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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1957-05-12 · Played 1977–1995 · Career WAR 75.0 (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
1977	DET	AL	11	32	5	8	1	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	.250	.333	.281	.614	-0.1
1978	DET	AL	139	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	7	7	61	65	.285	.361	.357	.718	3.8
1979	DET	AL	127	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	10	78	66	.286	.395	.378	.773	4.5
1980	DET	AL	145	477	68	111	19	1	1	45	8	4	73	79	.233	.331	.283	.614	1.9
1981	DET	AL	109	335	48	88	14	4	5	36	5	3	40	42	.263	.340	.373	.713	3.8
1982	DET	AL	152	560	76	160	22	8	15	65	11	3	48	58	.286	.341	.434	.775	5.4
1983	DET	AL	161	643	94	206	40	6	12	72	17	10	67	70	.320	.380	.457	.837	6.7
1984	DET	AL	143	558	90	161	25	1	13	56	6	5	62	63	.289	.357	.407	.764	4.3
1985	DET	AL	152	609	102	170	29	8	21	73	6	4	80	56	.279	.362	.456	.818	4.5
1986	DET	AL	144	584	95	157	26	6	20	73	13	8	63	70	.269	.338	.437	.775	4.4
1987	DET	AL	149	604	110	160	38	6	16	59	13	5	71	108	.265	.341	.427	.768	3.6
1988	DET	AL	115	403	54	111	18	2	12	55	2	0	66	61	.275	.376	.419	.795	3.5
1989	DET	AL	148	509	77	128	21	1	28	85	6	3	89	59	.251	.361	.462	.823	5.3
1990	DET	AL	132	472	75	112	22	2	18	60	8	2	74	71	.237	.338	.407	.745	3.8
1991	DET	AL	138	470	94	131	26	2	23	78	4	2	90	45	.279	.391	.489	.880	6.8
1992	DET	AL	130	453	77	126	26	0	19	71	6	4	81	46	.278	.386	.461	.847	4.7
1993	DET	AL	119	383	72	111	32	1	9	67	3	3	78	46	.290	.412	.449	.861	4.1
1994	DET	AL	92	322	67	97	21	2	12	43	2	0	41	47	.301	.377	.491	.868	2.5
1995	DET	AL	84	249	36	73	14	0	14	44	4	0	31	41	.293	.372	.518	.890	1.5
Total			2390	8570	1386	2369	420	65	244	1084	143	75	1197	1099	.276	.365	.426	.791	75.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1977	DET	AL	2B	9	9	74.0	17	18	0	2
1978	DET	AL	2B	136	124	1122.1	301	458	17	95
1979	DET	AL	2B	126	114	1017.1	280	369	9	103
1980	DET	AL	2B	143	130	1199.0	340	428	12	93
1981	DET	AL	2B	108	104	918.1	227	354	9	77
1982	DET	AL	2B	149	144	1283.0	331	470	10	120
1983	DET	AL	2B	160	151	1358.0	299	447	13	92
1984	DET	AL	2B	142	131	1195.0	290	405	15	83
1985	DET	AL	2B	150	146	1307.2	314	414	11	101
1986	DET	AL	2B	141	136	1207.1	276	421	11	98
1987	DET	AL	2B	148	146	1266.2	275	416	17	99
1988	DET	AL	2B	110	103	903.2	218	284	8	53
1989	DET	AL	2B	146	137	1178.0	327	393	11	99
1990	DET	AL	2B	130	117	1037.1	286	372	6	98
1991	DET	AL	2B	135	119	1063.2	255	361	4	91
1992	DET	AL	2B	119	112	978.1	256	312	9	72
1993	DET	AL	2B	110	97	864.0	236	322	11	75
1994	DET	AL	2B	83	73	641.2	136	246	12	44
1995	DET	AL	2B	63	53	452.2	107	163	4	32
Total				2308	2146	19068.0	4771	6653	189	1527

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1978	Rookie of the Year	AL
1983	TSN All-Star	AL
1983	Gold Glove	AL
1983	Silver Slugger	AL
1983	Player of the Week	AL
1983	Player of the Month	AL
1984	TSN All-Star	AL
1984	Gold Glove	AL
1984	Silver Slugger	AL
1985	Gold Glove	AL
1985	Silver Slugger	AL
1987	Silver Slugger	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2001	BBWAA	15	387	No
2020	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era	6	12	No

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