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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1947-07-30 · Played 1968–1982 · Career WAR 2.8 (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
1968	CAL	AL	19	68	2	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.191	.233	.206	.439	0.0
1969	CAL	AL	113	386	39	98	14	3	10	31	1	0	26	53	.254	.304	.383	.687	0.2
1970	CAL	AL	146	511	61	140	20	4	12	68	0	2	28	61	.274	.309	.399	.708	0.9
1971	CAL	AL	148	510	50	121	21	2	18	59	0	1	48	63	.237	.304	.392	.696	1.0
1972	CAL	AL	82	212	13	47	5	0	1	14	0	1	12	25	.222	.262	.259	.521	-1.2
1973	CAL	AL	29	87	10	21	4	2	2	11	0	0	9	9	.241	.316	.402	.718	0.7
1973	TEX	AL	102	352	35	94	12	3	4	43	0	3	34	41	.267	.332	.352	.684
1974	TEX	AL	118	352	36	98	11	4	7	44	1	2	22	27	.278	.323	.392	.715	0.5
1975	TEX	AL	132	403	50	107	18	1	11	47	0	1	35	43	.266	.327	.397	.724	0.8
1976	CHA	AL	150	518	53	131	13	2	14	70	6	4	49	52	.253	.315	.367	.682	0.1
1977	CHA	AL	128	470	56	116	16	1	18	69	1	2	36	50	.247	.300	.400	.700	-0.2
1978	NYA	AL	71	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	0	1	15	32	.227	.295	.440	.735	0.0
1979	NYA	AL	106	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	.288	.367	.593	.960	2.1
1980	NYA	AL	97	259	38	61	9	0	13	43	1	0	30	44	.236	.313	.421	.734	-0.2
1981	NYA	AL	25	63	6	9	2	0	2	4	0	0	9	7	.143	.250	.270	.520	-1.0
1981	OAK	AL	54	171	14	35	6	0	2	9	1	0	10	20	.205	.246	.275	.521
1982	OAK	AL	33	101	6	17	3	1	2	5	0	0	3	20	.168	.190	.277	.467	-0.9
Total			1553	4908	541	1227	179	27	146	599	11	19	407	582	.250	.307	.387	.694	2.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1968	CAL	AL	1B	19	19	168.0	152	18	1	15
1969	CAL	AL	1B	107	101	906.0	926	66	9	81
1970	CAL	AL	1B	142	135	1204.0	1212	85	7	131
1971	CAL	AL	1B	145	135	1251.0	1296	93	5	117
1972	CAL	AL	1B	35	30	266.0	267	22	3	25
1972	CAL	AL	OF	24	21	162.0	22	1	0	0
1973	CAL	AL	1B	26	24	218.0	204	7	0	24
1973	TEX	AL	1B	99	88	809.0	790	67	1	86
1974	TEX	AL	1B	60	40	388.2	389	27	1	36
1975	TEX	AL	1B	99	90	770.0	844	70	5	92
1976	CHA	AL	1B	143	134	1208.1	1206	112	2	116
1977	CHA	AL	1B	125	123	1078.0	977	90	10	76
1978	NYA	AL	1B	15	8	85.0	90	7	0	4
1979	NYA	AL	1B	26	25	232.1	232	17	2	35
1980	NYA	AL	1B	75	62	555.2	567	41	6	51
1981	NYA	AL	1B	25	20	178.0	172	17	0	17
1981	OAK	AL	1B	48	42	395.0	344	36	1	30
1982	OAK	AL	1B	32	26	233.1	230	22	2	20
Total				1245	1123	10108.1	9920	798	55	956

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1970	Gold Glove	AL
1977	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1988	BBWAA	0	321	No

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