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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1953-07-03 · Played 1973–1993 · Career WAR 57.1 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1973	CAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CAL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1976	CAL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1977	CAL	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CAL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	BOS	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	TEX	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	TEX	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	DET	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	DET	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	DET	AL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1992	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1993	NYN	NL	29	58	3	9	1	1	5	1	2	11	.155	.183	.207	.390	0.1
1993	NYA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			639	59	3	9	1	1	5	1	2	12	.153	.180	.203	.384	0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1973	CAL	AL	2	2	4	4	2	1	0	26.1	20	9	2	8	22	3.08	1.063	0.4
1974	CAL	AL	14	19	39	35	12	4	0	268.2	262	93	27	77	180	3.12	1.262	4.6
1975	CAL	AL	16	9	34	33	16	5	0	257.1	211	75	21	73	269	2.62	1.104	7.3
1976	CAL	AL	19	10	34	34	23	2	0	288.1	212	78	24	73	261	2.43	.988	7.5
1977	CAL	AL	15	9	31	31	20	7	0	241.1	201	68	19	61	205	2.54	1.086	8.3
1978	CAL	AL	18	12	33	33	10	4	0	239.0	239	97	26	60	137	3.65	1.251	3.0
1979	CAL	AL	7	5	18	17	2	1	0	90.1	93	39	9	25	46	3.89	1.306	1.2
1980	CAL	AL	11	12	32	31	7	0	0	204.0	223	94	18	45	113	4.15	1.314	1.9
1981	BOS	AL	4	10	24	23	5	2	0	141.1	142	63	17	43	78	4.01	1.309	1.1
1982	TEX	AL	7	18	30	30	7	0	0	194.1	199	91	16	55	87	4.21	1.307	1.6
1983	TEX	AL	7	9	29	22	3	0	0	159.1	144	56	14	49	108	3.16	1.211	2.0
1984	TEX	AL	15	15	35	35	9	1	0	246.1	234	89	30	81	141	3.25	1.279	4.3
1985	TEX	AL	2	7	13	13	0	0	0	77.2	89	51	15	23	52	5.91	1.442	2.1
1985	DET	AL	10	7	20	20	4	0	0	137.1	131	51	13	34	107	3.34	1.201
1986	DET	AL	12	9	32	31	3	1	0	188.1	196	87	23	65	119	4.16	1.386	1.3
1987	DET	AL	15	10	34	34	5	3	0	218.2	216	95	27	56	146	3.91	1.244	3.0
1988	DET	AL	14	11	32	32	2	0	0	203.0	213	95	25	64	127	4.21	1.365	0.4
1989	DET	AL	10	14	33	33	6	1	0	223.2	227	89	21	74	147	3.58	1.346	3.0
1990	DET	AL	9	8	34	29	1	0	1	176.1	190	104	25	66	114	5.31	1.452	0.1
1991	DET	AL	13	12	33	33	3	2	0	217.1	217	91	26	78	107	3.77	1.357	2.7
1992	DET	AL	13	11	32	31	3	0	0	186.2	188	91	22	90	91	4.39	1.489	0.3
1993	NYN	NL	7	15	29	29	0	0	0	183.0	198	91	26	48	104	4.48	1.344	0.9
1993	NYA	AL	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	19.2	18	7	2	7	12	3.20	1.271
Total			240	236	638	616	143	34	1	4188.1	4063	1704	448	1255	2773	3.66	1.270	57.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1973	CAL	AL	P	4	4	26.1	0	5	0	0
1974	CAL	AL	P	39	35	268.2	9	39	1	4
1975	CAL	AL	P	34	33	257.1	9	44	2	5
1976	CAL	AL	P	34	34	288.1	12	45	1	1
1977	CAL	AL	P	31	31	241.1	15	37	1	2
1978	CAL	AL	P	33	33	239.0	8	25	0	2
1979	CAL	AL	P	18	17	90.1	3	12	1	1
1980	CAL	AL	P	32	31	204.0	12	24	0	1
1981	BOS	AL	P	24	23	141.1	9	25	1	2
1982	TEX	AL	P	30	30	194.1	8	30	1	0
1983	TEX	AL	P	29	22	159.1	9	37	2	0
1984	TEX	AL	P	35	35	246.1	18	35	0	2
1985	TEX	AL	P	13	13	77.2	5	11	1	1
1985	DET	AL	P	20	20	137.1	9	20	0	1
1986	DET	AL	P	32	31	188.1	19	26	2	5
1987	DET	AL	P	34	34	218.2	14	35	0	2
1988	DET	AL	P	32	32	203.0	11	31	1	4
1989	DET	AL	P	33	33	223.2	16	41	0	2
1990	DET	AL	P	34	29	176.1	9	27	0	0
1991	DET	AL	P	33	33	217.1	12	36	1	3
1992	DET	AL	P	32	31	186.2	8	30	2	1
1993	NYN	NL	P	29	29	183.0	11	22	1	1
1993	NYA	AL	P	3	3	19.2	0	1	1	0
Total				638	616	4188.1	226	638	19	40

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1974	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year	AL
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1976	TSN All-Star	AL
1976	Player of the Month	AL
1977	TSN All-Star	AL
1977	Player of the Month	AL
1978	Player of the Month	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1999	BBWAA	0	373	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1987-06-20	Player	Balls and strikes (from bench)