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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1927-03-09 · Played 1950–1961 · College: University of California, Berkeley (1947–1949) · Career WAR 27.8 (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
1950	NYA	AL	45	70	13	12	2	2	1	5	4	0	7	8	.171	.247	.300	.547	-0.5
1951	NYA	AL	56	168	30	50	8	1	8	25	8	2	18	18	.298	.369	.500	.869	1.2
1952	NYA	AL	7	19	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	4	.105	.261	.263	.524	2.9
1952	WS1	AL	144	570	80	163	29	5	10	80	17	6	63	40	.286	.360	.407	.767
1953	WS1	AL	147	552	87	147	32	8	10	84	18	8	73	51	.266	.357	.408	.765	1.8
1954	BOS	AL	152	580	92	160	25	7	25	117	22	7	79	52	.276	.359	.472	.831	3.5
1955	BOS	AL	152	574	95	158	27	6	26	116	16	7	89	63	.275	.369	.479	.848	3.2
1956	BOS	AL	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	11	3	89	43	.315	.405	.497	.902	3.8
1957	BOS	AL	145	544	82	153	29	2	23	103	8	5	75	66	.281	.367	.469	.836	1.9
1958	BOS	AL	154	548	83	157	31	0	35	122	9	4	99	65	.286	.396	.535	.931	4.9
1959	BOS	AL	148	535	101	148	31	0	28	112	20	5	88	67	.277	.372	.492	.864	4.5
1961	BOS	AL	137	498	64	131	21	2	13	66	9	8	66	69	.263	.350	.392	.742	0.6
Total			1438	5236	810	1463	259	45	199	929	143	55	750	546	.279	.370	.460	.830	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1950	NYA	AL	OF	23			36	0	2	0
1951	NYA	AL	OF	48			106	6	3	1
1952	NYA	AL	OF	5			8	0	0	0
1952	WS1	AL	OF	143			283	17	7	1
1953	WS1	AL	OF	146			274	9	5	0
1954	BOS	AL	OF	151	149	1335.1	331	12	5	0
1955	BOS	AL	OF	150	149	1339.1	281	11	7	3
1956	BOS	AL	OF	151	150	1351.0	291	13	12	2
1957	BOS	AL	OF	144	143	1276.2	251	16	11	4
1958	BOS	AL	OF	153	153	1354.1	293	14	6	3
1959	BOS	AL	OF	146	146	1288.2	311	12	6	4
1961	BOS	AL	OF	131	131	1164.1	274	14	4	2
Total				1391	1021	9109.2	2739	124	68	20

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1958	Most Valuable Player	AL
1958	TSN Player of the Year	AL
1959	Gold Glove	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1967	BBWAA	3	219	No
1968	BBWAA	3	213	No
1969	BBWAA	1	255	No
1970	BBWAA	1	225	No
1971	BBWAA	2	270	No
1972	BBWAA	1	297	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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