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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
1947	BOS	AL	123		453	71	137	14	8	12	73	0	3	37	35	.302	.356	.448	.804	1.5
1948	BOS	AL	66		180	25	42	12	1	2	25	1	1	13	21	.233	.292	.344	.636	-0.8
1949	BOS	AL	18		46	1	9	1	1	0	7	2	0	7	14	.196	.302	.261	.563	-1.6
1949	WS1	AL	78		264	21	64	12	2	3	25	2	1	17	34	.242	.288	.337	.625
1950	WS1	AL	126		435	57	119	21	6	12	86	2	0	51	40	.274	.351	.432	.783	0.7
1951	WS1	AL	143		558	58	153	36	7	5	94	2	3	32	31	.274	.315	.391	.706	0.1
1952	WS1	AL	9		28	2	12	3	0	2	10	0	0	1	2	.429	.448	.750	1.198	0.5
1952	CHA	AL	123		423	46	105	18	2	14	59	1	2	48	40	.248	.328	.400	.728
1953	CHA	AL	140		481	64	132	26	8	12	82	3	1	58	47	.274	.353	.437	.790	1.5
1954	BAL	AL	72		230	17	55	9	4	5	32	1	0	18	26	.239	.290	.378	.668	-0.4
1954	BOS	AL	42		132	22	42	6	0	7	23	0	1	12	12	.318	.378	.523	.901
1955	BOS	AL	14		31	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	.129	.125	.194	.319	-0.4
1955	CIN	NL	35		62	4	13	1	0	2	7	0	1	5	13	.210	.279	.323	.602
1956	CLE	AL	57		114	17	29	7	0	4	20	0	1	12	20	.254	.320	.421	.741	0.0
Total			1046		3437	406	916	168	39	80	544	15	14	311	342	.267	.327	.408	.735	1.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	BOS	AL	1B	1			5	0	0	0
1947	BOS	AL	OF	116			233	10	2	1
1948	BOS	AL	OF	55			99	2	3	0
1949	BOS	AL	OF	11			20	1	1	0
1949	WS1	AL	1B	11			79	7	1	9
1949	WS1	AL	OF	63			108	5	4	3
1950	WS1	AL	1B	16			149	18	2	13
1950	WS1	AL	OF	99			192	8	2	0
1951	WS1	AL	1B	15			122	7	0	11
1951	WS1	AL	OF	124			263	8	2	1
1952	WS1	AL	OF	7			11	0	1	0
1952	CHA	AL	1B	3			10	0	0	0
1952	CHA	AL	OF	112			157	8	0	1
1953	CHA	AL	1B	2			4	0	0	0
1953	CHA	AL	OF	138			213	14	1	1
1954	BAL	AL	OF	62	58	515.0	97	5	4	1
1954	BOS	AL	1B	22	21	159.1	168	8	1	17
1954	BOS	AL	OF	13	11	110.0	20	1	1	1
1955	BOS	AL	OF	7	6	54.0	14	3	0	0
1955	CIN	NL	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1955	CIN	NL	OF	13	11	91.0	24	0	1	0
1956	CLE	AL	1B	8	6	56.0	59	5	0	5
1956	CLE	AL	OF	20	15	130.2	29	2	1	0
Total				919	128	1117.0	2076	112	27	64

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1961-06-06	Manager	Check swing
1962-05-20	Manager	Check swing
1963-08-20	Manager	Call at HP
1965-07-18	Manager	Call at 1B (Punched umpire)