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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1918-03-31 · Played 1946–1959 · Career WAR 13.1 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1946	NY1	NL	4	5	0	1	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0
1949	DET	AL	27	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	0.1
1952	CHA	AL	28	53	1	8	4	4	0	1	19	.151	.167	.226	.393	0.0
1953	BOS	AL	13	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4
1953	NY1	NL	21	27	2	2	1	1	0	2	7	.074	.138	.111	.249
1954	NY1	NL	56	32	3	5	0	1	0	2	11	.156	.206	.156	.362	-0.1
1955	NY1	NL	55	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-0.1
1956	NY1	NL	43	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.182	.273	-0.1
1957	NY1	NL	55	12	1	2	1	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	0.0
1958	SFN	NL	51	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-0.1
1959	SLN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			356	189	9	23	7	6	0	8	67	.122	.157	.159	.316	-0.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1946	NY1	NL	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	18.2	17	9	1	13	9	4.34	1.607	-0.1
1949	DET	AL	2	4	27	2	0	0	0	39.1	56	28	6	34	17	6.41	2.288	-0.8
1952	CHA	AL	12	10	28	24	7	1	0	166.0	156	69	6	79	97	3.74	1.416	0.9
1953	BOS	AL	2	6	13	11	1	1	0	59.1	61	31	5	30	31	4.70	1.534	1.4
1953	NY1	NL	4	2	21	7	3	0	0	84.1	83	37	6	31	46	3.95	1.352
1954	NY1	NL	10	7	56	3	1	1	19	122.1	100	32	13	50	64	2.35	1.226	4.2
1955	NY1	NL	5	4	55	0	0	0	8	89.1	76	29	6	41	49	2.92	1.310	2.6
1956	NY1	NL	1	1	43	2	0	0	7	80.2	71	14	3	16	49	1.56	1.079	3.9
1957	NY1	NL	4	4	55	0	0	0	14	82.2	74	24	6	23	51	2.61	1.173	1.6
1958	SFN	NL	7	5	51	0	0	0	10	65.1	71	29	11	26	46	3.99	1.485	0.3
1959	SLN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	2	0	0	22.50	3.000	-0.2
Total			47	45	356	52	12	3	58	810.0	771	307	65	343	459	3.41	1.375	13.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1946	NY1	NL	P	4			1	6	0	1
1949	DET	AL	P	27			1	8	1	0
1952	CHA	AL	P	28			4	23	1	0
1953	BOS	AL	P	13			3	5	0	1
1953	NY1	NL	P	21			6	18	1	2
1954	NY1	NL	P	56	3	122.1	7	18	2	3
1955	NY1	NL	P	55	0	89.1	3	16	0	0
1956	NY1	NL	P	43	2	79.2	1	12	0	0
1957	NY1	NL	P	55	0	82.2	1	20	0	1
1958	SFN	NL	P	51	0	65.1	1	12	0	1
1959	SLN	NL	P	3	0	2.0	0	1	0	0
Total				356	5	441.1	28	139	5	9

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	2	227	No

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