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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1952-11-08 · Played 1974–1986 · Career WAR 32.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=dennyjo01, LAHMAN=dennyjo01, MLBAM=113272, RETROSHEET=dennj001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1974	SLN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1975	SLN	NL	26	44	4	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.227	.227	.227	.454	0.2
1976	SLN	NL	30	67	3	15	2	0	4	1	0	1	27	.224	.235	.254	.489	0.3
1977	SLN	NL	26	51	4	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	15	.098	.132	.098	.230	-0.3
1978	SLN	NL	33	73	10	13	3	1	3	0	0	4	21	.178	.218	.247	.465	0.4
1979	SLN	NL	31	70	5	9	2	1	3	1	2	1	21	.129	.139	.186	.325	-0.1
1980	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.1
1982	PHI	NL	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542
1983	PHI	NL	36	77	7	13	1	0	2	2	0	2	16	.169	.190	.182	.372	0.1
1984	PHI	NL	22	47	3	9	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	.191	.204	.191	.395	0.1
1985	PHI	NL	33	81	2	10	1	0	4	2	0	4	19	.123	.165	.136	.301	0.1
1986	CIN	NL	27	54	6	12	0	0	4	2	3	3	15	.222	.263	.222	.485	0.2
Total			326	570	44	97	9	2	29	9	5	19	164	.170	.197	.193	.390	1.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1974	SLN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.500	-0.1
1975	SLN	NL	10	7	25	24	3	2	136.0	149	60	5	51	72	3.97	1.471	0.6
1976	SLN	NL	11	9	30	30	8	3	207.0	189	58	11	74	74	2.52	1.271	4.9
1977	SLN	NL	8	8	26	26	3	1	149.2	165	75	9	62	60	4.51	1.517	-0.3
1978	SLN	NL	14	11	33	33	11	2	234.0	200	77	13	74	103	2.96	1.171	5.2
1979	SLN	NL	8	11	31	31	5	2	206.0	206	111	24	100	99	4.85	1.485	0.0
1980	CLE	AL	8	6	16	16	4	1	108.2	116	53	4	47	59	4.39	1.500	1.4
1981	CLE	AL	10	6	19	19	6	3	145.2	139	51	9	66	94	3.15	1.407	3.3
1982	CLE	AL	6	11	21	21	5	0	138.1	126	77	11	73	94	5.01	1.439	1.0
1982	PHI	NL	0	2	4	4	0	0	22.1	18	10	1	10	19	4.03	1.254
1983	PHI	NL	19	6	36	36	7	1	242.2	229	64	9	53	139	2.37	1.162	7.4
1984	PHI	NL	7	7	22	22	2	0	154.1	122	42	11	29	94	2.45	.978	3.8
1985	PHI	NL	11	14	33	33	6	2	230.2	252	98	15	83	123	3.82	1.452	2.5
1986	CIN	NL	11	10	27	27	2	1	171.1	179	80	15	56	115	4.20	1.372	1.2
Total			123	108	325	322	62	18	2148.2	2093	856	137	778	1146	3.59	1.336	30.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	SLN	NL	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1975	SLN	NL	P	25	24	136.0	11	30	4	2
1976	SLN	NL	P	30	30	207.0	24	34	4	3
1977	SLN	NL	P	26	26	149.2	9	37	3	3
1978	SLN	NL	P	33	33	234.0	17	73	4	8
1979	SLN	NL	P	31	31	206.0	16	36	2	4
1980	CLE	AL	P	16	16	108.2	8	18	1	2
1981	CLE	AL	P	19	19	145.2	14	40	3	7
1982	CLE	AL	P	21	21	138.1	12	19	0	2
1982	PHI	NL	P	4	4	22.1	1	7	0	1
1983	PHI	NL	P	36	36	242.2	16	42	8	6
1984	PHI	NL	P	22	22	154.1	20	36	1	2
1985	PHI	NL	P	33	33	230.2	15	39	0	4
1986	CIN	NL	P	27	27	171.1	16	40	2	2
Total				325	322	2148.2	179	451	32	46

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1981	Player of the Week	AL
1983	TSN All-Star	NL
1983	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1983	Cy Young Award	NL
1983	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1983	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1992	BBWAA	0	323	No

Ejections (8)

Date	As	Reason
1977-06-06	Player	Balls and strikes (Charged umpire)
1977-06-11	Player	Fighting
1977-09-27	Player	Refusing to stop talking to fans before game
1981-09-23	Player	Fighting
1982-05-23	Player	Call at 1B (from bench)
1982-07-16	Player	Intentional HBP
1982-09-02	Player	Bench jockeying
1985-06-04	Player	Fighting