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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1931-10-13 · Played 1952–1968 · Career WAR 96.1 (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
1952	BSN	NL	145	528	80	128	23	5	25	58	6	4	59	115	.242	.320	.447	.767	2.4
1953	ML1	NL	157	579	110	175	31	8	47	135	1	3	99	83	.302	.406	.627	1.033	8.1
1954	ML1	NL	138	476	96	138	21	4	40	103	10	3	113	61	.290	.423	.603	1.026	7.7
1955	ML1	NL	141	499	108	144	23	5	41	101	3	4	109	98	.289	.413	.601	1.014	7.2
1956	ML1	NL	151	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	6	0	91	86	.272	.373	.518	.891	5.7
1957	ML1	NL	148	572	109	167	28	9	32	94	3	1	90	79	.292	.387	.540	.927	7.4
1958	ML1	NL	149	546	97	137	18	1	31	77	5	0	85	85	.251	.349	.458	.807	6.5
1959	ML1	NL	148	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	2	1	80	71	.306	.390	.593	.983	8.2
1960	ML1	NL	153	548	108	152	19	7	39	124	7	3	111	113	.277	.397	.551	.948	7.3
1961	ML1	NL	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	12	7	93	95	.306	.402	.535	.937	7.3
1962	ML1	NL	152	536	106	142	25	6	29	90	4	2	101	90	.265	.381	.496	.877	5.7
1963	ML1	NL	158	547	82	144	27	4	23	84	3	4	124	119	.263	.399	.453	.852	8.0
1964	ML1	NL	141	502	83	117	19	1	23	74	2	2	85	100	.233	.344	.412	.756	4.6
1965	ML1	NL	156	546	77	137	23	0	32	95	1	0	73	110	.251	.341	.469	.810	5.3
1966	ATL	NL	134	452	72	113	21	4	16	53	1	1	63	82	.250	.341	.420	.761	2.7
1967	HOU	NL	101	328	39	78	13	2	10	38	2	4	48	65	.238	.333	.381	.714	1.8
1967	DET	AL	36	108	14	25	3	0	6	19	0	0	15	23	.231	.331	.426	.757
1968	DET	AL	31	52	4	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	12	.212	.281	.385	.666	0.2
Total			2391	8537	1509	2315	354	72	512	1453	68	39	1444	1487	.271	.377	.509	.886	96.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1952	BSN	NL	3B	142			160	259	19	21
1953	ML1	NL	3B	157			154	311	30	33
1954	ML1	NL	3B	127	126	1117.1	112	254	13	28
1954	ML1	NL	OF	10	10	90.0	21	0	2	0
1955	ML1	NL	3B	137	137	1232.1	140	280	21	23
1956	ML1	NL	3B	150	149	1321.0	133	287	25	22
1957	ML1	NL	3B	147	147	1333.0	131	299	16	27
1958	ML1	NL	3B	149	149	1312.0	116	351	22	24
1959	ML1	NL	3B	148	148	1315.2	144	305	18	21
1960	ML1	NL	3B	153	153	1369.1	141	280	22	23
1961	ML1	NL	3B	151	151	1340.1	168	281	18	30
1962	ML1	NL	1B	7	7	59.0	67	2	0	7
1962	ML1	NL	3B	140	140	1223.0	141	283	16	22
1963	ML1	NL	3B	121	115	1048.0	113	276	13	23
1963	ML1	NL	OF	42	42	321.2	63	1	6	0
1964	ML1	NL	1B	7	7	57.0	54	5	2	4
1964	ML1	NL	3B	128	123	1078.0	130	247	15	19
1965	ML1	NL	3B	153	146	1290.1	113	301	19	19
1966	ATL	NL	3B	127	115	1023.0	114	237	20	31
1967	HOU	NL	1B	79	68	602.2	572	40	8	50
1967	HOU	NL	3B	24	20	178.2	22	33	3	3
1967	DET	AL	1B	13	12	99.0	106	12	1	9
1967	DET	AL	3B	21	19	154.1	14	28	3	0
1968	DET	AL	1B	6	6	44.0	34	3	1	5
1968	DET	AL	3B	6	5	33.0	3	10	0	0
Total				2345	1995	17642.2	2966	4385	313	444

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1955	TSN All-Star	ML
1957	TSN All-Star	ML
1959	TSN All-Star	ML
1960	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1974	BBWAA	118	274	No
1975	BBWAA	148	272	No
1976	BBWAA	189	291	No
1977	BBWAA	239	288	No
1978	BBWAA	301	285	Yes

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