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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1897-11-20 · Played 1923–1935 · Career WAR 17.5 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1923	BSN	NL	35	31	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	.161	.257	.161	.418	-0.1
1924	BSN	NL	30	33	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.091	.143	.121	.264	-0.3
1925	BSN	NL	32	58	6	14	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	20	.241	.279	.276	.555	0.2
1926	BSN	NL	45	78	3	12	1	0	0	4	0		2	25	.154	.185	.167	.352	-0.4
1927	BSN	NL	11	18	1	4	1	0	0	4	0		0	5	.222	.263	.278	.541	-0.2
1927	NY1	NL	31	50	4	8	0	0	0	3	0		1	14	.160	.192	.160	.352
1928	NY1	NL	42	112	12	16	2	1	0	8	0		5	17	.143	.179	.179	.358	-0.5
1929	NY1	NL	41	86	2	9	1	0	1	8	0		1	15	.105	.115	.151	.266	-0.9
1930	NY1	NL	8	10	2	3	0	0	1	3	0		1	4	.300	.364	.600	.964	-0.1
1930	CIN	NL	35	62	1	11	0	1	0	5	0		3	13	.177	.215	.210	.425
1931	CIN	NL	38	66	2	11	2	0	0	1	0		3	13	.167	.203	.197	.400	-0.1
1932	CIN	NL	35	54	8	11	1	0	0	1	0		3	11	.204	.246	.222	.468	0.1
1933	CIN	NL	34	53	4	9	0	0	0	2	0		1	14	.170	.200	.170	.370	-0.2
1934	CIN	NL	16	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.286	.572	0.0
1935	BSN	NL	29	20	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	4	.200	.238	.250	.488	0.1
Total			462	738	54	122	12	2	2	42	1	0	30	181	.165	.198	.195	.393	-2.4

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1923	BSN	NL	5	9	35	9	1	0	0	128.0	141	71	4	57	42	4.99	1.547	0.3
1924	BSN	NL	5	7	30	13	4	0	1	128.0	129	59	4	64	41	4.15	1.508	1.3
1925	BSN	NL	14	7	31	21	16	2	1	183.1	170	63	6	70	49	3.09	1.309	4.0
1926	BSN	NL	14	14	43	27	12	1	1	231.2	244	99	10	81	103	3.85	1.403	2.1
1927	BSN	NL	4	2	11	10	3	0	0	60.1	72	30	3	27	25	4.48	1.641	1.7
1927	NY1	NL	13	5	29	23	8	1	2	173.0	183	76	9	54	65	3.95	1.370
1928	NY1	NL	25	9	42	35	28	2	4	310.1	299	94	14	71	90	2.73	1.192	7.0
1929	NY1	NL	11	17	39	30	14	3	3	237.0	276	109	16	61	63	4.14	1.422	2.4
1930	NY1	NL	1	3	8	4	1	0	1	30.0	42	26	8	14	16	7.80	1.867	-0.3
1930	CIN	NL	7	12	35	22	9	0	1	177.2	246	101	7	45	47	5.12	1.638
1931	CIN	NL	10	15	38	23	12	2	2	204.1	240	76	6	53	35	3.35	1.434	1.7
1932	CIN	NL	6	13	35	21	7	0	2	179.2	201	86	10	27	35	4.31	1.269	0.1
1933	CIN	NL	10	11	34	19	7	2	2	152.2	160	63	5	36	33	3.71	1.284	1.3
1934	CIN	NL	0	1	16	1	0	0	2	29.0	53	21	1	7	5	6.52	2.069	-0.5
1935	BSN	NL	2	3	29	0	0	0	0	72.0	103	55	6	24	21	6.88	1.764	-1.2
Total			127	128	455	258	122	13	22	2297.0	2559	1029	109	691	670	4.03	1.415	19.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1923	BSN	NL	P	35	5	33	4	2
1924	BSN	NL	P	30	3	30	1	2
1925	BSN	NL	P	31	6	39	3	2
1926	BSN	NL	P	43	3	43	0	1
1927	BSN	NL	P	11	3	10	1	0
1927	NY1	NL	P	29	10	33	2	3
1928	NY1	NL	P	42	15	69	1	5
1929	NY1	NL	P	39	11	58	3	7
1930	NY1	NL	P	8	2	3	0	1
1930	CIN	NL	P	35	12	20	1	1
1931	CIN	NL	P	38	10	48	2	5
1932	CIN	NL	P	35	6	38	2	1
1933	CIN	NL	P	34	5	27	2	1
1934	CIN	NL	P	16	0	6	0	1
1935	BSN	NL	P	29	2	12	0	1
Total				455	93	469	22	33

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

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