After batting .320 with 13 home runs with the Spokane Indians, he was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Rangers organization at the Winter Meetings on December 9, 1975.

[4] He ended his playing career in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Nankai Hawks in 1976.

He served as the Cincinnati Reds' hitting coach for the first four months of the 2003 campaign under Bob Boone.

In 2004, he returned to Japan and reunited with Valentine to coach for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

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