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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1916-04-27 · Played 1938–1959 · Career WAR 57.4 (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
1938	SLN	NL	112	395	59	109	20	10	8	58	1		32	38	.276	.330	.438	.768	1.3
1939	SLN	NL	149	604	95	193	52	5	12	86	2		44	53	.320	.371	.482	.853	4.8
1940	SLN	NL	140	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	8		50	35	.306	.370	.504	.874	4.7
1941	SLN	NL	113	425	71	132	22	9	13	76	4		53	28	.311	.390	.496	.886	3.0
1942	SLN	NL	152	591	100	188	31	17	13	98	9		88	30	.318	.412	.494	.906	6.8
1946	SLN	NL	156	609	100	183	30	8	18	130	9		69	41	.300	.374	.465	.839	4.8
1947	SLN	NL	147	551	100	162	31	13	10	86	4		59	27	.294	.366	.452	.818	3.9
1948	SLN	NL	146	549	91	176	27	11	11	90	4		81	29	.321	.409	.470	.879	5.4
1949	SLN	NL	151	568	92	191	34	13	13	96	3		79	37	.336	.418	.511	.929	6.0
1950	SLN	NL	148	556	82	161	26	7	10	101	3		66	33	.290	.367	.415	.782	2.2
1951	SLN	NL	123	409	48	115	17	8	4	64	7	2	67	25	.281	.386	.391	.777	2.7
1952	SLN	NL	140	510	73	153	17	12	11	101	6	1	70	25	.300	.386	.445	.831	4.7
1953	SLN	NL	143	492	64	143	34	9	6	89	4	4	80	28	.291	.395	.433	.828	2.5
1954	NYA	AL	69	125	19	31	4	2	1	19	0	2	28	8	.248	.386	.336	.722	0.3
1955	NYA	AL	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	2.1
1955	KC1	AL	108	267	49	86	12	4	5	34	2	3	40	17	.322	.408	.453	.861
1956	KC1	AL	91	223	37	62	14	3	2	23	1	0	29	20	.278	.362	.395	.757	1.2
1956	NYA	AL	24	83	15	24	4	2	0	4	1	1	5	6	.289	.330	.386	.716
1957	NYA	AL	96	209	24	53	7	1	5	34	0	2	40	19	.254	.369	.368	.737	1.0
1958	NYA	AL	77	138	21	42	4	1	4	19	2	0	21	16	.304	.396	.435	.831	0.8
1959	NYA	AL	74	99	10	17	2	0	6	21	1	0	13	19	.172	.265	.374	.639	-0.8
1959	ML1	NL	11	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.167	.453
Total			2380	7946	1247	2383	413	148	169	1304	71	15	1018	538	.300	.379	.453	.832	57.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1938	SLN	NL	OF	92			189	7	6	0
1939	SLN	NL	OF	149			348	18	12	5
1940	SLN	NL	OF	132			267	8	3	5
1941	SLN	NL	OF	108			173	5	10	1
1942	SLN	NL	OF	151			287	15	4	2
1946	SLN	NL	OF	156			284	23	6	6
1947	SLN	NL	OF	142			306	15	6	5
1948	SLN	NL	OF	146			330	9	10	1
1949	SLN	NL	OF	150			330	10	6	1
1950	SLN	NL	OF	145			260	9	6	1
1951	SLN	NL	OF	106			198	10	1	3
1952	SLN	NL	OF	137			250	11	3	3
1953	SLN	NL	OF	137			235	2	1	0
1954	NYA	AL	OF	30	22	225.1	37	0	1	0
1955	KC1	AL	OF	77	56	537.2	126	5	2	2
1956	KC1	AL	OF	56	47	430.0	105	1	2	0
1956	NYA	AL	OF	20	18	150.1	28	1	0	0
1957	NYA	AL	OF	64	43	432.1	97	2	0	0
1958	NYA	AL	OF	35	23	230.2	43	1	2	0
1959	NYA	AL	OF	26	13	135.2	27	0	1	0
1959	ML1	NL	OF	5	5	27.0	5	0	0	0
Total				2064	227	2169.0	3925	152	82	35

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1942	TSN All-Star	ML
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1946	TSN All-Star	ML
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1949	TSN Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	100	227	No
1967	BBWAA	123	219	No
1967	Run Off	48		No
1968	BBWAA	129	213	No
1969	BBWAA	128	255	No
1970	BBWAA	133	225	No
1971	BBWAA	165	270	No
1972	BBWAA	149	297	No
1973	BBWAA	145	285	No
1974	BBWAA	145	274	No
1975	BBWAA	177	272	No
1976	BBWAA	197	291	No
1977	BBWAA	222	288	No
1978	BBWAA	261	285	No
1979	BBWAA	297	324	No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			Yes

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