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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1923-12-13 · Played 1947–1959 · Career WAR 56.8 (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	CLE	AL	29	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.156	.182	.188	.370	2.0
1947	CLE	AL	29	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.156	.182	.188	.370
1948	CLE	AL	121	439	83	132	23	9	14	66	9	9	54	77	.301	.384	.490	.874	4.5
1949	CLE	AL	147	547	106	153	25	3	24	85	10	9	91	90	.280	.389	.468	.857	3.8
1950	CLE	AL	142	503	110	164	25	5	25	102	8	6	98	71	.326	.442	.545	.987	6.7
1951	CLE	AL	134	447	84	132	27	5	20	69	4	1	101	81	.295	.428	.512	.940	6.4
1952	CLE	AL	140	519	104	143	26	8	32	104	5	2	90	111	.276	.383	.541	.924	7.0
1953	CLE	AL	149	513	92	135	18	5	29	102	3	2	96	121	.263	.385	.487	.872	4.2
1954	CLE	AL	153	577	94	157	18	4	32	126	3	1	85	94	.272	.364	.484	.848	5.7
1955	CLE	AL	131	491	91	143	17	5	26	75	2	0	61	100	.291	.369	.505	.874	3.6
1956	CHA	AL	140	504	89	135	22	3	24	102	0	1	102	105	.268	.392	.466	.858	4.8
1957	CHA	AL	119	416	57	120	27	2	14	79	2	3	56	79	.288	.373	.464	.837	2.2
1958	CLE	AL	89	247	41	70	10	1	13	45	0	2	26	49	.283	.348	.490	.838	1.5
1959	DET	AL	18	55	5	12	3	1	0	4	0	0	8	9	.218	.312	.309	.621	-1.0
1959	CHA	AL	21	58	1	14	1	1	0	9	1	0	2	13	.241	.267	.293	.560
Total			1562	5380	963	1520	244	52	253	972	47	36	872	1022	.283	.383	.488	.871	51.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1947	CLE	AL	1B	1			8	0	0	1
1947	CLE	AL	2B	4			1	3	0	0
1947	CLE	AL	SS	1			2	1	0	0
1947	CLE	AL	1B	1			8	0	0	1
1947	CLE	AL	2B	4			1	3	0	0
1947	CLE	AL	SS	1			2	1	0	0
1948	CLE	AL	OF	114			287	12	14	3
1949	CLE	AL	OF	147			355	7	9	2
1950	CLE	AL	OF	140			367	2	5	1
1951	CLE	AL	OF	132			321	12	8	3
1952	CLE	AL	OF	136			398	11	6	3
1953	CLE	AL	OF	146			354	10	6	3
1954	CLE	AL	OF	153	153	1354.1	411	14	2	6
1955	CLE	AL	OF	129	129	1118.1	313	6	2	1
1956	CHA	AL	OF	137	136	1205.1	371	4	5	2
1957	CHA	AL	OF	110	109	948.0	255	3	4	0
1958	CLE	AL	OF	68	64	518.2	141	5	0	0
1959	DET	AL	OF	16	16	125.2	23	1	1	1
1959	CHA	AL	1B	2	2	16.0	13	1	1	3
1959	CHA	AL	OF	12	10	94.0	20	1	1	1
Total				1454	619	5380.1	3651	97	64	31

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1950	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	7	227	No
1967	BBWAA	10	219	No
1967	Run Off	1		No
1995	Veterans			No
1996	Veterans	7	11	No
1997	Veterans			No
1998	Veterans			Yes

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