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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1911-01-18 · Played 1939–1943 · College: Indiana University-Bloomington (1930–1932) · Career WAR 11.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=maypi01, LAHMAN=maypi01, MLBAM=118475, RETROSHEET=may-p101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1939	PHI	NL	135	464	49	133	27	3	2	62	4	41	20	.287	.346	.371	.717	1.5
1940	PHI	NL	136	501	59	147	24	2	1	48	2	58	33	.293	.371	.355	.726	3.3
1941	PHI	NL	142	490	46	131	17	4	0	39	2	55	30	.267	.344	.318	.662	1.7
1942	PHI	NL	115	345	25	82	15	0	0	18	3	51	17	.238	.338	.281	.619	2.2
1943	PHI	NL	137	415	31	117	19	2	1	48	2	56	21	.282	.369	.345	.714	2.6
Total			665	2215	210	610	102	11	4	215	13	261	121	.275	.352	.337	.689	11.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1939	PHI	NL	3B	132	153	263	19	28
1940	PHI	NL	3B	135	139	297	21	12
1940	PHI	NL	SS	1	1	6	1	1
1941	PHI	NL	3B	140	194	324	15	31
1942	PHI	NL	3B	107	109	227	13	23
1943	PHI	NL	3B	132	142	280	16	20
Total				647	738	1397	85	115

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1939-07-02	Player	Fighting

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