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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1929-02-23 · Played 1955–1968 · Career WAR 27.2 (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
1955	NYA	AL	97	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	0	0	20	36	.290	.336	.477	.813	1.5
1956	NYA	AL	98	290	35	76	8	3	5	34	0	1	21	30	.262	.312	.362	.674	-0.5
1957	NYA	AL	110	356	33	90	13	4	8	44	2	5	16	43	.253	.283	.379	.662	-0.8
1958	NYA	AL	103	376	45	118	19	5	11	66	1	1	22	60	.314	.348	.479	.827	3.2
1959	NYA	AL	125	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	0	1	20	57	.273	.306	.476	.782	2.0
1960	NYA	AL	107	323	29	79	11	3	6	39	3	0	28	43	.245	.298	.353	.651	0.5
1961	NYA	AL	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	.348	.387	.549	.936	5.3
1962	NYA	AL	136	494	63	138	23	5	21	91	1	1	31	76	.279	.318	.474	.792	3.8
1963	NYA	AL	135	487	75	140	21	6	28	85	0	0	35	68	.287	.342	.528	.870	5.2
1964	NYA	AL	150	550	63	172	27	3	15	84	1	1	48	73	.313	.371	.455	.826	5.5
1965	NYA	AL	110	391	38	91	15	1	9	45	0	0	24	65	.233	.278	.345	.623	1.0
1966	NYA	AL	126	410	38	105	19	2	6	35	0	0	37	65	.256	.317	.356	.673	1.6
1967	NYA	AL	66	199	13	39	6	0	3	17	0	0	12	36	.196	.247	.271	.518	-1.3
1967	BOS	AL	42	116	9	17	3	0	1	11	0	0	9	24	.147	.211	.198	.409
1968	BOS	AL	71	203	22	49	4	0	5	18	1	1	22	45	.241	.317	.335	.652	0.2
Total			1605	5363	619	1471	218	50	167	762	9	14	373	786	.274	.321	.427	.748	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1955	NYA	AL	C	9	4	48.0	23	3	0	2
1955	NYA	AL	OF	75	65	521.1	124	10	3	3
1956	NYA	AL	C	26	19	184.0	108	14	0	5
1956	NYA	AL	OF	65	51	483.2	97	2	1	0
1957	NYA	AL	1B	2	1	16.0	20	3	0	1
1957	NYA	AL	C	32	26	238.1	178	11	3	4
1957	NYA	AL	OF	71	66	575.1	68	5	3	0
1958	NYA	AL	1B	5	5	43.0	38	2	0	5
1958	NYA	AL	C	67	64	591.0	355	26	1	8
1958	NYA	AL	OF	24	23	197.0	54	1	1	0
1959	NYA	AL	1B	50	48	416.0	444	26	7	39
1959	NYA	AL	C	43	41	358.1	221	23	2	2
1959	NYA	AL	OF	28	23	213.1	47	0	1	0
1960	NYA	AL	C	91	80	731.2	410	40	6	9
1960	NYA	AL	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1961	NYA	AL	1B	9	9	86.0	90	4	1	12
1961	NYA	AL	C	111	106	923.1	635	43	5	4
1962	NYA	AL	C	129	124	1090.1	713	44	4	12
1963	NYA	AL	C	132	128	1144.1	786	51	5	8
1964	NYA	AL	C	146	141	1299.0	939	67	2	9
1965	NYA	AL	1B	5	3	27.0	29	1	0	2
1965	NYA	AL	C	95	93	814.0	614	43	6	6
1965	NYA	AL	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0
1966	NYA	AL	1B	13	13	105.0	112	8	0	11
1966	NYA	AL	C	100	98	851.2	553	44	9	6
1967	NYA	AL	1B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0
1967	NYA	AL	C	48	47	419.2	289	26	5	4
1967	BOS	AL	C	41	33	306.0	246	14	1	5
1968	BOS	AL	C	68	62	536.0	377	30	2	3
Total				1488	1374	12231.1	7572	541	68	160

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1958	Babe Ruth Award	AL
1961	TSN All-Star	AL
1963	Most Valuable Player	AL
1963	TSN All-Star	AL
1963	Gold Glove	AL
1964	TSN All-Star	AL
1964	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1974	BBWAA	19	274	No
1975	BBWAA	23	272	No
1976	BBWAA	55	291	No
1977	BBWAA	43	288	No
1978	BBWAA	41	285	No
1979	BBWAA	30	324	No
1980	BBWAA	29	289	No
1981	BBWAA	83	301	No
1982	BBWAA	40	312	No
1983	BBWAA	32	281	No
1984	BBWAA	45	303	No
1985	BBWAA	54	297	No
1986	BBWAA	51	319	No
1987	BBWAA	44	310	No
1988	BBWAA	53	321	No
2003	Veterans - Players	6	61	No
2005	Veterans - Players	6	60	No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (6)

Date	As	Reason
1961-05-21	Player	Balls and strikes
1962-06-16	Player	Call at HP
1966-08-30	Player	Interference non-call
1968-05-25	Player	Claiming runner left baseline
1976-05-06	Coach	Interference non-call
1976-06-09	Coach	Call at 1B

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