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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1916-11-26 · Played 1939–1953 · Career WAR 50.9 (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
1939	PIT	NL	32	129	18	43	10	3	3	19	0		9	4	.333	.377	.527	.904	1.3
1940	PIT	NL	148	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	13		45	28	.292	.348	.421	.769	3.0
1941	PIT	NL	141	527	74	144	24	10	3	76	6		64	52	.273	.353	.374	.727	2.0
1942	PIT	NL	143	560	75	166	26	7	9	89	2		52	35	.296	.358	.416	.774	3.0
1943	PIT	NL	156	581	82	183	30	12	7	101	4		56	24	.315	.376	.444	.820	4.8
1944	PIT	NL	143	538	85	160	28	16	10	108	9		75	42	.297	.383	.465	.848	4.3
1945	PIT	NL	144	541	80	157	36	6	8	108	5		64	38	.290	.366	.423	.789	3.2
1946	PIT	NL	140	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6		64	44	.263	.351	.358	.709	1.9
1947	BSN	NL	150	555	93	176	35	5	22	113	3		87	60	.317	.410	.517	.927	6.5
1948	BSN	NL	151	540	99	153	24	5	23	100	6		131	57	.283	.423	.474	.897	6.3
1949	BSN	NL	139	482	77	135	29	5	17	76	0		90	38	.280	.395	.467	.862	5.1
1950	BSN	NL	142	531	94	162	28	5	24	107	2		68	67	.305	.386	.512	.898	4.6
1951	BSN	NL	136	480	73	137	29	2	15	70	2	0	65	56	.285	.371	.448	.819	3.5
1952	NY1	NL	98	272	33	62	6	2	10	35	1	0	36	20	.228	.323	.375	.698	0.2
1953	SLA	AL	48	160	19	40	7	1	5	29	0	1	30	18	.250	.368	.400	.768	1.2
1953	CHA	AL	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	1	1	31	21	.260	.358	.380	.738
Total			1978	7141	1064	2061	382	94	170	1195	60	2	967	604	.289	.373	.440	.813	50.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1939	PIT	NL	OF	30	88	1	2	0
1940	PIT	NL	OF	147	302	12	7	0
1941	PIT	NL	OF	139	281	9	9	2
1942	PIT	NL	3B	142	173	285	36	22
1942	PIT	NL	OF	1	3	1	0	0
1943	PIT	NL	2B	2	0	0	0	0
1943	PIT	NL	3B	151	149	294	24	34
1943	PIT	NL	SS	1	1	2	1	0
1944	PIT	NL	3B	140	169	285	27	22
1944	PIT	NL	SS	1	0	0	0	0
1945	PIT	NL	3B	81	94	178	21	18
1945	PIT	NL	OF	61	125	7	2	0
1946	PIT	NL	3B	43	44	82	6	5
1946	PIT	NL	OF	92	188	8	1	5
1947	BSN	NL	3B	148	129	302	20	25
1948	BSN	NL	3B	150	146	298	26	18
1949	BSN	NL	3B	130	141	300	17	27
1950	BSN	NL	3B	137	141	256	20	26
1951	BSN	NL	3B	127	138	242	24	31
1952	NY1	NL	3B	13	19	25	2	3
1952	NY1	NL	OF	65	83	6	2	0
1953	SLA	AL	3B	45	51	93	7	12
1953	CHA	AL	3B	58	54	104	6	9
1953	CHA	AL	OF	2	0	0	1	0
Total				1906	2519	2790	261	259

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1944	TSN All-Star	ML
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1947	Most Valuable Player	NL
1948	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1960	BBWAA	2	202	No
1962	BBWAA	1	120	No
1964	BBWAA	4	151	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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