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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1915-01-08 · Played 1940–1957 · Career WAR 27.2 (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
1940	SLN	NL	6	19	3	6	1	0	0	2	1		2	2	.316	.381	.368	.749	0.2
1941	SLN	NL	68	200	19	49	9	1	1	20	1		13	14	.245	.291	.315	.606	-0.2
1942	SLN	NL	125	438	58	123	32	7	7	65	4		29	29	.281	.327	.434	.761	2.4
1943	SLN	NL	122	449	52	143	30	4	9	81	1		19	19	.318	.349	.463	.812	3.2
1944	SLN	NL	112	397	56	126	25	5	13	72	4		20	19	.317	.352	.504	.856	3.4
1945	SLN	NL	4	18	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.389	.389	.389	.778	0.0
1946	NY1	NL	87	280	29	75	10	1	8	46	0		17	12	.268	.310	.396	.706	0.7
1947	NY1	NL	140	515	79	157	24	8	35	122	2		24	43	.305	.339	.586	.925	4.7
1948	NY1	NL	91	290	40	77	12	0	16	54	1		28	29	.266	.332	.472	.804	1.1
1949	NY1	NL	42	147	14	31	4	2	4	21	0		7	8	.211	.261	.347	.608	1.2
1949	CIN	NL	82	307	34	86	9	2	16	62	0		21	24	.280	.330	.479	.809
1950	CIN	NL	15	47	3	9	3	0	0	4	0		0	5	.191	.191	.255	.446	3.5
1950	BSN	NL	102	337	52	111	19	3	14	60	1		30	26	.329	.389	.528	.917
1951	BSN	NL	109	342	42	107	14	1	18	59	1	1	28	18	.313	.367	.518	.885	3.9
1952	BSN	NL	102	349	33	82	12	1	10	55	1	0	22	32	.235	.282	.361	.643	1.2
1953	ML1	NL	53	137	12	30	6	0	3	16	1	0	12	15	.219	.287	.328	.615	-0.3
1954	PIT	NL	14	15	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.333	.627	1.6
1954	CHN	NL	57	158	21	49	10	2	7	32	0	0	21	23	.310	.398	.532	.930
1955	CHN	NL	54	111	11	31	8	1	7	15	0	0	6	19	.279	.322	.559	.881	0.7
1956	SLN	NL	40	68	5	18	5	1	2	14	0	0	3	8	.265	.296	.456	.752	-0.3
1957	SLN	NL	48	78	7	21	5	1	3	10	0	0	5	10	.269	.310	.474	.784	0.2
Total			1473	4702	573	1341	240	40	173	812	18	1	309	357	.285	.329	.464	.793	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1940	SLN	NL	C	6			19	4	0	0
1941	SLN	NL	C	63			247	39	10	11
1942	SLN	NL	C	115			519	62	17	6
1943	SLN	NL	C	112			504	49	14	5
1944	SLN	NL	C	97			442	40	10	7
1945	SLN	NL	C	4			27	1	1	0
1946	NY1	NL	C	73			277	38	9	3
1947	NY1	NL	C	132			561	51	13	8
1948	NY1	NL	C	79			307	21	7	3
1949	NY1	NL	C	40			148	18	3	2
1949	CIN	NL	C	77			316	43	8	3
1950	CIN	NL	C	13			62	7	2	0
1950	BSN	NL	C	88			386	47	12	9
1951	BSN	NL	C	90			367	57	8	9
1952	BSN	NL	C	89			417	55	8	8
1953	ML1	NL	C	35			165	6	3	1
1954	PIT	NL	C	2	1	11.0	6	0	0	0
1954	CHN	NL	C	48	43	368.0	190	31	5	4
1955	CHN	NL	C	31	21	202.2	88	11	4	1
1956	SLN	NL	C	16	12	112.0	56	4	1	0
1957	SLN	NL	C	13	12	101.2	62	5	3	0
Total				1223	89	795.1	5166	589	138	80

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1943	TSN All-Star	ML
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1944	TSN All-Star	ML
1947	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1968	BBWAA	8	213	No
1969	BBWAA	5	255	No
1970	BBWAA	9	225	No
1971	BBWAA	7	270	No
1972	BBWAA	8	297	No
1973	BBWAA	8	285	No
1974	BBWAA	9	274	No
1975	BBWAA	13	272	No
1976	BBWAA	56	291	No
1977	BBWAA	45	288	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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