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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1921-07-26 · Played 1949–1955 · College: Maryville College (1941) · Career WAR -1.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=saffeto01, LAHMAN=saffeto01, MLBAM=121617, RETROSHEET=safft101

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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
1949	PIT	NL	73	205	36	66	7	1	2	25	5		21	27	.322	.385	.395	.780	0.8
1950	PIT	NL	67	182	18	37	7	0	2	6	1		14	34	.203	.264	.275	.539	-0.7
1951	PIT	NL	49	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	.200	.257	.246	.503	-0.6
1955	PIT	NL	73	113	21	19	1	0	1	3	1	0	15	22	.168	.266	.204	.470	-1.4
1955	KC1	AL	9	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.216	.293	.216	.509
Total			271	602	91	143	15	1	6	40	9	1	59	108	.238	.306	.296	.601	-1.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1949	PIT	NL	OF	53			122	2	1	1
1950	PIT	NL	OF	43			128	5	1	0
1951	PIT	NL	OF	17			25	1	2	0
1955	PIT	NL	OF	47	22	248.2	78	2	3	0
1955	KC1	AL	OF	9	9	76.0	25	0	1	0
Total				169	31	324.2	378	10	8	1

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1951-04-28	Player	Balls and strikes

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