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Bats: R · Throws: L · Born 1943-04-08 · Played 1965–1980 · Career WAR 30.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1965	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1966	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1967	DET	AL	23	15	0	2	0	2	1	5	.133	.188	.133	.321	0.0
1968	DET	AL	39	37	1	3	0	2	0	14	.081	.081	.081	.162	-0.4
1969	DET	AL	41	21	1	6	1	0	1	3	.286	.318	.333	.651	0.2
1970	DET	AL	47	23	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-0.3
1972	DET	AL	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1973	DET	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	DET	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	DET	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	DET	AL	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1977	DET	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	DET	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	DET	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			546	101	2	11	1	4	3	34	.109	.135	.119	.253	-0.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1965	DET	AL	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	6.0	5	0	0	1	4	0.00	1.000	0.5
1966	DET	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	2	1	9.00	2.000	-0.1
1967	DET	AL	4	3	23	6	2	2	3	65.0	57	19	4	9	49	2.63	1.015	1.0
1968	DET	AL	9	6	39	12	4	1	2	128.0	92	34	9	51	78	2.39	1.117	1.9
1969	DET	AL	4	4	40	8	1	1	4	99.1	97	44	13	44	74	3.99	1.419	0.0
1970	DET	AL	6	6	47	5	1	1	3	104.0	82	35	12	46	89	3.03	1.231	2.8
1972	DET	AL	1	2	24	3	1	0	3	44.1	39	10	4	13	26	2.03	1.173	0.8
1973	DET	AL	10	5	65	0	0	0	38	125.1	89	20	7	39	124	1.44	1.021	7.9
1974	DET	AL	17	14	59	0	0	0	13	150.0	127	44	10	62	134	2.64	1.260	4.1
1975	DET	AL	2	3	36	0	0	0	14	70.2	52	17	6	36	87	2.17	1.245	3.0
1976	DET	AL	12	8	56	1	1	1	13	121.0	93	32	7	67	117	2.38	1.322	4.0
1977	DET	AL	8	14	45	8	3	0	7	124.0	120	49	15	61	115	3.56	1.460	1.9
1978	DET	AL	9	4	51	0	0	0	15	92.1	64	24	6	35	74	2.34	1.072	3.0
1979	DET	AL	4	7	43	0	0	0	9	79.1	83	46	14	55	46	5.22	1.739	-0.2
1980	DET	AL	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	30.2	38	15	3	14	18	4.40	1.696	0.3
Total			87	76	545	43	13	6	125	1242.0	1040	391	110	535	1036	2.83	1.268	30.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1965	DET	AL	P	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
1966	DET	AL	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1967	DET	AL	P	23	6	65.0	4	9	1	0
1968	DET	AL	P	39	12	128.0	12	15	0	1
1969	DET	AL	P	40	8	99.1	2	11	1	0
1970	DET	AL	P	47	5	104.0	3	10	0	0
1972	DET	AL	P	24	3	44.0	1	9	0	2
1973	DET	AL	P	65	0	125.1	8	16	1	1
1974	DET	AL	P	59	0	150.0	2	11	1	0
1975	DET	AL	P	36	0	70.2	1	8	0	0
1976	DET	AL	P	56	1	121.0	2	13	1	0
1977	DET	AL	P	45	8	124.0	4	11	2	1
1978	DET	AL	P	51	0	92.1	1	9	0	0
1979	DET	AL	P	43	0	79.1	4	10	0	0
1980	DET	AL	P	11	0	30.2	1	4	1	0
Total				545	43	1241.2	45	136	8	5

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1973	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1973	Hutch Award	ML
1973	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	AL

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