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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-11-28 · Played 1947–1957 · Career WAR 12.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=westrwe01, LAHMAN=westrwe01, MLBAM=124121, RETROSHEET=westw101

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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	NY1	NL	6	12	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.417	.417	.500	.917	0.2
1948	NY1	NL	66	125	14	20	3	1	4	16	3		20	36	.160	.276	.296	.572	0.2
1949	NY1	NL	64	169	23	41	4	1	7	28	1		37	39	.243	.385	.402	.787	0.8
1950	NY1	NL	140	437	68	103	13	3	23	71	2		92	73	.236	.371	.437	.808	4.2
1951	NY1	NL	124	361	59	79	12	0	20	70	1	0	104	93	.219	.400	.418	.818	3.7
1952	NY1	NL	114	322	47	71	11	0	14	43	1	2	76	68	.220	.374	.385	.759	2.7
1953	NY1	NL	107	290	40	65	5	0	12	30	2	0	56	73	.224	.352	.366	.718	1.4
1954	NY1	NL	98	246	25	46	3	1	8	27	0	1	45	60	.187	.315	.305	.620	0.0
1955	NY1	NL	69	137	11	29	1	0	4	18	0	1	24	18	.212	.327	.307	.634	-0.1
1956	NY1	NL	68	132	10	29	5	2	3	8	0	0	25	28	.220	.346	.356	.702	-0.1
1957	NY1	NL	63	91	4	15	1	0	1	2	0	1	10	24	.165	.255	.209	.464	-0.4
Total			919	2322	302	503	59	8	96	315	10	5	489	514	.217	.353	.373	.726	12.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	NY1	NL	C	2			8	2	0	0
1948	NY1	NL	C	63			179	25	4	4
1949	NY1	NL	C	62			224	18	5	4
1950	NY1	NL	C	139			608	71	1	21
1951	NY1	NL	C	122			554	62	8	9
1952	NY1	NL	C	112			481	64	12	11
1953	NY1	NL	3B	1			0	3	0	0
1953	NY1	NL	C	106			441	53	9	9
1954	NY1	NL	C	98	83	726.2	419	45	7	8
1955	NY1	NL	C	68	51	439.1	280	27	4	5
1956	NY1	NL	C	67	45	411.1	297	27	6	7
1957	NY1	NL	C	63	41	333.1	148	21	6	4
Total				903	220	1910.2	3639	418	62	82

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1964	BBWAA	2	151	No

Ejections (20)

Date	As	Reason
1949-08-26	Player	Balls and strikes
1951-09-14	Player	Call at HP (Shoved umpire)
1952-08-14	Player	Call at HP
1953-09-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1955-04-30	Player	Call at HP
1956-06-01	Player	Balls and strikes
1959-05-07	Coach	Call at 1B
1959-07-16	Coach	Call at 1B
1960-06-15	Coach	Call at 1B
1964-09-05	Coach	Call at 1B
1965-07-28	Manager	Call at 1B
1965-08-22	Manager	Call at 1B
1966-05-24	Manager	Balls and strikes
1967-04-14	Manager	Fair/foul call
1967-07-21	Manager	Call at 1B
1967-09-02	Manager	Call at 1B
1974-07-06	Manager	Refusing to continue game
1975-06-06	Manager	Called third strike
1975-06-27	Manager	Balk call
1975-08-05	Manager	Call at 1B

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Batting

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Ejections (20)