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MIL20

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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1949-03-15 · Played 1974–1986 · Career WAR 14.2 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1974	CLE	AL	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CLE	AL	13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CLE	AL	50		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CLE	AL	60		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CLE	AL	58		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1979	TEX	AL	71		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1980	TEX	AL	38		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	TEX	AL	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CIN	NL	50		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-0.1
1982	CHA	AL	13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CHA	AL	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	PHI	NL	8		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1984	ML4	AL	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	ML4	AL	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	AL	16		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			416		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.100	.000	.100	-0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1974	CLE	AL	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	15.1	16	8	1	14	11	4.70	1.957	-0.1
1975	CLE	AL	1	2	13	7	0	0	0	71.2	60	30	5	45	55	3.77	1.465	1.2
1976	CLE	AL	10	7	50	2	0	0	15	117.2	91	31	2	50	111	2.37	1.198	3.1
1977	CLE	AL	8	10	60	0	0	0	18	92.0	85	35	3	47	91	3.42	1.435	1.3
1978	CLE	AL	10	10	58	0	0	0	13	99.1	77	34	4	58	95	3.08	1.359	2.6
1979	TEX	AL	13	5	71	0	0	0	29	143.0	99	25	5	62	136	1.57	1.126	6.1
1980	TEX	AL	3	11	38	1	0	0	2	63.1	65	34	4	45	40	4.83	1.737	-0.5
1981	TEX	AL	1	2	23	0	0	0	6	30.0	21	9	0	22	20	2.70	1.433	0.5
1982	CIN	NL	3	5	50	0	0	0	2	76.0	61	24	3	48	43	2.84	1.434	1.8
1982	CHA	AL	2	1	13	1	0	0	3	28.0	20	16	3	12	23	5.14	1.143
1983	CHA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.500	-0.1
1984	PHI	NL	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	15	3	10	8	10.13	2.250	-0.3
1984	ML4	AL	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	0	0	3	4	0.00	1.929
1985	ML4	AL	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	8	1	5	3	6.55	1.727	-0.2
1986	CLE	AL	1	1	16	0	0	0	0	27.1	34	24	1	23	11	7.90	2.085	-1.1
Total			53	57	416	14	1	0	88	793.1	670	293	35	444	651	3.32	1.404	14.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1974	CLE	AL	P	4	3	15.1	0	1	0	0
1975	CLE	AL	P	13	7	71.2	4	11	2	0
1976	CLE	AL	P	50	2	117.2	7	14	3	2
1977	CLE	AL	P	60	0	92.0	5	13	3	2
1978	CLE	AL	P	58	0	99.1	4	16	0	0
1979	TEX	AL	P	71	0	143.0	9	16	7	1
1980	TEX	AL	P	38	1	63.1	0	12	0	1
1981	TEX	AL	P	23	0	30.0	3	3	1	0
1982	CIN	NL	P	50	0	76.0	3	15	0	0
1982	CHA	AL	P	13	1	28.0	3	3	0	0
1983	CHA	AL	P	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
1984	PHI	NL	P	8	0	13.1	0	2	0	0
1984	ML4	AL	P	6	0	4.2	1	0	0	0
1985	ML4	AL	P	5	0	11.0	2	3	0	1
1986	CLE	AL	P	16	0	27.1	2	6	0	0
Total				416	14	793.1	43	115	16	7

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1979	TSN All-Star	AL
1979	TSN Fireman of the Year	AL
1979	Rolaids Relief Man Award	AL
1979	Reliever of the Year Award	AL
1979	Pitcher of the Month	AL