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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1923-01-30 · Played 1949–1961 · College: University of Connecticut (1943–1946) · Career WAR 3.4 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=dropowa01, LAHMAN=dropowa01, MLBAM=113575, RETROSHEET=dropw101

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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	BOS	AL	11	41	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.146	.205	.195	.400	-0.6
1950	BOS	AL	136	559	101	180	28	8	34	144	0	0	45	75	.322	.378	.583	.961	2.6
1951	BOS	AL	99	360	37	86	14	0	11	57	0	0	38	52	.239	.312	.369	.681	-1.1
1952	BOS	AL	37	132	13	35	7	1	6	27	0	0	11	22	.265	.331	.470	.801	1.5
1952	DET	AL	115	459	56	128	17	3	23	70	2	2	26	63	.279	.320	.479	.799
1953	DET	AL	152	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	.248	.289	.371	.660	-1.1
1954	DET	AL	107	320	27	90	14	2	4	44	0	1	24	41	.281	.328	.375	.703	0.1
1955	CHA	AL	141	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	0	1	42	71	.280	.343	.448	.791	1.2
1956	CHA	AL	125	361	42	96	13	1	8	52	1	0	37	51	.266	.334	.374	.708	-0.5
1957	CHA	AL	93	223	24	57	2	0	13	49	0	1	16	40	.256	.300	.439	.739	0.3
1958	CHA	AL	28	52	3	10	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	11	.192	.271	.327	.598	0.9
1958	CIN	NL	63	162	18	47	7	2	7	31	0	0	12	31	.290	.335	.488	.823
1959	CIN	NL	26	39	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	7	.103	.205	.205	.410	0.0
1959	BAL	AL	62	151	17	42	9	0	6	21	0	0	12	20	.278	.329	.457	.786
1960	BAL	AL	79	179	16	48	8	0	4	21	0	1	20	19	.268	.343	.380	.723	0.1
1961	BAL	AL	14	27	1	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	.259	.355	.370	.725	0.0
Total			1288	4124	478	1113	168	22	152	704	5	6	328	582	.270	.324	.432	.756	3.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1949	BOS	AL	1B	11			103	4	0	13
1950	BOS	AL	1B	134			1142	77	15	147
1951	BOS	AL	1B	93			878	63	12	91
1952	BOS	AL	1B	35			319	21	2	31
1952	DET	AL	1B	115			1005	78	12	104
1953	DET	AL	1B	150			1260	127	14	121
1954	DET	AL	1B	95	79	728.1	681	54	3	60
1955	CHA	AL	1B	140	120	1078.2	1101	62	6	104
1956	CHA	AL	1B	117	91	869.0	855	50	6	95
1957	CHA	AL	1B	69	50	466.1	483	39	7	49
1958	CHA	AL	1B	16	12	99.1	98	8	0	8
1958	CIN	NL	1B	43	37	322.0	300	27	0	31
1959	CIN	NL	1B	23	9	104.1	103	11	0	11
1959	BAL	AL	1B	54	37	355.0	386	18	4	42
1959	BAL	AL	3B	2	0	4.0	0	2	0	1
1960	BAL	AL	1B	67	56	414.2	397	27	3	50
1960	BAL	AL	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1961	BAL	AL	1B	12	9	69.2	62	6	0	11
Total				1177	500	4513.1	9173	674	84	969

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1950	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	Rookie of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1967	BBWAA	1	219	No

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