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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1917-09-25 · Played 1941–1956 · Career WAR 42.1 (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
1941	NYA	AL	133	515	65	158	20	9	3	46	14	5	27	36	.307	.343	.398	.741	4.6
1942	NYA	AL	144	553	79	157	24	7	4	68	22	6	44	40	.284	.343	.374	.717	5.8
1946	NYA	AL	126	471	53	121	17	1	2	38	14	7	34	39	.257	.315	.310	.625	2.2
1947	NYA	AL	153	549	78	150	26	9	2	60	11	6	57	31	.273	.350	.364	.714	4.6
1948	NYA	AL	128	464	65	117	13	2	6	50	6	5	60	24	.252	.340	.328	.668	1.6
1949	NYA	AL	153	614	110	169	22	7	5	65	18	6	72	34	.275	.352	.358	.710	3.0
1950	NYA	AL	155	617	125	200	36	7	7	66	12	8	92	39	.324	.418	.439	.857	6.8
1951	NYA	AL	144	540	87	148	21	6	2	43	18	3	58	27	.274	.350	.346	.696	3.6
1952	NYA	AL	152	578	89	147	24	10	2	43	17	6	67	42	.254	.337	.341	.678	5.3
1953	NYA	AL	134	413	54	112	21	3	2	54	4	3	71	39	.271	.383	.351	.734	3.9
1954	NYA	AL	127	307	47	60	11	0	2	15	3	2	41	23	.195	.291	.251	.542	0.1
1955	NYA	AL	81	143	19	37	4	1	1	9	7	1	22	18	.259	.369	.322	.691	0.7
1956	NYA	AL	31	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	3	0	6	6	.231	.310	.231	.541	-0.1
Total			1661	5816	877	1588	239	62	38	563	149	58	651	398	.273	.346	.355	.701	42.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1941	NYA	AL	SS	128			252	399	29	109
1942	NYA	AL	SS	144			324	445	30	114
1946	NYA	AL	SS	125			267	378	26	97
1947	NYA	AL	SS	151			340	450	25	111
1948	NYA	AL	SS	128			259	348	17	85
1949	NYA	AL	SS	152			329	440	23	118
1950	NYA	AL	SS	155			301	452	14	123
1951	NYA	AL	SS	144			317	407	24	113
1952	NYA	AL	SS	152			308	458	19	116
1953	NYA	AL	SS	133			214	409	24	100
1954	NYA	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1954	NYA	AL	SS	126	97	828.0	184	294	16	84
1955	NYA	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1955	NYA	AL	SS	79	43	451.1	93	132	10	30
1956	NYA	AL	SS	30	15	154.1	31	54	6	17
Total				1649	155	1437.2	3220	4666	263	1217

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1949	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1950	Most Valuable Player	AL
1950	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1950	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1951	TSN All-Star	ML
1951	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1952	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	1	145	No
1962	BBWAA	44	120	No
1964	BBWAA	45	151	No
1964	Run Off	11		No
1966	BBWAA	54	227	No
1967	BBWAA	71	219	No
1967	Run Off	14		No
1968	BBWAA	74	213	No
1969	BBWAA	78	255	No
1970	BBWAA	79	225	No
1971	BBWAA	92	270	No
1972	BBWAA	103	297	No
1973	BBWAA	111	285	No
1974	BBWAA	111	274	No
1975	BBWAA	117	272	No
1976	BBWAA	149	291	No
1982	Veterans			No
1983	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans	2		No
1985	Veterans	4		No
1986	Veterans			No
1987	Veterans			No
1988	Veterans		14	No
1989	Veterans			No
1990	Veterans		11	No
1991	Veterans		12	No
1992	Veterans		12	No
1993	Veterans		12	No
1994	Veterans			Yes

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