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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1930-11-04 · Played 1952–1967 · College: Duke University (1951–1952) · Career WAR 36.8 (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
1952	PIT	NL	95	384	38	109	6	1	1	29	2	4	19	27	.284	.319	.312	.631	-0.1
1955	PIT	NL	151	521	45	139	28	2	4	51	0	2	38	26	.267	.317	.351	.668	0.9
1956	PIT	NL	142	520	40	142	19	3	0	37	0	3	35	25	.273	.317	.321	.638	0.7
1957	PIT	NL	125	501	58	158	30	5	7	54	0	1	27	28	.315	.350	.437	.787	4.4
1958	PIT	NL	151	584	67	175	36	9	3	66	2	2	23	32	.300	.328	.408	.736	3.8
1959	PIT	NL	147	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	.275	.312	.361	.673	1.7
1960	PIT	NL	138	573	85	186	26	4	2	50	0	2	39	35	.325	.371	.394	.765	6.1
1961	PIT	NL	148	596	71	164	25	6	6	55	0	4	40	44	.275	.320	.367	.687	2.0
1962	PIT	NL	161	678	76	199	34	3	2	61	2	1	31	61	.294	.325	.361	.686	2.9
1963	SLN	NL	158	631	85	201	43	11	6	73	3	1	56	58	.319	.377	.450	.827	7.1
1964	SLN	NL	161	636	70	186	35	6	1	70	2	3	44	42	.292	.335	.371	.706	2.6
1965	SLN	NL	153	587	55	149	26	5	0	52	1	1	56	50	.254	.316	.315	.631	2.8
1966	PHI	NL	155	584	58	152	21	4	2	53	2	1	40	38	.260	.311	.320	.631	2.5
1967	PHI	NL	10	26	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.115	.233	.115	.348	-0.6
1967	SFN	NL	34	70	4	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	7	.171	.237	.214	.451
Total			1929	7484	829	2138	352	67	39	707	14	27	490	512	.286	.330	.366	.696	36.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1952	PIT	NL	SS	94			229	272	25	61
1955	PIT	NL	SS	149	148	1287.2	330	450	32	107
1956	PIT	NL	3B	2	2	14.0	1	4	0	1
1956	PIT	NL	SS	141	136	1205.0	287	420	34	74
1957	PIT	NL	3B	2	2	19.0	0	5	1	0
1957	PIT	NL	SS	123	122	1080.0	226	380	20	74
1958	PIT	NL	SS	149	149	1322.0	307	461	20	127
1959	PIT	NL	SS	145	145	1302.0	301	473	29	97
1960	PIT	NL	SS	136	136	1207.1	237	443	24	92
1961	PIT	NL	3B	1	1	9.0	2	1	0	0
1961	PIT	NL	SS	144	143	1255.2	235	473	32	117
1962	PIT	NL	SS	161	161	1430.1	314	521	38	126
1963	SLN	NL	SS	158	157	1366.1	257	448	26	91
1964	SLN	NL	SS	160	160	1373.0	249	499	40	91
1965	SLN	NL	3B	2	3	26.0	0	5	0	1
1965	SLN	NL	SS	148	144	1281.0	242	450	27	86
1966	PHI	NL	1B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1966	PHI	NL	3B	20	19	146.0	18	37	1	2
1966	PHI	NL	SS	139	133	1184.0	260	454	19	79
1967	PHI	NL	SS	6	6	51.0	13	23	2	5
1967	SFN	NL	2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0
1967	SFN	NL	SS	24	14	142.2	18	44	6	10
Total				1906	1781	15703.0	3526	5864	376	1241

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1960	Most Valuable Player	NL
1960	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1960	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	ML
1963	TSN All-Star	NL
1964	TSN All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1973	BBWAA	7	285	No
1974	BBWAA	4	274	No
1975	BBWAA	4	272	No
1976	BBWAA	7	291	No
1977	BBWAA	4	288	No
1978	BBWAA	3	285	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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