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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1921-06-26 · Played 1941–1956 · Career WAR 34.6 (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
1941	SLN	NL	9		28	0	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	12	.179	.207	.214	.421	0.0
1942	SLN	NL	27		31	2	7	2	0	0	7	0		7	7	.226	.368	.290	.658	0.3
1943	SLN	NL	16		43	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		1	9	.163	.182	.186	.368	-0.1
1946	SLN	NL	40		87	2	14	4	0	0	7	0		6	23	.161	.215	.207	.422	0.0
1947	SLN	NL	37		65	5	15	1	2	0	5	0		1	13	.231	.242	.308	.550	0.1
1948	SLN	NL	38		68	6	8	1	0	0	4	0		3	9	.118	.155	.132	.287	-0.4
1949	SLN	NL	39		82	10	16	1	0	0	6	0		8	18	.195	.267	.207	.474	0.1
1950	SLN	NL	38		84	7	12	2	0	0	3	0		5	18	.143	.191	.167	.358	-0.3
1951	SLN	NL	6		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.750	.000	.750	0.0
1951	PIT	NL	21		36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	.139	.244	.139	.383
1952	PIT	NL	31		68	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	17	.191	.276	.191	.467	0.2
1953	PIT	NL	5		3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	-0.1
1953	CHN	NL	25		31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.129	.206	.129	.335
1954	CHN	NL	20		47	6	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.277	.292	.319	.611	0.4
1955	CHN	NL	24		15	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.400	.471	.533	1.004	0.3
1956	CHA	AL	12		8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	0.1
1956	PIT	NL	19		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Total			407		698	54	129	17	2	0	48	0	0	55	159	.185	.244	.215	.459	0.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1941	SLN	NL	5	2	9	8	6	2	0	70.0	55	15	1	27	37	1.93	1.171	2.5
1942	SLN	NL	7	5	27	13	5	2	0	109.1	102	35	7	39	42	2.88	1.290	2.0
1943	SLN	NL	8	4	16	14	12	5	0	118.1	83	23	2	32	61	1.75	.972	3.7
1946	SLN	NL	21	10	40	32	22	4	5	266.0	228	62	12	86	107	2.10	1.180	6.8
1947	SLN	NL	9	11	37	24	9	0	2	176.1	195	85	11	87	73	4.34	1.599	1.4
1948	SLN	NL	13	8	36	26	11	0	0	186.1	216	94	10	67	80	4.54	1.519	1.2
1949	SLN	NL	20	9	39	28	17	5	1	230.2	228	71	9	59	108	2.77	1.244	6.5
1950	SLN	NL	14	13	37	30	14	2	2	232.1	228	85	19	68	117	3.29	1.274	4.6
1951	SLN	NL	0	3	6	2	0	0	1	12.1	10	6	1	8	10	4.38	1.459	-0.2
1951	PIT	NL	6	10	21	21	4	1	0	128.2	149	72	24	51	47	5.04	1.554
1952	PIT	NL	7	16	31	30	9	1	0	214.0	217	98	22	71	90	4.12	1.346	2.3
1953	PIT	NL	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	12.2	27	15	2	6	8	10.66	2.605	1.1
1953	CHN	NL	5	6	25	17	2	0	1	111.1	120	51	6	44	45	4.12	1.473
1954	CHN	NL	8	10	20	20	4	2	0	128.1	131	51	4	54	58	3.58	1.442	2.2
1955	CHN	NL	4	3	24	7	1	1	5	61.0	62	38	11	27	27	5.61	1.459	-0.7
1956	CHA	AL	3	1	11	4	0	0	0	26.1	27	12	2	11	14	4.10	1.443	0.6
1956	PIT	NL	0	4	19	0	0	0	3	23.1	18	8	3	8	10	3.09	1.114
Total			131	116	403	278	116	25	20	2107.1	2096	821	146	745	934	3.51	1.348	34.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1941	SLN	NL	P	9			0	18	0	0
1942	SLN	NL	P	27			4	16	2	1
1943	SLN	NL	P	16			1	17	0	0
1946	SLN	NL	P	40			8	59	4	9
1947	SLN	NL	P	37			5	33	0	5
1948	SLN	NL	P	36			5	44	2	2
1949	SLN	NL	P	39			9	33	2	2
1950	SLN	NL	P	37			13	40	4	5
1951	SLN	NL	P	6			0	3	0	0
1951	PIT	NL	P	21			5	23	0	2
1952	PIT	NL	P	31			7	48	3	2
1953	PIT	NL	P	5			0	1	0	0
1953	CHN	NL	P	25			8	14	3	2
1954	CHN	NL	P	20	20	128.1	6	22	0	1
1955	CHN	NL	P	24	7	61.0	7	15	0	1
1956	CHA	AL	P	11	4	26.1	1	6	0	0
1956	PIT	NL	P	19	0	23.1	3	4	0	0
Total				403	31	239.0	82	396	20	32

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1949	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL