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Historical player · 1969–1986

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B/T B/L · HT 72 · WT 189 · Born 7/28/1949 · From Mansfield, LA USA · Debut 1969-07-20 · Final 1986-10-02

Career · batting

508

512

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.104 · 0.331

Career · pitching

502

473

3,343.3

W-L

209-161

2,175

ERA

3.27

WHIP

1.23

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1978–1986

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#486 on the Giants

↑ 1 G. Adams

↓ 1 P. Woodruff

Hits

#653 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 J. Wal

RBI

#744 on the Giants

↑ 1 B. Barton

↓ 1 G. Yeager

Runs

#568 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Cuccinello

↓ 1 T. Austin

#370 on the Giants

↑ 1 R. Ames

↓ 1 M. Benjamin

Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1969–1977

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#595 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Adams

Hits

#808 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 R. Wolff

RBI

#848 on the Athletics

↑ 1 N. Bass

↓ 1 H. Wyse

Runs

#686 on the Athletics

↑ 1 H. Byrd

↓ 1 M. Alou

#617 on the Athletics

↑ 1 K. Abbott

↓ 1 B. Allen

Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1982–1983

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★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,635 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Aberson

↓ 1 J. Zuber

Hits

#7,797 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

↓ 1 D. Young

RBI

#8,553 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 F. Zak

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	Athletics	AL	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.000	0.167	0.000
1970	Athletics	AL	6	15	1	3	1	1	3	1	7	0.200	0.250	0.467
1971	Athletics	AL	39	102	6	12	1	0	2	4	63	0.118	0.167	0.127
1972	Athletics	AL	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	5	34	0.044	0.140	0.044
1973	Athletics	AL	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1974	Athletics	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Athletics	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Athletics	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Athletics	AL	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1978	Giants	NL	35	79	8	6	1	1	2	16	51	0.076	0.240	0.127
1979	Giants	NL	37	83	7	10	1	1	3	6	35	0.120	0.180	0.169
1980	Giants	NL	31	68	3	5	1	0	1	3	34	0.074	0.111	0.088
1981	Giants	NL	18	35	4	7	2	0	1	3	10	0.200	0.263	0.257
1982	Royals	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Royals	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Giants	NL	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	3	12	0.133	0.212	0.167
1986	Giants	NL	28	43	3	4	1	1	3	6	20	0.093	0.204	0.186
Career			508	512	37	53	9	4	15	49	271	0.104	0.186	0.145

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1969	Athletics	AL	1	1	12	4	1	42.0	49	31	18	24	6.64	1.60
1970	Athletics	AL	2	0	6	6	0	38.7	20	9	12	35	2.09	0.83
1971	Athletics	AL	24	8	39	39	0	312.0	209	63	88	301	1.82	0.95
1972	Athletics	AL	6	10	25	23	0	151.0	117	47	48	111	2.80	1.09
1973	Athletics	AL	20	9	37	37	0	263.7	214	96	105	158	3.28	1.21
1974	Athletics	AL	17	15	40	40	0	282.3	246	102	98	174	3.25	1.22
1975	Athletics	AL	22	11	39	38	1	278.0	243	93	99	189	3.01	1.23
1976	Athletics	AL	18	13	37	37	0	298.3	268	78	63	166	2.35	1.11
1977	Athletics	AL	14	19	38	38	0	279.7	284	119	86	157	3.83	1.32
1978	Giants	NL	18	10	35	35	0	258.0	233	80	70	171	2.79	1.17
1979	Giants	NL	14	14	34	34	0	237.0	246	132	111	138	5.01	1.51
1980	Giants	NL	14	10	31	31	0	224.0	202	74	61	129	2.97	1.17
1981	Giants	NL	8	6	18	18	0	124.7	97	34	54	63	2.45	1.21
1982	Royals	AL	13	12	31	31	0	181.0	163	76	80	103	3.78	1.34
1983	Royals	AL	0	5	19	14	0	85.3	96	57	35	53	6.01	1.54
1985	Giants	NL	8	8	33	20	0	131.0	115	65	80	103	4.47	1.49
1986	Giants	NL	10	10	28	28	0	156.7	137	57	77	100	3.27	1.37
Career			209	161	502	473	2	3,343.3	2,939	1,213	1,185	2,175	3.27	1.23

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	502	473	3,343.7	127	427	19	21

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2011	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	26	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	14	342	Ballot
1993	BBWAA	37	318	Ballot
1992	BBWAA	23	323	Ballot