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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1931-10-20 · Played 1951–1968 · Career WAR 110.0 (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
1951	NYA	AL	96	341	61	91	11	5	13	65	8	7	43	74	.267	.349	.443	.792	1.5
1952	NYA	AL	142	549	94	171	37	7	23	87	4	1	75	111	.311	.394	.530	.924	6.3
1953	NYA	AL	127	461	105	136	24	3	21	92	8	4	79	90	.295	.398	.497	.895	5.8
1954	NYA	AL	146	543	129	163	17	12	27	102	5	2	102	107	.300	.408	.525	.933	6.9
1955	NYA	AL	147	517	121	158	25	11	37	99	8	1	113	97	.306	.431	.611	1.042	9.5
1956	NYA	AL	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	10	1	112	99	.353	.464	.705	1.169	11.2
1957	NYA	AL	144	474	121	173	28	6	34	94	16	3	146	75	.365	.512	.665	1.177	11.3
1958	NYA	AL	150	519	127	158	21	1	42	97	18	3	129	120	.304	.443	.592	1.035	8.7
1959	NYA	AL	144	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	21	3	93	126	.285	.390	.514	.904	6.6
1960	NYA	AL	153	527	119	145	17	6	40	94	14	3	111	125	.275	.399	.558	.957	6.3
1961	NYA	AL	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	.317	.448	.687	1.135	10.4
1962	NYA	AL	123	377	96	121	15	1	30	89	9	0	122	78	.321	.486	.605	1.091	6.0
1963	NYA	AL	65	172	40	54	8	0	15	35	2	1	40	32	.314	.441	.622	1.063	2.9
1964	NYA	AL	143	465	92	141	25	2	35	111	6	3	99	102	.303	.423	.591	1.014	4.8
1965	NYA	AL	122	361	44	92	12	1	19	46	4	1	73	76	.255	.379	.452	.831	1.8
1966	NYA	AL	108	333	40	96	12	1	23	56	1	1	57	76	.288	.389	.538	.927	3.5
1967	NYA	AL	144	440	63	108	17	0	22	55	1	1	107	113	.245	.391	.434	.825	3.9
1968	NYA	AL	144	435	57	103	14	1	18	54	6	2	106	97	.237	.385	.398	.783	2.6
Total			2401	8102	1677	2415	344	72	536	1509	153	38	1733	1710	.298	.422	.557	.979	110.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1951	NYA	AL	OF	86			135	4	6	1
1952	NYA	AL	3B	1			1	1	2	0
1952	NYA	AL	OF	141			347	15	12	5
1953	NYA	AL	OF	121			322	10	6	2
1953	NYA	AL	SS	1			0	0	0	0
1954	NYA	AL	2B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0
1954	NYA	AL	OF	144	142	1242.1	327	20	9	5
1954	NYA	AL	SS	4	1	13.0	5	5	0	1
1955	NYA	AL	OF	145	144	1277.1	372	11	2	2
1955	NYA	AL	SS	2	0	2.0	4	0	0	0
1956	NYA	AL	OF	144	144	1261.2	370	10	4	3
1957	NYA	AL	OF	139	139	1224.2	324	6	7	1
1958	NYA	AL	OF	150	150	1310.0	331	5	8	2
1959	NYA	AL	OF	143	143	1257.2	366	7	2	3
1960	NYA	AL	OF	150	150	1280.0	326	9	3	1
1961	NYA	AL	OF	150	149	1294.0	351	6	6	0
1962	NYA	AL	OF	117	117	934.2	214	4	5	1
1963	NYA	AL	OF	52	52	381.2	99	2	1	0
1964	NYA	AL	OF	132	132	1058.1	217	3	5	1
1965	NYA	AL	OF	108	107	806.1	165	3	6	0
1966	NYA	AL	OF	97	97	703.1	172	2	0	0
1967	NYA	AL	1B	131	130	1063.2	1089	91	8	82
1968	NYA	AL	1B	131	130	1087.1	1195	76	15	91
Total				2290	1927	16199.0	6734	290	107	201

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1952	TSN All-Star	ML
1956	Triple Crown	AL
1956	Most Valuable Player	AL
1956	TSN All-Star	ML
1956	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1956	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1957	Most Valuable Player	AL
1957	TSN All-Star	ML
1961	TSN All-Star	AL
1962	Most Valuable Player	AL
1962	TSN All-Star	AL
1962	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1962	Gold Glove	AL
1964	TSN All-Star	AL
1965	Hutch Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1974	BBWAA	322	274	Yes

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