Nickname:
Bats: B
Throws: R
Born: 07-17-1942
Birthplace: Forrest City, AR, USA
Career Positions Played: SS,3B,2B,1B
All-Star: 1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1974
Gold Glove Award: 1969,1970
Height: 6 ft., 1 in. Weight: 175 lbs.
(Don Kessinger at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 3567 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1964 CHI:N 6 21 4 12 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .254 .167 .167 0 0 1 0 0 0 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 6 22 106 336 309 62 55 4 3 0 14 19 .201 .249 .254 .233 20 1 44 3 2 2 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 6 23 150 578 533 146 135 8 2 1 43 50 .274 .256 .308 .302 26 5 46 15 4 0 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 6 24 145 630 580 134 117 10 7 0 42 61 .231 .249 .275 .272 33 1 80 9 4 4 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 6 25 160 707 655 157 135 14 7 1 32 63 .240 .243 .283 .287 38 1 86 11 1 2 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 6 26 158 737 664 181 133 38 6 4 53 109 .273 .250 .332 .366 61 4 70 6 5 1 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 6 27 154 711 631 168 132 21 14 1 39 100 .266 .258 .337 .349 66 6 59 10 2 2 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 6 28 155 687 617 159 133 18 6 2 38 77 .258 .252 .318 .316 52 6 54 14 1 3 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 6 29 149 660 577 158 131 20 6 1 39 77 .274 .248 .351 .334 67 8 44 13 1 2 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 6 30 160 643 577 151 126 22 3 0 43 52 .262 .254 .327 .310 57 18 44 7 2 0 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 6 31 153 674 599 155 127 20 7 1 42 83 .259 .255 .332 .321 62 7 54 8 1 4 1974 CHI:N
1975 CHI:N 5,6 32 154 693 601 146 110 26 10 0 46 77 .243 .257 .321 .319 68 2 47 14 9 1 1975 CHI:N
1976 STL:N 4,5,6 33 145 577 502 120 91 22 6 1 40 55 .239 .255 .323 .313 61 5 51 9 4 1 1976 STL:N
1977 CHI:A 4,5,6 34 39 134 119 28 23 3 2 0 11 12 .235 .266 .311 .294 13 2 7 1 1 0 1977 CHI:A
1977 STL:N 4,5,6 34 59 149 134 32 28 4 0 0 7 14 .239 .262 .311 .269 14 1 26 0 1 0 1977 STL:N
1978 CHI:A 4,6 35 131 480 431 110 90 18 1 1 31 35 .255 .261 .313 .309 36 1 34 12 1 0 1978 CHI:A
1979 CHI:A 3,4,6 36 56 124 110 22 15 6 0 1 7 14 .200 .270 .267 .282 10 1 12 3 1 0 1979 CHI:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1964 CHI:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 2 10 6 3 1 2.00 0 7 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 22 1 2 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 72 - - - - - 5 - 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 23 13 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 161 - - - - - 11 - 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 24 6 13 2 1 0 0 .10 .03 .57 .82 5 0 0 0 158 475 236 126 18 1.87 3 62 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 25 9 9 1 2 0 0 .08 .03 .41 .60 3 0 0 0 188 527 271 156 22 1.74 8 73 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 26 11 8 1 1 0 1 .08 .01 .48 .70 8 1 2 0 243 507 235 193 26 1.22 5 95 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 27 12 6 0 0 0 0 .09 .00 .33 .74 3 1 0 0 220 493 222 182 31 1.22 12 99 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 28 15 8 1 0 0 0 .12 .01 .39 .83 6 1 0 0 195 492 287 139 62 2.06 11 79 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 29 8 7 0 1 0 1 .07 .01 .36 .85 4 0 0 0 193 451 239 165 54 1.45 11 101 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 30 6 6 0 0 0 1 .07 .00 .37 .61 7 0 0 0 179 456 238 172 70 1.38 15 113 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 31 7 7 0 0 0 1 .07 .00 .57 .71 4 0 1 0 192 474 229 182 87 1.26 14 101 1974 CHI:N
1975 CHI:N 32 4 7 1 0 0 0 .05 .01 .30 .56 1 0 0 0 192 489 228 215 66 1.06 4 101 1975 CHI:N
1976 STL:N 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .19 .53 9 0 0 0 157 408 177 155 13 1.14 13 131 1976 STL:N
1977 CHI:A 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 .10 .00 .33 .50 1 0 0 0 35 97 42 42 4 1.00 3 19 1977 CHI:A
1977 STL:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .33 .86 1 0 0 0 36 107 31 42 5 .74 3 25 1977 STL:N
1978 CHI:A 35 2 4 0 0 0 0 .05 .00 .12 .71 2 0 0 0 133 348 169 123 13 1.37 10 102 1978 CHI:A
1979 CHI:A 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .40 .75 2 0 0 0 31 97 39 36 5 1.08 5 25 1979 CHI:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1964 CHI:N 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1965 CHI:N 22 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 -
1966 CHI:N 23 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 -
1967 CHI:N 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1968 CHI:N 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1969 CHI:N 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1970 CHI:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1971 CHI:N 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1972 CHI:N 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1973 CHI:N 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1974 CHI:N 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1975 CHI:N 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1976 STL:N 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1977 CHI:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1977 STL:N 34 15 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .000
1978 CHI:A 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1979 CHI:A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1964 CHI:N 21 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 22 151 38 4 2 0 9 17 .252 .305 158 24 0 1 0 11 27 .152 .165 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 23 259 75 1 2 1 13 20 .290 .320 274 71 7 0 0 13 26 .259 .285 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 24 320 74 7 3 0 18 38 .231 .272 260 60 3 4 0 15 42 .231 .273 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 25 323 78 7 6 1 23 46 .241 .310 332 79 7 1 0 15 40 .238 .265 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 26 323 85 22 0 0 32 32 .263 .331 341 96 16 6 4 29 38 .282 .399 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 27 329 99 15 9 1 33 19 .301 .410 302 69 6 5 0 33 40 .228 .281 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 28 313 81 11 3 2 32 23 .259 .332 304 78 7 3 0 20 31 .257 .299 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 29 288 83 12 5 0 34 19 .288 .365 289 75 8 1 1 33 25 .260 .304 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 30 284 77 10 1 0 21 20 .271 .313 293 74 12 2 0 36 24 .253 .307 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 31 294 78 9 4 0 25 28 .265 .323 305 77 11 3 1 37 26 .252 .318 1974 CHI:N
1975 CHI:N 32 318 78 13 4 0 40 23 .245 .311 283 68 13 6 0 28 24 .240 .329 1975 CHI:N
1976 STL:N 33 254 68 15 2 0 37 17 .268 .343 248 52 7 4 1 24 34 .210 .282 1976 STL:N
1977 CHI:A 34 63 16 1 0 0 6 6 .254 .270 56 12 2 2 0 7 1 .214 .321 1977 CHI:A
1977 STL:N 34 74 22 2 0 0 6 12 .297 .324 60 10 2 0 0 8 14 .167 .200 1977 STL:N
1978 CHI:A 35 217 58 10 0 0 23 16 .267 .313 214 52 8 1 1 13 18 .243 .304 1978 CHI:A
1979 CHI:A 36 72 16 6 0 0 6 4 .222 .306 38 6 0 0 1 4 8 .158 .237 1979 CHI:A
Bats: B AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1964 CHI:N 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 22 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 24 164 34 4 0 0 16 22 .207 .232 416 100 6 7 0 17 58 .240 .288 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 25 143 43 4 1 1 7 15 .301 .364 512 114 10 6 0 31 71 .223 .266 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 26 150 35 6 0 0 12 17 .233 .273 514 146 32 6 4 49 53 .284 .393 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 27 146 34 8 0 0 23 14 .233 .288 485 134 13 14 1 43 45 .276 .367 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 28 159 44 6 1 0 8 9 .277 .327 458 115 12 5 2 44 45 .251 .312 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 29 142 43 7 3 0 19 8 .303 .394 435 115 13 3 1 48 36 .264 .315 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 30 203 55 7 1 0 15 10 .271 .315 374 96 15 2 0 42 34 .257 .307 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 31 173 48 7 1 0 10 8 .277 .329 426 107 13 6 1 52 46 .251 .317 1974 CHI:N
1975 CHI:N 32 159 32 7 1 0 9 6 .201 .258 442 114 19 9 0 59 41 .258 .342 1975 CHI:N
1976 STL:N 33 177 44 7 0 0 17 13 .249 .288 325 76 15 6 1 44 38 .234 .326 1976 STL:N
1977 CHI:A 34 43 9 1 0 0 3 2 .209 .233 76 19 2 2 0 10 5 .250 .329 1977 CHI:A
1977 STL:N 34 38 11 1 0 0 3 4 .289 .316 96 21 3 0 0 11 22 .219 .250 1977 STL:N
1978 CHI:A 35 171 47 10 1 1 18 9 .275 .363 260 63 8 0 0 18 25 .242 .273 1978 CHI:A
1979 CHI:A 36 36 3 0 0 1 3 3 .083 .167 74 19 6 0 0 7 9 .257 .338 1979 CHI:A
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1979 CHI:A 36 1.000 .992 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1976 STL:N 33 .958 .975 31 29 256.7 53 85 6 0 21
1977 CHI:A 34 1.000 .978 14 11 95.0 28 28 0 0 10
1977 STL:N 34 .949 .977 24 16 151.0 32 62 5 0 9
1978 CHI:A 35 1.000 .980 9 7 63.0 12 14 0 0 2
1979 CHI:A 36 1.000 .978 1 1 7.0 2 6 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1975 CHI:N 32 .943 .945 13 12 100.7 5 28 2 0 3
1976 STL:N 33 1.000 .952 2 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 0
1977 CHI:A 34 .917 .957 9 6 57.3 7 15 2 0 0
1977 STL:N 34 .800 .956 4 1 10.3 0 4 1 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1964 CHI:N 21 1.000 .963 4 1 19.0 3 7 0 0 1
1965 CHI:N 22 .948 .964 105 - - 176 338 28 - 69
1966 CHI:N 23 .951 .964 148 - - 202 474 35 - 68
1967 CHI:N 24 .973 .963 143 136 1233.7 216 462 19 4 78
1968 CHI:N 25 .962 .962 159 158 1394.3 260 570 33 1 97
1969 CHI:N 26 .976 .963 157 157 1398.3 269 541 20 4 102
1970 CHI:N 27 .972 .966 154 152 1340.0 256 495 22 1 86
1971 CHI:N 28 .966 .968 154 151 1329.7 259 512 27 2 98
1972 CHI:N 29 .965 .967 146 145 1290.0 264 505 28 0 90
1973 CHI:N 30 .964 .961 158 156 1378.3 278 523 30 2 110
1974 CHI:N 31 .958 .961 150 147 1299.0 257 471 32 5 87
1975 CHI:N 32 .967 .963 141 132 1192.7 213 431 22 2 99
1976 STL:N 33 .969 .964 113 105 955.3 210 351 18 1 84
1977 CHI:A 34 .959 .963 21 18 161.0 32 39 3 0 12
1977 STL:N 34 .978 .963 26 13 151.0 35 55 2 0 15
1978 CHI:A 35 .974 .964 123 117 996.3 171 321 13 1 60
1979 CHI:A 36 .988 .965 54 36 324.3 57 103 2 0 17
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 2,318 3,490 3,944 2,772 1,109 4,876 3,974 775 2,591
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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