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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1948-12-01 · Played 1969–1986 · College: El Camino College (1968) · Career WAR 44.2 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=fostege01, LAHMAN=fostege01, MLBAM=114333, RETROSHEET=fostg001

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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
1969	SFN	NL	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.0
1970	SFN	NL	9	19	2	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2	5	.316	.381	.632	1.013	0.1
1971	SFN	NL	36	105	11	28	5	0	3	8	0	1	6	27	.267	.304	.400	.704	1.8
1971	CIN	NL	104	368	39	86	18	4	10	50	7	6	23	93	.234	.289	.386	.675
1972	CIN	NL	59	145	15	29	4	1	2	12	2	1	5	44	.200	.230	.283	.513	-0.6
1973	CIN	NL	17	39	6	11	3	0	4	9	0	1	4	7	.282	.349	.667	1.016	0.6
1974	CIN	NL	106	276	31	73	18	0	7	41	3	2	30	52	.264	.343	.406	.749	1.0
1975	CIN	NL	134	463	71	139	24	4	23	78	2	1	40	73	.300	.356	.518	.874	4.8
1976	CIN	NL	144	562	86	172	21	9	29	121	17	3	52	89	.306	.364	.530	.894	5.9
1977	CIN	NL	158	615	124	197	31	2	52	149	6	4	61	107	.320	.382	.631	1.013	8.4
1978	CIN	NL	158	604	97	170	26	7	40	120	4	4	70	138	.281	.360	.546	.906	4.9
1979	CIN	NL	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	0	2	59	105	.302	.386	.561	.947	5.1
1980	CIN	NL	144	528	79	144	21	5	25	93	1	0	75	99	.273	.362	.473	.835	4.1
1981	CIN	NL	108	414	64	122	23	2	22	90	4	0	51	75	.295	.373	.519	.892	3.7
1982	NYN	NL	151	550	64	136	23	2	13	70	1	1	50	123	.247	.309	.367	.676	-0.6
1983	NYN	NL	157	601	74	145	19	2	28	90	1	1	38	111	.241	.289	.419	.708	0.8
1984	NYN	NL	146	553	67	149	22	1	24	86	2	2	30	122	.269	.311	.443	.754	2.3
1985	NYN	NL	129	452	57	119	24	1	21	77	0	1	46	87	.263	.331	.460	.791	1.7
1986	NYN	NL	72	233	28	53	6	1	13	38	1	1	21	53	.227	.289	.429	.718	0.2
1986	CHA	AL	15	51	2	11	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	8	.216	.259	.353	.612
Total			1977	7023	986	1925	307	47	348	1239	51	31	666	1419	.274	.337	.480	.817	44.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1969	SFN	NL	OF	8	0	17.1	3	0	0	0
1970	SFN	NL	OF	7	5	46.0	10	0	0	0
1971	SFN	NL	OF	30	24	239.0	48	1	1	0
1971	CIN	NL	OF	102	100	869.0	267	8	4	3
1972	CIN	NL	OF	47	31	319.0	71	1	2	1
1973	CIN	NL	OF	13	9	86.0	19	1	0	1
1974	CIN	NL	OF	98	65	676.0	172	2	2	1
1975	CIN	NL	1B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1975	CIN	NL	OF	125	117	1053.2	299	11	3	3
1976	CIN	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1976	CIN	NL	OF	142	137	1229.1	322	9	2	3
1977	CIN	NL	OF	158	158	1392.1	352	12	3	1
1978	CIN	NL	OF	157	157	1403.2	319	10	10	1
1979	CIN	NL	OF	116	116	999.0	214	7	4	1
1980	CIN	NL	OF	141	141	1234.0	295	6	1	1
1981	CIN	NL	OF	108	108	962.2	224	8	2	1
1982	NYN	NL	OF	138	138	1186.0	289	12	8	4
1983	NYN	NL	OF	153	151	1328.2	314	12	4	3
1984	NYN	NL	OF	141	140	1223.1	278	6	7	1
1985	NYN	NL	OF	123	119	1069.2	198	7	5	2
1986	NYN	NL	OF	62	62	510.0	96	4	4	1
1986	CHA	AL	OF	11	11	84.2	19	2	0	0
Total				1882	1789	15932.1	3809	119	62	28

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1976	TSN All-Star	NL
1976	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1976	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1976	Player of the Month	NL
1977	Most Valuable Player	NL
1977	TSN All-Star	NL
1977	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1977	Player of the Week	NL
1977	Player of the Month	NL
1978	TSN All-Star	NL
1979	Player of the Month	NL
1980	Player of the Week	NL
1981	TSN All-Star	NL
1981	Silver Slugger	NL
1983	Player of the Week	NL
1986	Player of the Week	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1992	BBWAA	24	323	No
1993	BBWAA	29	318	No
1994	BBWAA	16	342	No
1995	BBWAA	19	345	No

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