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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1908-04-06 · Played 1931–1947 · Career WAR 37.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=lombaer01, LAHMAN=lombaer01, MLBAM=117880, RETROSHEET=lombe101

Photo: Cincinnati Reds - 1940 Team Issue, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1931	BRO	NL	73	182	20	54	7	1	4	23	1	12	12	.297	.340	.412	.752	0.5
1932	CIN	NL	118	413	43	125	22	9	11	68	0	41	19	.303	.371	.479	.850	3.0
1933	CIN	NL	107	350	30	99	21	1	4	47	2	16	17	.283	.322	.383	.705	1.2
1934	CIN	NL	132	417	42	127	19	4	9	62	0	16	22	.305	.335	.434	.769	1.2
1935	CIN	NL	120	332	36	114	23	3	12	64	0	16	6	.343	.379	.539	.918	3.6
1936	CIN	NL	121	387	42	129	23	2	12	68	1	19	16	.333	.375	.496	.871	3.3
1937	CIN	NL	120	368	41	123	22	1	9	59	1	14	17	.334	.362	.473	.835	2.6
1938	CIN	NL	129	489	60	167	30	1	19	95	0	40	14	.342	.391	.524	.915	4.8
1939	CIN	NL	130	450	43	129	26	2	20	85	0	35	19	.287	.342	.487	.829	2.4
1940	CIN	NL	109	376	50	120	22	0	14	74	0	31	14	.319	.382	.489	.871	3.0
1941	CIN	NL	117	398	33	105	12	1	10	60	1	36	14	.264	.325	.374	.699	1.0
1942	BSN	NL	105	309	32	102	14	0	11	46	1	37	12	.330	.403	.482	.885	3.1
1943	NY1	NL	104	295	19	90	7	0	10	51	1	16	11	.305	.347	.431	.778	1.6
1944	NY1	NL	117	373	37	95	13	0	10	58	0	33	25	.255	.317	.370	.687	0.6
1945	NY1	NL	115	368	46	113	7	1	19	70	0	43	11	.307	.387	.486	.873	3.2
1946	NY1	NL	88	238	19	69	4	1	12	39	0	18	24	.290	.347	.466	.813	2.1
1947	NY1	NL	48	110	8	31	5	0	4	21	0	7	9	.282	.325	.436	.761	0.6
Total			1853	5855	601	1792	277	27	190	990	8	430	262	.306	.354	.460	.813	37.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1931	BRO	NL	C	50	218	23	4	5
1932	CIN	NL	C	110	288	76	14	6
1933	CIN	NL	C	95	223	52	8	3
1934	CIN	NL	C	111	383	61	5	8
1935	CIN	NL	C	82	298	49	6	4
1936	CIN	NL	C	105	330	54	15	10
1937	CIN	NL	C	90	333	58	11	3
1938	CIN	NL	C	123	512	73	9	8
1939	CIN	NL	C	120	536	63	10	7
1940	CIN	NL	C	101	397	46	5	5
1941	CIN	NL	C	116	496	70	10	9
1942	BSN	NL	C	85	251	41	6	3
1943	NY1	NL	C	73	296	36	10	8
1944	NY1	NL	C	100	350	47	13	11
1945	NY1	NL	C	96	425	49	8	8
1946	NY1	NL	C	63	272	36	7	7
1947	NY1	NL	C	24	86	11	2	2
Total				1544	5694	845	143	107

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1938	Most Valuable Player	NL
1938	TSN Guide MVP	NL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1950	BBWAA	3	126	No
1951	BBWAA	3	170	No
1956	BBWAA	8	145	No
1958	BBWAA	4	200	No
1960	BBWAA	6	202	No
1962	BBWAA	5	120	No
1964	BBWAA	33	151	No
1964	Run Off	9		No
1966	BBWAA	34	227	No
1967	BBWAA	43	219	No
1967	Run Off	25		No
1968	Veterans			No
1973	Veterans			No
1974	Veterans			No
1975	Veterans			No
1976	Veterans			No
1977	Veterans			No
1981	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			No
1986	Veterans			Yes

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