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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-01-07 · Played 1946–1960 · College: Louisiana State University (1943), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1944) · Career WAR 43.9 (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
1946	BSN	NL	15		13	0	3	3	0	0	1	0		0	3	.231	.231	.462	.693	0.1
1948	BSN	NL	137		543	85	175	39	6	3	48	4		24	36	.322	.353	.433	.786	4.5
1949	BSN	NL	130		529	74	146	23	5	3	53	5		31	43	.276	.317	.355	.672	1.9
1950	NY1	NL	154		587	79	164	36	5	16	67	9		39	60	.279	.331	.440	.771	5.2
1951	NY1	NL	156		646	114	196	41	7	14	69	12	7	42	39	.303	.352	.454	.806	6.3
1952	NY1	NL	151		589	92	177	29	3	14	73	6	6	47	39	.301	.357	.431	.788	5.9
1953	NY1	NL	155		647	126	194	41	6	23	88	7	2	28	34	.300	.335	.488	.823	5.0
1954	NY1	NL	154		644	98	189	26	6	20	70	5	3	27	40	.293	.325	.446	.771	3.6
1955	NY1	NL	115		475	77	134	20	3	9	45	2	1	22	32	.282	.319	.394	.713	1.4
1956	NY1	NL	48		206	19	52	12	0	2	17	0	0	8	13	.252	.279	.340	.619	2.5
1956	SLN	NL	100		413	54	118	14	7	4	37	3	1	21	33	.286	.320	.383	.703
1957	SLN	NL	140		583	80	169	25	8	4	64	3	4	29	56	.290	.326	.381	.707	3.0
1958	SLN	NL	18		64	7	19	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.297	.318	.344	.662	1.0
1958	CHN	NL	114		464	54	137	16	4	3	43	1	1	29	23	.295	.339	.366	.705
1959	CHN	NL	136		477	60	126	22	9	6	45	1	1	55	50	.264	.342	.386	.728	3.3
1960	PHI	NL	55		198	29	48	5	1	3	14	1	1	19	14	.242	.315	.323	.638	0.3
1960	ML1	NL	50		141	16	42	6	2	1	18	0	0	7	13	.298	.329	.390	.719
Total			1828		7219	1064	2089	358	72	126	757	59	27	430	534	.289	.329	.411	.741	44.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1953	NY1	NL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	1	0	18.00	2.000	-0.1
Total			0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	1	0	18.00	2.000	-0.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1946	BSN	NL	OF	1			1	0	0	0
1946	BSN	NL	SS	12			5	14	2	2
1948	BSN	NL	SS	133			253	393	25	66
1949	BSN	NL	3B	4			1	8	1	0
1949	BSN	NL	SS	125			232	387	25	76
1950	NY1	NL	SS	154			288	465	30	101
1951	NY1	NL	SS	156			295	465	45	114
1952	NY1	NL	SS	150			324	423	27	116
1953	NY1	NL	2B	26			68	72	2	17
1953	NY1	NL	3B	8			12	17	3	5
1953	NY1	NL	OF	17			26	1	0	1
1953	NY1	NL	P	1			0	0	0	0
1953	NY1	NL	SS	110			219	343	19	79
1954	NY1	NL	SS	154	154	1366.0	289	487	36	105
1955	NY1	NL	SS	115	114	999.0	213	324	21	70
1956	NY1	NL	SS	48	48	432.1	89	132	9	27
1956	SLN	NL	SS	99	99	857.1	178	292	20	66
1957	SLN	NL	3B	1	1	8.0	0	2	0	0
1957	SLN	NL	SS	139	134	1203.2	276	419	25	105
1958	SLN	NL	3B	8	5	51.0	4	12	1	0
1958	SLN	NL	SS	8	8	64.0	10	23	2	6
1958	CHN	NL	3B	111	111	964.0	107	225	18	24
1959	CHN	NL	1B	4	4	27.0	26	4	1	1
1959	CHN	NL	3B	131	121	1090.0	111	255	20	20
1959	CHN	NL	SS	1	0	8.2	1	1	0	0
1960	PHI	NL	1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0
1960	PHI	NL	3B	53	48	430.2	57	84	7	7
1960	ML1	NL	1B	10	4	43.0	40	2	1	4
1960	ML1	NL	2B	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
1960	ML1	NL	3B	4	1	17.0	2	2	0	0
1960	ML1	NL	OF	25	25	203.0	46	2	2	0
Total				1812	877	7771.2	3174	4854	342	1012

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1948	Rookie of the Year	ML
1954	TSN All-Star	ML
1955	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	17	227	No
1967	BBWAA	38	219	No
1967	Run Off	7		No
1968	BBWAA	36	213	No
1969	BBWAA	48	255	No
1970	BBWAA	55	225	No
1971	BBWAA	54	270	No
1972	BBWAA	55	297	No
1973	BBWAA	53	285	No
1974	BBWAA	54	274	No
1975	BBWAA	48	272	No
1976	BBWAA	62	291	No
1977	BBWAA	66	288	No
1978	BBWAA	60	285	No
1979	BBWAA	80	324	No
1980	BBWAA	43	289	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (40)

Date	As	Reason
1950-05-30	Player	Balls and strikes
1951-05-23	Player	Call at 2B
1953-04-22	Player	Call at 2B (Appeal)
1953-06-08	Player	Call at HP
1953-07-16	Player	Called third strike
1953-08-25	Player	Call at 1B
1954-05-16	Player	Called third strike
1955-05-24	Player	Balls and strikes
1957-08-25	Player	Call at 1B (Threw helmet)
1958-04-15	Player	Balls and strikes
1960-05-03	Player	Called third strike
1961-08-03	Manager	Balls and strikes
1962-04-13	Manager	Ordering pitcher to keep foot on rubber
1962-06-17	Manager	Call at 1B
1962-07-27	Manager	Not granting time out
1963-06-05	Manager	Called third strike
1963-07-04	Manager	Appeal play
1963-07-13	Manager	Intentional HBP
1963-08-04	Manager	Call at 3B
1964-05-31	Manager	Checked swing
1964-06-20	Manager	Call at 1B
1964-07-20	Manager	Calls (multiple) at 1B
1964-08-18	Manager	Interference non-call
1965-06-13	Coach	Balk non-call
1966-08-04	Manager	Call at 3B
1966-08-31	Manager	Balls and strikes
1967-04-23	Manager	Call at 1B
1967-07-16	Manager	Balls and strikes (Reversed)
1968-05-14	Manager	Automatic ball (pitcher went to mouth)
1969-05-07	Manager	Balls and strikes
1969-08-11	Manager	Balls and strikes
1969-09-14	Manager	Balls and strikes
1970-04-22	Manager	Call at 1B
1970-05-31	Manager	Balls and strikes
1970-08-19	Manager	Check swing
1970-08-22	Manager	Call at 2B
1975-06-16	Manager	Call at 2B
1975-08-30	Manager	Call at 2B (Threw base)
1977-08-12	Manager	Call at 1B
1977-09-04	Manager	Interference call