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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1960-11-29 · Played 1982–1995 · Career WAR 22.1 (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
1982	DET	AL	54	155	23	49	5	0	4	14	7	4	16	30	.316	.384	.426	.810	0.9
1983	DET	AL	27	66	11	14	0	0	3	5	0	0	7	10	.212	.297	.348	.645	0.0
1984	DET	AL	116	355	43	88	14	1	12	50	10	6	40	67	.248	.324	.394	.718	1.0
1985	NYN	NL	126	389	38	94	18	4	11	46	6	4	34	78	.242	.300	.393	.693	0.5
1986	NYN	NL	88	220	30	54	14	0	10	39	8	1	31	64	.245	.341	.445	.786	1.4
1987	NYN	NL	157	554	93	147	22	1	36	99	32	10	83	113	.265	.364	.504	.868	4.3
1988	NYN	NL	148	495	85	114	21	1	24	68	23	7	86	104	.230	.343	.422	.765	3.6
1989	NYN	NL	153	571	104	164	41	3	36	101	41	8	77	126	.287	.369	.559	.928	6.9
1990	NYN	NL	154	590	89	144	37	3	23	90	34	8	69	100	.244	.319	.434	.753	2.4
1991	NYN	NL	156	564	108	146	34	4	38	117	30	16	78	120	.259	.342	.535	.877	3.5
1992	NYN	NL	100	350	48	78	19	0	7	43	22	5	55	79	.223	.329	.337	.666	-1.4
1993	NYN	NL	72	235	32	56	8	2	7	26	6	4	43	43	.238	.354	.379	.733	0.8
1994	COL	NL	93	227	30	48	10	2	10	40	11	3	39	73	.211	.323	.405	.728	-0.7
1995	CHN	NL	87	169	26	33	4	1	7	22	1	1	34	46	.195	.330	.355	.685	-1.1
Total			1531	4940	760	1229	247	22	228	760	231	77	692	1053	.249	.341	.446	.787	22.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1982	DET	AL	3B	33	27	239.2	25	39	7	6
1982	DET	AL	OF	9	6	53.0	11	1	0	0
1983	DET	AL	3B	21	18	130.0	10	30	7	2
1984	DET	AL	1B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	1
1984	DET	AL	3B	108	98	808.2	58	143	12	16
1984	DET	AL	OF	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0
1984	DET	AL	SS	9	1	24.0	3	7	2	4
1985	NYN	NL	3B	113	93	884.0	67	171	15	21
1985	NYN	NL	OF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
1985	NYN	NL	SS	7	5	47.0	11	19	3	6
1986	NYN	NL	3B	45	29	303.1	22	71	10	10
1986	NYN	NL	OF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0
1986	NYN	NL	SS	34	22	197.2	28	65	10	14
1987	NYN	NL	3B	140	127	1144.1	82	235	21	15
1987	NYN	NL	OF	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0
1987	NYN	NL	SS	38	26	225.2	36	70	5	12
1988	NYN	NL	3B	131	109	980.0	65	187	13	16
1988	NYN	NL	SS	52	34	296.1	45	87	5	21
1989	NYN	NL	3B	143	129	1140.0	63	180	24	15
1989	NYN	NL	SS	31	22	180.1	34	37	0	7
1990	NYN	NL	3B	92	89	771.2	52	159	20	11
1990	NYN	NL	SS	73	63	563.1	98	176	8	28
1991	NYN	NL	3B	104	99	878.0	55	173	18	11
1991	NYN	NL	OF	30	30	273.1	61	3	2	0
1991	NYN	NL	SS	28	25	218.0	45	88	11	15
1992	NYN	NL	OF	98	96	841.0	206	3	4	0
1993	NYN	NL	3B	67	67	571.1	52	135	11	11
1994	COL	NL	1B	1	1	9.0	8	1	0	0
1994	COL	NL	OF	62	51	433.1	90	2	2	0
1995	CHN	NL	1B	3	1	14.0	15	1	0	3
1995	CHN	NL	2B	8	2	30.1	7	9	2	2
1995	CHN	NL	3B	34	29	246.1	10	53	5	4
1995	CHN	NL	OF	13	7	67.1	12	0	0	0
1995	CHN	NL	SS	1	0	3.0	1	2	0	1
Total				1534	1307	11596.2	1276	2147	217	252

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1989	TSN All-Star	NL
1989	Silver Slugger	NL
1989	Player of the Week	NL
1989	Player of the Month	NL
1991	Silver Slugger	NL
1991	Player of the Month	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2001	BBWAA	0	387	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1993-05-21	Player	Call at 3B

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