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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1921-02-25 · Played 1943–1959 · Career WAR 36.4 (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
1943	CHN	NL	13	58	7	22	3	0	0	10	1		2	5	.379	.400	.431	.831	0.2
1944	CHN	NL	128	469	47	126	16	2	6	62	2		28	23	.269	.315	.350	.665	0.7
1945	CHN	NL	144	534	64	159	24	12	12	110	5		45	36	.298	.361	.455	.816	4.3
1946	CHN	NL	65	234	18	66	6	4	3	39	4		27	15	.282	.366	.380	.746	1.4
1947	CHN	NL	129	513	68	155	25	7	13	66	4		31	39	.302	.346	.454	.800	3.2
1948	CHN	NL	142	548	82	171	30	2	26	101	3		50	50	.312	.375	.516	.891	6.1
1949	CHN	NL	144	519	79	146	29	2	18	69	4		63	33	.281	.369	.449	.818	3.3
1950	CHN	NL	146	514	95	156	24	8	36	92	4		69	32	.304	.397	.591	.988	6.3
1951	CHN	NL	49	178	26	47	5	3	12	35	1	1	17	10	.264	.342	.528	.870	3.1
1951	BRO	NL	84	277	42	69	11	0	18	58	1	4	35	27	.249	.350	.484	.834
1952	BRO	NL	150	551	76	158	17	5	19	85	4	3	64	48	.287	.366	.439	.805	3.1
1953	ML1	NL	140	516	70	153	23	4	17	72	2	1	37	33	.297	.347	.455	.802	1.8
1954	ML1	NL	138	510	61	146	22	4	14	69	1	2	37	36	.286	.335	.427	.762	1.1
1955	ML1	NL	86	252	29	67	3	5	5	34	1	2	7	23	.266	.293	.377	.670	0.1
1956	ML1	NL	45	93	15	24	5	0	2	9	0	0	10	13	.258	.330	.376	.706	0.4
1957	ML1	NL	83	220	31	61	6	1	8	27	1	0	10	22	.277	.308	.423	.731	0.9
1958	ML1	NL	95	164	17	39	7	1	3	23	0	0	15	17	.238	.306	.348	.654	0.2
1959	ML1	NL	71	142	17	31	8	2	1	15	0	0	14	15	.218	.293	.324	.617	0.2
Total			1852	6292	844	1796	264	62	213	976	38	13	561	477	.285	.344	.449	.793	36.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1943	CHN	NL	OF	13			25	0	0	0
1944	CHN	NL	OF	123			333	24	6	4
1945	CHN	NL	OF	140			371	11	2	0
1946	CHN	NL	OF	64			165	13	4	4
1947	CHN	NL	OF	127			327	9	5	3
1948	CHN	NL	3B	139			125	314	29	29
1949	CHN	NL	3B	49			40	101	10	10
1949	CHN	NL	OF	98			217	8	3	2
1950	CHN	NL	OF	144			342	12	8	1
1951	CHN	NL	OF	48			119	6	1	3
1951	BRO	NL	OF	76			144	8	1	0
1952	BRO	NL	3B	13			15	19	3	3
1952	BRO	NL	OF	139			229	18	3	2
1953	ML1	NL	OF	139			241	5	6	1
1954	ML1	NL	OF	138	136	1211.0	245	9	8	3
1955	ML1	NL	3B	12	11	99.0	9	26	1	1
1955	ML1	NL	OF	58	47	430.2	96	1	2	0
1956	ML1	NL	OF	37	21	206.2	43	2	1	0
1957	ML1	NL	OF	69	43	462.0	108	1	2	1
1958	ML1	NL	OF	93	34	443.0	107	2	0	0
1959	ML1	NL	OF	64	35	343.1	87	1	2	0
Total				1783	327	3195.2	3388	590	97	67

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1945	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	2	227	No
1967	BBWAA	1	219	No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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