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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1968-02-27 · Played 1992–2011 · Career WAR 14.3 (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
1992	MON	NL	13	30	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	7	.167	.316	.233	.549	-0.3
1993	MON	NL	6	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	0.0
1995	BOS	AL	39	88	8	23	7	1	1	17	0	1	4	14	.261	.298	.398	.696	-0.2
1996	OAK	AL	61	137	21	38	5	1	10	23	1	1	19	23	.277	.367	.547	.914	0.6
1997	OAK	AL	133	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	.298	.386	.582	.968	1.9
1998	OAK	AL	149	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	8	3	59	93	.294	.370	.511	.881	3.4
1999	OAK	AL	146	531	94	137	26	3	38	102	2	7	89	124	.258	.366	.533	.899	1.7
2000	OAK	AL	143	476	74	108	26	0	21	81	5	2	78	122	.227	.333	.414	.747	-0.1
2001	CHN	NL	128	340	48	85	21	0	17	61	2	3	52	76	.250	.358	.462	.820	1.4
2002	MIL	NL	107	270	41	66	15	0	16	41	2	0	36	50	.244	.349	.478	.827	0.5
2003	PIT	NL	121	305	49	89	20	1	20	57	0	1	45	64	.292	.389	.561	.950	1.1
2004	KCA	AL	126	439	48	117	21	3	18	66	1	0	49	92	.267	.345	.451	.796	0.4
2005	KCA	AL	127	396	55	109	26	1	13	66	1	2	60	69	.275	.373	.444	.817	1.1
2006	KCA	AL	77	226	31	59	14	0	8	32	0	0	31	52	.261	.352	.429	.781	0.3
2006	TEX	AL	26	81	6	17	4	0	3	11	0	0	6	22	.210	.273	.370	.643
2006	DET	AL	14	41	5	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	12	.244	.295	.463	.758
2007	TOR	AL	125	357	58	103	28	1	21	64	2	1	44	66	.289	.368	.549	.917	2.4
2008	TOR	AL	105	320	42	80	11	1	11	44	1	1	41	87	.250	.342	.394	.736	-0.2
2008	PHI	NL	16	17	4	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	3	.294	.316	.706	1.022
2009	PHI	NL	99	103	15	20	4	0	5	17	0	0	23	30	.194	.357	.379	.736	0.5
2010	SDN	NL	78	99	14	23	6	0	6	16	2	0	11	32	.232	.306	.475	.781	0.4
2011	WAS	NL	56	65	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	23	.154	.257	.169	.426	-0.6
Total			1895	5204	770	1366	294	13	265	899	30	24	717	1122	.262	.352	.477	.829	14.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1992	MON	NL	OF	10	8	65.0	14	0	1	0
1993	MON	NL	OF	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	0
1995	BOS	AL	OF	23	19	169.0	19	2	2	0
1996	OAK	AL	1B	1	1	9.0	6	3	0	1
1996	OAK	AL	OF	44	32	278.0	59	8	1	3
1997	OAK	AL	1B	7	1	22.1	20	3	1	2
1997	OAK	AL	OF	89	67	615.2	122	6	3	0
1998	OAK	AL	1B	6	5	46.2	45	8	0	6
1998	OAK	AL	OF	12	11	93.0	22	3	0	0
1999	OAK	AL	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0
1999	OAK	AL	OF	139	139	1211.2	245	13	5	1
2000	OAK	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0
2000	OAK	AL	OF	103	96	846.0	185	5	4	1
2001	CHN	NL	1B	89	74	636.2	516	51	4	38
2001	CHN	NL	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2001	CHN	NL	OF	22	19	144.0	31	1	0	0
2002	MIL	NL	OF	84	75	602.1	129	6	1	1
2003	PIT	NL	1B	31	27	214.0	212	10	2	16
2003	PIT	NL	OF	55	50	394.1	73	4	1	0
2004	KCA	AL	1B	30	25	229.0	208	11	3	25
2004	KCA	AL	OF	71	68	564.0	131	5	2	2
2005	KCA	AL	1B	64	61	509.2	499	37	4	60
2005	KCA	AL	OF	15	12	100.1	18	0	0	0
2006	KCA	AL	1B	11	9	76.1	67	1	0	7
2006	KCA	AL	OF	2	2	14.0	4	0	0	0
2006	TEX	AL	1B	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	1
2006	TEX	AL	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0
2007	TOR	AL	1B	45	37	334.1	377	31	6	32
2007	TOR	AL	OF	57	48	390.0	66	3	0	0
2008	TOR	AL	OF	15	14	107.0	19	0	0	0
2008	PHI	NL	OF	4	3	16.2	5	0	0	0
2009	PHI	NL	OF	15	12	94.0	23	2	0	2
2010	SDN	NL	1B	3	1	8.2	12	1	0	1
2010	SDN	NL	OF	14	14	80.0	13	0	0	0
2011	WAS	NL	1B	4	3	19.1	11	1	0	0
Total				1071	935	7911.0	3159	215	40	199

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1997	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2017	BBWAA	0	332	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1997-07-30	Player	Balls and strikes
1999-09-17	Player	Called third strike

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