Honors
- 1963 Battlefield League Most Improved Player
- 1965 Carolina League Most Valuable Player
- 1969 Voted "Most Popular Yankee" by the Catholic Youth Organization in NYC.
- 1971 AL All-Star team; The Sporting News AL All-Star
- 1972 AL All-Star team; The Sporting News AL All-Star; Gold Glove
- 1973 AL All-Star team; The Sporting News AL All-Star
- 1974 AL All-Star team
- 1975 NL All-Star team
- 1993 inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
- 1990s The Oklahoma Sports Museum's Bill Teegins Award winner.
- 2000 Named as one of the top 100 athletes in Oklahoma history
- 2004 Inducted Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
- 2005 Received the Legend Award for his "lone and meritorious service to baseball" by the Association for the Help of Retarded Children
- 2007 honored by Oklahoma City University with the Abe Lemons/Paul Hansen Award for Sports Excellence. The Abe Lemons/Paul Hansen Award recognizes an individual who significantly contributes to the growth of sports in the state.
- 2007 featured as one of "100 Leaders for the Next 100 Years" by Oklahoma Sports Heritage Museum.
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