Had a decent major league career, but his brief stay with the Reds was an unhappy one. Came over in the hugely unpopular Tony Perez trade, and then abruptly left the team in mid-summer, agreeing to return to MLB only if the Reds traded him, which they did, to the Cubs, soon after that '77 season ended.

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