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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
1975	CLE	AL	34		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CLE	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CLE	AL	34		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1978	BOS	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	BOS	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	BOS	AL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	BOS	AL	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	BOS	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	BOS	AL	28		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	BOS	AL	9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.5
1984	CHN	NL	24		55	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	.109	.125	.109	.234
1985	CHN	NL	26		56	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	25	.125	.222	.179	.401	0.1
1986	CHN	NL	33		69	7	11	3	0	2	10	0	0	1	34	.159	.169	.290	.459	0.2
1987	OAK	AL	54		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1988	OAK	AL	60		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	OAK	AL	51		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1990	OAK	AL	63		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1991	OAK	AL	67		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1992	OAK	AL	69		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	OAK	AL	64		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1994	OAK	AL	45		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1995	OAK	AL	52		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1996	SLN	NL	63		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1997	SLN	NL	57		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1998	BOS	AL	50		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1073		181	9	24	3	0	3	12	0	0	9	84	.133	.174	.199	.373	-0.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1975	CLE	AL	13	7	34	24	6	2	2	186.2	147	54	16	90	152	2.60	1.270	5.3
1976	CLE	AL	13	12	36	30	9	3	1	199.1	155	76	13	78	200	3.43	1.169	2.9
1977	CLE	AL	14	13	33	33	12	3	0	247.1	214	97	31	54	191	3.53	1.084	5.1
1978	BOS	AL	20	8	35	35	16	3	0	268.1	258	89	30	71	162	2.99	1.226	7.3
1979	BOS	AL	17	10	33	33	17	2	0	246.2	234	82	29	59	150	2.99	1.188	7.2
1980	BOS	AL	12	14	30	30	8	0	0	197.2	188	94	25	44	121	4.28	1.174	2.1
1981	BOS	AL	9	8	23	23	8	2	0	154.0	160	73	9	35	79	4.27	1.266	0.8
1982	BOS	AL	13	13	33	33	11	3	0	224.1	228	93	31	43	127	3.73	1.208	4.5
1983	BOS	AL	9	13	28	28	2	0	0	176.1	223	110	27	39	77	5.61	1.486	-0.4
1984	BOS	AL	4	4	9	9	2	0	0	64.2	71	36	10	13	33	5.01	1.299	4.2
1984	CHN	NL	10	8	24	24	2	0	0	160.1	152	54	11	36	81	3.03	1.173
1985	CHN	NL	11	7	25	25	6	2	0	169.1	145	58	15	19	117	3.08	.969	4.6
1986	CHN	NL	6	11	33	32	1	0	0	201.0	226	102	21	43	137	4.57	1.338	1.9
1987	OAK	AL	6	8	54	2	0	0	16	115.2	99	39	11	17	113	3.03	1.003	3.0
1988	OAK	AL	4	2	60	0	0	0	45	72.2	52	19	5	11	70	2.35	.867	2.3
1989	OAK	AL	4	0	51	0	0	0	33	57.2	32	10	5	3	55	1.56	.607	2.5
1990	OAK	AL	4	2	63	0	0	0	48	73.1	41	5	2	4	73	0.61	.614	3.3
1991	OAK	AL	5	4	67	0	0	0	43	76.0	60	25	11	9	87	2.96	.908	1.5
1992	OAK	AL	7	1	69	0	0	0	51	80.0	62	17	5	11	93	1.91	.912	2.9
1993	OAK	AL	2	4	64	0	0	0	36	67.0	67	31	7	13	80	4.16	1.194	0.7
1994	OAK	AL	5	4	45	0	0	0	19	44.1	49	21	5	13	47	4.26	1.398	-0.2
1995	OAK	AL	4	6	52	0	0	0	29	50.1	53	27	5	11	40	4.83	1.272	0.0
1996	SLN	NL	0	6	63	0	0	0	30	60.0	65	22	8	6	49	3.30	1.183	0.4
1997	SLN	NL	1	5	57	0	0	0	36	53.0	49	23	9	8	45	3.91	1.075	0.2
1998	BOS	AL	4	1	50	0	0	0	1	39.2	46	21	6	8	22	4.76	1.361	0.2
Total			197	171	1071	361	100	20	390	3285.2	3076	1278	347	738	2401	3.50	1.161	62.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1975	CLE	AL	P	34	24	186.2	7	12	1	0
1976	CLE	AL	P	36	30	199.1	9	20	1	1
1977	CLE	AL	P	33	33	247.1	6	22	2	1
1978	BOS	AL	P	35	35	268.1	19	29	0	1
1979	BOS	AL	P	33	33	246.2	12	42	6	3
1980	BOS	AL	P	30	30	197.2	10	24	3	0
1981	BOS	AL	P	23	23	154.0	12	19	1	1
1982	BOS	AL	P	33	33	224.1	21	21	1	2
1983	BOS	AL	P	28	28	176.1	19	18	1	0
1984	BOS	AL	P	9	9	64.2	11	11	1	2
1984	CHN	NL	P	24	24	160.1	16	27	4	1
1985	CHN	NL	P	25	25	169.1	10	26	3	1
1986	CHN	NL	P	33	32	201.0	16	28	3	3
1987	OAK	AL	P	54	2	115.2	4	13	1	0
1988	OAK	AL	P	60	0	72.2	7	3	0	0
1989	OAK	AL	P	51	0	57.2	4	4	0	1
1990	OAK	AL	P	63	0	73.1	3	1	0	0
1991	OAK	AL	P	67	0	76.0	6	9	0	0
1992	OAK	AL	P	69	0	80.0	3	10	0	1
1993	OAK	AL	P	64	0	67.0	0	5	0	0
1994	OAK	AL	P	45	0	44.1	2	1	0	0
1995	OAK	AL	P	52	0	50.1	3	5	1	2
1996	SLN	NL	P	63	0	60.0	3	6	1	0
1997	SLN	NL	P	57	0	53.0	3	5	0	0
1998	BOS	AL	P	50	0	39.2	2	4	1	0
Total				1071	361	3285.2	208	365	31	20

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1975	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year	AL
1977	Player of the Week	AL
1978	Player of the Week	AL
1985	Player of the Week	NL
1988	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1988	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
1988	ALCS MVP	AL
1988	Reliever of the Year Award	AL
1991	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1992	Most Valuable Player	AL
1992	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1992	Cy Young Award	AL
1992	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1992	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
1992	Reliever of the Year Award	AL
1992	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2004	BBWAA	421	380	Yes

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1976-05-03	Player	Balls and strikes
1980-04-25	Player	Balls and strikes
1982-08-20	Player	Checked swing
1983-09-20	Player	Bench jockeying
1993-08-24	Player	Balls and strikes