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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1938-06-15 · Played 1959–1976 · Career WAR 63.6 (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
1959	CHN	NL	18	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.152	.176	.212	.388	-0.2
1960	CHN	NL	12	47	4	13	0	2	2	7	0	0	5	12	.277	.346	.489	.835	0.5
1961	CHN	NL	146	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	6	0	45	70	.278	.338	.484	.822	1.2
1962	CHN	NL	159	618	94	184	22	8	22	91	9	9	70	72	.298	.369	.466	.835	3.4
1963	CHN	NL	161	612	87	175	36	9	25	95	7	6	68	78	.286	.358	.497	.855	6.4
1964	CHN	NL	162	645	100	201	39	2	33	98	10	7	59	84	.312	.370	.532	.902	5.2
1965	CHN	NL	164	645	115	203	39	6	34	108	10	1	65	76	.315	.377	.552	.929	7.7
1966	CHN	NL	162	648	100	179	23	5	29	91	6	3	69	61	.276	.347	.461	.808	4.5
1967	CHN	NL	162	634	92	176	21	12	28	84	6	3	68	67	.278	.346	.481	.827	4.7
1968	CHN	NL	163	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	4	1	48	53	.288	.336	.500	.836	4.6
1969	CHN	NL	163	642	103	188	33	10	21	95	3	2	59	70	.293	.355	.474	.829	2.8
1970	CHN	NL	161	636	137	205	34	4	42	129	7	1	72	65	.322	.391	.586	.977	6.6
1971	CHN	NL	157	594	86	179	27	5	28	93	7	5	77	44	.301	.383	.505	.888	4.3
1972	CHN	NL	150	574	95	191	34	6	37	122	3	1	62	59	.333	.398	.606	1.004	6.2
1973	CHN	NL	156	576	72	166	22	2	20	86	4	3	76	72	.288	.369	.438	.807	1.8
1974	CHN	NL	117	404	55	113	22	0	16	68	4	5	67	44	.280	.382	.453	.835	2.0
1975	OAK	AL	155	520	68	127	20	1	23	81	0	0	76	68	.244	.341	.419	.760	1.9
1976	OAK	AL	120	351	36	74	12	0	11	41	4	2	58	44	.211	.320	.339	.659	0.0
Total			2488	9350	1410	2711	434	88	426	1475	90	49	1045	1046	.290	.361	.492	.853	63.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1959	CHN	NL	OF	10	7	65.0	18	0	0	0
1960	CHN	NL	OF	12	12	109.2	25	0	1	0
1961	CHN	NL	OF	135	133	1179.1	220	9	11	3
1962	CHN	NL	OF	159	159	1412.1	273	18	10	4
1963	CHN	NL	OF	160	160	1439.0	298	13	4	2
1964	CHN	NL	OF	162	161	1436.0	233	14	13	0
1965	CHN	NL	OF	164	164	1472.0	296	10	10	2
1966	CHN	NL	OF	162	162	1451.0	319	9	8	3
1967	CHN	NL	OF	162	162	1444.0	271	3	3	1
1968	CHN	NL	OF	163	163	1447.1	261	4	9	0
1969	CHN	NL	OF	159	159	1403.0	250	15	12	2
1970	CHN	NL	OF	160	159	1382.0	259	13	3	1
1971	CHN	NL	OF	154	152	1343.0	284	8	7	3
1972	CHN	NL	1B	5	5	43.0	42	4	0	5
1972	CHN	NL	OF	144	142	1255.0	233	9	4	0
1973	CHN	NL	1B	19	19	159.1	167	20	2	14
1973	CHN	NL	OF	138	132	1136.0	253	14	4	1
1974	CHN	NL	1B	65	64	557.0	566	49	9	48
1974	CHN	NL	OF	43	41	343.1	69	4	2	2
1975	OAK	AL	1B	7	5	36.0	30	3	1	5
1976	OAK	AL	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
Total				2184	2161	19115.1	4367	219	113	96

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1961	Rookie of the Year	NL
1961	TSN Rookie of the Year	NL
1964	TSN All-Star	NL
1968	TSN All-Star	NL
1970	TSN All-Star	NL
1972	TSN All-Star	NL
1972	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1972	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1973	Player of the Week	NL
1974	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1982	BBWAA	97	312	No
1983	BBWAA	153	281	No
1984	BBWAA	202	303	No
1985	BBWAA	252	297	No
1986	BBWAA	315	319	No
1987	BBWAA	354	310	Yes

Ejections (4)