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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1946-04-10 · Played 1966–1984 · College: Los Angeles Harbor College (1964) · Career WAR 28.7 (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
1966	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1967	HOU	NL	6	14	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.429	.643	0.0
1968	HOU	NL	45	140	13	32	7	0	2	8	1	0	13	32	.229	.297	.321	.618	-0.3
1969	HOU	NL	20	40	3	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	5	.275	.396	.350	.746	0.4
1970	HOU	NL	97	327	48	89	19	2	11	61	1	1	24	59	.272	.324	.443	.767	0.1
1971	HOU	NL	129	468	49	135	17	3	9	67	0	3	41	56	.288	.347	.395	.742	1.0
1972	HOU	NL	147	548	74	171	27	4	16	86	1	1	53	83	.312	.378	.464	.842	2.9
1973	HOU	NL	158	573	97	179	24	3	16	94	1	4	85	73	.312	.403	.449	.852	4.7
1974	HOU	NL	150	524	69	156	19	4	11	67	3	4	60	61	.298	.370	.412	.782	0.7
1975	HOU	NL	132	485	67	157	27	1	18	85	3	5	40	50	.324	.375	.495	.870	3.3
1976	HOU	NL	157	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	3	3	62	64	.313	.377	.458	.835	3.0
1977	HOU	NL	151	554	77	160	38	6	22	110	5	0	57	69	.289	.360	.498	.858	4.8
1978	HOU	NL	139	461	51	133	25	4	14	79	3	1	51	57	.289	.357	.451	.808	3.0
1979	HOU	NL	49	163	15	39	4	0	3	18	0	0	16	23	.239	.304	.319	.623	2.9
1979	BOS	AL	84	312	48	105	19	4	13	53	3	2	29	33	.337	.401	.548	.949
1980	NYA	AL	130	469	62	144	25	3	13	68	2	1	48	56	.307	.368	.456	.824	2.4
1981	NYA	AL	59	156	15	33	3	3	6	12	0	0	24	17	.212	.317	.385	.702	-0.1
1982	NYA	AL	7	17	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	.235	.350	.412	.762	0.0
1982	ATL	NL	57	114	16	28	3	1	5	22	1	1	14	20	.246	.323	.421	.744
1983	ATL	NL	65	149	14	46	9	0	6	37	0	2	18	23	.309	.376	.490	.866	0.2
1984	ATL	NL	49	85	4	18	4	0	2	12	0	0	9	12	.212	.287	.329	.616	-0.3
Total			1832	6185	802	1826	307	41	184	989	27	28	653	796	.295	.363	.447	.810	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1967	HOU	NL	1B	3	3	25.0	21	2	1	0
1968	HOU	NL	OF	40	38	337.1	46	0	6	0
1969	HOU	NL	1B	5	5	37.0	34	3	0	4
1969	HOU	NL	C	1	0	2.0	5	0	0	0
1969	HOU	NL	OF	6	5	43.0	7	0	0	0
1970	HOU	NL	1B	83	82	686.0	695	39	6	54
1970	HOU	NL	C	6	0	11.0	11	1	0	0
1970	HOU	NL	OF	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0
1971	HOU	NL	1B	45	37	319.0	339	16	5	28
1971	HOU	NL	OF	87	88	705.0	131	2	2	0
1972	HOU	NL	1B	2	1	10.0	13	1	0	3
1972	HOU	NL	OF	143	143	1262.0	218	6	5	0
1973	HOU	NL	1B	26	12	150.0	150	2	2	7
1973	HOU	NL	C	3	2	19.0	12	1	1	0
1973	HOU	NL	OF	142	142	1184.1	271	8	9	0
1974	HOU	NL	1B	35	2	85.2	96	5	0	7
1974	HOU	NL	OF	140	139	1061.0	202	7	4	2
1975	HOU	NL	1B	118	116	990.1	1077	69	8	106
1975	HOU	NL	OF	9	8	66.0	12	1	0	0
1976	HOU	NL	1B	155	154	1355.0	1395	96	15	126
1977	HOU	NL	1B	146	146	1278.1	1331	118	9	100
1978	HOU	NL	1B	128	127	1045.2	974	95	9	63
1979	HOU	NL	1B	44	44	357.1	371	33	3	23
1979	BOS	AL	1B	58	57	479.1	525	47	7	58
1980	NYA	AL	1B	104	91	827.0	851	63	9	87
1981	NYA	AL	1B	50	43	362.0	367	25	1	42
1982	NYA	AL	1B	6	4	36.0	40	0	0	5
1982	ATL	NL	1B	27	25	188.2	206	8	0	18
1982	ATL	NL	OF	2	1	15.0	2	0	0	0
1983	ATL	NL	1B	34	34	271.1	280	19	5	23
1984	ATL	NL	1B	19	19	130.0	165	12	3	17
Total				1668	1568	13343.1	9848	679	110	773

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1973	Player of the Week	NL
1975	Player of the Month	NL
1976	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1990	BBWAA	3	333	No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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