Born: June 6, 1943 in Flint, MI
High School: Southwestern (Flint, MI)
School: Ball State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1964.
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Debut: April 14, 1968
Final Game: June 22, 1980
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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | BAL | AL | 31 | 85 | 64 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | .297 | .452 | .469 | .921 | 179 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89/7 | |
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | 95 | 226 | 190 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .247 | .338 | .395 | .733 | 104 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 798 | |
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | 106 | 385 | 338 | 60 | 109 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 59 | .322 | .394 | .544 | .938 | 156 | 184 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 897 | |
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | 141 | 589 | 491 | 81 | 156 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 87 | 60 | .318 | .422 | .448 | .870 | 149 | 220 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | *978 | MVP-19 |
| 1972 | 29 | BAL | AL | 102 | 346 | 301 | 40 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 37 | .233 | .325 | .339 | .663 | 96 | 102 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98/7 | |
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | 95 | 390 | 321 | 59 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 38 | .262 | .378 | .411 | .789 | 124 | 132 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 97/8 | |
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | NL | 80 | 252 | 208 | 30 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 39 | .216 | .337 | .332 | .669 | 89 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9/8 | |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | 93 | 226 | 188 | 24 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 22 | .239 | .356 | .314 | .669 | 86 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 97/85 | |
| 1976 | 33 | SDP | NL | 86 | 172 | 140 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 23 | .229 | .361 | .321 | .682 | 103 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79/8 | |
| 1977 | 34 | SDP | NL | 107 | 166 | 126 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 28 | .286 | .432 | .444 | .877 | 147 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7/958 | |
| 1978 | 35 | CAL | AL | 50 | 142 | 108 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 13 | .269 | .433 | .361 | .794 | 130 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | D9/7 | |
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | 35 | 90 | 76 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .263 | .360 | .329 | .688 | 91 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | D/798 | |
| 1980 | 37 | CAL | AL | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /D | |
| 13 Seasons | 1023 | 3074 | 2555 | 393 | 693 | 114 | 16 | 66 | 329 | 68 | 28 | 445 | 382 | .271 | .381 | .406 | .786 | 123 | 1037 | 65 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 15 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 487 | 405 | 62 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 60 | .271 | .381 | .406 | .786 | 123 | 164 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| BAL (6 yrs) | 570 | 2021 | 1705 | 277 | 485 | 82 | 13 | 50 | 230 | 52 | 21 | 269 | 242 | .284 | .383 | .436 | .819 | 133 | 743 | 41 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 8 | |||||
| CAL (3 yrs) | 87 | 237 | 188 | 23 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 28 | .266 | .404 | .346 | .750 | 114 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| SDP (2 yrs) | 193 | 338 | 266 | 39 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 51 | .256 | .396 | .380 | .775 | 125 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| CIN (2 yrs) | 173 | 478 | 396 | 54 | 90 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 61 | .227 | .346 | .323 | .669 | 88 | 128 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| AL (9 yrs) | 657 | 2258 | 1893 | 300 | 535 | 89 | 14 | 52 | 254 | 53 | 24 | 311 | 270 | .283 | .386 | .427 | .812 | 131 | 808 | 47 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 9 | |||||
| NL (4 yrs) | 366 | 816 | 662 | 93 | 158 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 134 | 112 | .239 | .366 | .346 | .712 | 102 | 229 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | PA | Outs | RC | RC/G | AIR | BtRuns | BtWins | PwrSpd | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | BAL | AL | 85 | 48 | 16 | 9.0 | 81 | .395 | .297 | .239 | .452 | .308 | .469 | .354 | .921 | .662 | 179 | .848 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 1.065 | .453 | .172 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | 226 | 158 | 27 | 4.6 | 96 | .265 | .247 | .255 | .338 | .332 | .395 | .385 | .733 | .718 | 104 | .540 | 1.7 | 0.2 | .720 | .321 | .147 | 4.8 |
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | 385 | 250 | 72 | 7.7 | 98 | .346 | .322 | .259 | .394 | .334 | .544 | .395 | .938 | .729 | 156 | .746 | 25.8 | 2.6 | .947 | .352 | .222 | 15.1 |
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | 589 | 361 | 99 | 7.4 | 91 | .343 | .318 | .254 | .422 | .326 | .448 | .377 | .870 | .702 | 149 | .752 | 36.6 | 3.8 | .904 | .326 | .130 | 12.7 |
| 1972 | 29 | BAL | AL | 346 | 249 | 33 | 3.6 | 85 | .248 | .233 | .250 | .325 | .319 | .339 | .361 | .663 | .680 | 96 | .491 | -1.2 | -0.1 | .592 | .249 | .106 | 6.0 |
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | 390 | 251 | 56 | 6.0 | 93 | .272 | .262 | .258 | .378 | .327 | .411 | .380 | .789 | .707 | 124 | .643 | 12.9 | 1.3 | .831 | .355 | .150 | 9.9 |
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | NL | 252 | 176 | 25 | 3.8 | 94 | .236 | .216 | .261 | .337 | .333 | .332 | .378 | .669 | .710 | 89 | .452 | -1.8 | -0.2 | .655 | .313 | .115 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | 226 | 152 | 23 | 4.1 | 98 | .259 | .239 | .268 | .356 | .339 | .314 | .387 | .669 | .725 | 86 | .474 | -2.1 | -0.2 | .664 | .287 | .074 | 2.9 |
| 1976 | 33 | SDP | NL | 172 | 115 | 19 | 4.4 | 85 | .261 | .229 | .253 | .361 | .318 | .321 | .361 | .682 | .679 | 103 | .538 | 2.3 | 0.2 | .688 | .321 | .093 | 2.7 |
| 1977 | 34 | SDP | NL | 166 | 100 | 27 | 7.3 | 94 | .333 | .286 | .257 | .432 | .323 | .444 | .392 | .877 | .715 | 147 | .697 | 11.3 | 1.1 | .947 | .413 | .159 | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 35 | CAL | AL | 142 | 87 | 19 | 5.8 | 90 | .295 | .269 | .256 | .433 | .321 | .361 | .378 | .794 | .699 | 130 | .634 | 7.2 | 0.7 | .800 | .343 | .093 | .0 |
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | 90 | 61 | 9 | 3.9 | 98 | .306 | .263 | .265 | .360 | .329 | .329 | .401 | .688 | .730 | 91 | .418 | -0.3 | -0.0 | .644 | .224 | .066 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 37 | CAL | AL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 96 | .333 | .250 | .266 | .400 | .327 | .250 | .394 | .650 | .721 | 86 | .773 | -0.0 | 0.0 | .667 | .250 | .000 | |
| 13 Seasons | 3074 | 2011 | 426 | 5.7 | 92 | .295 | .271 | .257 | .381 | .327 | .406 | .379 | .786 | .706 | 123 | .639 | 100.5 | 10.3 | .788 | .324 | .135 | 67.0 | |||
| 162 Game Avg. | 487 | 318 | 67 | 5.7 | 92 | .295 | .271 | .257 | .381 | .327 | .406 | .379 | .786 | .706 | 123 | .639 | 16 | 2 | .788 | .324 | .135 | 11 | |||
| BAL (6 yrs) | 2021 | 1317 | 303 | 6.2 | 92 | .305 | .284 | .255 | .383 | .326 | .436 | .378 | .819 | .705 | 133 | .683 | 83.9 | 8.6 | .823 | .327 | .151 | 51.0 | |||
| CAL (3 yrs) | 237 | 151 | 29 | 5.1 | 94 | .300 | .266 | .260 | .404 | .324 | .346 | .388 | .750 | .712 | 114 | .562 | 6.9 | 0.7 | .735 | .293 | .080 | 1.3 | |||
| SDP (2 yrs) | 338 | 215 | 46 | 5.8 | 90 | .294 | .256 | .255 | .396 | .321 | .380 | .375 | .775 | .696 | 125 | .626 | 13.6 | 1.4 | .806 | .365 | .124 | 5.5 | |||
| CIN (2 yrs) | 478 | 328 | 48 | 3.9 | 96 | .248 | .227 | .264 | .346 | .336 | .323 | .382 | .669 | .718 | 88 | .462 | -4.0 | -0.4 | .659 | .301 | .096 | 8.9 | |||
| AL (9 yrs) | 2258 | 1468 | 332 | 6.1 | 92 | .305 | .283 | .255 | .386 | .326 | .427 | .379 | .812 | .705 | 131 | .671 | 90.8 | 9.3 | .814 | .324 | .144 | 52.5 | |||
| NL (4 yrs) | 816 | 543 | 94 | 4.7 | 93 | .266 | .239 | .260 | .366 | .330 | .346 | .379 | .712 | .709 | 102 | .536 | 9.7 | 0.9 | .717 | .326 | .107 | 14.5 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | ALCS | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | WS | NYM | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | ALCS | MIN | W | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | WS | CIN | W | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | ALCS | OAK | W | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | WS | PIT | L | 7 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .185 | .185 | .296 | .481 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | ALCS | OAK | L | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | NLCS | PIT | W | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | WS | BOS | W | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | ALCS | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 Seasons (10 Series) | 25 | 69 | 60 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | .183 | .290 | .300 | .590 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 NLCS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 ALCS | 10 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | .167 | .355 | .208 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 WS | 13 | 36 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .222 | .371 | .594 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | PA | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | BAL | AL | 85 | 2.4% | 23.5% | 21.2% | 8.2% | 37% | 1.11 | 3.2 | 32.0 | 9.1 | 1.08 | 51% | ||||
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | 226 | 1.8% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 7.5% | 36% | 1.00 | 6.8 | 47.5 | 7.6 | 1.19 | 72% | ||||
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | 385 | 4.7% | 15.3% | 9.9% | 9.6% | 34% | 1.55 | 5.7 | 18.8 | 5.8 | 1.49 | 68% | ||||
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | 589 | 1.9% | 10.2% | 14.8% | 6.5% | 24% | 0.69 | 8.2 | 44.6 | 6.5 | 1.52 | 72% | ||||
| 1972 | 29 | BAL | AL | 346 | 1.7% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 5.2% | 26% | 0.90 | 8.1 | 50.2 | 14.3 | 1.49 | 75% | ||||
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | 390 | 2.3% | 9.7% | 14.6% | 7.2% | 33% | 0.67 | 8.4 | 35.7 | 7.3 | 1.00 | 71% | ||||
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | NL | 252 | 2.4% | 15.5% | 14.7% | 4.8% | 27% | 1.05 | 5.3 | 34.7 | 7.4 | 1.47 | 65% | ||||
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | 226 | 0.9% | 9.7% | 15.5% | 4.0% | 20% | 0.63 | 8.5 | 94.0 | 9.9 | 1.13 | 73% | ||||
| 1976 | 33 | SDP | NL | 172 | 1.2% | 13.4% | 16.9% | 5.2% | 28% | 0.79 | 6.1 | 70.0 | 12.7 | 0.82 | 67% | ||||
| 1977 | 34 | SDP | NL | 166 | 2.4% | 16.9% | 19.9% | 6.6% | 31% | 0.85 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 7.4 | 1.29 | 58% | ||||
| 1978 | 35 | CAL | AL | 142 | 0.7% | 9.2% | 21.1% | 4.9% | 24% | 0.43 | 8.3 | 108.0 | 7.7 | 1.38 | 67% | ||||
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | 90 | 1.1% | 15.6% | 12.2% | 3.3% | 15% | 1.27 | 5.4 | 76.0 | 7.6 | 1.81 | 69% | ||||
| 1980 | 37 | CAL | AL | 5 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 1.00 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 60% | ||||||
| 13 Seasons | 3074 | 2.2% | 12.4% | 14.5% | 6.4% | 28% | 0.86 | 6.7 | 38.7 | 7.8 | 1.30 | 69% | |||||||
| MLB Averages | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | ROE | XI | RS% | SBO | SB | CS | SB% | SB2 | CS2 | SB3 | CS3 | SBH | CSH | PO | PCS | OOB | BT | XBT% | 1stS | 1stS2 | 1stS3 | 1stD | 1stD3 | 1stDH | 2ndS | 2ndS3 | 2ndSH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | BAL | AL | 0 | 0 | 22% | 41 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | 3 | 0 | 32% | 82 | 6 | 1 | 86% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 44% | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | 5 | 0 | 32% | 147 | 13 | 7 | 65% | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 57% | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 13 |
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | 5 | 0 | 30% | 260 | 15 | 6 | 71% | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 59% | 34 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 16 |
| 1972 | 29 | BAL | AL | 2 | 0 | 32% | 124 | 6 | 4 | 60% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 64% | 16 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | 5 | 0 | 37% | 174 | 11 | 2 | 85% | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 53% | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | NL | 0 | 0 | 31% | 96 | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 67% | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | 2 | 0 | 28% | 96 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 44% | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 1976 | 33 | SDP | NL | 2 | 0 | 24% | 78 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44% | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 1977 | 34 | SDP | NL | 0 | 0 | 29% | 86 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30% | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1978 | 35 | CAL | AL | 2 | 0 | 25% | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 45% | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | 2 | 0 | 19% | 33 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | 37 | CAL | AL | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 Seasons | 28 | 0 | 30% | 1280 | 68 | 28 | 71% | 64 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 83 | 52% | 173 | 103 | 67 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 119 | 28 | 88 | |||
| MLB Averages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | Pinch Hitting | Home Runs | SH | GIDP | PrdOut | BaseRunners | Advances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | PA | Ptn% | H | Inf | Bnt | AB | H | HR | RBI | PHlev | All | GS | GSo | vRH | vLH | Hm | Rd | IP | Att | Suc | % | Opp | DP | % | Opp | Suc | % | BR | BRS | BRS% | <2,3B | Scr | % | 0,2B | Adv | % | PAu |
| 1968 | 25 | BAL | AL | 85 | 40% | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 12 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 2 | 50% | 42 | 5 | 12% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 6 | 1 | 17% | 0 | ||
| 1969 | 26 | BAL | AL | 226 | 48% | 47 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.96 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 54 | 6 | 11% | 26 | 11 | 42% | 144 | 22 | 15% | 12 | 8 | 67% | 14 | 7 | 50% | 0 | ||
| 1970 | 27 | BAL | AL | 385 | 33% | 109 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.76 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 57% | 73 | 8 | 11% | 34 | 7 | 21% | 237 | 43 | 18% | 17 | 9 | 53% | 15 | 6 | 40% | 0 | ||
| 1971 | 28 | BAL | AL | 589 | 35% | 156 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 80% | 128 | 13 | 10% | 50 | 19 | 38% | 401 | 65 | 16% | 35 | 16 | 46% | 38 | 16 | 42% | 0 | ||
| 1972 | 29 | BAL | AL | 346 | 35% | 70 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.40 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 67% | 61 | 10 | 16% | 30 | 7 | 23% | 190 | 15 | 8% | 13 | 4 | 31% | 22 | 7 | 32% | 0 | ||
| 1973 | 30 | BAL | AL | 390 | 57% | 84 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.82 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 75% | 62 | 4 | 6% | 30 | 11 | 37% | 217 | 36 | 17% | 22 | 11 | 50% | 20 | 2 | 10% | 0 | ||
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | NL | 252 | 52% | 45 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.48 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 50 | 7 | 14% | 33 | 14 | 42% | 166 | 23 | 14% | 17 | 10 | 59% | 15 | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | NL | 226 | 55% | 45 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.63 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 42 | 6 | 14% | 14 | 5 | 36% | 149 | 20 | 13% | 15 | 6 | 40% | 11 | 3 | 27% | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 33 | SDP | NL | 172 | 69% | 32 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1.97 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 41 | 3 | 7% | 18 | 4 | 22% | 114 | 10 | 9% | 5 | 2 | 40% | 7 | 1 | 14% | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 34 | SDP | NL | 166 | 44% | 36 | 65 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1.35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 27 | 2 | 7% | 13 | 8 | 62% | 83 | 13 | 16% | 10 | 5 | 50% | 8 | 3 | 38% | 0 | ||
| 1978 | 35 | CAL | AL | 142 | 82% | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.69 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 28 | 3 | 11% | 13 | 3 | 23% | 97 | 13 | 13% | 5 | 2 | 40% | 9 | 3 | 33% | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 36 | CAL | AL | 90 | 76% | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.09 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 18 | 3 | 17% | 6 | 3 | 50% | 66 | 10 | 15% | 8 | 4 | 50% | 6 | 4 | 67% | 0 | ||
| 1980 | 37 | CAL | AL | 5 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 Seasons | 3074 | 47% | 693 | 233 | 64 | 5 | 28 | 1.78 | 66 | 3 | 86 | 29 | 37 | 30 | 36 | 1 | 47 | 36 | 77% | 596 | 65 | 11% | 271 | 94 | 35% | 1906 | 275 | 14% | 162 | 78 | 48% | 171 | 53 | 31% | 0 | |||||
| MLB Averages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | 31 | 85 | 64 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | .297 | .452 | .469 | .921 | 179 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 26 | 126 | 311 | 254 | 37 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 48 | .260 | .369 | .413 | .783 | 123 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1970 | 27 | 232 | 696 | 592 | 97 | 175 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 90 | 20 | 9 | 84 | 107 | .296 | .383 | .488 | .871 | 142 | 289 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 1971 | 28 | 373 | 1285 | 1083 | 178 | 331 | 55 | 9 | 35 | 165 | 35 | 15 | 171 | 167 | .306 | .401 | .470 | .871 | 145 | 509 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| 1972 | 29 | 475 | 1631 | 1384 | 218 | 401 | 65 | 11 | 41 | 186 | 41 | 19 | 212 | 204 | .290 | .385 | .441 | .826 | 135 | 611 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 1973 | 30 | 570 | 2021 | 1705 | 277 | 485 | 82 | 13 | 50 | 230 | 52 | 21 | 269 | 242 | .284 | .383 | .436 | .819 | 133 | 743 | 41 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 8 |
| 1974 | 31 | 650 | 2273 | 1913 | 307 | 530 | 88 | 13 | 56 | 258 | 57 | 22 | 306 | 281 | .277 | .378 | .424 | .803 | 128 | 812 | 48 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 9 |
| 1975 | 32 | 743 | 2499 | 2101 | 331 | 575 | 94 | 14 | 58 | 277 | 62 | 22 | 341 | 303 | .274 | .376 | .415 | .791 | 124 | 871 | 54 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 12 |
| 1976 | 33 | 829 | 2671 | 2241 | 347 | 607 | 101 | 14 | 60 | 288 | 66 | 23 | 370 | 326 | .271 | .375 | .409 | .784 | 123 | 916 | 57 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 12 |
| 1977 | 34 | 936 | 2837 | 2367 | 370 | 643 | 107 | 15 | 64 | 305 | 67 | 25 | 403 | 354 | .272 | .379 | .411 | .789 | 124 | 972 | 59 | 15 | 34 | 18 | 14 |
| 1978 | 35 | 986 | 2979 | 2475 | 386 | 672 | 112 | 16 | 65 | 319 | 67 | 28 | 433 | 367 | .272 | .381 | .408 | .790 | 124 | 1011 | 62 | 17 | 35 | 19 | 14 |
| 1979 | 36 | 1021 | 3069 | 2551 | 393 | 692 | 114 | 16 | 66 | 329 | 68 | 28 | 444 | 381 | .271 | .380 | .406 | .787 | 123 | 1036 | 65 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 15 |
| 1980 | 37 | 1023 | 3074 | 2555 | 393 | 693 | 114 | 16 | 66 | 329 | 68 | 28 | 445 | 382 | .271 | .381 | .406 | .786 | 123 | 1037 | 65 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 15 |
| Year | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | RC | Gact | ||||
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| 1968 | 25 | 31 | 96 | 70 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 20 | .357 | .521 | .586 | 1.107 | 20 | 31 |
| 1969 | 26 | 95 | 227 | 193 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 30 | 28 | .259 | .352 | .409 | .762 | 29 | 95 |
| 1970 | 27 | 106 | 385 | 341 | 63 | 112 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 61 | 13 | 39 | 59 | .328 | .400 | .548 | .948 | 75 | 106 |
| 1971 | 28 | 142 | 624 | 516 | 94 | 179 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 87 | 17 | 100 | 60 | .347 | .455 | .492 | .947 | 115 | 141 |
| 1972 | 29 | 107 | 373 | 324 | 52 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 49 | 39 | .256 | .354 | .370 | .724 | 43 | 102 |
| 1973 | 30 | 95 | 407 | 334 | 65 | 97 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 13 | 66 | 38 | .290 | .413 | .452 | .865 | 62 | 95 |
| 1974 | 31 | 80 | 256 | 212 | 32 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 40 | 39 | .231 | .355 | .363 | .719 | 27 | 80 |
| 1975 | 32 | 93 | 234 | 193 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 39 | 22 | .259 | .380 | .337 | .717 | 25 | 93 |
| 1976 | 33 | 86 | 182 | 147 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 23 | .265 | .407 | .367 | .774 | 22 | 86 |
| 1977 | 34 | 107 | 172 | 131 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 28 | .313 | .465 | .496 | .961 | 30 | 107 |
| 1978 | 35 | 50 | 153 | 114 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 13 | .307 | .477 | .404 | .881 | 22 | 50 |
| 1979 | 36 | 35 | 92 | 78 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 14 | .282 | .380 | .346 | .727 | 10 | 35 |
| 1980 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .400 | .571 | .400 | .971 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 Seasons | 1029 | 3208 | 2658 | 445 | 784 | 131 | 17 | 73 | 369 | 75 | 510 | 384 | .295 | .410 | .439 | .849 | 481 | 1023 | |
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 505 | 418 | 70 | 123 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 12 | 80 | 60 | .295 | .410 | .439 | .849 | 76 | 1023 | |
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| Gray Ink | Batting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144 |
| Hall of Fame Monitor | Batting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Batting - 15 (1165), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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