Joe
Moeller
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 223
 
Born: February 15, 1943 in Usa, IL, BLUE ISLAND
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
All-Star Selections 1969    1971    1972    1977    1978   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 19 MON NL   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1963 20 MIN AL   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1964 21 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1965 22 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 7
1966 23 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1967 24 MIN AL $ 2,692,857 9 6 7 6 9 9 9 10 10 10
1968 25 MIN AL $ 4,592,857 9 7 7 7 9 10 10 8 8 8
1969 26 MIN AL $ 5,557,143 9 7 8 7 9 10 9 8 8 8
1970 27 MIN AL $ 13,000,000 9 7 8 7 9 10 9 7 7 7
1971 28 MIN AL $ 13,000,000 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1972 29 PIT NL $ 13,000,000 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1973 30 PIT NL $ 13,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 7 7 7
1974 31 NYG NL $ 13,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 8 8 8
1975 32 BSN NL $ 13,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 7 7 7
1976 33 KCR AL $ 13,777,780 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 7 7 7
1977 34 KCR AL $ 13,777,780 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 7 7 7
1978 35 KCR AL $ 13,777,780 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1979 36 KCR AL $ 13,777,780 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1980 37 COL NL $ 13,777,780 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1981 38 COL NL $ 13,777,780 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1982 39 COL NL $ 13,777,780 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,777,780 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 19 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 20 MIN AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 24 MIN AL $ 2,692,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 25 MIN AL $ 4,592,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 26 MIN AL $ 5,557,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 27 MIN AL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 28 MIN AL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 29 PIT NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 30 PIT NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 31 NYG NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 32 BSN NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 33 KCR AL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 34 KCR AL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 35 KCR AL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1979 36 KCR AL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1980 37 COL NL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1981 38 COL NL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1982 39 COL NL $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,777,780   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1962 19 AAA   11 10 .524 28 28 2 0 0 191.0 191 68 18 58 157 3.20 .257 .311 .361 .672  
1963 20 AAA   6 3 .667 12 12 0 0 0 86.7 82 34 7 31 86 3.53 .246 .310 .371 .681  
    AA   3 7 .300 17 17 0 0 0 124.3 88 31 12 39 141 2.24 .194 .258 .318 .576  
1964 21 MIN AL 17 20 .459 43 43 18 3 0 341.7 348 155 32 105 155 4.08 .267 .321 .411 .732 13.8
1965 22 MIN AL 21 9 .700 38 38 17 0 0 298.7 332 139 28 61 162 4.19 .286 .321 .423 .744 14.3
1966 23 MIN AL 14 18 .438 42 42 10 2 0 332.7 336 154 27 95 170 4.17 .262 .312 .394 .706 15.2
1967 24 MIN AL 13 16 .448 39 39 17 5 0 302.3 278 104 19 78 170 3.10 .245 .296 .357 .653 20.8
1968 25 MIN AL 18 18 .500 44 44 24 3 0 351.7 319 113 22 79 253 2.89 .240 .285 .354 .639 27.4
1969 26 MIN AL 19 12 .613 36 36 20 2 0 305.7 282 102 13 55 217 3.00 .242 .277 .334 .611 26.4
1970 27 MIN AL 17 12 .586 36 36 19 4 0 310.3 255 88 28 43 235 2.55 .221 .252 .343 .596 31.6
1971 28 MIN AL 17 9 .654 36 36 17 3 0 311.3 267 91 15 48 223 2.63 .228 .259 .325 .584 32.4
1972 29 MIN AL 10 4 .714 16 16 10 1 0 127.3 125 44 8 18 91 3.11 .255 .283 .380 .662 13.4
  PIT NL 8 8 .500 18 18 12 2 0 156.7 146 54 9 21 120 3.10 .245 .273 .361 .635 14.3
  TOT   18 12 .600 34 34 22 3 0 284.0 271 98 17 39 211 3.11 .250 .278 .370 .647 27.7
1973 30 PIT NL 18 13 .581 36 36 20 2 0 289.7 281 111 20 56 203 3.45 .253 .288 .373 .661 21.9
1974 31 NYG NL 12 21 .364 37 37 21 4 0 295.7 302 123 33 38 213 3.74 .261 .286 .417 .703 22.3
1975 32 BSN NL 17 12 .586 33 33 18 2 0 267.0 269 108 20 50 205 3.64 .259 .293 .381 .674 18.2
1976 33 KCR AL 19 12 .613 34 34 20 4 0 278.3 222 78 15 40 175 2.52 .214 .243 .321 .565 25.7
1977 34 KCR AL 17 15 .531 36 35 18 4 0 290.3 278 109 21 43 182 3.38 .250 .278 .383 .661 22.5
1978 35 KCR AL 17 8 .680 35 33 15 3 0 282.7 288 105 23 32 168 3.34 .261 .282 .392 .673 20.1
1979 36 KCR AL 11 9 .550 30 25 8 3 3 192.7 162 80 21 39 111 3.74 .223 .264 .362 .625 12.4
1980 37 COL NL 9 17 .346 33 33 5 0 0 248.3 250 108 26 55 157 3.91 .259 .299 .396 .695 16.7
1981 38 COL NL 9 17 .346 32 32 9 2 0 235.7 236 94 27 48 135 3.59 .258 .294 .391 .685 15.3
1982 39 COL NL 7 5 .583 41 11 2 0 1 145.3 162 65 12 40 78 4.03 .285 .330 .413 .743 6.8
19 Years Sim 290 255 .532 695 657 300 49 4 5363.9 5138 2025 419 1044 3423 3.40 .250 .287 .375 .662 391.5
2 Years AAA 17 13 .567 40 40 2 0 0 277.7 273 102 25 89 243 3.31 .254 .311 .364 .675  
1 Years AA 3 7 .300 17 17 0 0 0 124.3 88 31 12 39 141 2.24 .194 .258 .318 .576  
3 Years Minors 20 20 .500 57 57 2 0 0 402.0 361 133 37 128 384 2.98 .236 .295 .351 .646  
Season Average 15 13 .536 36 34 15 2 0 282.3 270 106 22 54 180 3.40 .250 .287 .375 .662  
Career Highs 21 21 .700 44 44 24 5 3 351.7 348 155 33 105 253 4.19 .286 .330 .423 .744  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2435 1009 228 451 1906   .241 .273 .369 .643
vs LH   2703 1016 191 593 1517   .259 .299 .381 .680
Home 143 118 .548 343 320 134 31 1 2687.3 2503 976 213 541 1675 3.27 .246 .284 .371 .655
Away 147 137 .518 352 337 166 18 3 2676.6 2635 1049 206 503 1748 3.53 .255 .289 .380 .669
Mar/Apr 54 38 .587 110 110 48 10 0 877.6 839 317 76 167 541 3.25 .251 .287 .375 .662
May 55 47 .539 120 120 58 11 0 967.9 888 340 75 203 612 3.16 .242 .282 .363 .645
June 41 45 .477 116 105 49 8 0 869.3 781 302 55 168 584 3.13 .238 .275 .354 .629
July 42 48 .467 115 106 52 7 4 864.9 867 346 65 174 542 3.60 .259 .295 .385 .680
August 46 39 .541 118 110 45 7 0 899.3 848 348 79 167 557 3.48 .247 .282 .382 .664
Sep/Oct 52 38 .578 116 106 61 9 0 884.6 915 372 69 165 587 3.78 .265 .299 .392 .690
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 21 MIN AL 43 121 6 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 34 .132 .139 .149 .288 -1.0 0.0
1965 22 MIN AL 38 103 9 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 30 .184 .213 .243 .456 4.3 0.0
1966 23 MIN AL 42 104 2 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 34 .125 .133 .144 .278 -1.3 0.0
1967 24 MIN AL 39 92 3 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 30 .109 .155 .141 .296 -0.5 0.0
1968 25 MIN AL 44 118 3 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 44 .153 .153 .169 .322 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 206 538 23 76 12 0 1 25 0 1 10 172 .141 .158 .169 .327 1.4 0.0
162 Game Average 423 18 59 9 0 0 19 0 0 7 135 .141 .158 .169 .327 1.1  
Career Highs 44 121 9 19 3 0 1 9 0 1 5 44 .184 .213 .243 .456 4.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   371 17 43 5 0 1 15 0 0 9 113 .116 .136 .137 .274 -4.9
vs LH   167 6 33 7 0 0 10 0 1 1 59 .198 .207 .240 .447 5.2
Home 109 278 11 33 4 0 1 8 0 1 5 98 .119 .137 .144 .281 -3.8
Away 97 260 12 43 8 0 0 17 0 0 5 74 .165 .180 .196 .377 4.1
RISP   126 0 16 3 0 1 21 0 0 2 41 .127 .140 .175 .314 -0.3
Close/Late   56 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .143 .186 .196 .383 1.1
Mar/Apr 29 74 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .108 .108 .135 .243 -1.9
May 36 88 3 11 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 29 .125 .144 .170 .315 -0.4
June 35 97 5 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 28 .165 .188 .186 .374 1.7
July 35 96 5 16 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 28 .167 .175 .219 .394 1.8
August 36 87 6 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 .126 .174 .138 .312 -0.2
Sep/Oct 35 96 2 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 38 .146 .146 .156 .302 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 21 MIN AL P 43 43 341.7 19 65 1 2 .988 2.21    
1965 22 MIN AL P 38 38 298.7 22 50 1 4 .986 2.17    
1966 23 MIN AL P 42 42 332.7 20 55 2 2 .974 2.03    
1967 24 MIN AL P 39 39 302.3 12 50 0 3 1.000 1.85    
1968 25 MIN AL P 44 44 351.7 24 39 0 2 1.000 1.61    
1969 26 MIN AL P 36 36 305.7 19 42 4 2 .938 1.80    
1970 27 MIN AL P 36 36 310.3 35 32 2 1 .971 1.94    
1971 28 MIN AL P 36 36 311.3 15 42 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1972 29 MIN AL P 16 16 127.3 8 19 1 2 .964 1.91    
  PIT NL P 18 18 156.7 9 24 1 2 .971 1.90    
  TOT   P 34 34 284.0 17 43 2 4 .968 1.90    
1973 30 PIT NL P 36 36 289.7 18 31 2 1 .961 1.52    
1974 31 NYG NL P 37 37 295.7 25 34 0 3 1.000 1.80    
1975 32 BSN NL P 33 33 267.0 12 35 1 3 .979 1.58    
1976 33 KCR AL P 34 34 278.3 21 29 2 3 .962 1.62    
1977 34 KCR AL P 36 35 290.3 14 44 1 2 .983 1.80    
1978 35 KCR AL P 35 33 282.7 13 27 1 4 .976 1.27    
1979 36 KCR AL P 30 25 192.7 3 31 0 2 1.000 1.59    
1980 37 COL NL P 33 33 248.3 15 35 2 3 .962 1.81    
1981 38 COL NL P 32 32 235.7 10 34 3 2 .936 1.68    
1982 39 COL NL P 41 11 145.3 6 20 1 1 .963 1.61    
Career Totals   695 657 5363.9 320 738 25 44 .977 1.78    
Career Highs   44 44 351.7 35 65 4 4 1.000 2.21    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1965 22 MIN AL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 1 0 20.3 31 11 2 5 7 4.87 .360 .396 .523 .919
1970 27 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 17.7 22 9 2 3 10 4.59 .314 .342 .514 .857
1975 32 BSN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 15 5 0 3 15 2.50 .221 .254 .250 .504
1976 33 KCR AL 4 1 .800 6 6 4 1 0 49.0 46 17 4 8 24 3.12 .253 .284 .379 .663
1977 34 KCR AL 4 2 .667 7 7 5 1 0 59.7 51 17 4 3 37 2.56 .232 .242 .345 .588
1978 35 KCR AL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.0 26 10 1 1 19 3.91 .286 .293 .396 .689
1979 36 KCR AL 2 2 .500 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 9 1 0 1 3 1.23 .310 .333 .345 .678
Career Post-Season Pitching 13 11 .542 27 23 13 3 0 195.0 200 70 13 24 115 3.23 .268 .291 .387 .678
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 22 MIN AL 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1967-5-3.10
1968-8-2.89
1969-7-3.00
1970-4-2.55
1971-4-2.63
1976-3-2.52
1977-6-3.38
1978-8-3.34
CAR-42-3.40
Wins
1965-3-21
1968-10-18
1969-2-19
1971-5-17
1973-6-18
1975-5-17
1976-3-19
1977-7-17
1978-6-17
CAR-10-290
Losses
1964-5-20
1966-9-18
1968-8-18
1974-1-21
1980-4-17
1981-4-17
CAR-2-255
Winning Pct
1965-3-.700
1978-5-.680
Games Pitched
CAR-38-695
Games Started
1964-2-43
1966-5-42
1968-1-44
1969-1-36
1970-3-36
1971-1-36
1973-2-36
1974-1-37
1975-10-33
1976-9-34
1977-5-35
CAR-8-657
Complete Games
1964-2-18
1965-7-17
1967-4-17
1968-1-24
1969-1-20
1970-3-19
1971-3-17
1972-8-10
1973-3-20
1974-1-21
1975-1-18
1976-2-20
1977-2-18
1978-6-15
1979-10-8
CAR-6-300
Shutouts
1964-4-3
1966-6-2
1967-1-5
1968-6-3
1969-6-2
1970-2-4
1971-3-3
1972-10-1
1973-8-2
1974-1-4
1975-2-2
1976-2-4
1977-3-4
1978-4-3
1979-6-3
1981-5-2
CAR-5-49
Innings Pitched
1964-2-341.7
1966-1-332.7
1968-2-351.7
1969-1-305.7
1970-1-310.3
1971-1-311.3
1973-2-289.7
1974-1-295.7
1975-8-267.0
1976-3-278.3
1977-1-290.3
1978-2-282.7
CAR-5-5363.9
Hits Allowed
1964-2-348
1965-3-332
1966-3-336
1968-4-319
1969-3-282
1970-5-255
1971-3-267
1973-3-281
1974-3-302
1975-10-269
1977-6-278
1978-4-288
CAR-3-5138
Homeruns Allowed
1964-7-32
1965-10-28
1970-5-28
1974-1-33
1980-5-26
1981-7-27
CAR-18-419
Strikeouts
1969-9-217
1970-4-235
1971-6-223
1973-6-203
1974-2-213
1975-3-205
1976-10-175
1977-7-182
1978-3-168
CAR-16-3423
Walks Allowed
1964-9-105
Walks per 9IP
1965-6-1.8
1967-9-2.3
1968-5-2.0
1969-4-1.6
1970-4-1.2
1971-4-1.4
1973-3-1.7
1974-3-1.2
1975-4-1.7
1976-1-1.3
1977-2-1.3
1978-3-1.0
1979-8-1.8
1981-9-1.8
CAR-38-1.8
Hits per 9IP
1976-3-7.2
1979-5-7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
1975-7-6.9
WHiP
1969-9-1.10
1970-2-0.96
1971-4-1.01
1973-5-1.16
1974-5-1.15
1975-7-1.19
1976-1-0.94
1977-3-1.11
1978-2-1.13
1979-3-1.04
CAR-18-1.15
OAVG
1976-3-.214
1979-4-.223
OOBP
1969-8-.277
1970-2-.252
1971-3-.259
1973-4-.288
1974-4-.286
1975-6-.293
1976-1-.243
1977-3-.278
1978-2-.282
1979-2-.264
CAR-20-.287
OSLG
1969-8-.334
1971-10-.325
1976-4-.321
OOPS
1969-6-.611
1970-8-.596
1971-4-.584
1976-2-.565
1977-10-.661
1979-7-.625
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 237    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 99    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Montreal in 1962
Injured on 7/20/1962 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 3/3/1963 (Going to MON: 3B Milt Smith. Going to MIN: P Joe Moeller)
Earned first career win on 4/11/1964
Had first career hit on 4/15/1964, off Jim Kaat (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1964, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
Won Bronze Rookie in 1964, going 17-20, 4.08 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1965, off Gary Bell (BOS)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1966, going 4-0, 1.22
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,592,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1968, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,557,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1969, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
10/31/1969: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $13,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1970, going 3-2, 1.20
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1970, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1971, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 6/19/1972 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1972 (Going to PIT: P Joe Moeller. Going to MIN: SS Lou Camilli)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1973, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 2/1/1974 (Going to PIT: P Steve Shea. Going to NYG: P Joe Moeller, P George Culver, P Joe Niekro)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 2/21/1975 (Going to BSN: P Joe Moeller. Going to NYG: P Eddie Solomon)
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/5/1976 to a 7-year deal worth $13,777,777 per year
Injured on 6/16/1976 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1976, going 4-1, 1.39
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1978, winning 2 games with a 1.56 ERA
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 8/15/1978 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/8/1979 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/2/1980 (Going to KCR: 3B Eric Soderholm. Going to COL: P Joe Moeller)