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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1946-04-08 · Played 1965–1979 · Career WAR 40.8 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1965	KC1	AL	32	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	.150	.150	.175	.325	0.0
1966	KC1	AL	30	59	5	9	1	1	0	4	1	3	21	.153	.194	.203	.397	0.0
1967	KC1	AL	37	92	9	18	4	0	2	6	0	0	32	.196	.196	.304	.500	0.7
1968	OAK	AL	39	82	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	0	19	.232	.232	.305	.537	1.1
1969	OAK	AL	42	85	5	19	2	0	1	9	0	1	24	.224	.227	.282	.509	0.3
1970	OAK	AL	43	90	10	18	4	1	1	6	0	2	23	.200	.215	.300	.515	0.6
1971	OAK	AL	38	103	14	36	1	1	1	12	1	2	11	.350	.362	.408	.770	1.6
1972	OAK	AL	39	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	.219	.215	.219	.434	0.2
1973	OAK	AL	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1
1974	OAK	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1975	NYA	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NYA	AL	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1977	NYA	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	NYA	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NYA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			515	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	8	160	.226	.236	.287	.523	4.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1965	KC1	AL	8	8	32	20	3	2	0	133.0	124	63	21	46	82	4.26	1.278	0.6
1966	KC1	AL	9	11	30	25	4	0	0	176.2	158	79	17	64	103	4.02	1.257	0.5
1967	KC1	AL	13	17	35	35	13	5	0	259.2	209	81	16	84	196	2.81	1.128	4.6
1968	OAK	AL	13	13	36	34	11	2	1	234.0	210	87	29	69	172	3.35	1.192	0.3
1969	OAK	AL	12	15	38	35	10	3	0	247.0	210	92	34	85	150	3.35	1.194	2.3
1970	OAK	AL	18	14	40	40	9	1	0	262.1	253	111	32	74	178	3.81	1.247	1.0
1971	OAK	AL	21	11	37	37	16	4	0	273.2	225	90	27	80	181	2.96	1.114	2.6
1972	OAK	AL	21	7	38	37	16	5	0	295.1	200	67	21	70	191	2.04	.914	5.7
1973	OAK	AL	21	5	36	36	11	3	0	256.1	222	95	39	69	124	3.34	1.135	1.8
1974	OAK	AL	25	12	41	41	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	25	46	143	2.49	.986	6.9
1975	NYA	AL	23	14	39	39	30	7	0	328.0	248	94	25	83	177	2.58	1.009	8.1
1976	NYA	AL	17	15	36	36	21	2	0	298.2	268	117	28	68	173	3.53	1.125	1.4
1977	NYA	AL	9	9	22	22	8	1	0	143.1	137	75	29	47	52	4.71	1.284	-0.4
1978	NYA	AL	12	6	21	20	5	1	0	118.0	98	47	16	35	56	3.58	1.127	1.2
1979	NYA	AL	2	9	19	19	1	0	0	105.0	128	62	15	34	34	5.31	1.543	-0.4
Total			224	166	500	476	181	42	1	3449.1	2958	1248	374	954	2012	3.26	1.134	36.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1965	KC1	AL	P	32	20	133.0	4	16	2	1
1966	KC1	AL	P	30	25	176.2	10	14	3	1
1967	KC1	AL	1B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
1967	KC1	AL	P	35	35	259.2	15	16	1	1
1968	OAK	AL	P	36	34	234.0	16	20	4	0
1969	OAK	AL	P	38	35	247.0	17	32	0	4
1970	OAK	AL	P	40	40	262.0	17	24	1	3
1971	OAK	AL	P	37	37	274.0	15	26	0	1
1972	OAK	AL	P	38	37	295.0	23	30	2	1
1973	OAK	AL	P	36	36	256.1	11	24	1	0
1974	OAK	AL	P	41	41	318.1	25	27	3	1
1975	NYA	AL	P	39	39	328.0	23	26	3	0
1976	NYA	AL	P	36	36	298.2	24	30	2	2
1977	NYA	AL	P	22	22	143.1	4	11	0	1
1978	NYA	AL	P	21	20	118.0	11	13	0	0
1979	NYA	AL	P	19	19	105.0	10	10	1	0
Total				501	476	3449.1	225	319	23	16

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1974	TSN All-Star	AL
1974	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1974	Cy Young Award	AL
1975	Player of the Week	AL
1978	Player of the Week	AL

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