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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-10-27 · Played 1946–1955 · Career WAR 48.2 (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
1946	PIT	NL	144	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3		74	109	.247	.345	.430	.775	2.5
1947	PIT	NL	152	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1		98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.056	8.1
1948	PIT	NL	156	555	104	147	19	5	40	123	1		112	61	.265	.391	.533	.924	6.1
1949	PIT	NL	152	549	116	170	19	5	54	127	6		117	61	.310	.432	.658	1.090	8.1
1950	PIT	NL	150	547	112	149	21	6	47	118	2		122	79	.272	.408	.590	.998	5.2
1951	PIT	NL	151	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	2	1	137	57	.309	.452	.627	1.079	8.0
1952	PIT	NL	149	516	90	126	17	2	37	87	3	0	110	77	.244	.384	.500	.884	4.3
1953	PIT	NL	41	148	27	40	6	1	7	29	1	0	25	21	.270	.383	.466	.849	2.7
1953	CHN	NL	117	414	73	117	14	2	28	87	1	1	75	67	.283	.394	.529	.923
1954	CHN	NL	147	557	88	159	36	5	22	73	2	0	76	90	.285	.371	.487	.858	3.0
1955	CLE	AL	113	321	56	78	13	0	18	54	0	0	65	46	.243	.367	.452	.819	0.2
Total			1472	5205	971	1451	216	39	369	1015	22	2	1011	749	.279	.396	.548	.944	48.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1946	PIT	NL	OF	140			339	6	11	2
1947	PIT	NL	OF	152			390	8	7	1
1948	PIT	NL	OF	154			382	6	10	1
1949	PIT	NL	OF	152			311	12	7	3
1950	PIT	NL	OF	150			287	13	11	2
1951	PIT	NL	1B	58			556	29	11	59
1951	PIT	NL	OF	94			195	7	7	1
1952	PIT	NL	OF	149			250	9	8	0
1953	PIT	NL	OF	41			71	5	0	1
1953	CHN	NL	OF	116			211	6	8	2
1954	CHN	NL	OF	147	147	1274.1	298	6	9	1
1955	CLE	AL	OF	87	79	701.2	141	2	2	0
Total				1440	226	1976.0	3431	109	91	73

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1947	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1949	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1950	TSN All-Star	ML
1950	TSN Player of the Year	NL
1951	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1960	BBWAA	3	202	No
1962	BBWAA	5	120	No
1964	BBWAA	31	151	No
1964	Run Off	3		No
1966	BBWAA	74	227	No
1967	BBWAA	124	219	No
1967	Run Off	41		No
1968	BBWAA	118	213	No
1969	BBWAA	137	255	No
1970	BBWAA	167	225	No
1971	BBWAA	212	270	No
1972	BBWAA	235	297	No
1973	BBWAA	235	285	No
1974	BBWAA	215	274	No
1975	BBWAA	273	272	Yes

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