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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1950-10-09 · Played 1973–1992 · Career WAR 51.5 (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
1973	CHA	AL	34	73	5	13	1	0	2	4	0	0	10	17	.178	.277	.274	.551	-0.6
1974	CHA	AL	108	293	41	66	12	1	10	39	0	1	51	72	.225	.344	.375	.719	1.6
1975	CHA	AL	138	420	58	101	12	1	7	41	13	4	76	75	.240	.356	.324	.680	3.5
1976	CHA	AL	104	317	38	81	14	0	3	30	7	3	40	55	.256	.338	.328	.666	2.4
1977	CHA	AL	69	169	28	48	4	2	4	25	1	2	34	21	.284	.402	.402	.804	1.5
1978	CAL	AL	133	412	42	105	15	0	7	46	3	2	52	47	.255	.345	.342	.687	2.8
1979	CAL	AL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	3	3	77	57	.326	.418	.462	.880	5.6
1980	CAL	AL	30	93	5	27	6	0	2	25	0	2	12	12	.290	.364	.419	.783	0.0
1981	CAL	AL	93	317	47	79	14	0	9	41	1	1	46	35	.249	.351	.379	.730	1.1
1982	CAL	AL	158	623	109	175	37	2	28	84	2	1	86	58	.281	.368	.482	.850	5.6
1983	CAL	AL	113	403	68	99	15	1	19	53	1	2	62	59	.246	.352	.429	.781	1.3
1984	CAL	AL	156	539	65	148	28	2	23	91	0	4	70	66	.275	.360	.462	.822	3.0
1985	CAL	AL	150	520	80	137	23	1	20	85	5	3	78	61	.263	.371	.427	.798	2.8
1986	CAL	AL	152	513	90	137	27	4	20	95	4	4	90	84	.267	.389	.452	.841	4.3
1987	CAL	AL	155	567	110	154	29	3	29	77	5	5	106	85	.272	.400	.487	.887	4.0
1988	CAL	AL	135	484	80	117	18	2	25	64	3	4	81	63	.242	.362	.442	.804	3.0
1989	CAL	AL	142	544	59	154	25	2	14	59	0	2	56	87	.283	.354	.414	.768	2.3
1990	CAL	AL	96	330	47	90	18	2	14	51	0	0	50	45	.273	.374	.467	.841	2.1
1991	TEX	AL	123	407	76	113	17	2	17	49	1	1	58	70	.278	.377	.455	.832	2.6
1992	TEX	AL	107	320	53	89	18	0	10	39	1	0	62	58	.278	.407	.428	.835	2.6
Total			2344	7853	1188	2099	360	28	275	1073	50	44	1197	1127	.267	.364	.425	.790	51.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1973	CHA	AL	3B	8	4	35.1	7	9	4	0
1973	CHA	AL	C	11	3	50.0	46	7	1	1
1973	CHA	AL	OF	13	11	90.0	19	1	0	0
1974	CHA	AL	C	63	46	452.0	278	28	2	3
1974	CHA	AL	OF	39	30	264.1	59	2	0	2
1975	CHA	AL	C	137	134	1197.0	730	84	8	5
1976	CHA	AL	C	93	80	721.2	450	38	6	4
1977	CHA	AL	C	61	51	454.1	320	28	6	5
1977	CHA	AL	OF	3	3	23.0	5	0	0	0
1978	CAL	AL	C	128	121	1072.0	681	82	5	6
1979	CAL	AL	C	129	127	1091.2	669	35	11	5
1980	CAL	AL	C	16	15	119.0	69	6	0	0
1981	CAL	AL	C	37	33	291.1	140	17	1	2
1981	CAL	AL	OF	56	50	430.0	97	1	1	0
1982	CAL	AL	OF	158	157	1307.2	321	9	0	0
1983	CAL	AL	OF	84	84	690.2	160	9	1	0
1984	CAL	AL	OF	131	131	1106.0	272	5	0	0
1985	CAL	AL	OF	121	118	1015.1	244	5	2	0
1986	CAL	AL	OF	138	133	1147.2	267	5	3	0
1987	CAL	AL	OF	34	33	264.0	47	2	0	0
Total				1460	1364	11823.0	4881	373	51	33

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1987	Player of the Month	AL
1990	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1998	BBWAA	2	355	No

Ejections (2)