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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1931-05-06 · Played 1951–1973 · Career WAR 155.9 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1951	NY1	NL	121		464	59	127	22	5	20	68	7	4	57	60	.274	.356	.472	.828	3.9
1952	NY1	NL	34		127	17	30	2	4	4	23	4	1	16	17	.236	.326	.409	.735	1.2
1954	NY1	NL	151		565	119	195	33	13	41	110	8	5	66	57	.345	.411	.667	1.078	10.4
1955	NY1	NL	152		580	123	185	18	13	51	127	24	4	79	60	.319	.400	.659	1.059	9.2
1956	NY1	NL	152		578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	10	68	65	.296	.369	.557	.926	7.6
1957	NY1	NL	152		585	112	195	26	20	35	97	38	19	76	62	.333	.407	.626	1.033	8.3
1958	SFN	NL	152		600	121	208	33	11	29	96	31	6	78	56	.347	.419	.583	1.002	10.2
1959	SFN	NL	151		575	125	180	43	5	34	104	27	4	65	58	.313	.381	.583	.964	7.8
1960	SFN	NL	153		595	107	190	29	12	29	103	25	10	61	70	.319	.381	.555	.936	9.5
1961	SFN	NL	154		572	129	176	32	3	40	123	18	9	81	77	.308	.393	.584	.977	8.7
1962	SFN	NL	162		621	130	189	36	5	49	141	18	2	78	85	.304	.384	.615	.999	10.5
1963	SFN	NL	157		596	115	187	32	7	38	103	8	3	66	83	.314	.380	.582	.962	10.6
1964	SFN	NL	157		578	121	171	21	9	47	111	19	5	82	72	.296	.383	.607	.990	11.0
1965	SFN	NL	157		558	118	177	21	3	52	112	9	4	76	71	.317	.398	.645	1.043	11.2
1966	SFN	NL	152		552	99	159	29	4	37	103	5	1	70	81	.288	.368	.556	.924	9.0
1967	SFN	NL	141		486	83	128	22	2	22	70	6	0	51	92	.263	.334	.453	.787	4.3
1968	SFN	NL	148		498	84	144	20	5	23	79	12	6	67	81	.289	.372	.488	.860	6.2
1969	SFN	NL	117		403	64	114	17	3	13	58	6	2	49	71	.283	.362	.437	.799	3.1
1970	SFN	NL	139		478	94	139	15	2	28	83	5	0	79	90	.291	.390	.506	.896	5.2
1971	SFN	NL	136		417	82	113	24	5	18	61	23	3	112	123	.271	.425	.482	.907	6.3
1972	SFN	NL	19		49	8	9	2	0	0	3	3	0	17	5	.184	.394	.224	.618	1.8
1972	NYN	NL	69		195	27	52	9	1	8	19	1	5	43	43	.267	.402	.446	.848
1973	NYN	NL	66		209	24	44	10	0	6	25	1	0	27	47	.211	.303	.344	.647	0.0
Total			2992		10881	2062	3283	523	140	660	1903	338	103	1464	1526	.302	.385	.557	.942	156.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1951	NY1	NL	OF	121			353	12	9	2
1952	NY1	NL	OF	34			109	6	1	2
1954	NY1	NL	OF	151	151	1346.1	448	13	7	9
1955	NY1	NL	OF	152	152	1361.1	407	23	8	8
1956	NY1	NL	OF	152	150	1343.0	415	14	9	6
1957	NY1	NL	OF	150	149	1353.2	422	14	9	5
1958	SFN	NL	OF	151	150	1352.0	429	17	9	2
1959	SFN	NL	OF	147	143	1281.1	353	6	6	2
1960	SFN	NL	OF	152	152	1348.0	392	12	8	2
1961	SFN	NL	OF	153	151	1335.0	385	7	8	3
1962	SFN	NL	OF	161	159	1393.2	429	6	4	1
1963	SFN	NL	OF	157	155	1387.0	397	7	8	1
1963	SFN	NL	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1964	SFN	NL	1B	1	0	7.0	6	1	0	1
1964	SFN	NL	3B	1	0	5.2	0	1	0	0
1964	SFN	NL	OF	155	151	1346.1	370	10	6	4
1964	SFN	NL	SS	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
1965	SFN	NL	OF	151	148	1275.1	337	13	6	4
1966	SFN	NL	OF	150	147	1286.0	370	8	7	2
1967	SFN	NL	OF	134	123	1075.1	277	3	7	0
1968	SFN	NL	1B	1	1	9.0	9	0	0	1
1968	SFN	NL	OF	142	129	1143.2	301	7	7	2
1969	SFN	NL	1B	1	1	9.0	6	0	0	1
1969	SFN	NL	OF	108	96	867.0	199	4	5	0
1970	SFN	NL	1B	5	4	35.0	34	3	0	3
1970	SFN	NL	OF	129	117	1040.0	269	6	7	3
1971	SFN	NL	1B	48	39	372.0	384	27	11	43
1971	SFN	NL	OF	84	77	654.0	192	2	6	1
1972	SFN	NL	OF	14	13	113.0	29	0	0	0
1972	NYN	NL	1B	11	9	84.0	75	2	1	3
1972	NYN	NL	OF	49	44	382.0	109	3	3	1
1973	NYN	NL	1B	17	14	121.1	143	4	3	9
1973	NYN	NL	OF	45	41	338.2	103	2	1	0
Total				2929	2666	23669.2	7752	233	156	121

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1951	Rookie of the Year	NL
1951	TSN Rookie of the Year	NL
1954	Most Valuable Player	NL
1954	TSN All-Star	ML
1954	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1954	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1957	TSN All-Star	ML
1957	Gold Glove	ML
1958	TSN All-Star	ML
1958	Gold Glove	NL
1959	TSN All-Star	ML
1959	Gold Glove	NL
1960	TSN All-Star	ML
1960	Gold Glove	NL
1961	TSN All-Star	NL
1961	Gold Glove	NL
1962	TSN All-Star	NL
1962	Gold Glove	NL
1963	TSN All-Star	NL
1963	Gold Glove	NL
1963	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1964	TSN All-Star	NL
1964	Gold Glove	NL
1965	Most Valuable Player	NL
1965	TSN All-Star	NL
1965	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1965	Gold Glove	NL
1966	TSN All-Star	NL
1966	Gold Glove	NL
1967	Gold Glove	NL
1968	Gold Glove	NL
1968	All-Star Game MVP	ML
1971	Roberto Clemente Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1979	BBWAA	409	324	Yes