1	251	118	19	55	62	5.61	1.616	-1.1
1983	CLE	AL	12	11	36	34	8	1	0	222.2	238	105	21	65	76	4.24	1.361	3.9
1984	OAK	AL	6	13	46	21	2	0	1	183.1	240	100	21	44	63	4.91	1.549	-1.4
1985	CHN	NL	3	7	45	3	0	0	0	82.1	86	39	8	24	34	4.26	1.336	0.3
1987	MON	NL	3	4	23	5	0	0	1	47.2	56	25	7	12	21	4.72	1.427	-0.4
1988	SFN	NL	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	16.2	24	9	1	3	9	4.86	1.620	-0.9
Total			93	103	346	235	69	10	6	1736.1	1960	800	147	402	569	4.15	1.360	13.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1977	ML4	AL	P	23	20	142.1	15	23	1	4
1978	ML4	AL	P	37	36	280.2	28	44	3	1
1979	ML4	AL	P	34	34	235.1	23	39	6	3
1980	ML4	AL	P	35	29	195.2	18	30	0	5
1981	SLN	NL	P	23	23	140.1	15	21	2	3
1982	CLE	AL	P	32	30	189.1	10	28	4	2
1983	CLE	AL	P	36	34	222.2	20	39	2	1
1984	OAK	AL	P	46	21	183.1	15	18	1	3
1985	CHN	NL	P	45	3	82.1	4	14	2	1
1987	MON	NL	P	23	5	47.2	3	5	1	0
1988	SFN	NL	P	12	0	16.2	0	2	0	0
Total				346	235	1736.1	151	263	22	23

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1978	Player of the Week	AL

Ejections (4)