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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1949-09-13 · Played 1969–1992 · Career WAR 25.2 (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
1969	MIN	AL	5		6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	0.2
1970	MIN	AL	5		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-0.3
1971	MIN	AL	6		13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	0.1
1972	MIN	AL	25		40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	.200	.304	.225	.529	-0.1
1973	NYA	AL	6		11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	-0.1
1974	NYA	AL	43		109	12	26	3	0	2	12	1	0	8	7	.239	.288	.321	.609	0.9
1975	NYA	AL	71		145	18	38	8	0	1	11	0	0	21	15	.262	.353	.338	.691	0.4
1976	NYA	AL	21		42	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.119	.213	.119	.332	0.7
1976	BAL	AL	59		174	11	37	2	0	0	10	1	1	13	17	.213	.275	.224	.499
1977	BAL	AL	91		270	27	61	7	4	3	34	2	3	34	34	.226	.314	.315	.629	1.2
1978	BAL	AL	136		441	41	114	25	0	6	32	7	3	48	54	.259	.327	.356	.683	3.3
1979	BAL	AL	124		368	48	88	23	0	6	41	0	1	38	37	.239	.307	.351	.658	2.3
1980	BAL	AL	119		362	51	95	26	3	9	40	3	1	36	45	.262	.333	.425	.758	3.1
1981	BAL	AL	92		251	24	54	10	1	6	15	0	1	32	36	.215	.306	.335	.641	1.6
1982	BAL	AL	125		344	35	88	15	1	5	36	0	3	46	37	.256	.339	.349	.688	1.6
1983	BAL	AL	128		347	33	80	16	2	4	32	1	1	40	54	.231	.311	.323	.634	1.6
1984	BAL	AL	109		330	37	76	11	0	11	34	1	2	40	58	.230	.312	.364	.676	0.8
1985	BAL	AL	132		362	54	92	19	0	12	52	0	1	50	87	.254	.345	.406	.751	3.0
1986	BAL	AL	122		327	42	68	15	1	13	29	1	0	45	78	.208	.309	.379	.688	2.0
1987	CLE	AL	60		141	16	25	10	0	1	9	0	0	23	29	.177	.295	.270	.565	-0.5
1988	LAN	NL	77		167	25	42	13	0	7	30	1	0	25	44	.251	.338	.455	.793	1.9
1989	LAN	NL	79		151	16	27	7	0	4	16	1	0	30	37	.179	.319	.305	.624	1.0
1990	LAN	NL	62		128	13	25	5	0	2	15	1	0	23	29	.195	.318	.281	.599	0.2
1991	ML4	AL	61		147	15	34	5	0	4	21	0	2	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	0.5
1992	BAL	AL	8		9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	-0.2
Total			1766		4692	525	1093	223	12	96	471	20	19	592	736	.233	.319	.347	.666	25.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1991	ML4	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	0	4.50	2.000	0.0
Total			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	0	4.50	2.000	0.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1969	MIN	AL	C	3	0	10.2	5	0	1	0
1970	MIN	AL	C	3	1	16.0	12	0	1	0
1971	MIN	AL	C	6	4	37.0	30	4	2	0
1972	MIN	AL	C	23	8	113.0	67	5	1	0
1973	NYA	AL	C	5	3	31.0	9	0	2	0
1974	NYA	AL	C	31	25	237.1	152	22	4	0
1974	NYA	AL	OF	2	0	7.1	0	0	0	0
1975	NYA	AL	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1975	NYA	AL	C	19	12	116.0	76	8	2	0
1975	NYA	AL	OF	8	7	62.1	16	1	1	1
1976	NYA	AL	C	9	7	67.0	39	5	0	0
1976	NYA	AL	OF	4	2	21.0	6	1	0	0
1976	BAL	AL	C	58	53	469.2	263	34	4	8
1976	BAL	AL	OF	3	1	11.2	0	0	0	0
1977	BAL	AL	C	91	84	745.0	416	52	11	10
1978	BAL	AL	C	135	130	1145.2	636	79	11	14
1979	BAL	AL	C	124	112	1015.2	615	81	7	13
1980	BAL	AL	1B	2	0	8.0	10	1	0	2
1980	BAL	AL	C	112	95	878.0	531	54	8	8
1980	BAL	AL	OF	6	0	10.2	3	0	0	0
1981	BAL	AL	C	90	71	664.1	384	35	1	6
1982	BAL	AL	C	124	101	944.0	491	46	5	8
1983	BAL	AL	C	128	109	989.2	591	65	2	7
1984	BAL	AL	C	108	104	907.2	453	43	4	5
1985	BAL	AL	C	131	113	1008.0	575	49	8	5
1986	BAL	AL	C	121	101	922.1	659	53	7	9
1987	CLE	AL	C	59	48	422.0	293	18	5	3
1988	LAN	NL	C	74	46	450.2	333	29	4	4
1989	LAN	NL	C	62	38	379.1	265	35	5	4
1990	LAN	NL	C	53	33	314.2	213	27	2	3
1991	ML4	AL	1B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1991	ML4	AL	C	56	44	408.2	246	23	2	4
1991	ML4	AL	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1992	BAL	AL	C	8	1	30.0	13	1	0	0
Total				1662	1353	12447.1	7402	771	100	114

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1983	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1983	World Series MVP	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1998	BBWAA	1	355	No

Ejections (8)

Date	As	Reason
1978-05-28	Player	Balls and strikes
1981-09-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1983-07-03	Player	Balls and strikes
1984-08-11	Player	Balls and strikes
1985-08-11	Player	Called third strike
1986-07-26	Player	Charging mound
1990-08-20	Player	Fighting with Dykstra
1999-07-11	Coach	Fighting