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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1923-04-17 · Played 1949–1959 · Career WAR 26.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=hemusso01, LAHMAN=hemusso01, MLBAM=115742, RETROSHEET=hemus101

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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
1949	SLN	NL	20	33	8	11	1	0	0	2	0		7	3	.333	.450	.364	.814	0.3
1950	SLN	NL	11	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.133	.235	.200	.435	-0.1
1951	SLN	NL	120	420	68	118	18	9	2	32	7	7	75	31	.281	.395	.381	.776	4.3
1952	SLN	NL	151	570	105	153	28	8	15	52	1	5	96	55	.268	.392	.425	.817	6.9
1953	SLN	NL	154	585	110	163	32	11	14	61	2	1	86	40	.279	.382	.443	.825	5.6
1954	SLN	NL	124	214	43	65	15	3	2	27	5	1	55	27	.304	.453	.430	.883	3.7
1955	SLN	NL	96	206	36	50	10	2	5	21	1	1	27	22	.243	.335	.383	.718	0.9
1956	SLN	NL	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	2.0
1956	PHI	NL	78	187	24	54	10	4	5	24	1	1	28	21	.289	.397	.465	.862
1957	PHI	NL	70	108	8	20	6	1	0	5	1	1	20	8	.185	.323	.259	.582	-0.4
1958	PHI	NL	105	334	53	95	14	3	8	36	3	1	51	34	.284	.390	.416	.806	2.4
1959	SLN	NL	24	17	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	.235	.500	.353	.853	0.4
Total			961	2694	459	736	137	41	51	263	21	18	456	248	.273	.378	.411	.790	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1949	SLN	NL	2B	16			29	24	1	4
1950	SLN	NL	3B	5			2	8	0	1
1951	SLN	NL	2B	12			40	32	2	14
1951	SLN	NL	SS	105			181	344	19	72
1952	SLN	NL	3B	2			3	7	1	0
1952	SLN	NL	SS	148			253	452	29	104
1953	SLN	NL	2B	3			0	1	0	0
1953	SLN	NL	SS	150			257	476	27	90
1954	SLN	NL	2B	12	9	85.0	27	25	0	8
1954	SLN	NL	3B	27	4	83.0	9	24	1	3
1954	SLN	NL	SS	66	25	277.1	49	102	9	18
1955	SLN	NL	2B	10	7	67.1	18	20	0	3
1955	SLN	NL	3B	43	40	303.1	38	70	5	7
1955	SLN	NL	SS	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0
1956	PHI	NL	2B	49	43	382.0	94	93	5	18
1956	PHI	NL	3B	1	1	9.0	1	2	0	0
1957	PHI	NL	2B	24	21	172.2	51	45	2	10
1958	PHI	NL	2B	85	78	714.2	188	220	13	52
1958	PHI	NL	3B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1959	SLN	NL	2B	1	1	5.0	0	3	0	0
1959	SLN	NL	3B	1	1	2.0	0	2	0	0
Total				763	230	2104.1	1240	1951	114	404

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	1	227	No

Ejections (32)

Date	As	Reason
1952-04-22	Player	Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
1952-07-16	Player	Balls and strikes
1952-09-20	Player	Call at 3B
1953-09-01	Player	Call at 2B (Threw ball)
1954-04-18	Player	Fair/foul call
1955-09-13	Player	Bench jockeying
1956-05-01	Player	Called third strike
1956-06-08	Player	Interference non-call
1956-06-25	Player	Call at 2B
1956-09-13	Player	Call at HP
1956-09-25	Player	Fair/foul call
1957-08-04	Player	HBP non-call
1957-09-03	Player	Bench jockeying
1959-04-15	Manager	Call at HP
1959-05-05	Manager	Call at 1B
1959-05-24	Manager	Balls and strikes
1959-07-02	Manager	Foul tip call
1959-07-12	Manager	Call at 2B
1959-07-27	Manager	Balls and strikes
1959-08-16	Manager	Call at 1B
1959-09-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
1960-05-16	Manager	Call at 1B
1960-06-08	Manager	Call at 1B
1960-08-31	Manager	Balls and strikes
1961-05-14	Manager	Call at 3B
1962-05-06	Coach	Mocking umpires about Blue Law discussion
1962-07-29	Coach	Obstruction non-call
1962-08-21	Coach	Fair/foul call
1963-06-09	Coach	Call at 2B
1964-05-17	Coach	Balls and strikes (Kicked dirt on HP)
1965-07-10	Coach	Call at 3B
1965-07-11	Coach	Check swing

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Batting

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Ejections (32)