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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
1984	CIN	NL	54		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1985	CIN	NL	67		6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	0.2
1986	CIN	NL	74		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1987	CIN	NL	68		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1988	CIN	NL	70		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1989	CIN	NL	60		3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0.1
1990	NYN	NL	55		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1991	NYN	NL	52		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1992	NYN	NL	31		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1993	NYN	NL	35		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1994	NYN	NL	47		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1995	NYN	NL	48		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1996	NYN	NL	51		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1997	NYN	NL	59		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1998	NYN	NL	61		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1999	NYN	NL	46		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2000	NYN	NL	62		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
2001	NYN	NL	58		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2003	NYN	NL	38		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2004	NYN	NL	52		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
2005	HOU	NL	31		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			1119		34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1984	CIN	NL	6	2	54	0	0	0	4	79.1	74	23	3	36	55	2.61	1.387	2.0
1985	CIN	NL	12	3	67	0	0	0	12	99.0	83	24	5	40	61	2.18	1.242	3.0
1986	CIN	NL	6	6	74	0	0	0	29	101.0	90	33	7	44	84	2.94	1.327	1.7
1987	CIN	NL	8	5	68	0	0	0	32	82.0	76	23	6	27	61	2.52	1.256	2.5
1988	CIN	NL	6	6	70	0	0	0	39	86.0	60	15	3	27	46	1.57	1.012	3.0
1989	CIN	NL	4	8	60	0	0	0	32	80.2	77	28	3	36	60	3.12	1.401	0.7
1990	NYN	NL	5	3	55	0	0	0	33	67.2	66	19	4	21	56	2.53	1.286	1.5
1991	NYN	NL	5	9	52	0	0	0	30	55.1	61	18	2	18	45	2.93	1.428	0.1
1992	NYN	NL	6	2	31	0	0	0	15	33.0	24	6	1	11	20	1.64	1.061	1.7
1993	NYN	NL	4	3	35	0	0	0	10	36.1	46	21	6	19	29	5.20	1.789	-0.8
1994	NYN	NL	1	4	47	0	0	0	30	50.0	47	15	2	19	42	2.70	1.320	0.9
1995	NYN	NL	5	3	48	0	0	0	29	51.2	48	14	4	17	41	2.44	1.258	1.3
1996	NYN	NL	4	3	51	0	0	0	28	54.0	54	11	2	21	48	1.83	1.389	1.4
1997	NYN	NL	5	3	59	0	0	0	36	60.0	49	17	3	20	53	2.55	1.150	1.5
1998	NYN	NL	0	8	61	0	0	0	38	64.2	66	26	4	29	59	3.62	1.469	0.7
1999	NYN	NL	0	2	46	0	0	0	19	40.2	40	13	1	19	41	2.88	1.451	1.0
2000	NYN	NL	5	4	62	0	0	0	4	55.2	46	21	6	26	56	3.40	1.293	0.8
2001	NYN	NL	6	2	58	0	0	0	2	53.1	55	24	8	19	50	4.05	1.387	0.3
2003	NYN	NL	0	3	38	0	0	0	2	34.1	35	10	5	13	16	2.62	1.398	0.9
2004	NYN	NL	2	7	52	0	0	0	0	46.0	46	27	6	24	36	5.28	1.522	-0.2
2005	HOU	NL	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	15.0	23	12	0	9	16	7.20	2.133	-0.5
Total			90	87	1119	0	0	0	424	1245.2	1166	400	81	495	975	2.89	1.333	23.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1984	CIN	NL	P	54	0	79.1	5	15	0	0
1985	CIN	NL	P	67	0	99.0	9	21	1	1
1986	CIN	NL	P	74	0	101.0	6	22	4	2
1987	CIN	NL	P	68	0	82.0	4	7	0	0
1988	CIN	NL	P	70	0	86.0	3	18	1	1
1989	CIN	NL	P	60	0	80.2	2	19	1	1
1990	NYN	NL	P	55	0	67.2	4	13	1	0
1991	NYN	NL	P	52	0	55.1	3	10	1	1
1992	NYN	NL	P	31	0	33.0	2	12	0	2
1993	NYN	NL	P	35	0	36.1	3	9	0	0
1994	NYN	NL	P	47	0	50.0	4	7	0	1
1995	NYN	NL	P	48	0	51.2	2	9	0	1
1996	NYN	NL	P	51	0	54.0	1	8	0	0
1997	NYN	NL	P	59	0	60.0	4	14	0	1
1998	NYN	NL	P	61	0	64.2	4	16	0	2
1999	NYN	NL	P	46	0	40.2	4	4	0	0
2000	NYN	NL	P	62	0	55.2	1	8	1	0
2001	NYN	NL	P	58	0	53.1	1	7	1	0
2003	NYN	NL	P	38	0	34.1	1	9	0	0
2004	NYN	NL	P	52	0	46.0	0	6	0	0
2005	HOU	NL	P	31	0	15.0	0	0	0	0
Total				1119	0	1245.2	63	234	11	13

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1985	Player of the Week	NL
1988	TSN Fireman of the Year	NL
1988	Rolaids Relief Man Award	NL
1988	Reliever of the Year Award	NL
1988	Player of the Week	NL
1988	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1990	TSN Fireman of the Year	NL
1990	Rolaids Relief Man Award	NL
1990	Reliever of the Year Award	NL
1994	TSN Fireman of the Year	NL
2001	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2011	BBWAA	27	436	No

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1986-06-10	Player	Call at HP (Bumped umpire)
1988-08-01	Player	Balk
1996-05-11	Player	Bench-clearing brawl
1996-09-01	Player	Balls and strikes
2004-07-26	Player	Intentional HBP