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CLE9

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1975	NYN	NL	38		162	17	49	8	1	3	17	0	0	9	37	.302	.339	.420	.759	1.3
1976	NYN	NL	53		143	8	31	5	1	0	9	0	1	6	19	.217	.243	.266	.509	-1.1
1977	NYN	NL	108		279	29	73	12	1	8	35	0	7	19	58	.262	.310	.398	.708	0.2
1978	CLE	AL	14		34	2	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	9	.235	.250	.353	.603	-0.1
1978	CHN	NL	74		180	15	60	6	2	4	33	0	1	3	24	.333	.341	.456	.797
1979	CHN	NL	87		179	28	60	8	2	7	35	0	2	14	27	.335	.379	.520	.899	1.0
1980	CHN	NL	114		312	30	93	17	2	6	47	2	5	14	77	.298	.330	.423	.753	0.9
1981	CIN	NL	31		31	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.161	.161	.161	.322	-0.4
1982	CIN	NL	78		189	9	48	10	1	4	29	0	0	6	33	.254	.274	.381	.655	0.0
1983	SFN	NL	18		26	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.154	.185	.192	.377	0.4
1983	MON	NL	34		53	5	15	2	0	2	4	0	0	8	10	.283	.387	.434	.821
1984	LAN	NL	16		16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.062	.118	.062	.180	-0.2
Total			665		1604	146	447	71	11	34	219	3	17	81	317	.279	.313	.400	.714	2.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1975	NYN	NL	OF	36	36	334.1	92	9	3	1
1976	NYN	NL	OF	35	34	283.2	63	1	4	0
1977	NYN	NL	OF	85	68	594.0	159	5	6	2
1978	CLE	AL	OF	9	7	53.0	18	0	0	0
1978	CHN	NL	3B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
1978	CHN	NL	OF	45	34	300.0	50	1	1	0
1979	CHN	NL	3B	2	0	2.2	0	1	0	0
1979	CHN	NL	OF	39	35	287.2	51	3	2	0
1980	CHN	NL	OF	77	64	580.2	126	5	5	1
1981	CIN	NL	OF	3	0	11.0	3	0	0	0
1982	CIN	NL	OF	52	45	344.0	72	7	1	0
1983	SFN	NL	1B	4	3	19.1	24	0	0	0
1983	SFN	NL	OF	2	1	8.0	1	0	0	0
1983	MON	NL	1B	1	1	7.0	6	1	0	1
1983	MON	NL	3B	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
1983	MON	NL	OF	15	12	97.0	19	4	1	0
1984	LAN	NL	OF	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0
Total				408	341	2929.0	684	37	23	5

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1977-07-17	Player	Call at 1B
1978-09-11	Player	Balls and strikes
1979-09-06	Player	Call at 1B
1980-08-10	Player	Called third strike