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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
1973	PHI	NL	2		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1974	PHI	NL	17		20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-0.3
1975	PHI	NL	2		1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.2
1976	CHA	AL	78		199	20	49	7	0	0	21	2	1	23	28	.246	.326	.281	.607	1.6
1977	CHA	AL	114		322	50	88	18	2	10	44	1	4	52	35	.273	.374	.435	.809	3.4
1978	OAK	AL	126		278	21	62	9	1	3	26	2	1	44	22	.223	.326	.295	.621	2.3
1979	OAK	AL	98		313	34	76	16	0	8	40	0	1	25	29	.243	.295	.371	.666	0.8
1980	OAK	AL	87		285	19	66	11	0	5	29	1	3	30	18	.232	.302	.323	.625	1.2
1981	CHA	AL	27		52	6	16	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	5	.308	.357	.365	.722	0.0
1982	SEA	AL	48		153	14	42	8	0	3	20	2	0	11	7	.275	.327	.386	.713	0.2
1983	CLE	AL	48		93	11	19	4	0	2	11	0	1	16	8	.204	.315	.312	.627	0.1
1984	OAK	AL	63		136	17	32	9	0	2	10	1	1	23	17	.235	.348	.346	.694	1.6
Total			710		1855	194	453	85	3	33	207	9	13	231	171	.244	.328	.347	.675	11.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1973	PHI	NL	C	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1974	PHI	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1974	PHI	NL	3B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	1
1974	PHI	NL	C	15	5	62.2	37	3	1	1
1975	PHI	NL	C	2	0	4.0	1	1	0	0
1976	CHA	AL	1B	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1976	CHA	AL	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHA	AL	C	77	64	570.0	319	53	10	10
1977	CHA	AL	3B	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0
1977	CHA	AL	C	111	104	924.1	592	62	9	8
1978	OAK	AL	1B	3	3	23.0	20	1	0	2
1978	OAK	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1978	OAK	AL	C	119	84	778.1	431	78	10	12
1979	OAK	AL	1B	4	4	36.0	35	2	0	4
1979	OAK	AL	3B	10	10	80.0	15	20	1	2
1979	OAK	AL	C	70	66	584.1	348	57	8	5
1979	OAK	AL	OF	4	3	23.0	2	0	0	0
1980	OAK	AL	1B	1	0	3.0	6	0	0	0
1980	OAK	AL	C	68	66	602.2	333	46	5	5
1981	CHA	AL	3B	2	0	1.2	0	0	1	0
1981	CHA	AL	C	25	17	146.0	92	9	1	0
1982	SEA	AL	C	48	43	381.0	282	26	2	1
1983	CLE	AL	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	AL	C	47	31	289.2	170	14	2	3
1984	OAK	AL	3B	1	0	2.0	0	2	1	0
1984	OAK	AL	C	59	44	397.0	229	28	4	6
Total				676	544	4921.2	2916	403	55	60

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1974-04-27	Player	Fighting
1991-07-23	Manager	Called third strike