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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1911-03-18 · Played 1934–1952 · Career WAR 18.8 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1934	PHA	AL	32		55	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.109	.109	.109	.218	-0.6
1935	PHA	AL	27		25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.040	.111	.040	.151	-0.3
1938	DET	AL	19		33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.121	.121	.121	.242	-0.4
1939	DET	AL	37		44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.111	.091	.202	-0.7
1940	DET	AL	42		17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4
1941	DET	AL	38		50	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.060	.060	.080	.140	-0.9
1942	DET	AL	35		67	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.075	.075	.090	.165	-0.9
1945	DET	AL	31		63	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.063	.092	.095	.187	-0.8
1946	DET	AL	28		49	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.184	.184	.204	.388	-0.1
1947	DET	AL	36		39	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154	.154	.179	.333	-0.2
1948	DET	AL	30		11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.273	.455	-0.1
1949	CLE	AL	40		38	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.132	.154	.132	.286	-0.3
1950	CLE	AL	36		12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.083	.214	.083	.297	-0.1
1952	BOS	AL	24		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
Total			455		512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.110	.111	.221	-6.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1934	PHA	AL	7	9	32	21	7	0	1	155.0	145	84	7	88	58	4.88	1.503	0.2
1935	PHA	AL	3	4	27	9	0	0	0	78.1	110	67	7	47	42	7.70	2.004	-1.9
1938	DET	AL	5	3	19	10	6	0	0	95.1	93	35	10	39	33	3.30	1.385	2.6
1939	DET	AL	6	8	37	16	3	0	5	150.0	182	76	11	58	67	4.56	1.600	0.9
1940	DET	AL	6	10	42	0	0	0	17	79.1	93	39	5	36	50	4.42	1.626	1.1
1941	DET	AL	15	6	38	14	7	1	7	157.2	130	52	11	65	63	2.97	1.237	5.7
1942	DET	AL	7	13	35	30	9	1	2	226.2	210	73	9	84	110	2.90	1.297	5.6
1945	DET	AL	13	8	31	27	12	5	3	191.2	175	43	7	63	76	2.02	1.242	3.4
1946	DET	AL	11	7	28	15	6	1	1	140.2	132	57	9	58	60	3.65	1.351	0.6
1947	DET	AL	6	7	36	14	4	0	7	133.0	147	65	11	61	33	4.40	1.564	-0.3
1948	DET	AL	2	2	30	0	0	0	3	44.1	45	28	4	36	18	5.68	1.827	-0.6
1949	CLE	AL	9	6	40	11	4	2	10	135.2	116	32	7	51	41	2.12	1.231	4.8
1950	CLE	AL	4	2	36	0	0	0	4	63.0	57	25	7	30	26	3.57	1.381	1.0
1952	BOS	AL	4	3	24	0	0	0	6	37.2	37	10	1	17	20	2.39	1.434	1.7
Total			98	88	455	167	58	10	66	1688.1	1672	686	106	733	697	3.66	1.424	24.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1934	PHA	AL	P	32			11	28	1	3
1935	PHA	AL	P	27			2	12	1	0
1938	DET	AL	P	19			3	25	1	0
1939	DET	AL	P	37			6	27	2	0
1940	DET	AL	P	42			5	11	3	1
1941	DET	AL	P	38			9	27	3	4
1942	DET	AL	P	35			18	39	5	0
1945	DET	AL	P	31			11	44	2	4
1946	DET	AL	P	28			16	26	2	0
1947	DET	AL	P	36			6	24	4	1
1948	DET	AL	P	30			2	8	1	1
1949	CLE	AL	P	40			4	17	0	2
1950	CLE	AL	P	36			1	8	0	2
1952	BOS	AL	P	24			3	5	1	0
Total				455			97	301	26	18