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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1946-12-15 · Played 1974–1985 · College: University of Wyoming (1967–1969) · Career WAR 13.7 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=howear01, LAHMAN=howear01, MLBAM=116218, RETROSHEET=howea001

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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
1974	PIT	NL	29	74	10	18	4	1	1	5	0	0	9	13	.243	.321	.365	.686	0.5
1975	PIT	NL	63	146	13	25	9	0	1	10	1	0	15	15	.171	.248	.253	.501	-0.1
1976	HOU	NL	21	29	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.138	.286	.172	.458	-0.1
1977	HOU	NL	125	413	44	109	23	7	8	58	0	1	41	60	.264	.336	.412	.748	2.8
1978	HOU	NL	119	420	46	123	33	3	7	55	2	3	34	41	.293	.343	.436	.779	2.6
1979	HOU	NL	118	355	32	88	15	2	6	33	3	1	36	37	.248	.316	.352	.668	1.7
1980	HOU	NL	110	321	34	91	12	5	10	46	1	0	34	29	.283	.350	.445	.795	1.7
1981	HOU	NL	103	361	43	107	22	4	3	36	1	3	41	23	.296	.365	.404	.769	3.5
1982	HOU	NL	110	365	29	87	15	1	5	38	2	0	41	45	.238	.315	.326	.641	1.4
1984	SLN	NL	89	139	17	30	5	0	2	12	0	2	18	18	.216	.300	.295	.595	-0.2
1985	SLN	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			891	2626	268	682	139	23	43	293	10	10	275	287	.260	.330	.379	.709	13.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	PIT	NL	3B	20	16	164.2	11	48	4	8
1974	PIT	NL	SS	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0
1975	PIT	NL	3B	42	36	342.2	17	89	7	4
1975	PIT	NL	SS	3	0	5.0	2	0	0	0
1976	HOU	NL	2B	2	2	16.0	1	7	0	2
1976	HOU	NL	3B	8	4	46.0	6	9	1	1
1977	HOU	NL	2B	96	95	822.0	192	279	7	49
1977	HOU	NL	3B	19	15	147.2	16	37	1	1
1977	HOU	NL	SS	11	5	41.0	5	17	0	2
1978	HOU	NL	1B	1	1	9.0	6	0	1	0
1978	HOU	NL	2B	107	107	922.1	224	289	12	51
1978	HOU	NL	3B	11	8	73.0	10	13	0	0
1979	HOU	NL	1B	3	2	18.0	15	3	0	3
1979	HOU	NL	2B	68	67	504.1	126	188	3	33
1979	HOU	NL	3B	59	30	325.2	47	70	4	6
1980	HOU	NL	1B	77	69	585.1	580	49	9	47
1980	HOU	NL	2B	3	0	8.0	0	4	0	0
1980	HOU	NL	3B	25	12	143.1	11	27	1	3
1980	HOU	NL	SS	5	2	22.0	7	6	0	2
1981	HOU	NL	1B	2	2	18.0	15	0	0	3
1981	HOU	NL	3B	98	98	840.2	52	206	9	16
1982	HOU	NL	1B	35	34	289.2	291	21	1	34
1982	HOU	NL	3B	72	72	631.1	53	153	6	13
1984	SLN	NL	1B	11	3	34.0	45	2	1	6
1984	SLN	NL	2B	8	0	15.0	3	4	0	2
1984	SLN	NL	3B	45	28	264.1	23	70	2	6
1984	SLN	NL	SS	5	0	9.0	0	4	0	0
1985	SLN	NL	1B	1	0	2.0	4	0	0	1
1985	SLN	NL	3B	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
Total				840	708	6302.0	1763	1597	69	293

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1981	Player of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1991	BBWAA	0	333	No

Ejections (27)

Date	As	Reason
1989-08-05	Manager	Balls and strikes
1990-06-16	Manager	Call at 1B
1990-06-17	Manager	Intentional HBP
1990-06-26	Manager	Check swing
1990-08-16	Manager	Darwin ejection
1990-09-13	Manager	Failure to call balk
1991-06-30	Manager	Call at HP
1991-08-12	Manager	Call at 1B (reversed)
1992-10-01	Manager	Call at 3B
1993-06-13	Manager	Balk call
1993-08-21	Manager	Arguing DP called on roll block
1993-08-27	Manager	Throwing at baserunner
1996-08-23	Manager	Balls and strikes
1997-05-07	Manager	Call at HP
1997-06-10	Manager	Balls and strikes
1997-07-20	Manager	Called third strike
1998-09-01	Manager	Called third strike
1999-06-17	Manager	Balk call
2000-07-20	Manager	Call at HP
2001-05-16	Manager	Fair/foul call
2002-07-27	Manager	Opponent's delay in sending up PH
2002-08-17	Manager	Intentional HBP
2003-06-29	Manager	Call at 3B
2004-05-16	Manager	Call at 2B
2004-06-16	Manager	Call at 1B
2004-08-15	Manager	Call at 3B
2007-07-03	Coach	Arguing from bench

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