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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1917-03-08 · Played 1945–1950 · Career WAR 7.9 (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
1945	PIT	NL	95	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	.311	.420	.547	.967	3.3
1946	PIT	NL	69	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2		39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	2.0
1947	PIT	NL	47	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0		6	8	.213	.284	.246	.530	-0.4
1948	BSN	NL	78	198	26	48	8	1	8	28	1		42	37	.242	.378	.414	.792	1.8
1949	BSN	NL	66	161	17	41	5	0	5	25	1		44	24	.255	.417	.379	.796	1.3
1950	CHA	AL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.1
Total			356	850	111	232	39	2	31	132	6	0	182	101	.273	.401	.433	.834	7.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1945	PIT	NL	C	86	279	40	9	8
1946	PIT	NL	C	51	176	31	6	3
1947	PIT	NL	C	15	29	4	1	0
1948	BSN	NL	C	59	254	32	3	5
1949	BSN	NL	C	63	230	21	5	3
1950	CHA	AL	C	1	4	0	0	0
Total				275	972	128	24	19

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1945-08-31	Player	Balls and strikes

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