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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1942-07-17 · Played 1964–1979 · College: University of Mississippi (1962–1964) · Career WAR 8.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=kessido01, LAHMAN=kessido01, MLBAM=117024, RETROSHEET=kessd101

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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
1964	CHN	NL	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	-0.1
1965	CHN	NL	106	309	19	62	4	3	0	14	1	2	20	44	.201	.252	.233	.485	-1.4
1966	CHN	NL	150	533	50	146	8	2	1	43	13	7	26	46	.274	.306	.302	.608	-0.3
1967	CHN	NL	145	580	61	134	10	7	0	42	6	13	33	80	.231	.275	.272	.547	0.8
1968	CHN	NL	160	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	9	9	38	86	.240	.283	.287	.570	1.5
1969	CHN	NL	158	664	109	181	38	6	4	53	11	8	61	70	.273	.332	.366	.698	4.0
1970	CHN	NL	154	631	100	168	21	14	1	39	12	6	66	59	.266	.337	.349	.686	1.2
1971	CHN	NL	155	617	77	159	18	6	2	38	15	8	52	54	.258	.318	.316	.634	0.3
1972	CHN	NL	149	577	77	158	20	6	1	39	8	7	67	44	.274	.351	.334	.685	2.9
1973	CHN	NL	160	577	52	151	22	3	0	43	6	6	57	44	.262	.327	.310	.637	-0.2
1974	CHN	NL	153	599	83	155	20	7	1	42	7	7	62	54	.259	.332	.321	.653	0.4
1975	CHN	NL	154	601	77	146	26	10	0	46	4	7	68	47	.243	.317	.319	.636	0.3
1976	SLN	NL	145	502	55	120	22	6	1	40	3	0	61	51	.239	.320	.313	.633	0.4
1977	SLN	NL	59	134	14	32	4	0	0	7	0	0	14	26	.239	.309	.269	.578	0.0
1977	CHA	AL	39	119	12	28	3	2	0	11	2	1	13	7	.235	.308	.294	.602
1978	CHA	AL	131	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	2	4	36	34	.255	.312	.309	.621	-0.2
1979	CHA	AL	56	110	14	22	6	0	1	7	1	0	10	12	.200	.264	.282	.546	-0.7
Total			2078	7651	899	1931	254	80	14	527	100	85	684	759	.252	.314	.312	.626	8.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1964	CHN	NL	SS	4	1	19.0	3	7	0	1
1965	CHN	NL	SS	105	104	864.2	176	338	28	69
1966	CHN	NL	SS	148	144	1294.0	202	474	35	68
1967	CHN	NL	SS	143	136	1233.2	215	457	19	77
1968	CHN	NL	SS	159	158	1394.1	263	573	33	97
1969	CHN	NL	SS	157	157	1398.1	266	542	20	101
1970	CHN	NL	SS	154	152	1340.0	257	501	22	86
1971	CHN	NL	SS	154	151	1330.0	263	512	27	97
1972	CHN	NL	SS	146	145	1290.0	259	504	28	90
1973	CHN	NL	SS	158	156	1378.1	274	526	30	109
1974	CHN	NL	SS	150	147	1299.0	259	476	32	87
1975	CHN	NL	3B	13	12	100.2	5	28	2	3
1975	CHN	NL	SS	140	132	1192.2	205	436	22	100
1976	SLN	NL	2B	31	29	256.2	53	85	6	21
1976	SLN	NL	3B	2	0	8.1	1	0	0	0
1976	SLN	NL	SS	113	105	955.1	212	350	18	84
1977	SLN	NL	2B	24	16	151.0	32	63	5	9
1977	SLN	NL	3B	4	1	10.1	0	2	1	0
1977	SLN	NL	SS	26	13	151.0	37	54	2	15
1977	CHA	AL	2B	13	11	95.0	27	27	0	10
1977	CHA	AL	3B	9	6	57.1	7	16	2	0
1977	CHA	AL	SS	21	18	161.0	32	38	3	12
1978	CHA	AL	2B	9	7	63.0	12	14	0	2
1978	CHA	AL	SS	123	117	996.1	171	321	13	60
1979	CHA	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0
1979	CHA	AL	2B	1	1	7.0	2	6	0	0
1979	CHA	AL	SS	54	36	324.1	57	103	2	17
Total				2062	1955	17372.1	3292	6453	350	1215

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1968	TSN All-Star	NL
1969	TSN All-Star	NL
1969	Gold Glove	NL
1970	TSN All-Star	NL
1970	Gold Glove	NL
1978	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1985	BBWAA	2	297	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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