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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1965-03-02 · Played 1987–2003 · Career WAR 34.2 (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
1987	ATL	NL	21	83	9	22	4	0	2	9	4	2	1	11	.265	.271	.386	.657	0.0
1988	ATL	NL	146	563	85	146	28	8	19	60	19	10	46	118	.259	.317	.439	.756	2.1
1989	ATL	NL	75	260	26	46	8	3	9	25	9	6	20	63	.177	.237	.335	.572	-0.7
1990	ATL	NL	152	575	107	174	34	3	32	84	33	16	50	86	.303	.357	.539	.896	5.6
1991	ATL	NL	154	561	101	141	35	3	32	105	34	15	71	104	.251	.338	.496	.834	2.0
1992	ATL	NL	153	544	74	141	22	6	17	80	32	10	45	101	.259	.321	.415	.736	3.6
1993	ATL	NL	157	606	113	166	27	4	36	117	26	9	67	117	.274	.345	.510	.855	6.5
1995	CIN	NL	119	410	79	113	19	4	29	88	23	8	74	108	.276	.386	.554	.940	3.3
1996	SLN	NL	122	419	74	103	14	2	30	82	13	4	73	98	.246	.359	.504	.863	3.2
1997	SLN	NL	139	502	68	115	21	4	17	62	14	6	58	162	.229	.310	.388	.698	0.8
1998	SLN	NL	121	383	60	92	17	1	26	67	8	0	51	92	.240	.331	.493	.824	1.8
1999	PHI	NL	138	516	107	134	27	5	17	77	13	3	85	112	.260	.364	.430	.794	2.1
2000	PHI	NL	89	343	54	87	16	2	20	38	5	4	36	73	.254	.324	.487	.811	2.1
2000	ANA	AL	34	82	15	19	3	1	6	16	1	2	20	18	.232	.379	.512	.891
2001	COL	NL	59	171	31	44	8	2	8	22	3	1	24	56	.257	.345	.468	.813	0.4
2001	OAK	AL	34	81	15	21	5	1	2	13	2	0	11	24	.259	.344	.420	.764
2002	SDN	NL	102	309	58	81	14	1	18	59	4	6	36	59	.262	.338	.489	.827	1.9
2003	OAK	AL	17	41	4	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	9	.146	.182	.220	.402	-0.5
Total			1832	6449	1080	1651	302	50	321	1008	243	102	770	1411	.256	.335	.468	.803	34.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1987	ATL	NL	2B	20	19	166.0	45	59	3	17
1988	ATL	NL	2B	122	120	1067.0	295	378	26	82
1988	ATL	NL	3B	22	22	199.2	21	39	5	6
1989	ATL	NL	3B	53	51	449.0	23	103	16	8
1989	ATL	NL	OF	14	13	119.0	47	0	1	0
1990	ATL	NL	OF	146	139	1244.2	357	7	8	2
1991	ATL	NL	OF	148	145	1293.1	338	7	6	1
1992	ATL	NL	OF	147	137	1238.1	277	5	4	1
1993	ATL	NL	OF	155	155	1384.1	271	5	11	1
1995	CIN	NL	OF	117	117	930.1	191	7	3	0
1996	SLN	NL	OF	116	116	991.2	216	4	5	2
1997	SLN	NL	OF	128	125	1084.1	247	4	6	1
1998	SLN	NL	OF	104	101	819.0	162	4	5	0
1999	PHI	NL	OF	133	131	1118.2	260	7	2	2
2000	PHI	NL	OF	84	84	726.1	175	4	6	0
2000	ANA	AL	OF	21	14	132.1	42	1	1	1
2001	COL	NL	OF	51	48	388.0	81	2	3	0
2001	OAK	AL	OF	11	8	73.0	4	0	0	0
2002	SDN	NL	OF	80	73	626.1	142	6	3	0
2003	OAK	AL	OF	9	5	50.0	9	0	0	0
Total				1681	1623	14101.1	3203	642	114	124

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1990	Player of the Week	NL
1991	TSN All-Star	NL
1991	Silver Slugger	NL
1995	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2009	BBWAA	0	405	No

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1991-07-04	Player	Called third strike
1992-06-06	Player	Call at 2B (Threw helmet)
1995-09-05	Player	Fighting
1996-08-16	Player	Balls and strikes
2002-05-22	Player	Balls and strikes

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