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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1954-05-25 · Played 1976–1990 · Career WAR 21.9 (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
1976	SFN	NL	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-0.1
1977	SFN	NL	27	55	4	10	1	0	0	4	0	5	18	.182	.250	.200	.450	0.2
1978	SFN	NL	36	79	2	5	2	0	0	5	0	6	35	.063	.126	.089	.215	-0.5
1979	SFN	NL	35	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	1	24	.182	.203	.288	.491	0.4
1980	SFN	NL	35	66	3	10	3	0	0	7	1	2	21	.152	.171	.197	.368	0.2
1981	HOU	NL	22	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	15	.149	.167	.255	.422	0.1
1982	HOU	NL	33	52	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	25	.058	.125	.077	.202	-0.3
1983	HOU	NL	35	66	5	12	2	1	1	5	0	2	25	.182	.200	.288	.488	0.5
1984	HOU	NL	35	76	6	13	2	0	1	8	1	7	28	.171	.241	.237	.478	0.5
1985	HOU	NL	38	78	5	11	1	0	1	5	0	2	38	.141	.163	.192	.355	-0.1
1986	HOU	NL	42	91	2	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	44	.099	.099	.143	.242	-0.4
1987	HOU	NL	33	51	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	.098	.113	.137	.250	-0.2
1988	HOU	NL	27	48	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	17	.125	.157	.125	.282	-0.1
1989	HOU	NL	22	31	3	7	4	0	1	3	0	6	6	.226	.351	.452	.803	0.7
1989	SFN	NL	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.083	.267	.167	.434
1990	SFN	NL	12	13	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.539	0.1
Total			449	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	1.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1976	SFN	NL	1	2	4	4	0	0	0	25.0	26	9	0	7	11	3.24	1.320	0.8
1977	SFN	NL	11	9	27	27	6	2	0	166.0	151	62	14	72	100	3.36	1.343	3.0
1978	SFN	NL	17	11	36	35	16	6	0	260.0	218	76	10	85	147	2.63	1.165	6.3
1979	SFN	NL	9	12	34	34	6	2	0	207.1	241	107	30	77	123	4.64	1.534	0.3
1980	SFN	NL	9	16	35	33	8	1	0	215.1	242	98	15	61	103	4.10	1.407	0.7
1981	HOU	NL	9	5	22	22	6	5	0	156.2	128	38	5	38	75	2.18	1.060	3.5
1982	HOU	NL	5	15	33	29	4	0	1	180.0	193	89	14	60	108	4.45	1.406	-0.8
1983	HOU	NL	6	13	35	29	4	3	0	203.0	202	72	12	71	125	3.19	1.345	0.7
1984	HOU	NL	15	10	35	34	11	3	0	233.2	223	83	26	55	140	3.20	1.190	2.7
1985	HOU	NL	15	13	37	37	4	0	0	241.0	253	95	21	54	131	3.55	1.274	1.1
1986	HOU	NL	17	12	40	38	8	5	0	258.0	232	90	19	62	143	3.14	1.140	3.6
1987	HOU	NL	8	17	33	31	1	0	0	177.2	226	104	26	54	76	5.27	1.576	-1.0
1988	HOU	NL	14	5	27	27	3	2	0	175.0	156	61	13	67	103	3.14	1.274	2.2
1989	HOU	NL	4	10	22	20	0	0	0	113.0	135	74	12	60	45	5.89	1.726	-1.8
1989	SFN	NL	3	2	13	6	1	1	0	52.0	55	20	4	15	19	3.46	1.346
1990	SFN	NL	3	3	12	7	0	0	0	44.1	56	28	7	19	24	5.68	1.692	-0.4
Total			146	155	445	413	78	30	1	2708.0	2737	1106	228	857	1473	3.68	1.327	20.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1976	SFN	NL	P	4	4	25.0	1	4	0	1
1977	SFN	NL	P	27	27	166.0	10	21	1	1
1978	SFN	NL	P	36	35	260.0	4	33	0	3
1979	SFN	NL	P	34	34	207.1	8	26	5	1
1980	SFN	NL	P	35	33	215.1	7	45	3	3
1981	HOU	NL	P	22	22	156.2	6	26	3	1
1982	HOU	NL	P	33	29	180.0	8	32	1	3
1983	HOU	NL	P	35	29	203.0	2	40	3	4
1984	HOU	NL	P	35	34	233.2	7	32	2	2
1985	HOU	NL	P	37	37	241.0	5	30	3	1
1986	HOU	NL	P	40	38	258.0	23	47	3	6
1987	HOU	NL	P	33	31	177.2	7	39	2	2
1988	HOU	NL	P	27	27	175.0	6	39	2	3
1989	HOU	NL	P	22	20	113.0	6	24	2	1
1989	SFN	NL	P	13	6	52.0	2	5	0	0
1990	SFN	NL	P	12	7	44.1	1	8	0	0
Total				445	413	2708.0	103	451	30	32

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1978	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1981	Player of the Week	NL
1981	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL

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