I don't get the sense that he suffered significant injury problems. He had well over 500 plate appearances every year after his first full season, when he had 400+.
I don't know how he was regarded as a fielder. His range factor and assists were pretty decent most years, but he made a fair amount of errors too. My impression, and it is simply that, is that he was average to above-average as a fielder. Never the best, but far from the worst.
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