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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1942-10-18 · Played 1963–1980 · Career WAR 26.5 (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
1963	DET	AL	15	43	6	14	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	8	.326	.326	.488	.814	0.3
1964	DET	AL	25	80	6	13	1	3	1	10	0	0	11	20	.163	.272	.287	.559	-0.5
1965	DET	AL	143	512	69	140	20	2	29	104	5	9	48	101	.273	.340	.490	.830	3.0
1966	DET	AL	146	526	72	138	22	6	27	100	1	1	44	103	.262	.321	.481	.802	2.3
1967	DET	AL	122	401	47	110	20	3	19	67	0	0	36	80	.274	.338	.481	.819	3.5
1968	DET	AL	143	512	68	146	20	2	36	85	0	3	49	110	.285	.352	.543	.895	5.4
1969	DET	AL	141	508	66	133	17	1	28	91	3	3	52	93	.262	.332	.465	.797	2.7
1970	DET	AL	96	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	.305	.354	.501	.855	1.9
1971	DET	AL	119	450	64	130	25	1	22	72	1	5	37	75	.289	.349	.496	.845	1.8
1972	DET	AL	108	333	44	77	9	5	11	36	0	0	27	47	.231	.293	.387	.680	1.0
1973	DET	AL	111	411	42	130	19	3	17	53	1	4	23	57	.316	.362	.501	.863	1.6
1974	DET	AL	72	238	32	71	8	1	15	47	0	1	21	36	.298	.361	.529	.890	1.8
1975	DET	AL	159	615	62	169	13	1	25	92	1	2	44	109	.275	.319	.421	.740	0.0
1976	DET	AL	114	401	40	105	17	0	14	56	0	0	49	63	.262	.342	.409	.751	1.2
1977	DET	AL	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.9
1977	TEX	AL	139	519	55	150	23	3	15	75	2	3	42	117	.289	.337	.432	.769
1978	CLE	AL	50	169	15	42	7	0	5	22	3	0	15	25	.249	.314	.379	.693	-0.3
1978	OAK	AL	32	102	11	32	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	15	.314	.369	.480	.849
1978	TOR	AL	33	122	12	25	6	0	3	19	0	0	4	29	.205	.228	.328	.556
1979	SEA	AL	162	646	77	180	19	5	29	106	1	1	42	112	.279	.326	.458	.784	1.0
1980	SEA	AL	97	335	32	74	10	1	8	36	0	4	39	70	.221	.306	.328	.634	-1.1
Total			2028	7298	873	1993	284	40	325	1163	20	38	620	1313	.273	.330	.457	.787	26.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1963	DET	AL	OF	9	9	78.0	13	0	0	0
1964	DET	AL	OF	23	21	191.1	33	0	2	0
1965	DET	AL	3B	1	0	6.0	0	2	0	0
1965	DET	AL	OF	141	138	1215.0	249	7	3	1
1966	DET	AL	OF	137	133	1192.1	233	4	5	1
1967	DET	AL	OF	110	108	820.0	165	5	5	2
1968	DET	AL	OF	139	137	1200.1	212	6	6	2
1969	DET	AL	OF	136	135	1161.2	272	8	8	0
1970	DET	AL	OF	96	96	844.0	154	10	3	1
1971	DET	AL	OF	118	117	1012.0	176	8	7	1
1972	DET	AL	OF	98	93	746.0	131	6	0	0
1973	DET	AL	OF	107	106	838.1	160	2	10	0
1974	DET	AL	OF	64	64	522.0	106	2	6	0
1977	DET	AL	OF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0
1977	TEX	AL	OF	10	9	73.0	15	0	1	0
1978	OAK	AL	OF	1	0	3.2	1	0	2	0
Total				1191	1167	9912.2	1921	60	58	8

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1968	TSN All-Star	AL
1975	TSN All-Star	AL
1975	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1976	Player of the Week	AL
1976	Player of the Month	AL
1979	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1979	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1986	BBWAA	4	319	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (6)

Date	As	Reason
1971-06-18	Player	Fighting
1975-06-11	Player	Charging mound
1975-08-05	Player	Call at 1B
1976-07-24	Player	HBP non-call
1977-05-07	Player	Bench-clearing brawl
1979-07-06	Player	Charging the mound

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