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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1912-01-03 · Played 1937–1944 · Career WAR 15.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=meltocl01, LAHMAN=meltocl01, MLBAM=118938, RETROSHEET=meltc101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1937	NY1	NL	46	82	3	10	0	0	5	1	21	.122	.133	.122	.255	-0.6
1938	NY1	NL	36	80	7	14	2	0	6	2	14	.175	.195	.200	.395	0.0
1939	NY1	NL	41	66	2	12	1	0	6	1	10	.182	.194	.197	.391	-0.1
1940	NY1	NL	37	54	6	12	1	1	3	2	14	.222	.250	.278	.528	0.2
1941	NY1	NL	42	61	2	7	0	0	4	2	16	.115	.143	.115	.258	-0.4
1942	NY1	NL	23	47	5	11	0	0	5	4	12	.234	.294	.234	.528	0.3
1943	NY1	NL	34	54	3	8	0	1	2	8	14	.148	.258	.185	.443	0.0
1944	NY1	NL	13	25	0	3	0	0	1	0	7	.120	.120	.120	.240	-0.2
Total			272	469	28	77	4	2	32	20	108	.164	.198	.181	.380	-0.8

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1937	NY1	NL	20	9	46	27	14	2	7	248.0	216	72	9	55	142	2.61	1.093	4.9
1938	NY1	NL	14	14	36	31	10	1	0	243.0	266	105	19	61	101	3.89	1.346	0.6
1939	NY1	NL	12	15	41	23	9	2	5	207.1	214	82	7	65	95	3.56	1.346	2.8
1940	NY1	NL	10	11	37	21	4	1	2	166.2	185	91	9	68	91	4.91	1.518	-0.7
1941	NY1	NL	8	11	42	22	9	3	1	194.1	181	65	14	61	100	3.01	1.245	3.9
1942	NY1	NL	11	5	23	17	12	2	1	143.2	122	42	9	33	61	2.63	1.079	2.6
1943	NY1	NL	9	13	34	28	6	2	0	186.1	184	66	7	69	55	3.19	1.358	2.3
1944	NY1	NL	2	2	13	10	1	0	0	64.1	78	29	5	19	15	4.06	1.508	-0.3
Total			86	80	272	179	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	552	79	431	660	3.42	1.291	16.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1937	NY1	NL	P	46	10	68	1	3
1938	NY1	NL	P	36	5	64	4	1
1939	NY1	NL	P	41	6	49	4	0
1940	NY1	NL	P	37	6	38	0	4
1941	NY1	NL	P	42	4	58	2	1
1942	NY1	NL	P	23	7	44	1	1
1943	NY1	NL	P	34	6	57	3	4
1944	NY1	NL	P	13	1	19	1	1
Total				272	45	397	16	15

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