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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1923-10-25 · Played 1946–1960 · Career WAR 33.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=thomsbo01, LAHMAN=thomsbo01, MLBAM=123308, RETROSHEET=thomb105

Photo: Lee Jennings Elkins / Robert F. Cranston, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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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
1946	NY1	NL	18	54	8	17	4	1	2	9	0		4	5	.315	.362	.537	.899	0.4
1947	NY1	NL	138	545	105	154	26	5	29	85	1		40	78	.283	.336	.508	.844	3.7
1948	NY1	NL	138	471	75	117	20	2	16	63	2		30	77	.248	.296	.401	.697	0.9
1949	NY1	NL	156	641	99	198	35	9	27	109	10		44	45	.309	.355	.518	.873	6.4
1950	NY1	NL	149	563	79	142	22	7	25	85	3		55	45	.252	.324	.449	.773	3.0
1951	NY1	NL	148	518	89	152	27	8	32	101	5	5	73	57	.293	.385	.562	.947	5.3
1952	NY1	NL	153	608	89	164	29	14	24	108	5	2	52	74	.270	.331	.482	.813	4.4
1953	NY1	NL	154	608	80	175	22	6	26	106	4	2	43	57	.288	.338	.472	.810	1.6
1954	ML1	NL	43	99	7	23	3	0	2	15	0	0	12	29	.232	.315	.323	.638	-0.1
1955	ML1	NL	101	343	40	88	12	3	12	56	2	1	34	52	.257	.319	.414	.733	0.5
1956	ML1	NL	142	451	59	106	10	4	20	74	2	4	43	75	.235	.302	.408	.710	1.6
1957	ML1	NL	41	148	15	35	5	3	4	23	2	1	8	27	.236	.285	.392	.677	1.2
1957	NY1	NL	81	215	24	52	7	4	8	38	1	2	19	39	.242	.302	.423	.725
1958	CHN	NL	152	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	0	2	56	76	.283	.351	.466	.817	3.1
1959	CHN	NL	122	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	1	0	35	50	.259	.322	.398	.720	1.4
1960	BOS	AL	40	114	12	30	3	1	5	20	0	1	11	15	.263	.323	.439	.762	0.4
1960	BAL	AL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total			1779	6305	903	1705	267	74	264	1026	38	20	559	804	.270	.330	.462	.792	33.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1946	NY1	NL	3B	16			18	25	3	0
1947	NY1	NL	2B	9			27	20	5	4
1947	NY1	NL	OF	127			330	12	7	2
1948	NY1	NL	OF	125			313	10	10	2
1949	NY1	NL	OF	156			488	10	9	4
1950	NY1	NL	OF	149			394	15	9	5
1951	NY1	NL	3B	69			90	136	14	13
1951	NY1	NL	OF	77			168	3	6	1
1952	NY1	NL	3B	91			82	184	17	13
1952	NY1	NL	OF	63			152	3	1	0
1953	NY1	NL	OF	154			391	16	7	0
1954	ML1	NL	OF	26	23	200.0	45	3	1	2
1955	ML1	NL	OF	91	86	774.2	182	5	6	0
1956	ML1	NL	3B	3	3	27.0	5	10	3	0
1956	ML1	NL	OF	136	115	1059.1	257	7	7	0
1957	ML1	NL	OF	38	37	334.0	78	2	1	0
1957	NY1	NL	3B	1	1	9.0	0	3	0	0
1957	NY1	NL	OF	71	51	490.0	124	2	1	0
1958	CHN	NL	3B	4	2	21.0	5	3	1	1
1958	CHN	NL	OF	148	146	1287.2	353	13	4	3
1959	CHN	NL	OF	116	96	895.1	223	9	3	4
1960	BOS	AL	1B	1	1	9.0	10	0	2	2
1960	BOS	AL	OF	27	25	222.1	65	1	2	1
1960	BAL	AL	OF	2	1	11.0	0	0	0	0
Total				1700	587	5340.1	3800	492	119	57

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	12	227	No
1967	BBWAA	10	219	No
1967	Run Off	1		No
1968	BBWAA	13	213	No
1969	BBWAA	6	255	No
1970	BBWAA	4	225	No
1971	BBWAA	4	270	No
1972	BBWAA	10	297	No
1973	BBWAA	3	285	No
1974	BBWAA	6	274	No
1975	BBWAA	10	272	No
1976	BBWAA	9	291	No
1977	BBWAA	10	288	No
1978	BBWAA	5	285	No
1979	BBWAA	11	324	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1950-07-02	Player	Call at 1B (Threw towel)
1951-09-16	Player	Balls and strikes
1957-06-28	Player	Call at 1B

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Batting

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Ejections (3)