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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1925-02-09 · Played 1947–1963 · Career WAR 26.9 (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
1947	DET	AL	102	333	60	96	22	4	6	44	2	0	47	66	.288	.376	.432	.808	1.3
1948	DET	AL	119	391	49	97	19	9	7	67	0	0	48	70	.248	.335	.396	.731	-0.1
1949	DET	AL	155	608	96	185	26	6	20	133	2	3	80	61	.304	.385	.465	.850	3.3
1950	DET	AL	149	559	99	172	37	4	27	123	0	1	91	55	.308	.408	.533	.941	4.3
1951	DET	AL	138	501	86	143	24	4	27	94	0	3	78	61	.285	.383	.511	.894	4.4
1952	DET	AL	85	285	46	70	15	3	17	51	1	0	46	44	.246	.352	.498	.850	3.4
1952	SLA	AL	37	130	22	45	5	0	6	19	0	0	23	20	.346	.444	.523	.967
1953	SLA	AL	128	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	.268	.376	.466	.842	1.6
1954	BAL	AL	29	94	5	19	1	0	1	13	0	0	11	17	.202	.283	.245	.528	1.3
1954	CLE	AL	94	295	33	81	14	2	14	48	0	2	34	40	.275	.344	.478	.822
1955	CLE	AL	74	257	30	65	11	2	14	55	1	1	32	33	.253	.332	.475	.807	0.0
1956	CLE	AL	136	481	65	127	22	0	32	106	0	0	75	87	.264	.364	.509	.873	2.2
1957	CLE	AL	144	515	84	145	21	0	28	105	2	3	78	88	.282	.371	.485	.856	2.6
1958	CLE	AL	25	43	5	12	1	0	3	12	0	0	5	7	.279	.354	.512	.866	0.3
1959	BOS	AL	94	247	38	68	13	0	7	49	0	0	22	32	.275	.337	.413	.750	0.9
1960	BOS	AL	131	443	45	125	22	0	19	103	0	2	37	54	.282	.335	.460	.795	0.7
1961	BOS	AL	99	317	33	83	16	2	11	60	0	0	38	43	.262	.339	.429	.768	0.5
1961	DET	AL	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334
1962	DET	AL	74	105	7	34	2	0	5	18	0	0	5	13	.324	.357	.486	.843	0.5
1963	DET	AL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3
1963	MIN	AL	35	44	3	6	0	0	3	7	0	0	6	5	.136	.240	.341	.581
Total			1862	6099	867	1692	289	42	266	1178	9	19	828	842	.277	.364	.469	.833	26.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	DET	AL	OF	83			160	6	6	0
1948	DET	AL	OF	98			196	11	10	3
1949	DET	AL	OF	155			302	14	6	4
1950	DET	AL	OF	145			286	5	10	3
1951	DET	AL	OF	131			254	7	3	1
1952	DET	AL	OF	79			134	8	2	3
1952	SLA	AL	OF	36			64	0	3	0
1953	SLA	AL	OF	121			243	15	7	4
1954	BAL	AL	OF	27	27	227.0	47	5	2	1
1954	CLE	AL	1B	83	79	595.2	557	52	7	57
1954	CLE	AL	OF	5	4	36.1	10	0	0	0
1955	CLE	AL	1B	63	61	475.0	449	33	8	49
1955	CLE	AL	OF	9	7	62.0	13	1	0	1
1956	CLE	AL	1B	133	133	1086.2	971	77	9	99
1957	CLE	AL	1B	139	138	1162.2	1025	83	14	122
1958	CLE	AL	1B	8	7	54.2	44	5	1	5
1959	BOS	AL	1B	64	56	456.2	440	38	4	44
1960	BOS	AL	1B	117	110	899.1	841	78	12	89
1961	BOS	AL	1B	86	82	656.1	664	67	7	65
1962	DET	AL	1B	16	14	112.0	75	9	1	5
1963	MIN	AL	1B	6	5	45.0	32	5	0	2
Total				1604	723	5869.1	6807	519	112	557

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1970	BBWAA	2	225	No
1971	BBWAA	2	270	No
1972	BBWAA	4	297	No
1973	BBWAA	2	285	No
1974	BBWAA	2	274	No
1975	BBWAA	5	272	No
1976	BBWAA	5	291	No
1977	BBWAA	4	288	No
1978	BBWAA	4	285	No

Ejections (3)