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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1951-10-25 · Played 1974–1986 · Career WAR 15.1 (bWAR) ·

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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
1974	KCA	AL	110		269	28	65	7	1	1	25	5	0	23	38	.242	.303	.286	.589	-0.3
1975	KCA	AL	120		328	44	91	13	8	4	42	12	7	28	36	.277	.340	.402	.742	1.9
1976	KCA	AL	152		581	71	154	23	6	3	59	23	16	26	50	.265	.298	.341	.639	1.8
1977	KCA	AL	162		606	98	189	32	14	23	112	16	12	41	64	.312	.361	.525	.886	5.3
1978	KCA	AL	132		485	63	133	24	8	5	63	14	6	31	54	.274	.319	.388	.707	1.9
1979	KCA	AL	136		516	69	152	18	7	9	73	10	8	40	44	.295	.345	.409	.754	1.5
1980	CAL	AL	34		119	11	27	5	0	1	17	1	2	12	21	.227	.303	.294	.597	0.5
1980	DET	AL	108		403	58	113	15	3	5	42	5	6	37	40	.280	.339	.370	.709
1981	DET	AL	85		253	27	66	11	4	1	18	3	3	22	36	.261	.319	.348	.667	0.5
1982	SEA	AL	146		560	72	151	39	8	20	78	11	7	46	81	.270	.325	.475	.800	2.9
1983	SEA	AL	110		356	39	73	19	2	7	35	10	2	23	38	.205	.255	.329	.584	-0.8
1984	SEA	AL	139		524	60	145	34	2	15	78	9	5	27	83	.277	.312	.435	.747	0.3
1985	SEA	AL	122		452	59	120	32	5	14	69	0	0	30	56	.265	.310	.451	.761	0.6
1986	SEA	AL	28		82	5	15	4	0	0	6	1	0	3	18	.183	.209	.232	.441	-1.0
Total			1584		5534	704	1494	276	68	108	717	120	74	389	659	.270	.318	.403	.721	15.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	KCA	AL	3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	1	0
1974	KCA	AL	OF	102	64	655.1	151	13	2	2
1975	KCA	AL	OF	113	83	803.2	214	4	5	2
1976	KCA	AL	OF	148	145	1311.0	329	13	5	3
1977	KCA	AL	OF	159	150	1352.0	307	14	6	1
1978	KCA	AL	3B	5	3	30.0	5	10	1	1
1978	KCA	AL	OF	127	123	1077.2	275	10	3	5
1979	KCA	AL	OF	134	132	1170.1	288	3	4	0
1980	CAL	AL	OF	30	30	265.2	64	3	0	0
1980	DET	AL	OF	107	106	943.0	199	8	3	2
1981	DET	AL	OF	83	64	607.0	166	3	1	0
1982	SEA	AL	OF	145	143	1301.1	280	14	4	1
1983	SEA	AL	OF	70	61	544.0	124	7	2	1
1984	SEA	AL	OF	130	123	1089.1	228	8	3	0
1985	SEA	AL	OF	110	109	933.0	198	10	7	2
1986	SEA	AL	OF	19	17	158.0	31	2	1	0
Total				1484	1353	12244.1	2859	123	48	20

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1977	Gold Glove	AL
1977	Player of the Week	AL

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1980-06-20	Player	Charging mound after ground out
1981-09-06	Player	Checked swing
1983-08-13	Player	Fighting