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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
1982	MIN	AL	22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	MIN	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	MIN	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	MIN	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	MIN	AL	37		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1989	MIN	AL	24		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1989	NYN	NL	12		23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.130	.167	.130	.297
1990	NYN	NL	35		85	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	.153	.153	.153	.306	-0.1
1991	NYN	NL	35		71	2	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.127	.151	.155	.306	0.0
1992	BOS	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	BOS	AL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	BOS	AL	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	CIN	NL	3		6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	0.0
1996	TOR	AL	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			421		185	8	26	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	41	.141	.154	.157	.311	-0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1982	MIN	AL	4	10	22	22	3	1	0	126.0	152	73	22	38	84	5.21	1.508	-0.1
1983	MIN	AL	7	15	35	34	4	0	0	210.0	242	128	34	92	127	5.49	1.590	-0.8
1984	MIN	AL	18	12	35	35	10	4	0	257.2	225	92	28	73	149	3.21	1.157	4.5
1985	MIN	AL	18	14	36	36	9	0	0	250.2	262	114	26	68	135	4.09	1.316	1.9
1986	MIN	AL	16	13	37	37	7	1	0	245.2	257	123	37	83	191	4.51	1.384	2.5
1987	MIN	AL	17	10	36	36	7	1	0	251.2	230	81	29	66	197	2.90	1.176	8.1
1988	MIN	AL	24	7	35	35	7	2	0	255.1	236	75	20	54	193	2.64	1.136	7.7
1989	MIN	AL	8	12	24	24	7	1	0	175.2	171	74	17	47	138	3.79	1.241	4.1
1989	NYN	NL	5	5	12	12	2	1	0	85.1	75	32	5	27	73	3.38	1.195
1990	NYN	NL	20	12	35	35	7	3	0	249.2	227	74	15	60	182	2.67	1.150	6.4
1991	NYN	NL	13	15	35	35	3	0	0	231.1	259	102	25	54	132	3.97	1.353	2.6
1992	BOS	AL	13	12	35	35	6	1	0	238.0	214	91	13	89	121	3.44	1.273	6.2
1993	BOS	AL	11	8	29	29	2	1	0	183.2	180	64	12	72	91	3.14	1.372	4.3
1994	BOS	AL	1	1	6	6	0	0	0	31.0	34	16	2	17	9	4.65	1.645	0.5
1995	CIN	NL	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	14.1	20	10	3	3	4	6.28	1.605	-0.3
1996	TOR	AL	1	3	6	6	0	0	0	30.1	43	26	6	21	18	7.71	2.110	-0.4
Total			176	150	421	420	74	16	0	2836.1	2827	1175	294	864	1844	3.73	1.301	47.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1982	MIN	AL	P	22	22	126.0	1	15	2	0
1983	MIN	AL	P	35	34	210.0	7	23	1	2
1984	MIN	AL	P	35	35	257.2	6	26	1	1
1985	MIN	AL	P	36	36	250.2	6	33	5	0
1986	MIN	AL	P	37	37	245.2	8	21	3	1
1987	MIN	AL	P	36	36	251.2	6	34	3	1
1988	MIN	AL	P	35	35	255.1	5	30	2	1
1989	MIN	AL	P	24	24	175.2	7	26	3	1
1989	NYN	NL	P	12	12	85.1	3	9	1	2
1990	NYN	NL	P	35	35	249.2	11	34	1	1
1991	NYN	NL	P	35	35	231.1	6	34	4	1
1992	BOS	AL	P	35	35	238.0	6	47	2	6
1993	BOS	AL	P	29	29	183.2	10	31	4	1
1994	BOS	AL	P	6	6	31.0	0	4	0	1
1995	CIN	NL	P	3	3	14.1	0	2	0	0
1996	TOR	AL	P	6	6	30.1	2	2	0	0
Total				421	420	2836.1	84	371	32	19

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1987	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1987	World Series MVP	ML
1987	Pitcher of the Month	AL
1988	TSN All-Star	AL
1988	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1988	Cy Young Award	AL
1988	Pitcher of the Month	AL
1989	Player of the Week	AL
1990	TSN All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2002	BBWAA	2	354	No

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1989-07-14	Player	Balls and strikes (from bench)
1991-05-27	Player	Call at 1B
1992-07-04	Player	Bench jockeying