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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1951-07-05 · Played 1972–1994 · Career WAR 41.1 (bWAR) ·

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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
1972	CHA	AL	36		16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
1973	CHA	AL	21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1974	CHA	AL	39		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CHA	AL	62		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHA	AL	31		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	NL	72		23	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.217	.250	.261	.511	0.1
1978	NYA	AL	63		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NYA	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NYA	AL	64		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1981	NYA	AL	32		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NYA	AL	56		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	NYA	AL	57		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	SDN	NL	62		22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.182	.217	.182	.399	0.0
1985	SDN	NL	50		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.154	.000	.154	-0.1
1986	SDN	NL	45		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1987	SDN	NL	40		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1988	CHN	NL	46		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1989	SFN	NL	31		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1989	NYA	AL	11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TEX	AL	44		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	OAK	AL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	OAK	AL	39		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1994	SEA	AL	36		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			1003		85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	37	.106	.146	.118	.264	-0.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1972	CHA	AL	7	1	36	1	0	0	2	80.0	72	38	2	44	57	4.28	1.450	-0.5
1973	CHA	AL	0	4	20	4	1	0	0	49.2	57	41	9	37	33	7.43	1.893	-1.2
1974	CHA	AL	4	6	39	3	0	0	1	89.1	92	41	4	47	64	4.13	1.556	0.5
1975	CHA	AL	9	8	62	0	0	0	26	141.2	99	29	3	70	130	1.84	1.193	8.2
1976	CHA	AL	9	17	31	29	15	0	1	224.0	214	98	16	90	135	3.94	1.357	2.8
1977	PIT	NL	11	9	72	0	0	0	26	133.0	78	24	9	49	151	1.62	.955	6.0
1978	NYA	AL	10	11	63	0	0	0	27	134.1	87	30	9	59	122	2.01	1.087	3.2
1979	NYA	AL	5	3	36	0	0	0	18	58.1	48	17	5	19	41	2.62	1.149	1.8
1980	NYA	AL	6	2	64	0	0	0	33	99.0	74	25	5	37	103	2.27	1.121	3.4
1981	NYA	AL	3	2	32	0	0	0	20	46.2	22	4	2	14	48	0.77	.771	2.3
1982	NYA	AL	4	5	56	0	0	0	30	93.0	63	23	5	28	102	2.23	.978	4.5
1983	NYA	AL	13	5	57	0	0	0	22	87.1	82	22	5	25	90	2.27	1.225	3.5
1984	SDN	NL	10	6	62	0	0	0	25	102.1	75	33	6	36	84	2.90	1.085	1.7
1985	SDN	NL	5	3	50	0	0	0	26	79.0	64	16	1	17	52	1.82	1.025	2.4
1986	SDN	NL	5	7	45	0	0	0	21	64.2	69	32	8	20	63	4.45	1.376	-0.8
1987	SDN	NL	5	4	40	0	0	0	11	52.0	47	18	4	19	44	3.12	1.269	1.1
1988	CHN	NL	4	4	46	0	0	0	13	43.2	50	21	3	15	30	4.33	1.489	-0.2
1989	SFN	NL	2	1	31	0	0	0	4	43.2	32	13	2	27	24	2.68	1.351	0.4
1989	NYA	AL	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	14.1	14	6	0	3	6	3.77	1.186
1991	TEX	AL	4	2	44	0	0	0	1	40.1	33	16	4	16	28	3.57	1.215	0.8
1992	OAK	AL	0	2	30	0	0	0	0	38.0	32	12	5	19	26	2.84	1.342	0.6
1993	OAK	AL	4	5	39	0	0	0	1	47.2	49	24	6	26	40	4.53	1.573	0.4
1994	SEA	AL	3	0	36	0	0	0	1	47.1	44	22	6	15	29	4.18	1.246	0.7
Total			124	107	1002	37	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	605	119	732	1502	3.01	1.232	41.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1972	CHA	AL	P	36	1	80.0	3	10	1	1
1973	CHA	AL	P	20	4	49.2	5	5	1	0
1974	CHA	AL	P	39	3	89.1	3	14	2	1
1975	CHA	AL	P	62	0	141.2	3	25	3	3
1976	CHA	AL	P	31	29	224.0	18	27	3	1
1977	PIT	NL	P	72	0	133.0	4	10	1	0
1978	NYA	AL	P	63	0	134.1	6	12	3	0
1979	NYA	AL	P	36	0	58.1	1	4	0	0
1980	NYA	AL	P	64	0	99.0	1	10	2	0
1981	NYA	AL	P	32	0	46.2	2	7	1	1
1982	NYA	AL	P	56	0	93.0	2	6	0	1
1983	NYA	AL	P	57	0	87.1	2	3	1	0
1984	SDN	NL	P	62	0	102.1	5	8	0	0
1985	SDN	NL	P	50	0	79.0	0	7	0	1
1986	SDN	NL	P	45	0	64.2	2	5	0	0
1987	SDN	NL	P	40	0	52.0	2	5	0	0
1988	CHN	NL	P	46	0	43.2	1	7	0	0
1989	SFN	NL	P	31	0	43.2	5	3	1	0
1989	NYA	AL	P	11	0	14.1	2	1	0	1
1991	TEX	AL	P	44	0	40.1	2	2	1	0
1992	OAK	AL	P	30	0	38.0	2	4	0	0
1993	OAK	AL	P	39	0	47.2	5	3	1	0
1994	SEA	AL	P	36	0	47.1	2	2	0	1
Total				1002	37	1809.1	78	180	21	11

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1975	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1978	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1978	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
1978	Reliever of the Year Award	AL
1978	Player of the Week	AL
1979	Pitcher of the Month	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2000	BBWAA	166	375	No
2001	BBWAA	228	387	No
2002	BBWAA	203	354	No
2003	BBWAA	209	372	No
2004	BBWAA	206	380	No
2005	BBWAA	285	387	No
2006	BBWAA	336	390	No
2007	BBWAA	388	409	No
2008	BBWAA	466	408	Yes

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1977-09-02	Player	Arguing balls and strikes
1978-07-17	Player	Balls and strikes
1982-09-05	Player	Bench jockeying
1984-07-13	Player	Balls and strikes
1984-08-12	Player	Fighting
1986-08-23	Player	Bench jockeying
1992-10-03	Player	Bench jockeying