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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1931-06-09 · Played 1955–1968 · Career WAR 19.6 (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
1955	SLN	NL	144	534	58	150	18	6	17	68	2	4	36	64	.281	.322	.433	.755	1.4
1956	SLN	NL	24	71	10	15	2	0	2	9	0	1	5	8	.211	.269	.324	.593	2.7
1956	PIT	NL	133	509	67	170	21	10	8	37	6	6	33	63	.334	.374	.462	.836
1957	PIT	NL	144	561	59	141	28	11	8	50	3	3	33	69	.251	.291	.383	.674	1.9
1958	PIT	NL	144	604	75	161	24	11	9	46	5	3	52	70	.267	.324	.387	.711	2.8
1959	PIT	NL	144	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	2.2
1960	PIT	NL	120	409	60	108	16	9	8	40	8	2	40	44	.264	.326	.406	.732	3.1
1961	PIT	NL	146	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	.260	.313	.369	.682	1.6
1962	PIT	NL	156	663	82	164	27	10	6	47	5	13	36	65	.247	.286	.345	.631	-0.7
1963	PIT	NL	142	554	58	149	22	6	8	53	1	2	43	55	.269	.321	.374	.695	2.9
1964	PIT	NL	145	473	59	115	11	3	3	27	1	5	30	48	.243	.287	.298	.585	-0.3
1965	PIT	NL	135	481	58	134	22	5	4	24	4	3	30	49	.279	.322	.370	.692	1.9
1968	PIT	NL	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.666	0.1
Total			1583	5980	735	1596	237	81	91	502	47	54	442	647	.267	.317	.379	.697	19.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1955	SLN	NL	OF	142	133	1186.0	339	7	12	1
1956	SLN	NL	OF	24	22	183.2	53	2	1	0
1956	PIT	NL	OF	130	126	1113.0	334	10	4	2
1957	PIT	NL	OF	141	138	1242.0	403	13	6	2
1958	PIT	NL	OF	143	143	1267.1	401	11	3	0
1959	PIT	NL	OF	144	139	1248.0	404	16	9	5
1960	PIT	NL	OF	109	98	887.2	272	10	5	0
1961	PIT	NL	OF	145	144	1269.0	384	6	6	4
1962	PIT	NL	OF	156	156	1375.1	360	11	9	0
1963	PIT	NL	OF	142	142	1255.1	323	6	4	2
1964	PIT	NL	OF	134	112	1038.1	243	5	6	1
1965	PIT	NL	OF	128	110	1026.0	260	3	8	1
1968	PIT	NL	OF	4	0	6.0	1	0	0	0
Total				1542	1463	13097.2	3777	100	73	18

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1955	Rookie of the Year	NL
1955	TSN Rookie of the Year	NL
1962	Gold Glove	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1974	BBWAA	3	274	No
1975	BBWAA	1	272	No

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