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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1927-04-02 · Played 1945–1964 · Career WAR 53.5 (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
1945	DET	AL	5		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1948	DET	AL	22		17	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	.294	.294	.529	.823	0.2
1949	CHA	AL	39		51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15	.176	.250	.176	.426	-0.1
1950	CHA	AL	40		77	10	20	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	13	.260	.321	.299	.620	0.5
1951	CHA	AL	39		79	10	16	1	0	0	3	0	1	9	17	.203	.284	.215	.499	0.2
1952	CHA	AL	35		91	11	17	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	20	.187	.237	.198	.435	0.1
1953	CHA	AL	42		87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.126	.174	.126	.300	-0.6
1954	CHA	AL	38		57	4	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	12	.193	.242	.193	.435	-0.1
1955	CHA	AL	34		70	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	10	.171	.205	.200	.405	0.0
1956	CHA	AL	39		102	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	.157	.189	.157	.346	-0.7
1957	CHA	AL	41		99	7	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	.172	.188	.182	.370	-0.5
1958	CHA	AL	35		83	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	.205	.250	.241	.491	0.3
1959	CHA	AL	34		68	3	13	1	2	0	7	0	0	7	13	.191	.267	.265	.532	0.5
1960	CHA	AL	32		67	4	12	1	0	0	7	0	0	6	14	.179	.247	.194	.441	0.0
1961	CHA	AL	39		56	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.143	.158	.143	.301	-0.3
1962	SFN	NL	30		56	3	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	12	.214	.254	.214	.468	0.3
1963	SFN	NL	38		31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.129	.182	.129	.311	0.1
1964	SFN	NL	34		9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	0.1
Total			616		1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	.184	.230	.203	.433	-0.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1945	DET	AL	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	2	1	10	10	1.80	1.600	0.4
1948	DET	AL	3	0	22	5	0	0	0	55.1	47	39	5	51	36	6.34	1.771	-0.4
1949	CHA	AL	7	15	32	26	8	0	0	171.2	145	74	11	112	95	3.88	1.497	1.0
1950	CHA	AL	12	16	33	29	15	1	1	219.1	189	97	11	137	118	3.98	1.486	3.0
1951	CHA	AL	15	14	37	28	18	1	2	240.1	237	81	14	73	113	3.03	1.290	4.7
1952	CHA	AL	15	12	33	32	14	4	1	255.1	214	73	12	79	144	2.57	1.148	7.3
1953	CHA	AL	18	12	40	33	19	7	3	271.1	216	82	20	102	186	2.72	1.172	6.2
1954	CHA	AL	9	10	36	26	12	4	3	188.2	179	73	15	86	148	3.48	1.405	0.8
1955	CHA	AL	15	10	33	26	16	6	1	205.2	162	45	16	64	157	1.97	1.099	7.0
1956	CHA	AL	20	9	35	33	21	1	1	276.1	261	102	24	100	192	3.32	1.306	5.2
1957	CHA	AL	20	12	37	34	16	4	2	257.0	228	93	18	71	171	3.26	1.163	3.5
1958	CHA	AL	17	11	35	32	19	3	2	245.0	204	73	33	66	144	2.68	1.102	4.8
1959	CHA	AL	14	15	34	33	12	2	0	224.0	217	90	26	62	114	3.62	1.246	1.5
1960	CHA	AL	14	7	32	30	8	1	0	196.1	201	79	24	46	108	3.62	1.258	2.8
1961	CHA	AL	10	9	39	28	5	1	3	180.0	190	76	17	54	106	3.80	1.356	1.7
1962	SFN	NL	16	6	30	23	7	2	1	162.1	147	63	19	35	76	3.49	1.121	2.4
1963	SFN	NL	3	11	38	13	3	1	8	99.0	106	47	12	20	52	4.27	1.273	0.1
1964	SFN	NL	3	0	34	1	0	0	4	49.0	40	12	6	10	29	2.20	1.020	1.6
Total			211	169	585	432	193	38	32	3306.2	2989	1201	284	1178	1999	3.27	1.260	53.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1945	DET	AL	P	5			0	2	0	0
1948	DET	AL	P	22			2	9	0	0
1949	CHA	AL	P	32			12	33	4	2
1950	CHA	AL	P	33			4	30	1	1
1951	CHA	AL	P	37			11	38	2	4
1952	CHA	AL	P	33			13	43	1	3
1953	CHA	AL	1B	1			1	0	0	0
1953	CHA	AL	P	40			10	33	4	1
1954	CHA	AL	P	36	26	188.2	7	19	1	1
1955	CHA	AL	P	33	26	205.2	7	25	0	1
1956	CHA	AL	P	35	33	276.1	4	33	3	2
1957	CHA	AL	P	37	34	257.0	8	45	2	2
1958	CHA	AL	P	35	32	245.0	11	26	1	3
1959	CHA	AL	P	34	33	224.0	11	40	2	4
1960	CHA	AL	P	32	31	196.1	7	29	2	2
1961	CHA	AL	P	39	28	180.0	7	31	3	1
1962	SFN	NL	P	30	23	162.1	4	24	1	3
1963	SFN	NL	P	38	13	99.0	4	20	0	2
1964	SFN	NL	P	34	1	49.0	1	7	1	0
Total				586	280	2083.1	124	487	28	32

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1956	TSN All-Star	ML
1956	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1957	TSN All-Star	ML
1957	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1970	BBWAA	5	225	No
1971	BBWAA	7	270	No
1972	BBWAA	4	297	No
1973	BBWAA	4	285	No
1974	BBWAA	4	274	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No
2015	Veterans - Golden Era		12	No
2022	Veterans - Golden Age Era		12	No