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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1927-07-24 · Played 1948–1959 · Career WAR -0.0 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1948	BRO	NL	42		146	9	38	9	2	1	21	0		15	23	.260	.329	.370	.699	0.1
1950	CHN	NL	80		285	31	72	11	2	6	33	3		27	42	.253	.317	.368	.685	0.5
1953	CHN	NL	33		100	10	23	5	0	4	12	3	1	18	21	.230	.347	.400	.747	-0.8
1953	PIT	NL	88		281	35	59	7	1	8	27	1	3	44	39	.210	.319	.327	.646
1954	PIT	NL	117		360	37	97	16	2	7	48	0	0	39	61	.269	.337	.383	.720	-0.2
1955	PIT	NL	84		179	16	38	7	4	5	25	0	0	22	28	.212	.296	.380	.676	0.0
1956	PIT	NL	16		30	3	10	0	1	1	11	0	0	6	4	.333	.432	.500	.932	0.9
1956	CLE	AL	87		150	18	38	10	0	6	21	0	0	16	20	.253	.325	.440	.765
1957	CLE	AL	10		11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.273	.455	-0.1
1958	CLE	AL	48		148	22	50	3	1	4	21	0	1	10	27	.338	.379	.453	.832	0.0
1958	KC1	AL	81		268	28	68	10	1	6	24	0	1	27	36	.254	.319	.366	.685
1959	KC1	AL	58		109	8	27	4	1	2	19	0	0	7	12	.248	.286	.358	.644	-0.4
Total			744		2067	219	522	83	15	50	262	7	6	231	315	.253	.328	.380	.707	-0.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1948	BRO	NL	1B	38			268	20	3	21
1950	CHN	NL	1B	76			734	73	4	78
1953	CHN	NL	1B	7			49	1	0	9
1953	CHN	NL	OF	27			49	0	2	0
1953	PIT	NL	1B	78			693	64	7	65
1954	PIT	NL	1B	48	38	339.2	338	41	6	31
1954	PIT	NL	3B	11	12	96.0	7	20	3	0
1954	PIT	NL	OF	42	41	342.2	74	8	6	3
1955	PIT	NL	1B	48	38	366.1	384	35	1	41
1955	PIT	NL	OF	1	1	7.0	0	0	0	0
1956	PIT	NL	3B	5	5	30.0	3	3	0	0
1956	PIT	NL	OF	5	4	29.0	2	0	0	0
1956	CLE	AL	1B	60	16	240.1	226	21	3	20
1956	CLE	AL	OF	17	14	113.0	29	1	0	0
1957	CLE	AL	1B	1	0	5.0	3	0	0	0
1958	CLE	AL	1B	21	18	147.0	135	12	0	12
1958	CLE	AL	3B	24	14	149.0	16	28	2	2
1958	KC1	AL	1B	39	39	338.0	346	23	4	28
1958	KC1	AL	3B	34	31	274.1	23	53	8	4
1958	KC1	AL	OF	2	2	15.0	3	0	0	0
1959	KC1	AL	1B	22	20	155.2	161	7	3	14
1959	KC1	AL	OF	1	1	8.0	0	0	1	0
Total				607	294	2656.0	3543	410	53	328

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1953-06-26	Player	Call at 3B (Bumped umpire)
1954-05-05	Player	Called third strike