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Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	PA	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	Fld	BsR	WAR
1967	Reds	26	93	1	7	6	0	5.4 %	20.4 %	.093	.194	.163	.207	.256	.211	28	0.0	-0.3	-0.4
1968	Reds	154	607	15	67	82	1	5.1 %	15.8 %	.158	.304	.275	.311	.433	.332	115	1.0	-1.4	4.5
1969	Reds	148	592	26	83	90	6	8.3 %	14.5 %	.194	.304	.293	.353	.487	.373	126	4.0	-0.8	5.4
1970	Reds	158	671	45	97	148	5	8.0 %	15.2 %	.294	.281	.293	.345	.587	.399	144	9.0	0.4	7.9
1970	Reds	8	32	2	5	4	0	12.5 %	9.4 %	.214	.174	.214	.313	.429	.310	89
1971	Reds	149	613	27	80	61	2	8.0 %	13.5 %	.185	.236	.238	.299	.423	.324	106	6.0	0.1	4.1
1972	Reds	147	652	40	87	125	6	15.3 %	12.9 %	.271	.246	.270	.379	.541	.402	156	13.0	-0.8	9.2
1972	Reds	12	48	2	7	3	4	12.5 %	16.7 %	.244	.313	.293	.375	.537	.387	147
1973	Reds	152	651	25	83	104	4	12.7 %	12.7 %	.176	.253	.253	.345	.429	.343	115	8.0	0.7	4.9
1973	Reds	5	21	1	1	1	0	9.5 %	14.3 %	.263	.267	.263	.333	.526	.366	131
1974	Reds	160	708	33	108	129	5	11.3 %	12.7 %	.227	.281	.280	.363	.507	.387	142	10.0	-0.4	8.0
1975	Reds	142	605	28	83	110	11	10.7 %	17.9 %	.236	.303	.283	.359	.519	.387	139	9.0	2.3	6.8
1975	Reds	10	45	1	6	4	1	6.7 %	22.2 %	.119	.194	.167	.222	.286	.237	41
1976	Reds	135	552	16	62	74	13	14.7 %	17.2 %	.159	.260	.234	.348	.394	.344	112	10.0	1.7	4.8
1976	Reds	7	28	3	7	7	1	3.6 %	10.7 %	.481	.429	.444	.464	.926	.622	293
1977	Reds	142	560	31	67	109	2	10.4 %	17.0 %	.265	.280	.275	.348	.540	.380	132	2.0	-0.9	4.9
1978	Reds	120	451	23	52	73	4	11.1 %	18.4 %	.224	.270	.260	.340	.483	.361	126	5.0	0.1	4.0
1979	Reds	130	538	22	73	80	4	12.5 %	13.6 %	.183	.284	.276	.364	.459	.363	125	10.0	0.2	5.2
1979	Reds	3	14	1	1	1	0	14.3 %	14.3 %	.417	.222	.250	.357	.667	.432	171
1980	Reds	114	407	24	52	68	4	10.1 %	15.7 %	.233	.239	.250	.327	.483	.358	125	0.0	0.0	3.2
1981	Reds	52	196	8	14	25	0	8.7 %	10.7 %	.180	.315	.309	.369	.489	.386	143	0.0	-0.7	1.4
1982	Reds	119	439	13	44	38	1	8.4 %	13.2 %	.138	.273	.258	.320	.396	.321	99	-15.0	-0.6	-0.1
1983	Reds	110	334	12	32	54	0	7.2 %	11.4 %	.177	.258	.255	.308	.432	.329	102	-1.0	-0.4	0.9
Total	- - -	2158	8669	389	1091	1376	68	10.3 %	14.7 %	.208	.273	.267	.342	.476	.362	126	71.0	-1.0	74.9
Postseason	- - -	45	188	10	27	20	6	9.6 %	15.4 %	.260	.267	.266	.335	.527	.374	133

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Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	AVG
1967	Reds	26	86	93	14	9	3	1	1	7	6	5	0	19	0	1	1	4	0	1	.163
1968	Reds	154	564	607	155	98	40	2	15	67	82	31	8	96	2	8	2	14	1	5	.275
1969	Reds	148	532	592	156	106	23	1	26	83	90	49	7	86	4	7	0	7	6	6	.293
1970	Reds	158	605	671	177	93	35	4	45	97	148	54	9	102	0	11	1	12	5	2	.293
1970	Reds	8	28	32	6	4	0	0	2	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214
1971	Reds	149	562	613	134	86	19	2	27	80	61	49	7	83	0	2	0	20	2	1	.238
1972	Reds	147	538	652	145	81	22	2	40	87	125	100	23	84	2	12	0	18	6	6	.270
1972	Reds	12	41	48	12	7	2	1	2	7	3	6	3	8	0	1	0	0	4	0	.293
1973	Reds	152	557	651	141	96	17	3	25	83	104	83	14	83	0	10	1	22	4	1	.253
1973	Reds	5	19	21	5	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263
1974	Reds	160	621	708	174	101	38	2	33	108	129	80	15	90	3	4	0	13	5	4	.280
1975	Reds	142	530	605	150	82	39	1	28	83	110	65	12	108	2	8	0	12	11	0	.283
1975	Reds	10	42	45	7	4	2	0	1	6	4	3	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167
1976	Reds	135	465	552	109	68	24	1	16	62	74	81	6	95	2	4	0	9	13	2	.234
1976	Reds	7	27	28	12	6	2	1	3	7	7	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	.444
1977	Reds	142	494	560	136	69	34	2	31	67	109	58	8	95	1	7	0	10	2	4	.275
1978	Reds	120	393	451	102	61	17	1	23	52	73	50	10	83	1	6	1	9	4	2	.260
1979	Reds	130	464	538	128	87	19	0	22	73	80	67	8	73	0	4	3	11	4	2	.276
1979	Reds	3	12	14	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
1980	Reds	114	360	407	90	54	12	0	24	52	68	41	2	64	2	4	0	9	4	2	.250
1981	Reds	52	178	196	55	39	8	0	8	14	25	17	3	21	0	0	1	4	0	2	.309
1982	Reds	119	399	439	103	74	16	0	13	44	38	37	2	58	0	2	1	14	1	2	.258
1983	Reds	110	310	334	79	50	15	2	12	32	54	24	1	38	0	0	0	13	0	1	.255
Total	- - -	2158	7658	8669	2048	1254	381	24	389	1091	1376	891	135	1278	19	90	11	201	68	43	.267
Postseason	- - -	45	169	188	45	24	8	3	10	27	20	18	6	29	0	1	0	4	6	1	.266

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Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	Spd	BABIP	wSB	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
1967	Reds	5.4 %	20.4 %	0.26	.163	.207	.256	.462	.093	4.2	.194	-0.3	3	-5.9	.211	28
1967	Average	7.9 %	15.9 %	0.50	.242	.306	.357	.664	.115	4.4	.274				.299
1968	Reds	5.1 %	15.8 %	0.32	.275	.311	.433	.743	.158	2.8	.304	-1.4	73	17.0	.332	115
1968	Average	7.6 %	15.8 %	0.48	.237	.299	.340	.639	.104	4.3	.269				.292
1969	Reds	8.3 %	14.5 %	0.57	.293	.353	.487	.840	.194	3.2	.304	-0.8	90	26.4	.373	126
1969	Average	9.1 %	15.2 %	0.60	.248	.320	.369	.689	.121	4.6	.276				.313
1970	Reds	8.0 %	15.2 %	0.53	.293	.345	.587	.932	.294	4.0	.281	0.4	118	41.7	.399	144
1970	Reds	12.5 %	9.4 %	1.33	.214	.313	.429	.741	.214	1.9	.174	0.0	3	-0.2	.310	89
1970	Average	9.2 %	15.0 %	0.61	.254	.326	.385	.711	.131	4.7	.281				.319
1971	Reds	8.0 %	13.5 %	0.59	.238	.299	.423	.722	.185	3.3	.236	0.1	69	6.3	.324	106
1971	Average	8.5 %	14.3 %	0.60	.249	.317	.365	.682	.116	4.3	.276				.310
1972	Reds	15.3 %	12.9 %	1.19	.270	.379	.541	.920	.271	2.8	.246	-0.8	109	45.4	.402	156
1972	Reds	12.5 %	16.7 %	0.75	.293	.375	.537	.912	.244	8.3	.313	0.8	8	2.8	.387	147
1972	Average	8.4 %	14.8 %	0.57	.244	.311	.354	.664	.110	4.3	.272				.304
1973	Reds	12.7 %	12.7 %	1.00	.253	.345	.429	.774	.176	3.7	.253	0.7	84	11.9	.343	115
1973	Reds	9.5 %	14.3 %	0.67	.263	.333	.526	.860	.263	0.1	.267	0.0	3	0.8	.366	131
1973	Average	8.8 %	13.7 %	0.64	.257	.325	.379	.704	.122	4.4	.281				.319
1974	Reds	11.3 %	12.7 %	0.89	.280	.363	.507	.870	.227	3.5	.281	-0.4	113	36.4	.387	142
1974	Average	8.7 %	13.1 %	0.66	.257	.324	.369	.693	.112	4.6	.282				.318
1975	Reds	10.7 %	17.9 %	0.60	.283	.359	.519	.878	.236	4.6	.303	2.3	96	29.9	.387	139
1975	Reds	6.7 %	22.2 %	0.30	.167	.222	.286	.508	.119	5.9	.194	0.2	2	-2.8	.237	41
1975	Average	9.0 %	13.0 %	0.70	.258	.327	.374	.701	.116	4.9	.282				.321
1976	Reds	14.7 %	17.2 %	0.85	.234	.348	.394	.741	.159	4.3	.260	1.7	70	11.7	.344	112
1976	Reds	3.6 %	10.7 %	0.33	.444	.464	.926	1.390	.481	8.0	.429	0.2	9	6.2	.622	293
1976	Average	8.4 %	12.7 %	0.66	.255	.320	.361	.681	.106	5.1	.281				.315
1977	Reds	10.4 %	17.0 %	0.61	.275	.348	.540	.889	.265	2.3	.280	-0.9	90	25.0	.380	132
1977	Average	8.5 %	13.4 %	0.63	.264	.329	.401	.730	.137	5.0	.287				.324
1978	Reds	11.1 %	18.4 %	0.60	.260	.340	.483	.823	.224	2.9	.270	0.1	63	14.6	.361	126
1978	Average	8.5 %	12.6 %	0.68	.258	.323	.379	.702	.121	5.0	.280				.318
1979	Reds	12.5 %	13.6 %	0.92	.276	.364	.459	.824	.183	2.6	.284	0.2	79	16.6	.363	125
1979	Reds	14.3 %	14.3 %	1.00	.250	.357	.667	1.024	.417	4.6	.222	-0.4	3	1.2	.432	171
1979	Average	8.5 %	12.5 %	0.68	.265	.330	.397	.727	.132	5.1	.286				.324
1980	Reds	10.1 %	15.7 %	0.64	.250	.327	.483	.810	.233	2.7	.239	0.0	58	11.9	.358	125
1980	Average	8.2 %	12.5 %	0.65	.265	.326	.388	.714	.123	5.2	.287				.320
1981	Reds	8.7 %	10.7 %	0.81	.309	.369	.489	.858	.180	0.7	.315	-0.7	31	10.3	.386	143
1981	Average	8.4 %	12.5 %	0.67	.256	.320	.369	.689	.113	5.0	.279				.314
1982	Reds	8.4 %	13.2 %	0.64	.258	.320	.396	.716	.138	1.5	.273	-0.6	50	0.9	.321	99
1982	Average	8.3 %	13.2 %	0.63	.261	.324	.389	.713	.128	5.1	.284				.318
1983	Reds	7.2 %	11.4 %	0.63	.255	.308	.432	.741	.177	2.2	.258	-0.4	40	2.7	.329	102
1983	Average	8.4 %	13.5 %	0.62	.261	.325	.389	.714	.128	5.2	.285				.319
Total	- - -	10.3 %	14.7 %	0.70	.267	.342	.476	.817	.208	3.3	.273	-1.0	1236	302.7	.362	126
Postseason	- - -	9.6 %	15.4 %	0.62	.266	.335	.527	.862	.260	7.1	.267	0.8	28	7.9	.374	133

Win Probability

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	phLI	PH	WPA/LI	Clutch
1974	Reds	4.00	-12.08	16.08	47.28	5.07	1.06	0.03	1	3.06	0.70
1975	Reds	1.48	-12.11	13.59	33.29	3.47	1.16	1.81	6	3.11	-1.83
1976	Reds	-0.65	-10.33	9.68	3.78	0.17	1.06	2.09	9	0.17	-0.78
1977	Reds	2.26	-10.11	12.36	28.23	2.81	1.01	2.52	5	2.60	-0.37
1978	Reds	1.78	-7.53	9.31	25.34	2.62	1.04	2.00	12	2.66	-0.94
1979	Reds	1.63	-9.79	11.42	25.81	2.79	1.11	2.91	5	2.82	-1.34
1980	Reds	0.57	-7.72	8.29	11.07	1.37	1.07	2.76	15	1.56	-1.02
1981	Reds	1.70	-3.40	5.10	4.84	0.56	1.13	1.50	8	1.03	0.48
1982	Reds	0.27	-8.24	8.51	-3.07	-0.36	1.06	1.62	10	1.01	-0.76
1983	Reds	1.18	-7.10	8.28	8.09	0.86	1.12	2.11	34	1.07	-0.02
Total	- - -	14.21	-88.40	102.61	184.66	19.37	1.08	2.12	105	19.07	-5.89

Fielding

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	SB	CS	PB	WP	FP	TZ
1967	Reds	C	26	26	233.0	175	16	1	0	5	5	2	12	.995	0
1968	Reds	C	154	139	1301.0	942	102	9	10	49	44	18	55	.992	1
1969	Reds	C	147	135	1249.0	793	76	7	10	30	40	14	63	.992	4
1970	Reds	C	139	130	1158.0	755	73	12	12	32	30	9	32	.986	12
1971	Reds	C	141	133	1169.2	687	59	9	9	37	26	6	29	.988	8
1972	Reds	C	129	124	1139.2	735	56	6	9	24	31	2	33	.993	12
1973	Reds	C	134	124	1115.0	693	61	4	7	28	27	8	23	.995	9
1974	Reds	C	137	129	1133.1	757	68	6	16	37	35	3	40	.993	10
1975	Reds	C	121	115	1002.2	568	51	7	9	32	27	0	29	.989	10
1976	Reds	C	128	120	1071.0	651	60	2	11	57	42	5	27	.997	12
1977	Reds	C	135	125	1065.2	705	66	10	10	64	42	3	39	.987	2
1978	Reds	C	107	96	836.0	605	48	7	6	49	35	12	20	.989	7
1979	Reds	C	126	123	1083.1	619	68	10	11	70	45	5	21	.986	10
1980	Reds	C	105	98	847.0	505	39	5	7	83	34	6	21	.991	0
1981	Reds	C	7	7	60.0	41	5	1	0	9	4	1	1	.979	0
1982	Reds	C	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
1983	Reds	C	5	3	23.0	17	2	1	0	4	2	0	1	.950	0
Total	- - -	C	1742	1627	14488.1	9249	850	97	127	610	469	94	446	.991	97
1970	Reds	1B	12	5	54.0	74	4	1	7					.987	-1
1971	Reds	1B	12	1	33.0	34	1	1	7					.972	-1
1972	Reds	1B	7	2	28.0	24	0	1	1					.960	0
1973	Reds	1B	4	3	26.0	29	0	0	3					1.000	0
1974	Reds	1B	5	0	13.0	15	0	0	0					1.000	1
1975	Reds	1B	9	3	37.1	45	0	1	2					.978	-1
1976	Reds	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0					.000	0
1977	Reds	1B	4	2	21.0	21	2	1	3					.958	1
1978	Reds	1B	11	9	75.0	75	5	2	7					.976	-1
1979	Reds	1B	2	2	14.0	13	1	0	1					1.000	0
1981	Reds	1B	38	37	322.0	334	23	6	35					.984	0
1982	Reds	1B	8	5	45.2	53	4	0	7					1.000	0
1983	Reds	1B	32	29	251.0	249	14	3	21					.989	2
Total	- - -	1B	145	98	921.0	966	54	16	94					.985	0
1970	Reds	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0					1.000	0
1971	Reds	3B	3	3	19.0	2	6	0	0					1.000	1
1972	Reds	3B	4	4	33.0	2	7	1	0					.900	0
1973	Reds	3B	1	1	7.0	0	2	0	0					1.000	0
1974	Reds	3B	36	30	263.0	22	55	3	2					.963	-1
1977	Reds	3B	1	0	5.0	0	1	1	0					.500	-1
1982	Reds	3B	107	103	858.2	54	155	19	10					.917	-15
1983	Reds	3B	42	41	319.1	26	58	6	5					.933	-3
Total	- - -	3B	195	182	1506.0	107	284	30	17					.929	-19
1970	Reds	LF	15	8	78.0	14	1	1	0					.938	0
1971	Reds	LF	10	8	63.0	9	1	0	0					1.000	-1
1975	Reds	LF	16	15	129.0	28	0	0	0					1.000	0
1976	Reds	LF	5	3	28.0	4	0	2	0					.667	-2
1977	Reds	LF	7	6	44.0	9	0	0	0					1.000	0
1978	Reds	LF	1	1	10.2	0	0	0	0					.000	-1
1983	Reds	LF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0					.000	0
Total	- - -	LF	55	41	353.1	64	2	3	0					.957	-4
1970	Reds	CF	2	2	15.0	3	0	0	0					1.000	0
Total	- - -	CF	2	2	15.0	3	0	0	0					1.000	0
1970	Reds	RF	7	7	58.0	8	0	1	0					.889	-2
1971	Reds	RF	3	2	16.0	2	0	0	0					1.000	-1
1972	Reds	RF	17	17	138.0	30	0	2	0					.938	1
1973	Reds	RF	23	22	181.0	33	0	2	0					.943	-1
1975	Reds	RF	3	3	24.0	5	1	0	0					1.000	0
1977	Reds	RF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0					.000	0
1978	Reds	RF	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0					.000	0
Total	- - -	RF	55	53	430.0	78	1	5	0					.941	-3
1970	Reds	OF	24	17	151.0	25	1	2	0					.929	-2
1971	Reds	OF	13	10	79.0	11	1	0	0					1.000	-2
1972	Reds	OF	17	17	138.0	30	0	2	0					.938	1
1973	Reds	OF	23	22	181.0	33	0	2	0					.943	-1
1975	Reds	OF	19	18	153.0	33	1	0	0					1.000	0
1976	Reds	OF	5	3	28.0	4	0	2	0					.667	-2
1977	Reds	OF	8	7	52.0	9	0	0	0					1.000	0
1978	Reds	OF	2	2	15.2	0	0	0	0					.000	-1
1983	Reds	OF	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0					.000	0
Total	- - -	OF	112	96	798.1	145	3	8	0					.949	-7

Value

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Batting	Base Running	Fielding	Replacement	Positional	Fld + Pos	RAR	WAR
1967	Reds	-7.4	-0.3	0.0	2.5	1.6	1.6	-3.1	-0.4
1968	Reds	9.0	-1.4	1.0	15.6	8.9	9.9	36.8	4.5
1969	Reds	17.8	-0.8	4.0	16.7	8.6	12.6	49.3	5.4
1970	Reds	37.0	0.4	9.0	19.5	6.8	15.8	75.8	7.9
1971	Reds	4.4	0.1	6.0	16.8	7.4	13.4	37.2	4.1
1972	Reds	40.3	-0.8	13.0	17.3	7.0	20.0	80.4	9.2
1973	Reds	11.5	0.7	8.0	18.6	6.5	14.5	46.7	4.9
1974	Reds	34.2	-0.4	10.0	20.0	8.4	18.4	74.2	8.0
1975	Reds	27.5	2.3	9.0	17.2	5.8	14.8	63.8	6.8
1976	Reds	7.6	1.7	10.0	15.3	7.2	17.2	44.0	4.8
1977	Reds	21.8	-0.9	2.0	16.6	6.9	8.9	47.9	4.9
1978	Reds	12.9	0.1	5.0	12.9	5.1	10.1	37.6	4.0
1979	Reds	15.7	0.2	10.0	16.1	7.3	17.3	51.3	5.2
1980	Reds	11.6	0.0	0.0	11.8	5.8	5.8	29.9	3.2
1981	Reds	9.3	-0.7	0.0	5.4	-1.8	-1.8	13.0	1.4
1982	Reds	-0.5	-0.6	-15.0	12.7	0.3	-14.7	-1.3	-0.1
1983	Reds	0.6	-0.4	-1.0	9.8	-1.3	-2.3	8.5	0.9
Total	- - -	253.4	-1.0	71.0	244.9	90.4	161.4	692.2	74.9

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