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He played 3,562 games and took 14,053 at-bats, more of each than anyone in the record, and collected 4,256 hits, 67 more than Ty Cobb. He batted .303 across 24 seasons, scored 2,165 runs, and his 746 doubles trail only Tris Speaker's 792. He led the National League in hits seven times, in doubles five and in runs four.

Teams moved him wherever they needed him. He appeared in 939 games at first base, 673 in left field, 634 at third, 627 at second and 589 in right. He was Rookie of the Year in 1963 and Most Valuable Player in 1973, when he had 230 hits and batted .338, and he was chosen for seventeen All-Star teams.

Between June 14 and July 31, 1978 he hit in 44 consecutive games. Baseball banned him permanently in 1989 for betting on the game, and he was never elected to the Hall of Fame. The writers gave him 41 votes of 430 in 1992, when 323 were needed, and 14 and 19 in the two years after. He died in September 2024.