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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-08-23 · Played 1943–1957 · Career WAR 37.6 (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
1943	PHA	AL	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	0.1
1944	PHA	AL	139	514	51	138	15	3	0	44	5	2	22	23	.268	.300	.309	.609	-0.3
1945	PHA	AL	147	567	50	154	30	3	4	56	2	0	27	15	.272	.306	.356	.662	2.6
1946	PHA	AL	26	87	3	26	6	1	0	11	0	0	10	6	.299	.378	.391	.769	3.9
1946	DET	AL	105	434	67	142	19	9	4	41	3	2	30	14	.327	.371	.440	.811
1947	DET	AL	152	588	75	188	29	5	5	93	9	11	61	16	.320	.387	.412	.799	4.3
1948	DET	AL	92	368	47	112	24	3	2	44	2	2	33	15	.304	.369	.402	.771	0.9
1949	DET	AL	134	522	97	179	38	9	3	59	7	5	71	13	.343	.424	.467	.891	4.9
1950	DET	AL	157	641	114	218	56	6	8	101	3	3	66	18	.340	.403	.484	.887	4.9
1951	DET	AL	147	598	92	191	36	3	2	59	10	3	61	18	.319	.386	.400	.786	4.1
1952	DET	AL	39	152	11	45	8	0	1	17	0	1	15	13	.296	.359	.368	.727	3.0
1952	BOS	AL	75	276	41	88	15	2	6	40	0	1	31	10	.319	.390	.453	.843
1953	BOS	AL	134	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	5	2	52	22	.307	.383	.483	.866	3.1
1954	BOS	AL	26	93	15	24	3	0	0	10	0	0	15	3	.258	.361	.290	.651	0.4
1954	CHA	AL	71	233	25	66	10	0	5	48	1	1	18	12	.283	.323	.391	.714
1955	CHA	AL	128	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	2	2	51	36	.312	.389	.429	.818	2.7
1956	CHA	AL	21	80	7	25	5	0	1	11	0	0	8	6	.312	.371	.412	.783	1.6
1956	BAL	AL	102	345	45	90	17	2	8	37	0	1	25	31	.261	.313	.391	.704
1957	BAL	AL	99	310	28	92	9	0	9	44	2	0	25	16	.297	.352	.413	.765	1.4
Total			1795	6702	881	2054	385	50	78	870	51	36	621	287	.306	.365	.414	.779	37.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1943	PHA	AL	3B	1			1	3	0	0
1944	PHA	AL	3B	139			167	289	20	25
1945	PHA	AL	3B	147			186	345	20	32
1946	PHA	AL	3B	26			36	57	2	5
1946	DET	AL	1B	1			2	0	0	0
1946	DET	AL	3B	105			105	210	5	22
1947	DET	AL	3B	152			167	333	20	25
1948	DET	AL	3B	92			108	146	8	15
1949	DET	AL	3B	134			154	271	11	23
1950	DET	AL	3B	157			186	315	9	30
1951	DET	AL	3B	147			175	310	20	34
1952	DET	AL	3B	39			38	78	5	7
1952	BOS	AL	3B	73			75	138	9	14
1953	BOS	AL	3B	124			114	231	10	23
1953	BOS	AL	OF	7			4	0	0	0
1954	BOS	AL	3B	25	25	208.0	31	49	7	5
1954	CHA	AL	1B	32	32	256.0	253	8	1	27
1954	CHA	AL	3B	31	27	220.0	19	48	3	4
1954	CHA	AL	OF	2	2	12.0	3	0	0	0
1955	CHA	AL	1B	24	13	125.1	133	5	1	12
1955	CHA	AL	3B	105	102	834.0	83	165	6	8
1955	CHA	AL	OF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0
1956	CHA	AL	1B	4	4	28.0	19	3	0	4
1956	CHA	AL	3B	18	17	143.1	17	28	0	0
1956	BAL	AL	1B	2	0	3.1	4	1	0	0
1956	BAL	AL	2B	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	1
1956	BAL	AL	3B	97	93	749.0	97	165	7	19
1957	BAL	AL	1B	22	19	141.2	146	5	0	10
1957	BAL	AL	3B	80	59	553.0	66	122	4	15
Total				1788	394	3280.2	2390	3326	168	360

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1946	TSN All-Star	ML
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1947	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1949	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1950	TSN All-Star	ML
1951	TSN All-Star	ML
1952	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1964	BBWAA	33	151	No
1964	Run Off	8		No
1966	BBWAA	29	227	No
1967	BBWAA	40	219	No
1967	Run Off	11		No
1968	BBWAA	47	213	No
1969	BBWAA	60	255	No
1970	BBWAA	90	225	No
1971	BBWAA	105	270	No
1972	BBWAA	115	297	No
1973	BBWAA	114	285	No
1974	BBWAA	94	274	No
1975	BBWAA	114	272	No
1976	BBWAA	129	291	No
1977	BBWAA	141	288	No
1983	Veterans			Yes

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