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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1944-12-18 · Played 1969–1973 · College: Stanford University (1965–1966) · Career WAR 1.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=hovlest01, LAHMAN=hovlest01, MLBAM=116194, RETROSHEET=hovls101

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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
1969	SE1	AL	91	329	41	91	14	3	3	20	10	4	30	34	.277	.338	.365	.703	1.4
1970	ML4	AL	40	135	17	38	9	0	0	16	5	1	17	11	.281	.366	.348	.714	-0.5
1970	OAK	AL	72	100	8	19	1	0	0	1	3	0	5	11	.190	.229	.200	.429
1971	OAK	AL	24	27	3	3	2	0	0	3	2	0	7	9	.111	.306	.185	.491	0.0
1972	KCA	AL	105	196	24	53	5	1	3	24	3	3	24	29	.270	.351	.352	.703	0.8
1973	KCA	AL	104	232	29	59	8	1	2	24	6	4	33	34	.254	.346	.323	.669	-0.1
Total			436	1019	122	263	39	5	8	88	29	12	116	128	.258	.334	.330	.664	1.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1969	SE1	AL	OF	84	76	734.1	175	8	2	3
1970	ML4	AL	OF	38	34	293.0	68	1	3	0
1970	OAK	AL	OF	42	12	200.0	58	1	0	1
1971	OAK	AL	OF	11	4	49.0	15	1	0	0
1972	KCA	AL	OF	68	34	404.0	103	6	2	0
1973	KCA	AL	OF	79	39	442.2	114	4	3	1
Total				322	199	2123.0	533	21	10	5

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