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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1926-09-19 · Played 1947–1964 · Career WAR 66.0 (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
1947	BRO	NL	40	83	6	20	3	1	0	5	2		3	24	.241	.276	.301	.577	-0.4
1948	BRO	NL	53	160	22	39	6	6	5	21	4		12	27	.244	.297	.450	.747	0.3
1949	BRO	NL	146	552	100	161	28	7	23	92	12		56	92	.292	.361	.493	.854	5.4
1950	BRO	NL	152	620	109	199	31	10	31	107	16		58	79	.321	.379	.553	.932	5.7
1951	BRO	NL	150	606	96	168	26	6	29	101	14	10	62	97	.277	.344	.483	.827	3.7
1952	BRO	NL	144	534	80	162	25	7	21	92	7	4	55	77	.303	.368	.494	.862	4.5
1953	BRO	NL	153	590	132	198	38	4	42	126	16	7	82	90	.336	.419	.627	1.046	9.1
1954	BRO	NL	149	584	120	199	39	10	40	130	6	6	84	96	.341	.423	.647	1.070	8.1
1955	BRO	NL	148	538	126	166	34	6	42	136	9	7	104	87	.309	.418	.628	1.046	8.6
1956	BRO	NL	151	542	112	158	33	2	43	101	3	3	99	101	.292	.399	.598	.997	7.6
1957	BRO	NL	139	508	91	139	25	7	40	92	3	4	77	104	.274	.368	.587	.955	5.0
1958	LAN	NL	106	327	45	102	12	3	15	58	2	2	32	49	.312	.371	.505	.876	0.4
1959	LAN	NL	126	370	59	114	11	2	23	88	1	5	58	71	.308	.400	.535	.935	2.3
1960	LAN	NL	101	235	38	57	13	5	14	36	1	0	46	54	.243	.366	.519	.885	1.5
1961	LAN	NL	85	233	35	69	8	3	16	56	1	1	29	43	.296	.375	.562	.937	2.4
1962	LAN	NL	80	158	28	44	11	3	5	30	2	0	36	32	.278	.418	.481	.899	1.2
1963	NYN	NL	129	354	44	86	8	3	14	45	0	1	56	74	.243	.345	.401	.746	1.2
1964	SFN	NL	91	167	16	35	7	0	4	17	0	0	22	40	.210	.302	.323	.625	-0.6
Total			2143	7161	1259	2116	358	85	407	1333	99	50	971	1237	.295	.380	.540	.919	66.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	BRO	NL	OF	25			48	0	1	0
1948	BRO	NL	OF	47			87	5	1	0
1949	BRO	NL	OF	145			355	12	6	2
1950	BRO	NL	OF	151			378	15	7	1
1951	BRO	NL	OF	150			382	12	5	1
1952	BRO	NL	OF	141			341	13	3	3
1953	BRO	NL	OF	151			370	7	5	3
1954	BRO	NL	OF	148	147	1329.0	360	8	7	1
1955	BRO	NL	OF	146	144	1278.1	348	9	4	0
1956	BRO	NL	OF	150	147	1287.1	358	11	6	1
1957	BRO	NL	OF	136	134	1194.1	304	6	3	1
1958	LAN	NL	OF	92	80	702.2	151	4	2	0
1959	LAN	NL	OF	107	103	859.0	157	2	4	1
1960	LAN	NL	OF	75	65	556.1	108	3	4	1
1961	LAN	NL	OF	66	57	496.0	113	6	3	3
1962	LAN	NL	OF	39	37	313.1	56	3	2	0
1963	NYN	NL	OF	106	94	801.0	139	5	2	0
1964	SFN	NL	OF	43	34	288.2	44	2	1	0
Total				1918	1042	9106.0	4099	123	66	18

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1953	TSN All-Star	ML
1954	TSN All-Star	ML
1955	TSN All-Star	ML
1955	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1955	TSN Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1970	BBWAA	51	225	No
1971	BBWAA	89	270	No
1972	BBWAA	84	297	No
1973	BBWAA	101	285	No
1974	BBWAA	111	274	No
1975	BBWAA	129	272	No
1976	BBWAA	159	291	No
1977	BBWAA	212	288	No
1978	BBWAA	254	285	No
1979	BBWAA	308	324	No
1980	BBWAA	333	289	Yes

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