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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1948-12-21 · Played 1971–1986 · College: University of Southern California (1969–1970) · Career WAR 17.4 (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
1971	SFN	NL	41		115	17	32	10	2	6	24	5	0	9	35	.278	.328	.557	.885	1.1
1972	SFN	NL	135		472	65	106	17	4	29	83	16	6	51	140	.225	.303	.462	.765	1.6
1973	SFN	NL	112		305	54	62	10	1	24	55	8	5	41	122	.203	.300	.479	.779	1.5
1974	SFN	NL	121		350	41	78	18	2	18	55	8	8	37	125	.223	.302	.440	.742	0.0
1975	NYN	NL	134		502	65	116	22	1	36	88	7	5	34	153	.231	.284	.494	.778	1.4
1976	NYN	NL	123		474	70	113	14	1	37	86	7	4	28	135	.238	.286	.506	.792	2.6
1977	NYN	NL	58		211	22	44	7	0	9	28	3	2	13	66	.209	.263	.370	.633	-0.1
1977	SDN	NL	56		168	16	40	9	0	11	39	2	3	12	48	.238	.292	.488	.780
1977	CAL	AL	10		36	4	7	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	16	.194	.237	.417	.654
1977	NYA	AL	8		24	5	6	2	0	4	7	0	1	2	13	.250	.333	.833	1.166
1978	CHN	NL	119		395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	4	39	111	.266	.336	.542	.878	2.5
1979	CHN	NL	145		532	97	153	19	5	48	115	4	2	45	131	.288	.343	.613	.956	4.1
1980	CHN	NL	81		255	31	71	8	0	18	57	2	2	21	44	.278	.329	.522	.851	0.8
1981	NYN	NL	100		353	40	78	11	3	22	59	6	0	55	105	.221	.326	.456	.782	0.7
1982	NYN	NL	149		535	80	109	9	1	37	99	4	0	59	156	.204	.285	.432	.717	0.1
1983	NYN	NL	100		248	25	49	7	0	13	29	2	1	22	57	.198	.265	.383	.648	-0.9
1984	OAK	AL	147		549	68	147	23	1	35	118	2	1	44	119	.268	.321	.505	.826	2.5
1985	OAK	AL	158		592	66	141	16	0	30	91	3	2	62	114	.238	.309	.417	.726	0.6
1986	OAK	AL	144		561	70	118	19	0	35	94	3	3	33	126	.210	.255	.431	.686	-1.0
Total			1941		6677	901	1575	240	25	442	1210	85	49	608	1816	.236	.300	.478	.778	17.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1973	SFN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	0	6	4	9.00	2.250	-0.1
Total			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	0	6	4	9.00	2.250	-0.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1971	SFN	NL	1B	20	15	146.0	149	9	3	9
1971	SFN	NL	OF	14	13	111.0	19	0	1	0
1972	SFN	NL	1B	56	46	412.0	402	20	5	39
1972	SFN	NL	3B	59	59	507.0	54	138	14	10
1972	SFN	NL	OF	22	22	187.0	40	1	3	0
1973	SFN	NL	1B	46	24	262.1	259	17	4	23
1973	SFN	NL	3B	60	56	504.2	54	129	18	7
1973	SFN	NL	P	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
1974	SFN	NL	1B	91	70	642.1	680	60	13	66
1974	SFN	NL	3B	21	19	159.0	9	38	12	3
1974	SFN	NL	OF	2	2	14.1	7	0	0	0
1975	NYN	NL	1B	58	48	434.1	386	38	5	36
1975	NYN	NL	3B	12	12	101.0	6	28	3	1
1975	NYN	NL	OF	71	67	577.2	134	3	6	0
1976	NYN	NL	1B	16	11	105.0	91	8	0	11
1976	NYN	NL	OF	111	109	945.2	202	10	9	0
1977	NYN	NL	1B	17	12	114.0	112	8	1	6
1977	NYN	NL	OF	45	41	342.0	76	0	2	0
1977	SDN	NL	1B	13	11	87.2	92	11	1	4
1977	SDN	NL	3B	2	2	15.0	3	2	1	0
1977	SDN	NL	OF	28	26	229.1	50	3	2	1
1977	CAL	AL	1B	8	8	68.0	70	5	2	5
1977	CAL	AL	OF	2	2	18.0	3	0	0	0
1978	CHN	NL	1B	6	6	46.0	56	2	2	4
1978	CHN	NL	OF	100	100	823.1	170	8	4	2
1979	CHN	NL	OF	139	139	1166.1	240	11	12	3
1980	CHN	NL	1B	2	2	18.0	16	2	1	0
1980	CHN	NL	OF	61	61	492.0	103	8	7	0
1981	NYN	NL	1B	56	51	427.0	462	31	13	39
1981	NYN	NL	OF	48	47	390.0	86	3	7	0
1982	NYN	NL	1B	143	143	1193.0	1232	69	18	88
1983	NYN	NL	1B	50	50	416.2	443	28	3	43
1983	NYN	NL	OF	5	5	42.0	7	0	0	0
1984	OAK	AL	1B	9	8	68.0	55	2	0	3
1985	OAK	AL	1B	9	7	54.0	50	1	0	3
1986	OAK	AL	1B	3	2	15.2	17	0	2	2
Total				1407	1296	11139.1	5835	693	174	408

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1973	Player of the Week	NL
1975	Player of the Week	NL
1975	Player of the Month	NL
1979	TSN All-Star	NL
1979	Player of the Week	NL
1980	Player of the Month	NL
1981	Player of the Week	NL
1982	Player of the Week	NL
1984	TSN All-Star	AL
1984	Outstanding DH Award	AL
1984	Player of the Week	AL
1984	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1992	BBWAA	3	323	No

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1974-09-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1977-08-07	Player	Fight after double-play takeout slide
1984-05-28	Player	Checked swing
1984-08-01	Player	Fair/foul call
1984-09-10	Player	Charging the mound