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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1941-11-29 · Played 1961–1976 · College: University of Michigan (1961) · Career WAR 44.8 (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
1961	DET	AL	4	10	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	0.0
1963	DET	AL	100	300	37	73	12	2	9	36	2	0	39	56	.243	.331	.387	.718	1.5
1964	DET	AL	144	520	69	156	14	8	18	80	5	1	36	68	.300	.350	.462	.812	5.3
1965	DET	AL	130	431	45	101	15	0	10	43	4	2	39	63	.234	.306	.339	.645	1.4
1966	DET	AL	136	492	47	115	22	0	12	46	5	2	40	72	.234	.294	.352	.646	1.2
1967	DET	AL	155	517	66	146	23	1	20	74	1	2	73	71	.282	.389	.447	.836	6.1
1968	DET	AL	155	540	73	142	24	2	25	84	0	1	65	64	.263	.366	.454	.820	6.9
1969	DET	AL	143	489	61	128	16	3	16	49	1	2	53	55	.262	.342	.405	.747	2.4
1970	DET	AL	117	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	.241	.332	.420	.752	2.9
1971	DET	AL	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	2	7	54	48	.277	.353	.465	.818	4.3
1972	DET	AL	111	374	51	98	18	2	10	56	0	1	48	51	.262	.354	.401	.755	4.2
1973	DET	AL	110	380	33	89	10	1	6	29	0	0	40	30	.234	.323	.313	.636	2.2
1974	DET	AL	130	445	58	132	17	5	18	60	2	0	42	44	.297	.361	.479	.840	4.1
1975	DET	AL	120	427	42	105	17	3	14	47	2	0	32	56	.246	.306	.398	.704	1.8
1976	DET	AL	71	237	22	64	10	1	5	27	0	0	12	27	.270	.303	.384	.687	0.5
Total			1774	6073	706	1591	241	35	200	758	24	21	626	753	.262	.331	.412	.743	44.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1961	DET	AL	C	3	3	22.0	14	4	0	0
1963	DET	AL	1B	19	19	168.1	147	16	1	14
1963	DET	AL	C	73	61	568.2	407	22	2	5
1964	DET	AL	1B	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0
1964	DET	AL	C	141	137	1222.0	923	61	7	7
1965	DET	AL	C	129	120	1085.2	865	57	4	4
1966	DET	AL	1B	5	5	46.0	44	4	0	3
1966	DET	AL	C	132	130	1156.2	898	56	4	11
1967	DET	AL	1B	11	12	97.0	77	5	0	6
1967	DET	AL	C	147	137	1223.1	950	63	8	9
1968	DET	AL	1B	21	21	172.0	162	10	1	11
1968	DET	AL	C	138	129	1180.1	971	73	6	15
1968	DET	AL	OF	1	0	4.1	0	0	0	0
1969	DET	AL	1B	20	21	163.0	138	7	3	7
1969	DET	AL	C	120	113	1025.1	821	49	7	7
1970	DET	AL	C	114	110	984.0	742	42	2	6
1971	DET	AL	C	144	142	1265.0	912	50	4	6
1971	DET	AL	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1972	DET	AL	1B	1	2	12.0	6	3	0	0
1972	DET	AL	C	105	99	882.0	648	57	8	9
1973	DET	AL	1B	7	7	59.0	54	3	0	2
1973	DET	AL	C	98	94	831.2	584	50	3	3
1974	DET	AL	1B	65	64	572.0	590	36	4	49
1974	DET	AL	C	63	59	512.2	312	45	5	6
1975	DET	AL	1B	5	5	43.1	53	2	0	4
1975	DET	AL	C	113	112	960.1	582	64	6	8
1976	DET	AL	1B	2	2	17.0	16	6	0	2
1976	DET	AL	C	61	60	516.2	312	28	6	2
Total				1740	1665	14800.1	11235	813	81	196

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1965	Gold Glove	AL
1966	Gold Glove	AL
1967	TSN All-Star	AL
1967	Gold Glove	AL
1968	TSN All-Star	AL
1968	Gold Glove	AL
1969	TSN All-Star	AL
1969	Gold Glove	AL
1971	TSN All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1982	BBWAA	2	312	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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