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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
1929	BRO	NL	3		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1930	BRO	NL	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1932	CHN	NL	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1934	SLA	AL	50		93	6	17	2	0	0	8	0	1	2	10	.183	.200	.204	.404	-0.5
1935	SLA	AL	7		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0.4
1935	WS1	AL	28		73	6	22	2	1	0	10	1	0	3	9	.301	.329	.356	.685
1936	WS1	AL	44		108	11	23	2	0	0	11	0	0	3	23	.213	.234	.231	.465	-0.1
1937	WS1	AL	13		25	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.120	.154	.240	.394	0.1
1937	BOS	AL	31		75	9	19	4	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.253	.273	.333	.606
1938	SLA	AL	46		124	9	31	4	0	0	16	0	0	1	21	.250	.256	.282	.538	0.1
1939	SLA	AL	6		18	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.278	.500	-0.5
1939	DET	AL	35		97	6	18	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	16	.186	.194	.206	.400
1940	DET	AL	36		107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	.215	.222	.262	.484	0.0
1941	DET	AL	43		88	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	20	.102	.132	.102	.234	-0.8
1942	WS1	AL	30		75	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	.160	.160	.187	.347	-0.6
1942	BRO	NL	6		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000
1943	BRO	NL	22		44	4	11	0	0	0	6	0		0	11	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.1
1943	SLA	AL	10		15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666
1943	WS1	AL	6		15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.266
1944	PHA	AL	37		88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	.114	.114	.136	.250	-0.7
1945	PHA	AL	36		86	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	21	.163	.172	.174	.346	-0.2
1946	PHA	AL	10		19	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.158	.263	-0.4
1946	WS1	AL	24		62	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.161	.161	.161	.322
1947	WS1	AL	14		29	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.241	.241	.310	.551	-0.1
1947	NYA	AL	17		42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.095	.190
1948	NY1	NL	11		7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.429	.429	.429	.858	0.1
1952	WS1	AL	10		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1952	PHA	AL	14		15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.266
1953	PHA	AL	17		6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	0.0
Total			609		1337	86	253	28	3	1	102	1	1	17	266	.189	.199	.217	.416	-3.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1929	BRO	NL	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.1	15	11	0	5	6	10.61	2.143	-0.4
1930	BRO	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0.00	1.333	0.0
1932	CHN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.000	0.0
1934	SLA	AL	16	20	47	32	15	2	5	262.1	259	117	15	149	135	4.01	1.555	6.1
1935	SLA	AL	0	6	7	6	1	0	1	42.2	54	23	2	13	22	4.85	1.570	2.5
1935	WS1	AL	11	12	28	23	17	2	2	198.1	222	98	9	84	65	4.45	1.543
1936	WS1	AL	17	15	43	38	24	4	2	285.2	294	137	13	146	156	4.32	1.540	3.0
1937	WS1	AL	3	4	11	10	3	0	0	67.2	76	44	4	48	39	5.85	1.833	3.2
1937	BOS	AL	13	10	30	27	14	1	0	207.2	193	103	14	119	127	4.46	1.502
1938	SLA	AL	20	16	44	40	31	0	1	329.2	334	186	30	192	226	5.08	1.596	4.8
1939	SLA	AL	3	1	6	6	3	0	0	45.2	50	24	5	22	28	4.73	1.577	8.2
1939	DET	AL	17	10	35	31	21	3	2	246.0	222	92	14	104	164	3.37	1.325
1940	DET	AL	21	5	36	34	20	3	0	264.0	235	83	19	100	164	2.83	1.269	7.4
1941	DET	AL	12	20	43	36	12	2	2	250.1	265	128	15	118	175	4.60	1.530	3.1
1942	WS1	AL	11	17	30	29	15	2	0	213.2	236	117	5	92	113	4.93	1.535	-0.7
1942	BRO	NL	2	2	6	5	2	1	0	32.0	28	12	1	14	21	3.38	1.312
1943	BRO	NL	9	4	22	12	6	1	1	125.0	113	42	4	57	75	3.02	1.360	-0.4
1943	SLA	AL	1	6	10	9	0	0	0	52.1	69	43	7	35	37	7.39	1.987
1943	WS1	AL	3	3	6	6	2	0	0	40.0	38	17	1	21	11	3.83	1.475
1944	PHA	AL	13	15	37	33	18	2	1	265.0	243	83	11	82	142	2.82	1.226	4.5
1945	PHA	AL	8	20	36	34	16	3	0	257.1	255	94	12	103	127	3.29	1.391	2.4
1946	PHA	AL	3	5	10	9	3	1	0	58.2	61	22	2	30	32	3.38	1.551	4.1
1946	WS1	AL	11	8	24	22	14	2	1	178.0	163	55	5	60	82	2.78	1.253
1947	WS1	AL	4	6	14	13	1	0	0	83.2	99	38	2	37	40	4.09	1.625	2.6
1947	NYA	AL	7	5	17	15	6	2	0	115.2	109	36	8	30	42	2.80	1.202
1948	NY1	NL	0	4	11	4	0	0	0	25.2	35	12	1	13	9	4.21	1.870	-0.1
1952	WS1	AL	1	1	10	0	0	0	2	12.2	16	7	2	9	5	4.97	1.974	0.7
1952	PHA	AL	3	3	14	5	1	0	1	47.2	38	19	2	23	22	3.59	1.280
1953	PHA	AL	2	1	17	2	1	0	0	38.2	44	21	3	24	16	4.89	1.759	0.1
Total			211	222	600	483	246	31	21	3759.1	3769	1664	206	1732	2082	3.98	1.463	51.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1929	BRO	NL	P	3			0	2	0	1
1930	BRO	NL	P	2			0	0	0	0
1932	CHN	NL	P	1			0	1	0	1
1934	SLA	AL	P	47			13	49	2	1
1935	SLA	AL	P	7			0	10	0	0
1935	WS1	AL	P	28			6	27	2	4
1936	WS1	AL	P	43			11	50	1	5
1937	WS1	AL	P	11			3	12	0	1
1937	BOS	AL	P	30			8	29	3	0
1938	SLA	AL	P	44			11	38	2	1
1939	SLA	AL	P	6			4	6	0	0
1939	DET	AL	P	35			8	33	3	1
1940	DET	AL	P	36			3	32	3	3
1941	DET	AL	P	43			5	36	2	2
1942	WS1	AL	P	30			5	31	5	3
1942	BRO	NL	P	6			1	3	0	0
1943	BRO	NL	P	22			2	25	0	4
1943	SLA	AL	P	10			1	5	0	0
1943	WS1	AL	P	6			2	4	0	0
1944	PHA	AL	P	37			3	45	0	0
1945	PHA	AL	P	36			12	28	2	1
1946	PHA	AL	P	10			1	7	0	1
1946	WS1	AL	P	24			3	18	0	0
1947	WS1	AL	P	14			2	6	2	0
1947	NYA	AL	P	17			3	12	0	1
1948	NY1	NL	P	11			1	4	1	0
1952	WS1	AL	P	10			1	4	0	0
1952	PHA	AL	P	14			2	10	0	1
1953	PHA	AL	P	17			1	7	0	1
Total				600			112	534	28	32

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1960	BBWAA	6	202	No
1962	BBWAA	3	120	No
1964	BBWAA	17	151	No
1964	Run Off	1		No
1966	BBWAA	25	227	No
1967	BBWAA	19	219	No
1967	Run Off	6		No
1968	BBWAA	22	213	No
1969	BBWAA	32	255	No
1970	BBWAA	12	225	No
1971	BBWAA	17	270	No
1972	BBWAA	31	297	No
1973	BBWAA	33	285	No
1981	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1938-06-15	Player	Balls and strikes
1938-07-12	Player	Call at 1B
1940-05-05	Player	Balls and strikes
1943-07-09	Player	Balls and strikes
1946-06-20	Player	Balls and strikes