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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1911-11-24 · Played 1932–1948 · Career WAR 54.2 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1932	SLN	NL	26	106	13	37	12	1	2	12	3	2	10	.349	.367	.538	.905	0.6
1933	SLN	NL	148	595	92	182	40	10	18	98	5	26	56	.306	.337	.497	.834	4.1
1934	SLN	NL	149	620	110	198	40	18	18	106	3	21	83	.319	.343	.529	.872	3.2
1935	SLN	NL	154	634	132	224	46	13	23	126	4	30	59	.353	.386	.576	.962	6.1
1936	SLN	NL	155	636	115	223	64	13	18	138	3	34	33	.351	.387	.577	.964	7.1
1937	SLN	NL	156	633	111	237	56	10	31	154	4	41	50	.374	.414	.641	1.055	8.4
1938	SLN	NL	146	590	100	190	47	8	21	122	0	42	41	.322	.369	.536	.905	4.6
1939	SLN	NL	150	606	98	201	48	8	14	117	6	45	44	.332	.380	.507	.887	4.5
1940	SLN	NL	37	158	21	48	12	0	3	20	0	6	8	.304	.329	.437	.766	3.6
1940	BRO	NL	106	423	62	127	18	12	14	66	2	26	28	.300	.345	.499	.844
1941	BRO	NL	133	538	100	171	33	10	18	88	2	38	35	.318	.364	.517	.881	4.3
1942	BRO	NL	142	553	69	166	37	4	4	96	2	32	25	.300	.338	.403	.741	2.2
1943	BRO	NL	48	173	13	47	10	0	0	25	1	10	8	.272	.315	.329	.644	0.4
1943	NY1	NL	78	324	41	91	20	3	5	45	0	9	14	.281	.300	.407	.707
1944	NY1	NL	128	490	64	165	24	3	7	85	2	38	24	.337	.386	.441	.827	3.6
1945	NY1	NL	26	92	14	28	4	0	3	11	2	2	2	.304	.319	.446	.765	0.5
1945	BSN	NL	66	218	17	62	13	0	0	26	3	12	12	.284	.325	.344	.669
1946	BRO	NL	41	77	7	24	4	0	2	18	0	6	5	.312	.369	.442	.811	0.5
1947	SLN	NL	75	150	19	46	12	0	4	28	0	16	12	.307	.373	.467	.840	0.6
1948	SLN	NL	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.211	.250	.211	.461	-0.1
Total			1984	7635	1198	2471	540	113	205	1383	42	437	551	.324	.360	.505	.865	54.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1932	SLN	NL	OF	26	63	2	2	1
1933	SLN	NL	OF	147	318	17	7	2
1934	SLN	NL	OF	149	322	10	14	1
1935	SLN	NL	OF	154	352	8	13	0
1936	SLN	NL	OF	155	367	16	6	4
1937	SLN	NL	OF	156	329	9	4	1
1938	SLN	NL	OF	144	330	12	9	6
1939	SLN	NL	OF	149	313	10	8	1
1940	SLN	NL	OF	37	81	1	1	0
1940	BRO	NL	OF	103	240	7	5	0
1941	BRO	NL	OF	131	270	11	5	2
1942	BRO	NL	OF	140	287	5	3	1
1943	BRO	NL	OF	42	65	2	2	0
1943	NY1	NL	1B	3	26	1	0	1
1943	NY1	NL	OF	74	157	10	2	2
1944	NY1	NL	OF	122	290	8	2	2
1945	NY1	NL	OF	23	46	1	1	0
1945	BSN	NL	1B	15	124	3	0	6
1945	BSN	NL	OF	38	78	7	0	2
1946	BRO	NL	1B	1	8	0	2	2
1946	BRO	NL	OF	18	30	0	0	0
1947	SLN	NL	OF	43	56	3	0	2
1948	SLN	NL	OF	1	0	0	0	0
Total				1871	4152	143	86	36

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1935	TSN All-Star	ML
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	Triple Crown	NL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1937	Most Valuable Player	NL
1937	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	TSN Guide MVP	NL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	TSN All-Star	ML
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1939	TSN All-Star	ML
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1956	BBWAA	31	145	No
1958	BBWAA	50	200	No
1960	BBWAA	38	202	No
1962	BBWAA	34	120	No
1964	Run Off	130		No
1964	BBWAA	108	151	No
1966	BBWAA	187	227	No
1967	Run Off	248		No
1967	BBWAA	212	219	No
1968	BBWAA	240	213	Yes

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