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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1946-09-22 · Played 1964–1977 · Career WAR 32.0 (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
1964	HOU	NL	3		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1965	HOU	NL	26		50	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	15	.100	.118	.160	.278	-0.2
1966	HOU	NL	29		67	6	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	21	.149	.174	.224	.398	-0.1
1967	HOU	NL	15		31	2	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	.226	.242	.323	.565	0.2
1968	HOU	NL	33		73	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.068	.093	.082	.175	-0.5
1969	HOU	NL	39		118	7	17	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	38	.144	.158	.186	.344	-0.2
1970	HOU	NL	37		92	7	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	37	.174	.181	.196	.377	-0.2
1971	HOU	NL	24		54	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.074	.091	.093	.184	-0.3
1972	HOU	NL	31		78	2	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	.167	.188	.167	.355	-0.1
1973	HOU	NL	14		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1974	HOU	NL	33		71	2	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	27	.197	.208	.239	.447	0.1
1975	HOU	NL	34		76	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	21	.092	.092	.092	.184	-0.8
1976	HOU	NL	28		64	3	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	20	.141	.136	.188	.324	-0.1
1977	SLN	NL	11		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			357		789	38	107	14	0	4	46	0	0	12	272	.136	.149	.169	.317	-2.4

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1964	HOU	NL	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	9.0	7	2	1	3	5	2.00	1.111	0.1
1965	HOU	NL	7	8	26	19	1	0	0	146.2	135	57	16	37	109	3.50	1.173	1.2
1966	HOU	NL	10	8	29	28	8	2	0	187.0	173	66	17	45	108	3.18	1.166	3.3
1967	HOU	NL	6	5	15	15	4	0	0	99.0	95	37	4	25	68	3.36	1.212	1.1
1968	HOU	NL	12	15	32	32	10	1	0	233.2	206	86	14	89	161	3.31	1.262	2.9
1969	HOU	NL	20	13	39	37	20	4	0	305.1	240	79	18	72	232	2.33	1.022	8.7
1970	HOU	NL	16	12	37	36	17	2	1	269.2	263	116	31	82	191	3.87	1.279	4.2
1971	HOU	NL	12	6	24	23	6	2	0	159.0	150	48	8	33	91	2.72	1.151	3.5
1972	HOU	NL	15	8	31	31	12	5	0	214.2	209	81	14	51	115	3.40	1.211	2.8
1973	HOU	NL	1	1	14	3	0	0	0	27.0	27	13	3	13	18	4.33	1.481	0.0
1974	HOU	NL	11	10	33	33	7	3	0	223.2	189	72	18	82	150	2.90	1.212	4.4
1975	HOU	NL	14	16	34	34	14	2	0	232.0	225	103	24	91	127	4.00	1.362	1.6
1976	HOU	NL	13	14	28	28	7	4	0	187.2	171	77	9	72	112	3.69	1.295	0.6
1977	SLN	NL	2	6	11	9	0	0	0	39.1	40	20	7	16	6	4.58	1.424	0.0
Total			139	123	356	329	106	25	1	2333.2	2130	857	184	711	1493	3.31	1.217	34.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1964	HOU	NL	P	3	1	8.2	0	0	1	0
1965	HOU	NL	P	26	19	146.2	10	17	4	0
1966	HOU	NL	P	29	28	187.0	13	26	2	1
1967	HOU	NL	P	15	15	99.0	7	10	2	0
1968	HOU	NL	P	32	32	233.2	13	28	1	2
1969	HOU	NL	P	39	37	305.1	14	42	3	5
1970	HOU	NL	P	37	36	270.0	19	31	3	3
1971	HOU	NL	P	24	23	159.0	16	23	1	0
1972	HOU	NL	P	31	31	215.0	16	19	0	1
1973	HOU	NL	P	14	3	27.0	0	3	0	0
1974	HOU	NL	P	33	33	223.2	10	34	1	1
1975	HOU	NL	P	34	34	232.0	15	31	3	1
1976	HOU	NL	P	28	28	187.2	17	18	2	2
1977	SLN	NL	P	11	9	39.1	2	5	0	0
Total				356	329	2334.0	152	287	23	16

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1983	BBWAA	0	281	No

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1998-05-09	Manager	Throwing behind batter
1998-07-13	Manager	Call at 3B
1999-05-29	Manager	Call at HP
2000-05-16	Manager	Balls and strikes
2001-06-05	Manager	Checked swing
2001-06-12	Manager	Call at 1B
2001-07-08	Manager	Intentional HBP