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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1936-07-23 · Played 1956–1969 · Career WAR 66.8 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1956	BRO	NL	26	26	4	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	8	.192	.222	.346	.568	0.1
1957	BRO	NL	37	73	7	9	0	0	2	6	0	7	29	.123	.200	.205	.405	-0.2
1958	LAN	NL	47	66	9	15	1	1	7	12	0	3	25	.227	.261	.591	.852	0.8
1959	LAN	NL	46	91	9	15	1	1	4	12	1	4	31	.165	.198	.330	.528	0.5
1960	LAN	NL	41	83	3	13	6	2	0	4	0	6	32	.157	.211	.277	.488	0.2
1961	LAN	NL	40	83	9	16	1	0	5	12	0	6	24	.193	.244	.386	.630	0.5
1962	LAN	NL	43	111	9	22	4	1	0	14	1	5	29	.198	.246	.252	.498	0.4
1963	LAN	NL	42	96	5	16	1	1	0	5	0	9	35	.167	.241	.198	.439	0.4
1964	LAN	NL	40	110	10	19	2	0	1	8	0	4	29	.173	.202	.218	.420	0.4
1965	LAN	NL	58	130	18	39	4	1	7	19	0	5	34	.300	.331	.508	.839	2.1
1966	LAN	NL	46	106	6	20	2	0	2	8	0	3	28	.189	.211	.264	.475	0.4
1967	LAN	NL	38	93	2	12	1	0	0	6	0	5	26	.129	.172	.140	.312	-0.1
1968	LAN	NL	31	79	4	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	29	.177	.188	.190	.378	0.2
1969	LAN	NL	12	22	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	11	.136	.208	.182	.390	-0.1
Total			547	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	2	60	370	.186	.226	.295	.521	5.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1956	BRO	NL	5	5	25	12	2	0	0	99.0	95	29	9	31	55	2.64	1.273	1.8
1957	BRO	NL	17	9	34	29	9	4	0	221.0	197	66	17	61	148	2.69	1.167	6.0
1958	LAN	NL	12	13	44	29	6	1	0	211.2	214	98	21	72	131	4.17	1.351	3.0
1959	LAN	NL	17	13	44	36	15	4	2	270.2	237	104	26	93	242	3.46	1.219	5.9
1960	LAN	NL	15	14	41	36	15	5	2	269.0	214	85	27	72	246	2.84	1.063	7.0
1961	LAN	NL	13	10	40	37	10	3	0	244.0	236	100	29	83	182	3.69	1.307	5.3
1962	LAN	NL	25	9	43	41	19	2	1	314.1	272	99	21	78	232	2.83	1.113	5.4
1963	LAN	NL	19	17	42	42	17	3	0	315.1	287	92	25	57	251	2.63	1.091	4.3
1964	LAN	NL	18	16	40	40	21	5	0	321.1	242	78	15	68	237	2.18	.965	7.8
1965	LAN	NL	23	12	44	42	20	7	1	308.1	270	95	30	66	210	2.77	1.090	3.2
1966	LAN	NL	13	16	40	40	11	3	0	273.2	279	104	21	45	177	3.42	1.184	2.8
1967	LAN	NL	13	16	38	38	9	3	0	282.0	269	86	19	60	196	2.74	1.167	4.5
1968	LAN	NL	14	12	31	31	12	8	0	239.0	201	57	11	56	155	2.15	1.075	4.4
1969	LAN	NL	5	4	12	12	1	1	0	62.2	71	31	9	13	24	4.45	1.340	-0.2
Total			209	166	518	465	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1124	280	855	2486	2.95	1.148	61.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1956	BRO	NL	P	25	12	99.0	8	20	2	1
1957	BRO	NL	P	34	29	221.0	15	60	2	4
1958	LAN	NL	P	44	29	211.2	15	45	6	10
1959	LAN	NL	P	44	36	270.2	18	48	3	4
1960	LAN	NL	P	41	36	269.0	18	60	3	3
1961	LAN	NL	P	40	37	244.0	13	36	3	3
1962	LAN	NL	P	43	41	314.1	10	60	7	5
1963	LAN	NL	P	42	42	315.1	19	62	4	7
1964	LAN	NL	P	40	40	321.1	13	68	3	5
1965	LAN	NL	P	44	42	308.1	22	55	9	4
1966	LAN	NL	P	40	40	273.2	10	45	7	1
1967	LAN	NL	P	38	38	282.0	11	64	5	3
1968	LAN	NL	P	31	31	239.0	15	50	5	4
1969	LAN	NL	P	12	12	62.2	1	13	0	1
Total				518	465	3432.0	188	686	59	55

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1962	TSN All-Star	NL
1962	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1962	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1962	Cy Young Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1975	BBWAA	76	272	No
1976	BBWAA	114	291	No
1977	BBWAA	197	288	No
1978	BBWAA	219	285	No
1979	BBWAA	233	324	No
1980	BBWAA	238	289	No
1981	BBWAA	243	301	No
1982	BBWAA	233	312	No
1983	BBWAA	242	281	No
1984	BBWAA	316	303	Yes

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1957-06-13	Player	Fighting
1958-09-03	Player	Called third strike
1959-08-22	Player	Bench jockeying (Threw equipment)
1961-07-09	Player	Intentional HBP