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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1920-10-23 · Played 1941–1955 · College: Long Beach City College (1938) · Career WAR 46.1 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=stephve01, LAHMAN=stephve01, MLBAM=122749, RETROSHEET=stepv101

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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	SLA	AL	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0
1942	SLA	AL	145	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	1	3	41	53	.294	.341	.433	.774	2.5
1943	SLA	AL	137	512	75	148	27	3	22	91	3	2	54	73	.289	.357	.482	.839	3.6
1944	SLA	AL	145	559	91	164	32	1	20	109	2	2	62	54	.293	.365	.462	.827	5.5
1945	SLA	AL	149	571	90	165	27	3	24	89	2	1	55	70	.289	.352	.473	.825	5.5
1946	SLA	AL	115	450	67	138	19	4	14	64	0	1	35	49	.307	.357	.460	.817	2.8
1947	SLA	AL	150	562	74	157	18	4	15	83	8	4	70	61	.279	.359	.406	.765	4.6
1948	BOS	AL	155	635	114	171	25	8	29	137	1	0	77	56	.269	.350	.471	.821	4.6
1949	BOS	AL	155	610	113	177	31	2	39	159	2	2	101	73	.290	.391	.539	.930	6.9
1950	BOS	AL	149	628	125	185	34	6	30	144	1	0	65	43	.295	.361	.511	.872	3.7
1951	BOS	AL	109	377	62	113	21	2	17	78	1	2	38	33	.300	.364	.501	.865	2.7
1952	BOS	AL	92	295	35	75	13	2	7	44	2	2	39	31	.254	.343	.383	.726	1.5
1953	CHA	AL	44	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	.186	.261	.256	.517	0.6
1953	SLA	AL	46	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	.321	.388	.442	.830
1954	BAL	AL	101	365	31	104	17	1	8	46	0	3	17	36	.285	.311	.403	.714	1.1
1955	BAL	AL	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.453	0.5
1955	CHA	AL	22	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.250	.328	.464	.792
Total			1720	6497	1001	1859	307	42	247	1174	25	22	692	685	.286	.355	.460	.815	46.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1941	SLA	AL	SS	1			0	1	1	0
1942	SLA	AL	SS	144			290	415	42	82
1943	SLA	AL	OF	11			20	3	0	0
1943	SLA	AL	SS	123			220	339	34	51
1944	SLA	AL	SS	143			239	480	35	71
1945	SLA	AL	3B	4			2	11	2	2
1945	SLA	AL	SS	144			256	439	28	69
1946	SLA	AL	SS	112			224	343	30	71
1947	SLA	AL	SS	149			283	494	24	113
1948	BOS	AL	SS	155			269	540	24	113
1949	BOS	AL	SS	155			257	508	27	128
1950	BOS	AL	SS	146			258	431	13	115
1951	BOS	AL	3B	89			105	207	7	19
1951	BOS	AL	SS	2			0	2	0	0
1952	BOS	AL	3B	29			21	73	5	8
1952	BOS	AL	SS	53			89	154	11	40
1953	CHA	AL	3B	38			30	67	1	7
1953	CHA	AL	SS	3			0	4	0	0
1953	SLA	AL	3B	46			54	91	7	9
1954	BAL	AL	3B	96	95	822.0	102	186	10	19
1955	BAL	AL	3B	2	2	11.0	0	2	0	0
1955	CHA	AL	3B	18	14	138.0	13	37	0	4
Total				1663	111	971.0	2732	4827	301	921

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Needed	Inducted
2003	Veterans - Players		No
2005	Veterans - Players		No
2007	Veterans - Players		No
2009	Veterans - Pre-1943	9	No

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