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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1923-11-29 · Played 1949–1980 · Career WAR 53.5 (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
1949	CLE	AL	9	16	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	.188	.350	.375	.725	-0.1
1951	CLE	AL	8	14	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.429	.529	.571	1.100	5.4
1951	CHA	AL	138	516	109	167	32	14	10	74	31	10	71	41	.324	.419	.498	.917
1952	CHA	AL	147	569	96	160	24	9	13	61	22	16	71	46	.281	.375	.424	.799	4.1
1953	CHA	AL	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	.313	.410	.466	.876	4.1
1954	CHA	AL	153	568	119	182	29	18	19	116	18	11	77	46	.320	.411	.535	.946	8.2
1955	CHA	AL	139	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	19	8	76	43	.288	.387	.424	.811	3.7
1956	CHA	AL	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	12	6	86	40	.316	.425	.525	.950	6.2
1957	CHA	AL	153	568	96	176	36	5	12	103	18	15	79	54	.310	.408	.454	.862	5.4
1958	CLE	AL	149	556	94	168	25	2	24	80	14	14	59	53	.302	.383	.484	.867	5.0
1959	CLE	AL	148	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	.302	.377	.468	.845	5.5
1960	CHA	AL	154	591	89	184	32	4	20	105	17	13	52	63	.311	.374	.481	.855	2.8
1961	CHA	AL	152	540	91	151	28	3	14	82	9	4	67	46	.280	.369	.420	.789	2.0
1962	SLN	NL	39	97	14	19	5	0	1	10	4	0	7	17	.196	.271	.278	.549	-0.2
1963	WS2	AL	109	315	38	72	12	2	4	30	8	6	33	38	.229	.315	.317	.632	-1.6
1964	CHA	AL	30	31	4	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	3	.226	.351	.323	.674	0.2
1976	CHA	AL	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1
1980	CHA	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			1835	6579	1136	1963	336	83	186	1023	205	130	814	584	.298	.376	.459	.835	50.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1949	CLE	AL	OF	7			11	0	0	0
1951	CLE	AL	1B	7			37	3	2	1
1951	CHA	AL	3B	68			82	122	14	10
1951	CHA	AL	OF	82			145	4	6	0
1951	CHA	AL	SS	1			0	1	0	0
1952	CHA	AL	3B	9			1	11	0	0
1952	CHA	AL	OF	143			322	11	7	3
1952	CHA	AL	SS	1			0	0	0	0
1953	CHA	AL	3B	10			3	14	2	0
1953	CHA	AL	OF	147			279	15	10	3
1954	CHA	AL	3B	9	6	54.0	7	11	1	1
1954	CHA	AL	OF	146	145	1287.0	340	14	8	3
1955	CHA	AL	3B	2	1	7.0	2	2	0	1
1955	CHA	AL	OF	138	136	1184.0	287	19	9	3
1956	CHA	AL	1B	1	0	1.2	1	0	0	0
1956	CHA	AL	3B	8	1	18.0	2	6	2	0
1956	CHA	AL	OF	148	147	1263.1	284	10	8	1
1957	CHA	AL	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1957	CHA	AL	OF	152	152	1347.2	293	9	5	2
1958	CLE	AL	3B	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
1958	CLE	AL	OF	147	145	1295.0	301	13	8	1
1959	CLE	AL	OF	148	148	1322.0	314	14	5	1
1960	CHA	AL	OF	154	154	1330.2	282	14	6	3
1961	CHA	AL	OF	147	147	1288.1	273	10	13	2
1962	SLN	NL	OF	27	26	203.0	33	2	1	0
1963	WS2	AL	3B	8	7	58.0	5	22	0	1
1963	WS2	AL	OF	74	70	605.1	103	4	5	0
1964	CHA	AL	OF	5	2	26.0	9	0	0	0
Total				1791	1287	11296.0	3416	331	112	36

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1951	TSN Rookie of the Year	AL
1957	Gold Glove	ML
1959	TSN All-Star	ML
1959	Gold Glove	AL
1960	TSN All-Star	ML
1960	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1969	BBWAA	6	255	No
1986	BBWAA	89	319	No
1987	BBWAA	82	310	No
1988	BBWAA	90	321	No
1989	BBWAA	59	336	No
1990	BBWAA	51	333	No
1991	BBWAA	38	333	No
1992	BBWAA	69	323	No
1993	BBWAA	67	318	No
1994	BBWAA	45	342	No
1995	BBWAA	66	345	No
1996	BBWAA	62	353	No
1997	BBWAA	84	353	No
1998	BBWAA	76	355	No
1999	BBWAA	73	373	No
2003	Veterans - Players	16	61	No
2005	Veterans - Players	12	60	No
2006	Negro League			No
2007	Veterans - Players	12	62	No
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later			No
2012	Veterans - Golden Era	9	12	No
2015	Veterans - Golden Era	8	12	No
2022	Veterans - Golden Age Era	14	12	Yes

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