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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1921-05-06 · Played 1941–1952 · College: University of Michigan (1941) · Career WAR 13.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=wakefdi01, LAHMAN=wakefdi01, MLBAM=123800, RETROSHEET=waked101

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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	DET	AL	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1
1943	DET	AL	155	633	91	200	38	8	7	79	4	5	62	60	.316	.377	.434	.811	3.3
1944	DET	AL	78	276	53	98	15	5	12	53	2	2	55	29	.355	.464	.576	1.040	3.8
1946	DET	AL	111	396	64	106	11	5	12	59	3	5	59	55	.268	.364	.412	.776	1.6
1947	DET	AL	112	368	59	104	15	5	8	51	1	4	80	44	.283	.412	.416	.828	1.8
1948	DET	AL	110	322	50	89	20	5	11	53	0	1	70	55	.276	.406	.472	.878	2.1
1949	DET	AL	59	126	17	26	3	1	6	19	0	0	32	24	.206	.367	.389	.756	0.4
1950	NYA	AL	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0.1
1952	NY1	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.0
Total			638	2132	334	625	102	29	56	315	10	17	360	270	.293	.395	.447	.842	13.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1941	DET	AL	OF	1	1	0	0	0
1943	DET	AL	OF	155	314	11	14	1
1944	DET	AL	OF	78	155	3	6	1
1946	DET	AL	OF	104	210	6	8	1
1947	DET	AL	OF	101	197	10	11	2
1948	DET	AL	OF	86	198	3	11	1
1949	DET	AL	OF	32	71	3	0	1
Total				557	1146	36	50	7

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1943	TSN All-Star	ML
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1944	TSN All-Star	ML

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