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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1927-03-19 · Played 1948–1962 · Career WAR 64.3 (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
1948	PHI	NL	117	463	78	154	17	4	2	40	32		60	22	.333	.410	.400	.810	4.6
1949	PHI	NL	154	662	84	188	18	11	1	37	9		58	38	.284	.343	.349	.692	2.5
1950	PHI	NL	151	594	84	180	25	14	2	41	14		63	32	.303	.372	.402	.774	3.9
1951	PHI	NL	154	643	92	221	31	5	4	63	29	6	50	37	.344	.393	.426	.819	6.7
1952	PHI	NL	154	613	93	173	31	6	1	42	16	11	75	30	.282	.362	.357	.719	3.4
1953	PHI	NL	156	622	110	205	25	9	2	57	14	6	61	35	.330	.394	.408	.802	6.5
1954	PHI	NL	153	559	111	175	16	8	1	41	11	8	125	46	.313	.441	.376	.817	7.1
1955	PHI	NL	140	533	91	180	32	9	3	42	12	10	105	36	.338	.449	.448	.897	6.3
1956	PHI	NL	154	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	10	1	79	45	.303	.384	.384	.768	5.7
1957	PHI	NL	156	626	93	186	26	8	0	33	13	10	94	44	.297	.390	.364	.754	5.4
1958	PHI	NL	152	615	98	215	24	13	2	33	30	12	97	48	.350	.440	.441	.881	7.0
1959	PHI	NL	153	564	86	150	16	2	1	20	9	11	79	42	.266	.360	.307	.667	-0.9
1960	CHN	NL	151	547	99	159	16	5	0	40	16	4	116	50	.291	.415	.338	.753	4.4
1961	CHN	NL	109	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	7	6	55	27	.257	.373	.306	.679	-0.4
1962	NYN	NL	135	389	60	119	7	3	7	28	12	7	81	39	.306	.424	.393	.817	2.1
Total			2189	8365	1322	2574	317	109	29	586	234	92	1198	571	.308	.394	.382	.777	64.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1948	PHI	NL	OF	116			344	14	7	2
1949	PHI	NL	OF	154			514	13	11	3
1950	PHI	NL	OF	147			405	8	5	2
1951	PHI	NL	OF	154			538	15	7	6
1952	PHI	NL	OF	154			428	23	9	5
1953	PHI	NL	OF	156			496	18	5	4
1954	PHI	NL	OF	153	153	1342.1	483	12	8	2
1955	PHI	NL	OF	140	139	1216.2	387	10	7	3
1956	PHI	NL	OF	154	154	1368.1	503	11	9	3
1957	PHI	NL	OF	156	156	1400.0	502	18	7	7
1958	PHI	NL	OF	152	152	1369.2	495	8	8	2
1959	PHI	NL	OF	149	144	1255.0	359	4	11	1
1960	CHN	NL	OF	146	145	1261.0	317	11	8	2
1961	CHN	NL	OF	76	69	604.1	131	4	3	0
1962	NYN	NL	2B	2	1	8.0	5	4	1	1
1962	NYN	NL	OF	97	91	798.2	187	9	5	1
Total				2106	1204	10624.0	6094	182	111	44

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1948	TSN Rookie of the Year	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1968	BBWAA	6	213	No
1969	BBWAA	10	255	No
1970	BBWAA	11	225	No
1971	BBWAA	10	270	No
1972	BBWAA	11	297	No
1973	BBWAA	25	285	No
1974	BBWAA	56	274	No
1975	BBWAA	76	272	No
1976	BBWAA	85	291	No
1977	BBWAA	139	288	No
1978	BBWAA	158	285	No
1979	BBWAA	130	324	No
1980	BBWAA	134	289	No
1981	BBWAA	142	301	No
1982	BBWAA	126	312	No
1986	Veterans			No
1987	Veterans			No
1988	Veterans		14	No
1989	Veterans			No
1990	Veterans		11	No
1994	Veterans			No
1995	Veterans			Yes

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