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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1951-04-29 · Played 1974–1987 · Career WAR 22.8 (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
1974	BOS	AL	114	384	36	109	22	0	4	44	3	3	21	34	.284	.320	.372	.692	2.7
1975	BOS	AL	158	580	66	146	25	1	6	62	8	5	45	44	.252	.305	.329	.634	2.1
1976	BOS	AL	152	540	75	157	27	1	7	42	14	9	60	37	.291	.365	.383	.748	3.6
1977	BOS	AL	154	663	80	194	36	7	3	52	13	12	47	69	.293	.338	.382	.720	2.2
1978	BOS	AL	145	626	75	155	32	5	5	49	8	8	40	71	.248	.295	.339	.634	1.5
1979	BOS	AL	153	627	93	174	32	5	5	60	9	5	35	54	.278	.315	.368	.683	3.8
1980	BOS	AL	155	644	89	179	29	2	8	51	12	13	62	51	.278	.341	.366	.707	2.4
1981	CAL	AL	109	430	53	126	17	1	5	33	4	6	42	38	.293	.357	.372	.729	4.5
1982	CAL	AL	11	45	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	.156	.255	.178	.433	0.0
1983	CAL	AL	33	119	22	34	7	0	0	11	0	2	12	12	.286	.348	.345	.693	-0.3
1984	CAL	AL	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1986	CAL	AL	93	271	35	77	14	0	5	29	1	3	33	32	.284	.363	.391	.754	0.9
1987	BAL	AL	62	206	26	43	14	1	2	14	0	2	17	30	.209	.279	.316	.595	-0.5
Total			1346	5139	656	1401	256	23	50	449	72	68	420	477	.273	.328	.361	.688	22.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	BOS	AL	2B	31	27	245.0	65	79	3	24
1974	BOS	AL	3B	2	0	1.0	2	1	0	0
1974	BOS	AL	SS	88	81	711.0	143	256	18	42
1975	BOS	AL	SS	158	157	1398.0	267	498	29	102
1976	BOS	AL	SS	152	145	1304.1	274	478	34	88
1977	BOS	AL	SS	154	154	1360.0	285	482	24	111
1978	BOS	AL	SS	144	144	1298.0	285	482	15	100
1979	BOS	AL	SS	153	151	1313.0	272	523	16	109
1980	BOS	AL	SS	155	155	1364.1	301	528	22	147
1981	CAL	AL	SS	109	108	948.1	208	394	13	88
1982	CAL	AL	SS	11	11	114.2	19	51	1	12
1983	CAL	AL	SS	31	29	263.2	54	102	5	16
1986	CAL	AL	2B	6	5	42.0	15	11	0	3
1986	CAL	AL	3B	4	3	27.2	4	2	1	0
1986	CAL	AL	SS	37	29	257.2	43	77	2	12
1987	BAL	AL	2B	55	53	470.0	112	145	6	39
Total				1290	1252	11118.2	2349	4109	189	893

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1977	TSN All-Star	AL
1979	Gold Glove	AL
1981	TSN All-Star	AL
1981	Silver Slugger	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1993	BBWAA	0	318	No

Ejections (8)