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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1951-05-18 · Played 1974–1989 · College: University of Iowa (1970–1972) · Career WAR 40.5 (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
1974	TEX	AL	132	368	45	91	13	3	3	36	2	4	62	61	.247	.354	.323	.677	4.0
1975	TEX	AL	155	472	45	94	9	0	6	36	3	1	51	77	.199	.283	.256	.539	1.6
1976	TEX	AL	140	448	33	102	24	2	3	34	0	0	37	61	.228	.285	.310	.595	2.9
1977	TEX	AL	149	453	61	132	20	3	6	65	2	3	53	77	.291	.365	.389	.754	5.0
1978	TEX	AL	149	518	54	144	23	6	6	58	2	5	64	70	.278	.358	.380	.738	5.4
1979	TEX	AL	150	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	.275	.345	.368	.713	3.3
1980	TEX	AL	151	505	59	138	24	1	10	63	2	2	64	67	.273	.353	.384	.737	3.6
1981	TEX	AL	102	339	42	94	17	2	3	28	2	5	50	48	.277	.369	.366	.735	3.9
1982	TEX	AL	139	470	37	118	22	5	10	47	2	6	49	57	.251	.322	.383	.705	3.4
1983	TEX	AL	131	378	30	76	14	0	2	28	0	4	35	64	.201	.272	.254	.526	0.5
1984	ML4	AL	110	348	43	91	19	4	7	43	1	1	38	63	.261	.332	.399	.731	3.1
1985	KCA	AL	115	367	38	90	12	4	10	35	0	2	33	67	.245	.308	.381	.689	1.0
1986	KCA	AL	140	429	41	91	9	1	12	42	1	1	57	91	.212	.303	.322	.625	1.1
1987	CHN	NL	61	139	9	28	2	0	4	15	0	0	19	40	.201	.306	.302	.608	0.0
1988	CHN	NL	24	54	8	13	1	0	2	9	0	0	8	15	.241	.333	.370	.703	1.1
1988	TEX	AL	38	91	13	26	4	0	4	13	0	0	5	17	.286	.323	.462	.785
1989	TEX	AL	76	147	13	29	7	1	2	8	0	0	23	37	.197	.304	.299	.603	0.6
Total			1962	6021	621	1493	243	36	95	624	20	37	699	963	.248	.326	.348	.674	40.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	TEX	AL	C	132	121	1094.1	722	69	8	15
1975	TEX	AL	C	155	148	1316.0	791	101	17	11
1976	TEX	AL	C	140	135	1204.2	719	96	7	11
1977	TEX	AL	C	149	137	1214.0	801	103	5	12
1978	TEX	AL	C	148	145	1294.2	769	91	3	14
1979	TEX	AL	C	150	144	1271.0	754	75	4	14
1980	TEX	AL	C	151	145	1301.0	853	76	7	7
1981	TEX	AL	C	98	97	863.1	464	52	2	9
1981	TEX	AL	OF	2	1	11.0	1	0	0	0
1982	TEX	AL	C	132	129	1136.2	607	69	6	15
1982	TEX	AL	OF	1	1	8.2	5	0	0	0
1983	TEX	AL	C	131	116	1056.2	618	56	5	2
1984	ML4	AL	C	109	100	900.2	556	55	3	6
1985	KCA	AL	C	112	107	960.1	572	41	5	10
1986	KCA	AL	C	134	124	1100.1	686	46	4	11
1987	CHN	NL	C	57	35	354.2	273	34	2	2
1988	CHN	NL	C	20	14	142.0	88	7	0	1
1988	TEX	AL	C	36	25	232.2	141	9	0	2
1989	TEX	AL	C	73	53	457.1	353	27	3	3
Total				1930	1777	15920.0	9773	1007	81	145

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1976	Gold Glove	AL
1977	Gold Glove	AL
1978	TSN All-Star	AL
1978	Gold Glove	AL
1978	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Gold Glove	AL
1980	Gold Glove	AL
1981	TSN All-Star	AL
1981	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1995	BBWAA	1	345	No

Ejections (5)