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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1949-12-20 · Played 1969–1985 · College: Montgomery, AL (drafted 1968) · Career WAR 23.2 (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
1969	CHN	NL	24	71	6	16	1	1	1	5	0	2	10	12	.225	.321	.310	.631	-0.8
1970	PHI	NL	88	275	31	72	12	4	1	19	5	4	27	37	.262	.330	.345	.675	-1.3
1971	PHI	NL	92	280	24	62	11	1	6	23	5	2	21	35	.221	.275	.332	.607	-0.6
1972	PHI	NL	74	135	17	32	5	2	1	13	0	1	19	16	.237	.331	.326	.657	0.0
1973	CLE	AL	113	390	56	104	11	3	20	44	3	4	34	37	.267	.329	.464	.793	2.1
1974	CLE	AL	135	454	74	132	16	4	19	59	5	6	48	51	.291	.363	.469	.832	3.0
1975	CLE	AL	121	348	60	91	16	3	15	45	11	5	53	39	.261	.361	.454	.815	1.9
1976	NYA	AL	110	340	43	79	13	1	17	57	5	3	38	38	.232	.317	.426	.743	2.8
1977	CHA	AL	137	408	75	121	22	2	31	83	1	2	54	54	.297	.386	.588	.974	3.6
1978	SDN	NL	126	375	46	103	15	3	7	47	1	2	51	45	.275	.366	.387	.753	1.9
1979	TEX	AL	64	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	.335	.458	.522	.980	4.1
1979	NYA	AL	36	113	21	44	4	1	11	32	0	0	13	13	.389	.452	.735	1.187
1980	NYA	AL	78	194	40	54	10	2	14	50	2	0	28	21	.278	.376	.567	.943	1.9
1981	NYA	AL	80	189	24	45	8	0	10	27	0	2	35	23	.238	.357	.439	.796	1.3
1982	NYA	AL	108	316	49	86	21	2	18	57	6	3	58	47	.272	.387	.522	.909	2.7
1983	NYA	AL	74	180	26	47	10	2	7	26	0	0	25	23	.261	.361	.456	.817	0.6
1984	NYA	AL	54	125	17	23	2	0	10	27	1	0	25	18	.184	.318	.440	.758	0.2
1985	CHA	AL	70	148	20	30	5	0	4	20	0	0	34	22	.203	.353	.318	.671	-0.2
Total			1584	4502	656	1195	188	31	200	666	47	37	610	546	.265	.353	.454	.807	23.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1969	CHN	NL	OF	24	21	191.0	41	1	4	0
1970	PHI	NL	OF	74	71	606.0	148	4	7	0
1971	PHI	NL	OF	80	67	633.0	125	4	4	1
1972	PHI	NL	1B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1972	PHI	NL	OF	35	32	263.0	54	2	0	1
1973	CLE	AL	OF	37	34	286.2	67	1	2	0
1974	CLE	AL	OF	13	12	86.0	19	1	0	0
1975	CLE	AL	OF	82	75	659.2	146	8	2	2
1976	NYA	AL	OF	104	87	816.0	199	10	4	3
1977	CHA	AL	OF	49	41	359.2	73	1	1	0
1978	SDN	NL	OF	107	106	809.1	172	12	4	3
1979	TEX	AL	OF	21	18	152.0	41	2	0	2
1979	NYA	AL	OF	27	27	209.1	47	3	3	2
1980	NYA	AL	OF	49	41	318.1	65	2	0	1
1981	NYA	AL	OF	43	31	278.0	77	0	0	0
1982	NYA	AL	OF	29	26	224.0	59	6	0	1
1983	NYA	AL	OF	32	27	238.1	64	1	4	1
1984	NYA	AL	OF	12	8	88.1	15	1	0	0
Total				819	724	6220.2	1412	59	35	17

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1979	Player of the Week	AL
1980	Player of the Week	AL
1982	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1991	BBWAA	0	333	No

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