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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1957-05-28 · Played 1979–1995 · College: Michigan State University (1978) · Career WAR 38.6 (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
1979	DET	AL	12	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	3	.237	.256	.395	.651	-0.2
1980	DET	AL	51	175	23	46	2	1	9	16	4	7	10	45	.263	.303	.440	.743	0.0
1981	DET	AL	83	290	41	95	11	3	9	40	17	5	18	64	.328	.369	.479	.848	2.4
1982	DET	AL	69	266	34	74	16	2	8	35	9	7	25	41	.278	.341	.444	.785	1.9
1983	DET	AL	128	401	60	91	12	9	15	51	14	3	53	96	.227	.320	.414	.734	1.6
1984	DET	AL	149	531	92	150	23	10	27	91	29	9	63	103	.282	.363	.516	.879	5.1
1985	DET	AL	154	581	96	167	37	5	29	97	30	4	71	137	.287	.364	.518	.882	5.4
1986	DET	AL	119	441	84	118	11	2	28	86	34	6	68	107	.268	.371	.492	.863	3.7
1987	DET	AL	128	487	95	135	25	3	24	79	26	7	71	117	.277	.372	.489	.861	4.3
1988	LAN	NL	150	542	106	157	28	1	25	76	31	4	73	120	.290	.377	.483	.860	6.5
1989	LAN	NL	71	253	35	54	8	2	9	28	12	3	35	55	.213	.312	.368	.680	0.9
1990	LAN	NL	89	315	59	82	20	0	8	38	26	2	39	65	.260	.345	.400	.745	2.5
1991	KCA	AL	132	462	81	109	17	6	16	55	18	4	69	103	.236	.341	.403	.744	0.7
1992	PIT	NL	16	56	6	11	0	0	2	5	3	1	3	12	.196	.237	.304	.541	0.2
1993	DET	AL	116	403	62	105	18	6	13	62	15	6	44	87	.261	.337	.432	.769	1.0
1994	DET	AL	98	330	71	91	17	2	23	72	4	5	42	69	.276	.358	.548	.906	1.8
1995	DET	AL	70	227	37	59	12	2	9	35	9	2	33	61	.260	.358	.449	.807	0.8
Total			1635	5798	985	1553	260	54	255	870	284	78	718	1285	.268	.349	.463	.812	38.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1979	DET	AL	OF	10	8	83.0	15	0	0	0
1980	DET	AL	OF	49	41	383.1	122	1	1	0
1981	DET	AL	OF	67	63	550.2	142	1	4	0
1982	DET	AL	OF	64	64	566.1	167	4	1	3
1983	DET	AL	OF	54	48	417.0	116	2	3	0
1984	DET	AL	OF	139	128	1178.0	245	4	12	2
1985	DET	AL	OF	144	143	1255.0	286	1	11	0
1986	DET	AL	OF	114	113	986.2	190	2	2	1
1987	DET	AL	OF	121	119	1044.1	253	6	7	0
1988	LAN	NL	OF	148	147	1281.2	311	6	12	3
1989	LAN	NL	OF	70	66	578.2	146	3	3	2
1990	LAN	NL	OF	81	80	668.1	191	4	1	1
1991	KCA	AL	OF	94	91	780.1	162	3	4	0
1992	PIT	NL	OF	13	13	112.0	25	1	0	0
1993	DET	AL	OF	32	27	238.0	76	0	1	0
1994	DET	AL	OF	38	32	284.0	76	3	1	0
1995	DET	AL	OF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0
Total				1239	1183	10409.0	2523	41	63	12

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1981	Player of the Week	AL
1984	ALCS MVP	AL
1985	Player of the Week	AL
1986	Player of the Week	AL
1988	Most Valuable Player	NL
1988	Silver Slugger	NL
1995	Player of the Week	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2001	BBWAA	13	387	No

Ejections (16)

Date	As	Reason
1986-07-29	Player	Call at HP (Bumped umpire)
1988-09-16	Player	Called third strike
1989-06-09	Player	Called third strike
1990-07-27	Player	Called third strike (Threw bat)
1995-07-27	Player	Called third strike (Bumped umpire)
2003-08-10	Coach	Bench jockeying about ejection
2011-04-12	Manager	Balls and strikes
2011-05-29	Manager	Balk call
2011-06-05	Manager	Intentional HBP
2013-04-20	Manager	Called third strike
2013-06-11	Manager	Intentional HBP
2013-09-05	Manager	Call at HP
2013-09-08	Manager	Call at 1B (Reversed)
2014-06-16	Manager	Replay ruling
2014-07-18	Manager	Balls and strikes
2014-08-02	Manager	Replay ruling

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