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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1930-03-12 · Played 1950–1967 · Career WAR 32.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1950	PIT	NL	27	41	0	3	0	1	0	1	0		1	14	.073	.136	.122	.258	-0.3
1951	PIT	NL	28	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	.344	.400	.562	.962	0.7
1954	PIT	NL	50	52	10	12	5	0	1	13	0	0	5	8	.231	.310	.385	.695	0.8
1955	PIT	NL	44	63	8	16	3	0	1	8	1	0	4	16	.254	.299	.349	.648	0.4
1956	PIT	NL	39	57	3	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	.175	.226	.246	.472	0.2
1957	PIT	NL	34	63	3	12	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	11	.190	.215	.238	.453	0.0
1958	PIT	NL	36	62	11	12	3	1	2	12	0	0	9	10	.194	.288	.371	.659	0.7
1959	PIT	NL	38	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	20	.167	.192	.219	.411	0.1
1960	PIT	NL	35	94	10	17	5	2	1	7	0	0	2	19	.181	.196	.309	.505	0.6
1961	PIT	NL	11	19	0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.263	.318	.316	.634	0.1
1962	PIT	NL	23	45	6	14	4	1	0	5	0	0	1	7	.311	.312	.444	.756	0.8
1963	PIT	NL	21	23	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.217	.217	.434	0.2
1964	PIT	NL	36	61	9	19	3	0	1	3	0	0	3	11	.311	.354	.410	.764	1.0
1965	PIT	NL	34	82	9	20	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	19	.244	.244	.280	.524	0.4
1966	PIT	NL	34	66	11	16	3	0	1	3	0	0	3	11	.242	.275	.333	.608	0.6
1967	PIT	NL	26	27	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.111	.143	.185	.328	0.0
Total			516	883	96	191	35	7	11	90	1	0	41	179	.216	.251	.309	.560	6.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1950	PIT	NL	7	9	27	17	5	1	0	128.0	137	70	11	49	57	4.92	1.453	0.1
1951	PIT	NL	6	9	28	14	2	1	2	114.0	109	57	9	51	41	4.50	1.404	0.7
1954	PIT	NL	9	13	39	18	7	0	3	161.2	201	99	20	56	57	5.51	1.590	-0.2
1955	PIT	NL	10	10	43	24	8	1	1	200.2	221	85	19	61	82	3.81	1.405	4.0
1956	PIT	NL	8	16	39	32	6	0	2	195.2	218	94	24	49	60	4.32	1.365	0.6
1957	PIT	NL	10	8	31	25	9	3	1	172.2	172	55	18	32	55	2.87	1.181	2.5
1958	PIT	NL	14	12	35	29	6	1	3	202.1	235	89	16	39	56	3.96	1.354	0.4
1959	PIT	NL	18	9	34	33	20	2	1	266.0	245	88	25	53	110	2.98	1.120	6.5
1960	PIT	NL	20	9	35	35	18	3	0	271.2	266	93	25	40	120	3.08	1.126	4.2
1961	PIT	NL	3	4	11	10	1	0	0	59.1	72	31	10	18	20	4.70	1.517	0.5
1962	PIT	NL	10	7	23	20	7	2	0	139.1	156	61	21	27	78	3.94	1.313	1.2
1963	PIT	NL	4	5	18	12	1	1	0	76.2	91	42	11	13	31	4.93	1.357	-0.7
1964	PIT	NL	12	13	35	29	7	5	0	192.0	203	77	18	32	93	3.61	1.224	1.7
1965	PIT	NL	17	9	29	28	13	4	0	217.1	182	52	17	35	101	2.15	.998	4.8
1966	PIT	NL	12	8	31	28	8	4	0	177.2	203	80	19	24	88	4.05	1.278	0.8
1967	PIT	NL	2	6	25	10	1	0	0	97.0	122	45	5	18	43	4.18	1.443	-1.1
Total			162	147	483	364	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1118	268	597	1092	3.77	1.284	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1950	PIT	NL	P	27			5	15	2	1
1951	PIT	NL	P	28			10	15	2	2
1954	PIT	NL	OF	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0
1954	PIT	NL	P	39	18	161.2	11	23	1	2
1955	PIT	NL	P	43	24	200.2	14	35	4	3
1956	PIT	NL	P	39	32	195.2	12	31	0	3
1957	PIT	NL	P	31	25	173.2	13	23	2	2
1958	PIT	NL	P	35	29	202.1	16	31	0	3
1959	PIT	NL	P	34	33	266.0	20	47	1	5
1960	PIT	NL	P	35	35	271.2	28	50	2	6
1961	PIT	NL	P	11	10	59.1	7	13	0	1
1962	PIT	NL	P	23	20	139.1	7	27	2	3
1963	PIT	NL	P	18	12	76.2	5	20	0	1
1964	PIT	NL	P	35	29	192.0	16	36	1	3
1965	PIT	NL	P	29	28	217.1	29	36	1	2
1966	PIT	NL	P	31	28	177.2	11	36	0	4
1967	PIT	NL	P	25	10	97.0	8	15	1	0
Total				484	334	2432.0	213	453	19	41

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1960	TSN All-Star	ML
1960	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1960	Cy Young Award	ML
1965	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
1965	TSN Comeback Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1973	BBWAA	9	285	No
1974	BBWAA	5	274	No
1975	BBWAA	6	272	No
1976	BBWAA	9	291	No
1977	BBWAA	5	288	No
1978	BBWAA	6	285	No
1979	BBWAA	9	324	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1957-05-24	Player	Bench jockeying

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