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LAA3

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TB3

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MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

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STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

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Sep 12, 2026Saturday

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PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

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LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

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MIL3

CWS1

STL3

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CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

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ARI6

SD6

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Sep 14, 2026Monday

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CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

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TOR5

BAL2

NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

MIN3

SF1

STL2

SD8

COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

PIT1

PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

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HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

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ARI2

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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1926-07-23 · Played 1946–1960 · Career WAR 5.7 (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
1946	DET	AL	4		9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1947	DET	AL	2		4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0.0
1948	DET	AL	6		17	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.471	.500	.824	1.324	0.4
1949	DET	AL	103		348	60	102	19	5	11	73	3	7	65	27	.293	.407	.471	.878	2.1
1950	DET	AL	157		566	95	173	30	8	12	85	1	5	95	27	.306	.407	.451	.858	2.8
1951	DET	AL	118		428	41	128	29	1	3	49	1	1	31	32	.299	.349	.393	.742	0.9
1952	DET	AL	141		524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	.284	.348	.357	.705	0.3
1953	SLA	AL	141		557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	.253	.308	.370	.678	-0.1
1954	CHA	AL	125		422	41	116	20	0	7	60	3	9	42	37	.275	.341	.372	.713	0.4
1955	CHA	AL	32		77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	6	13	.338	.376	.506	.882	-0.3
1955	WS1	AL	63		183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614
1956	KC1	AL	95		244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	.258	.335	.398	.733	-0.4
1957	KC1	AL	55		59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.254	.333	.254	.587	-0.3
1957	DET	AL	38		103	11	30	10	0	0	16	0	0	6	7	.291	.333	.388	.721
1958	DET	AL	88		146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	1	13	19	.281	.340	.384	.724	0.5
1959	DET	AL	55		102	12	24	7	1	1	10	0	0	7	14	.235	.284	.353	.637	-0.3
1960	DET	AL	25		19	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	.368	.455	.421	.876	-0.1
Total			1248		3808	480	1064	197	31	60	486	19	42	419	329	.279	.351	.395	.746	5.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1946	DET	AL	OF	4			6	0	0	0
1947	DET	AL	OF	1			5	0	0	0
1948	DET	AL	OF	4			8	1	1	1
1949	DET	AL	OF	99			247	8	9	3
1950	DET	AL	OF	157			374	9	6	0
1951	DET	AL	OF	112			266	12	2	3
1952	DET	AL	OF	139			329	14	5	3
1953	SLA	AL	OF	141			425	18	4	5
1954	CHA	AL	OF	125	121	1060.0	314	7	4	3
1955	CHA	AL	OF	26	21	187.0	61	1	0	0
1955	WS1	AL	OF	48	46	403.2	122	2	2	1
1956	KC1	AL	OF	84	61	598.1	140	8	0	3
1957	KC1	AL	OF	50	16	193.0	37	0	1	0
1957	DET	AL	OF	36	24	237.2	73	0	0	0
1958	DET	AL	OF	80	31	347.1	95	2	1	1
1959	DET	AL	OF	41	21	223.1	58	0	1	0
1960	DET	AL	OF	8	2	32.2	6	0	0	0
Total				1155	343	3283.0	2566	82	36	23