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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1927-02-06 · Played 1949–1967 · Career WAR 33.4 (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
1949	CHN	NL	46	56	4	15	0	0	1	12	0		4	4	.268	.317	.321	.638	0.3
1951	CHN	NL	94	219	21	55	4	2	2	20	2	0	21	12	.251	.317	.315	.632	-0.4
1952	PHI	NL	110	371	49	110	27	2	6	56	3	1	49	21	.296	.380	.429	.809	3.9
1953	PHI	NL	102	312	31	91	17	5	4	36	3	2	37	17	.292	.370	.417	.787	1.8
1954	PHI	NL	108	345	41	127	27	5	4	46	1	5	42	11	.368	.432	.510	.942	3.9
1955	PHI	NL	7	21	4	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	.190	.292	.429	.721	3.2
1955	CIN	NL	116	421	67	129	15	3	20	77	1	1	47	35	.306	.373	.499	.872
1956	CIN	NL	90	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	0	1	26	18	.275	.346	.476	.822	1.9
1957	CIN	NL	90	205	29	58	14	1	14	39	0	0	24	16	.283	.353	.566	.919	1.8
1958	CIN	NL	99	251	28	71	12	1	6	31	0	0	22	20	.283	.343	.410	.753	1.1
1959	PIT	NL	114	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	2.9
1960	PIT	NL	110	337	33	99	15	2	7	39	0	1	35	13	.294	.356	.412	.768	3.3
1961	PIT	NL	100	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	.303	.365	.486	.851	3.2
1962	PIT	NL	103	360	38	118	19	2	13	61	0	1	31	19	.328	.375	.500	.875	3.1
1963	PIT	NL	91	264	20	74	10	1	6	37	0	1	24	14	.280	.338	.394	.732	2.1
1964	PIT	NL	68	171	9	42	3	1	2	17	2	1	13	14	.246	.303	.310	.613	0.1
1964	CHA	AL	7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229
1965	CHA	AL	80	77	2	22	4	0	2	24	0	0	11	7	.286	.371	.416	.787	0.8
1966	CHA	AL	79	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	0	0	11	8	.313	.412	.388	.800	0.7
1967	CHA	AL	77	60	2	8	1	0	2	11	0	0	14	8	.133	.303	.250	.553	-0.3
Total			1691	4471	485	1318	230	33	126	673	13	14	477	270	.295	.363	.446	.808	33.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1949	CHN	NL	C	8			21	6	0	2
1951	CHN	NL	C	64			210	35	5	6
1952	PHI	NL	C	104			439	47	11	6
1953	PHI	NL	C	95			395	23	3	8
1954	PHI	NL	C	91	85	749.2	356	30	10	4
1955	PHI	NL	C	6	6	51.0	35	1	0	0
1955	CIN	NL	C	107	103	912.0	457	35	7	6
1956	CIN	NL	C	55	53	463.0	257	18	0	2
1957	CIN	NL	C	45	42	378.1	223	15	3	0
1958	CIN	NL	C	58	53	473.0	297	21	4	2
1959	PIT	NL	C	101	95	798.0	441	39	8	4
1960	PIT	NL	C	89	86	748.1	485	38	3	7
1961	PIT	NL	C	92	83	729.1	426	27	4	4
1962	PIT	NL	C	101	94	840.2	550	45	7	5
1963	PIT	NL	C	72	65	573.1	364	40	4	4
1964	PIT	NL	C	44	40	358.1	237	18	2	3
1965	CHA	AL	C	5	3	26.0	17	3	0	0
1966	CHA	AL	C	2	0	5.0	4	0	0	0
Total				1139	808	7106.0	5214	441	71	63

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1961	TSN All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1973	BBWAA	1	285	No
1974	BBWAA	2	274	No

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