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==Highlights== * 8-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] (1943β44, 1945 [non-official game], 1946, 1948β51) * Six times in the Top 10 in MVP voting (1942β45, 1948β49) * Led the American League in home runs during 1945 * Three times led the American League in RBI (1944, 1949β50) * Collected 440 RBI within three consecutive seasons (1948β50) * Three times in the Top 10 in [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (1942β43, 1946) * Twice led the American League in [[games played]] (1948β49) * Was inducted into the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]] in 2006 * Only man to play for the 1944 American League Champion [[St. Louis Browns]] and the [[Baltimore Orioles]], the team the Browns franchise became after it moved to Baltimore in 1954 * Holds the MLB record for RBI in a season by a shortstop, with 159 in 1949 * Became the first shortstop to hit 30 home runs in a season, with 39 in 1949 * Attended Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California (also attended by [[Tony Gwynn]], [[Chase Utley]], [[Milton Bradley (baseball)|Milton Bradley]], etc.)
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