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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1936-08-08 · Played 1958–1973 · College: The Ohio State University (1956–1957) · Career WAR 37.4 (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
1958	LAN	NL	8	29	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	.241	.267	.379	.646	-0.1
1959	LAN	NL	9	21	2	3	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	9	.143	.217	.381	.598	0.1
1960	LAN	NL	117	448	54	120	15	2	23	77	0	1	32	108	.268	.320	.464	.784	1.9
1961	LAN	NL	92	267	36	79	10	2	15	45	0	1	21	50	.296	.347	.517	.864	0.2
1962	LAN	NL	141	493	80	146	25	6	31	119	1	0	39	108	.296	.346	.560	.906	3.4
1963	LAN	NL	123	417	58	114	16	1	28	64	1	2	33	116	.273	.330	.518	.848	4.1
1964	LAN	NL	134	433	60	98	13	2	24	69	1	0	51	113	.226	.303	.432	.735	1.2
1965	WS2	AL	149	516	53	149	22	6	21	84	0	0	55	112	.289	.358	.477	.835	2.3
1966	WS2	AL	146	493	52	137	19	4	18	71	1	1	53	104	.278	.348	.442	.790	2.6
1967	WS2	AL	149	519	71	133	20	2	36	89	0	1	60	155	.256	.338	.511	.849	4.0
1968	WS2	AL	158	598	79	164	28	3	44	106	0	0	54	141	.274	.338	.552	.890	4.6
1969	WS2	AL	161	592	111	175	17	2	48	111	1	0	102	96	.296	.402	.574	.976	5.7
1970	WS2	AL	161	566	90	160	15	1	44	126	1	2	132	125	.283	.416	.546	.962	4.6
1971	WS2	AL	153	549	60	153	25	2	26	83	1	0	77	121	.279	.367	.474	.841	2.7
1972	TEX	AL	95	287	28	70	9	0	9	31	1	0	42	55	.244	.341	.369	.710	0.1
1972	DET	AL	14	33	1	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	8	.242	.324	.364	.688
1973	DET	AL	85	227	26	58	9	1	12	29	0	1	24	28	.256	.327	.463	.790	0.0
Total			1895	6488	864	1774	245	35	382	1119	8	9	782	1460	.273	.352	.499	.850	37.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1958	LAN	NL	OF	8	8	55.0	12	1	0	0
1959	LAN	NL	OF	6	5	42.0	10	0	0	0
1960	LAN	NL	1B	4	1	16.0	19	3	1	2
1960	LAN	NL	OF	115	112	999.1	177	8	3	1
1961	LAN	NL	1B	7	5	41.0	43	4	2	2
1961	LAN	NL	OF	65	61	487.0	79	6	6	0
1962	LAN	NL	OF	131	127	1108.1	187	19	6	4
1963	LAN	NL	OF	111	107	947.1	190	4	8	0
1964	LAN	NL	OF	122	121	996.1	183	2	4	0
1965	WS2	AL	OF	138	138	1099.0	204	5	4	0
1966	WS2	AL	OF	135	134	1039.0	216	5	4	1
1967	WS2	AL	1B	4	2	17.0	15	1	0	0
1967	WS2	AL	OF	141	140	1086.0	210	5	3	1
1968	WS2	AL	1B	55	51	438.1	416	41	11	38
1968	WS2	AL	OF	107	105	899.1	160	11	8	1
1969	WS2	AL	1B	70	47	441.1	455	31	10	38
1969	WS2	AL	OF	114	112	898.1	147	3	4	0
1970	WS2	AL	1B	48	42	395.0	429	25	6	37
1970	WS2	AL	OF	120	118	979.0	172	6	5	4
1971	WS2	AL	1B	68	48	427.0	414	58	4	40
1971	WS2	AL	OF	100	100	811.0	141	7	1	0
1972	TEX	AL	1B	66	55	473.0	440	27	9	39
1972	TEX	AL	OF	21	21	167.0	25	0	1	0
1972	DET	AL	1B	10	9	65.0	55	5	3	5
1972	DET	AL	OF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0
1973	DET	AL	1B	2	1	9.0	12	0	1	0
Total				1769	1670	13937.2	4412	277	104	213

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1960	Rookie of the Year	NL
1960	TSN Rookie of the Year	NL
1968	TSN All-Star	AL
1969	TSN All-Star	AL
1970	TSN All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1979	BBWAA	6	324	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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