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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1919-02-27 · Played 1942–1954 · Career WAR 34.1 (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
1942	BOS	AL	147	620	105	205	29	9	2	51	12	7	42	36	.331	.375	.416	.791	6.1
1946	BOS	AL	153	621	115	208	43	4	2	55	9	8	65	29	.335	.401	.427	.828	7.2
1947	BOS	AL	155	638	106	207	27	8	0	39	12	9	72	22	.324	.393	.392	.785	4.5
1948	BOS	AL	143	565	124	159	26	6	3	55	3	5	99	32	.281	.394	.365	.759	3.6
1949	BOS	AL	148	604	111	185	27	7	2	69	8	4	100	19	.306	.408	.384	.792	4.1
1950	BOS	AL	127	490	112	153	22	6	1	49	2	1	104	31	.312	.437	.388	.825	3.3
1951	BOS	AL	131	480	93	150	20	6	3	41	2	2	84	15	.312	.417	.398	.815	4.4
1952	BOS	AL	25	67	10	10	2	0	0	2	0	3	15	5	.149	.313	.179	.492	0.1
1952	DET	AL	69	177	26	45	4	0	1	9	1	2	41	11	.254	.394	.294	.688
1953	DET	AL	103	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	3	7	27	10	.292	.353	.390	.743	1.2
1954	DET	AL	20	17	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	.176	.300	.353	.653	-0.4
1954	WS1	AL	49	158	17	40	4	3	0	9	1	1	10	7	.253	.296	.316	.612
Total			1270	4745	867	1455	226	50	17	404	53	49	662	218	.307	.392	.386	.778	34.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1942	BOS	AL	SS	147			320	465	37	94
1946	BOS	AL	SS	153			296	479	25	96
1947	BOS	AL	3B	22			25	38	1	7
1947	BOS	AL	SS	133			251	391	16	90
1948	BOS	AL	3B	141			121	303	22	35
1949	BOS	AL	3B	148			184	333	16	48
1950	BOS	AL	3B	116			160	257	11	29
1950	BOS	AL	SS	8			23	32	2	7
1951	BOS	AL	2B	5			5	11	0	3
1951	BOS	AL	3B	11			14	19	4	2
1951	BOS	AL	SS	106			204	340	22	74
1952	BOS	AL	3B	19			16	28	4	0
1952	BOS	AL	SS	2			3	2	0	1
1952	DET	AL	2B	22			27	36	2	12
1952	DET	AL	3B	3			2	5	0	0
1952	DET	AL	SS	41			78	101	9	25
1953	DET	AL	2B	73			166	183	3	49
1954	WS1	AL	2B	37	35	297.2	92	91	4	22
1954	WS1	AL	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
Total				1188	35	298.2	1987	3114	178	594

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1942	TSN All-Star	ML
1946	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1960	BBWAA	1	202	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1942-07-23	Player	Arguing safe call at 2B
1948-07-24	Player	Called third strike
1952-06-11	Player	Call at 2B
1953-08-27	Player	Unknown reason
1963-07-18	Manager	Call at 1B
1964-06-19	Manager	Balls and strikes
1964-07-20	Manager	Home run call (Reversed)

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