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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1928-10-21 · Played 1950–1967 · Career WAR 56.9 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1950	NYA	AL	20		36	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	.194	.275	.194	.469	0.0
1953	NYA	AL	33		75	10	20	2	0	0	10	0	0	9	13	.267	.345	.293	.638	0.8
1954	NYA	AL	34		62	7	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	9	15	.161	.264	.177	.441	0.3
1955	NYA	AL	39		86	9	14	0	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	.163	.258	.198	.456	0.2
1956	NYA	AL	31		78	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	.218	.299	.244	.543	0.4
1957	NYA	AL	24		42	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	-0.1
1958	NYA	AL	30		73	10	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.205	.266	.219	.485	0.5
1959	NYA	AL	35		65	6	15	4	0	1	6	0	0	12	11	.231	.351	.338	.689	0.9
1960	NYA	AL	33		53	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	14	.151	.274	.189	.463	0.2
1961	NYA	AL	39		96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	.177	.266	.188	.454	0.4
1962	NYA	AL	38		85	5	10	2	0	0	5	1	0	8	22	.118	.198	.141	.339	-0.2
1963	NYA	AL	38		92	5	13	2	0	1	4	2	2	6	22	.141	.194	.196	.390	0.0
1964	NYA	AL	39		67	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	23	.119	.244	.134	.378	0.1
1965	NYA	AL	38		82	4	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	26	.183	.230	.195	.425	0.2
1966	NYA	AL	22		18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.053	.000	.053	-0.2
1967	NYA	AL	7		13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	0.0
Total			500		1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.255	.200	.456	3.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1950	NYA	AL	9	1	20	12	7	2	1	112.0	87	35	7	52	59	2.81	1.241	2.5
1953	NYA	AL	18	6	32	30	11	3	0	207.0	187	69	13	110	110	3.00	1.435	2.5
1954	NYA	AL	16	8	34	28	11	3	1	210.2	170	66	10	101	125	2.82	1.286	3.5
1955	NYA	AL	18	7	39	33	18	5	2	253.2	188	74	20	113	137	2.63	1.187	3.8
1956	NYA	AL	19	6	31	30	18	2	1	225.2	187	62	13	84	141	2.47	1.201	5.2
1957	NYA	AL	11	5	24	17	5	0	0	129.1	114	37	10	53	84	2.57	1.291	1.9
1958	NYA	AL	14	7	30	29	15	7	1	219.1	174	49	14	62	145	2.01	1.076	4.3
1959	NYA	AL	16	10	35	29	9	2	1	204.0	194	69	13	89	114	3.04	1.387	2.5
1960	NYA	AL	12	9	33	29	8	4	0	192.2	168	66	15	65	85	3.08	1.209	2.0
1961	NYA	AL	25	4	39	39	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	23	92	209	3.21	1.180	3.7
1962	NYA	AL	17	8	38	37	7	0	0	257.2	243	83	22	69	160	2.90	1.211	5.1
1963	NYA	AL	24	7	38	37	13	3	1	269.1	240	82	26	56	189	2.74	1.099	4.3
1964	NYA	AL	17	6	39	36	12	8	1	244.2	212	58	10	57	172	2.13	1.099	6.7
1965	NYA	AL	16	13	37	36	9	2	1	244.1	241	88	22	50	162	3.24	1.191	3.8
1966	NYA	AL	2	5	22	9	0	0	0	73.0	79	20	8	24	43	2.47	1.411	0.3
1967	NYA	AL	2	4	7	7	2	1	0	44.0	40	8	2	9	21	1.64	1.114	1.3
Total			236	106	498	438	156	45	10	3170.1	2766	967	228	1086	1956	2.75	1.215	53.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1950	NYA	AL	P	20			7	17	0	1
1953	NYA	AL	P	32			8	35	1	3
1954	NYA	AL	P	34	28	210.2	7	39	2	3
1955	NYA	AL	P	39	33	253.2	10	41	1	1
1956	NYA	AL	P	31	30	225.2	9	57	1	6
1957	NYA	AL	P	24	17	129.1	6	28	2	5
1958	NYA	AL	P	30	29	219.1	7	44	6	2
1959	NYA	AL	P	35	29	204.0	15	49	1	5
1960	NYA	AL	P	33	29	192.2	12	38	1	2
1961	NYA	AL	P	39	39	283.0	12	45	5	5
1962	NYA	AL	P	38	37	257.2	25	58	3	4
1963	NYA	AL	P	38	37	269.1	20	38	5	3
1964	NYA	AL	P	39	36	244.2	18	47	1	2
1965	NYA	AL	P	37	36	244.1	7	53	0	4
1966	NYA	AL	P	22	9	73.0	7	26	4	2
1967	NYA	AL	P	7	7	44.0	3	15	0	1
Total				498	396	2851.1	173	630	33	49

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1950	TSN Rookie of the Year	AL
1955	TSN All-Star	ML
1955	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1956	TSN All-Star	ML
1961	TSN All-Star	AL
1961	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL
1961	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1961	World Series MVP	ML
1961	Cy Young Award	ML
1963	TSN All-Star	AL
1963	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1973	BBWAA	255	285	No
1974	BBWAA	284	274	Yes

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1956-05-14	Player	Call at HP
1957-06-13	Player	Call at 1B
1963-08-14	Player	Balls and strikes