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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1918-04-22 · Played 1939–1960 · College: Villanova University (1937–1938) · Career WAR 35.3 (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
1939	WS1	AL	76	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	1	1	24	28	.257	.317	.351	.668	-0.6
1940	WS1	AL	5	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316	-0.3
1941	WS1	AL	138	531	73	159	27	11	9	93	9	3	43	51	.299	.352	.443	.795	1.9
1942	WS1	AL	151	621	76	168	34	6	9	86	25	6	59	63	.271	.337	.388	.725	1.0
1943	WS1	AL	145	553	89	148	29	8	7	70	24	8	67	55	.268	.357	.387	.744	2.6
1946	WS1	AL	148	587	88	207	51	8	8	85	14	10	49	64	.353	.403	.508	.911	5.7
1947	WS1	AL	154	600	77	159	29	12	7	85	12	12	49	42	.265	.320	.388	.708	0.6
1948	WS1	AL	150	558	78	135	27	7	3	48	15	11	54	43	.242	.310	.332	.642	-1.0
1949	CLE	AL	153	584	72	170	27	4	18	83	9	7	58	51	.291	.357	.443	.800	3.6
1950	CLE	AL	28	90	8	17	0	0	0	10	2	0	12	10	.189	.284	.189	.473	1.9
1950	WS1	AL	90	327	47	100	17	3	9	65	6	1	50	29	.306	.404	.459	.863
1951	WS1	AL	141	546	69	160	30	7	9	87	7	6	53	45	.293	.358	.423	.781	2.0
1952	WS1	AL	154	569	71	143	33	9	10	80	7	7	89	66	.251	.353	.394	.747	2.0
1953	WS1	AL	152	608	101	205	43	11	15	115	4	6	63	57	.337	.403	.518	.921	5.4
1954	WS1	AL	151	597	90	173	33	14	20	97	1	4	61	61	.290	.357	.492	.849	3.5
1955	WS1	AL	150	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	0	4	74	50	.301	.384	.452	.836	2.4
1956	BOS	AL	119	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	1	0	57	40	.310	.403	.511	.914	2.4
1957	BOS	AL	102	270	36	65	18	1	7	38	0	0	41	35	.241	.350	.393	.743	0.9
1958	CLE	AL	119	355	49	104	22	3	8	55	0	4	44	56	.293	.372	.439	.811	1.2
1959	ML1	NL	74	91	8	20	4	0	3	14	0	0	7	20	.220	.283	.363	.646	0.1
1960	PIT	NL	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	0.0
Total			2409	8731	1196	2495	490	120	172	1311	137	90	955	869	.286	.356	.428	.785	35.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1939	WS1	AL	1B	75			690	40	11	75
1940	WS1	AL	1B	4			41	2	0	5
1941	WS1	AL	1B	132			1186	80	10	122
1942	WS1	AL	1B	151			1360	95	26	109
1943	WS1	AL	1B	143			1351	75	14	125
1946	WS1	AL	1B	147			1320	101	15	133
1947	WS1	AL	1B	154			1299	105	19	123
1948	WS1	AL	1B	150			1297	113	15	128
1949	CLE	AL	1B	153			1438	155	14	168
1950	CLE	AL	1B	25			216	17	1	28
1950	WS1	AL	1B	85			743	61	8	93
1951	WS1	AL	1B	137			1157	87	8	121
1952	WS1	AL	1B	153			1291	115	10	139
1953	WS1	AL	1B	152			1376	94	12	158
1954	WS1	AL	1B	148	148	1318.1	1365	76	11	144
1955	WS1	AL	1B	144	141	1228.1	1258	69	8	137
1956	BOS	AL	1B	108	102	898.2	930	58	11	96
1957	BOS	AL	1B	70	68	575.2	662	51	6	47
1958	CLE	AL	1B	96	87	781.0	774	50	11	90
1959	ML1	NL	1B	10	4	56.2	54	4	1	3
1959	ML1	NL	OF	4	3	22.1	11	0	1	0
Total				2241	553	4881.0	19819	1448	212	2044

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1953	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	20	227	No
1967	BBWAA	14	219	No
1967	Run Off	2		No
1968	BBWAA	22	213	No
1969	BBWAA	21	255	No
1970	BBWAA	10	225	No
1971	BBWAA	12	270	No
1972	BBWAA	12	297	No
1973	BBWAA	23	285	No
1974	BBWAA	27	274	No
1975	BBWAA	22	272	No
1976	BBWAA	52	291	No
1977	BBWAA	52	288	No
1978	BBWAA	66	285	No
1979	BBWAA	88	324	No
1980	BBWAA	96	289	No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			No
1988	Veterans		14	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players	14	62	No
2009	Veterans - Pre-1943	5	9	No

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