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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1905-01-02 · Played 1927–1946 · Career WAR 13.9 (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
1927	SLA	AL	7	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.994	0.4
1928	SLA	AL	150	560	78	153	26	10	3	81	5	4	48	70	.273	.332	.371	.703	0.4
1929	SLA	AL	147	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	5	8	52	54	.305	.366	.436	.802	3.7
1930	SLA	AL	154	614	94	192	43	8	16	112	3	12	50	56	.313	.366	.487	.853	2.8
1931	SLA	AL	150	605	87	188	46	8	16	114	3	16	46	48	.311	.360	.493	.853	2.8
1932	SLA	AL	14	52	2	9	0	1	2	9	1	1	4	6	.173	.232	.327	.559	2.0
1932	CHA	AL	135	515	83	147	42	4	9	57	6	3	47	36	.285	.346	.435	.781
1933	CHA	AL	129	467	47	116	20	5	10	78	4	4	37	40	.248	.304	.377	.681	-0.7
1934	CHA	AL	8	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.286	.412	.286	.698	-0.4
1934	WS1	AL	56	171	18	39	4	3	4	24	3	0	17	19	.228	.298	.357	.655
1935	WS1	AL	84	252	32	75	13	4	2	42	3	3	25	16	.298	.361	.405	.766	1.3
1936	WS1	AL	109	391	51	111	20	6	8	51	6	0	39	25	.284	.349	.427	.776	1.7
1938	SLA	AL	150	566	74	171	33	3	7	79	5	4	69	47	.302	.378	.408	.786	1.5
1939	SLA	AL	13	43	5	12	1	0	0	8	1	0	6	2	.279	.367	.302	.669	-0.7
1939	DET	AL	51	157	19	38	7	0	1	22	2	1	17	16	.242	.316	.306	.622
1940	DET	AL	33	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	.222	.294	.303	.597	-0.3
1946	NY1	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0
Total			1391	5087	691	1454	298	58	89	799	47	56	474	453	.286	.347	.420	.766	14.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1935	WS1	AL	3	5.2	8	8	0	5	5	12.71	2.294	-0.3
1946	NY1	NL	1	3.2	5	5	1	1	1	12.27	1.636	-0.3
Total			4	9.1	13	13	1	6	6	12.54	2.036	-0.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1927	SLA	AL	SS	7	12	25	1	4
1928	SLA	AL	SS	150	318	400	55	99
1929	SLA	AL	SS	146	312	441	43	94
1930	SLA	AL	3B	31	35	57	10	4
1930	SLA	AL	SS	123	271	349	41	83
1931	SLA	AL	1B	10	94	10	4	8
1931	SLA	AL	3B	84	92	141	16	12
1931	SLA	AL	OF	40	82	8	5	1
1931	SLA	AL	SS	38	37	47	6	7
1932	SLA	AL	3B	14	23	27	5	5
1932	CHA	AL	1B	1	10	2	0	4
1932	CHA	AL	3B	19	17	34	6	4
1932	CHA	AL	OF	64	139	12	7	2
1932	CHA	AL	SS	53	125	155	19	35
1933	CHA	AL	1B	111	1169	60	28	83
1933	CHA	AL	OF	8	16	0	1	0
1934	CHA	AL	2B	3	5	2	0	0
1934	WS1	AL	1B	30	291	11	2	16
1934	WS1	AL	2B	6	18	15	0	4
1934	WS1	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1934	WS1	AL	OF	10	15	1	0	0
1934	WS1	AL	SS	1	4	5	0	1
1935	WS1	AL	1B	5	35	2	1	8
1935	WS1	AL	2B	1	0	2	0	0
1935	WS1	AL	OF	2	4	0	1	0
1935	WS1	AL	P	3	0	3	0	0
1935	WS1	AL	SS	53	118	204	12	53
1936	WS1	AL	1B	5	37	3	1	2
1936	WS1	AL	2B	33	86	100	1	21
1936	WS1	AL	SS	64	143	212	28	52
1938	SLA	AL	SS	150	321	388	26	100
1939	SLA	AL	SS	13	27	29	4	10
1939	DET	AL	2B	16	29	47	6	13
1939	DET	AL	3B	4	7	7	1	1
1939	DET	AL	SS	25	48	69	5	15
1940	DET	AL	3B	17	20	41	5	1
1940	DET	AL	SS	12	25	33	3	5
1946	NY1	NL	P	1	2	3	0	1
Total				1354	3987	2945	343	748

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1958	BBWAA	1	200	No
1960	BBWAA	3	202	No

Ejections (9)

Date	As	Reason
1931-07-20	Player	Fair/foul call
1938-07-10	Player	Call at 1B
1940-08-17	Coach	Call at 1B
1946-04-26	Coach	Time-out call
1957-05-01	Coach	Call from previous day
1957-05-18	Coach	Showing up umpire
1957-06-19	Coach	Call at 1B
1959-07-11	Coach	Balls and strikes
1961-06-27	Coach	Called strike 3