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ARI9

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CHC4

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WSH6

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MIA4

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TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

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WSH6

PHI9

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TB14

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MIA6

CLE9

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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
1983	LAN	NL	8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1984	LAN	NL	45		50	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.200	.259	.200	.459	0.3
1985	LAN	NL	37		76	5	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	20	.197	.247	.211	.458	0.4
1986	LAN	NL	37		71	4	17	3	0	0	8	0	1	1	17	.239	.250	.282	.532	0.6
1987	LAN	NL	40		90	10	19	5	0	0	7	2	1	2	17	.211	.228	.267	.495	0.9
1988	LAN	NL	36		85	1	11	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	18	.129	.140	.176	.316	-0.1
1989	LAN	NL	35		77	4	14	4	1	0	2	0	0	4	25	.182	.220	.260	.480	0.3
1990	LAN	NL	4		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1991	LAN	NL	21		31	6	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	8	.258	.324	.323	.647	0.5
1992	LAN	NL	35		68	6	15	5	0	0	5	1	0	1	10	.221	.229	.294	.523	0.6
1993	LAN	NL	34		73	11	26	4	0	0	6	0	1	2	5	.356	.373	.411	.784	1.1
1994	LAN	NL	22		44	4	9	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	10	.205	.245	.205	.450	0.5
1995	CLE	AL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CLE	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CLE	AL	32		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.0
1998	SFN	NL	34		66	7	10	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	16	.152	.200	.182	.382	0.1
1999	NYN	NL	32		62	3	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	18	.145	.154	.161	.315	-0.3
2000	LAN	NL	10		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			521		810	65	163	29	2	0	50	8	3	27	182	.201	.227	.242	.469	4.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1983	LAN	NL	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	8.0	7	3	1	6	5	3.38	1.625	-0.1
1984	LAN	NL	11	8	45	20	8	4	2	189.2	160	56	9	50	150	2.66	1.107	4.3
1985	LAN	NL	19	3	36	34	9	5	0	239.2	179	54	8	68	157	2.03	1.031	5.9
1986	LAN	NL	14	14	35	35	8	1	0	231.1	213	99	13	86	153	3.85	1.293	2.2
1987	LAN	NL	16	16	37	35	10	1	1	264.2	247	90	17	74	190	3.06	1.213	6.4
1988	LAN	NL	23	8	35	34	15	8	1	267.0	208	67	18	73	178	2.26	1.052	7.2
1989	LAN	NL	15	15	35	33	8	4	0	256.2	226	66	9	77	178	2.31	1.181	7.0
1990	LAN	NL	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	25.1	26	12	1	4	16	4.26	1.184	0.0
1991	LAN	NL	7	2	21	21	0	0	0	112.0	112	43	3	32	73	3.46	1.286	2.0
1992	LAN	NL	10	15	33	33	1	0	0	210.2	209	86	15	69	130	3.67	1.320	2.1
1993	LAN	NL	12	14	33	33	5	1	0	215.2	201	86	17	72	141	3.59	1.266	2.7
1994	LAN	NL	6	6	21	21	1	0	0	135.1	146	57	15	42	72	3.79	1.389	1.8
1995	CLE	AL	16	6	26	26	1	1	0	167.1	151	72	21	51	111	3.87	1.207	3.7
1996	CLE	AL	15	9	33	33	1	0	0	206.0	238	97	21	58	125	4.24	1.437	2.6
1997	CLE	AL	14	6	32	32	1	0	0	195.1	199	97	26	69	107	4.47	1.372	2.3
1998	SFN	NL	11	10	34	34	0	0	0	202.0	200	99	22	85	126	4.41	1.411	1.2
1999	NYN	NL	13	12	32	32	0	0	0	179.0	175	91	14	77	89	4.58	1.408	1.9
2000	LAN	NL	1	5	10	6	0	0	0	24.2	42	36	5	14	13	13.14	2.270	-2.0
Total			204	150	510	466	68	25	5	3130.1	2939	1211	235	1007	2014	3.48	1.261	51.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1983	LAN	NL	P	8	0	8.0	0	2	0	1
1984	LAN	NL	P	45	20	189.2	17	28	5	2
1985	LAN	NL	P	36	34	239.2	20	45	7	4
1986	LAN	NL	P	35	35	231.1	22	36	3	6
1987	LAN	NL	P	37	35	264.2	37	34	5	6
1988	LAN	NL	P	35	34	267.0	32	60	6	6
1989	LAN	NL	P	35	33	256.2	24	51	4	2
1990	LAN	NL	P	4	4	25.1	1	3	0	0
1991	LAN	NL	P	21	21	112.0	12	18	1	1
1992	LAN	NL	P	33	33	210.2	28	41	3	2
1993	LAN	NL	P	33	33	215.2	20	43	3	1
1994	LAN	NL	P	21	22	135.1	22	24	2	3
1995	CLE	AL	P	26	26	167.1	16	31	2	1
1996	CLE	AL	P	33	33	206.0	20	47	2	3
1997	CLE	AL	P	32	32	195.1	20	29	4	2
1998	SFN	NL	P	34	34	202.0	21	36	1	3
1999	NYN	NL	P	32	32	179.0	19	35	3	1
2000	LAN	NL	P	10	6	24.2	1	6	0	0
Total				510	467	3130.1	332	569	51	44

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1984	Player of the Week	NL
1984	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1986	Player of the Week	NL
1987	Player of the Week	NL
1987	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1988	TSN All-Star	NL
1988	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1988	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1988	Babe Ruth Award	NL
1988	World Series MVP	ML
1988	Cy Young Award	NL
1988	Gold Glove	NL
1988	NLCS MVP	NL
1988	Player of the Week	NL
1988	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1993	Silver Slugger	NL
1995	ALCS MVP	AL
1996	Pitcher of the Month	AL
1998	Pitcher of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2006	BBWAA	58	390	No
2007	BBWAA	24	409	No
2017	Veterans - Today's Game Era		12	No
2019	Veterans - Today's Game Era		12	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
2004-05-08	Coach	Balls and strikes