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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1909-03-02 · Played 1926–1947 · Career WAR 110.6 (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
1926	NY1	NL	35	60	7	23	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	.383	.393	.417	.810	0.3
1927	NY1	NL	82	163	23	46	7	3	1	19	2	13	9	.282	.335	.380	.715	-0.2
1928	NY1	NL	124	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	52	36	.322	.397	.524	.921	3.9
1929	NY1	NL	150	545	138	179	37	2	42	151	6	113	38	.328	.449	.635	1.084	7.2
1930	NY1	NL	148	521	122	182	34	5	25	119	9	103	35	.349	.458	.578	1.036	6.6
1931	NY1	NL	138	497	104	145	23	8	29	115	10	80	44	.292	.392	.545	.937	6.1
1932	NY1	NL	154	566	119	180	30	8	38	123	6	100	39	.318	.424	.601	1.025	8.3
1933	NY1	NL	152	580	98	164	36	1	23	103	1	75	48	.283	.367	.467	.834	5.8
1934	NY1	NL	153	582	119	190	29	10	35	135	0	85	43	.326	.415	.591	1.006	7.2
1935	NY1	NL	152	593	113	191	33	6	31	114	7	82	58	.322	.407	.555	.962	7.2
1936	NY1	NL	150	534	120	175	28	6	33	135	6	111	41	.328	.448	.588	1.036	7.8
1937	NY1	NL	151	545	99	160	28	2	31	95	7	102	69	.294	.408	.523	.931	6.8
1938	NY1	NL	150	527	116	164	23	6	36	116	2	118	47	.311	.442	.583	1.025	8.8
1939	NY1	NL	125	396	85	122	23	2	27	80	2	100	50	.308	.449	.581	1.030	5.8
1940	NY1	NL	151	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	100	50	.289	.407	.457	.864	5.3
1941	NY1	NL	148	525	89	150	29	0	27	90	5	100	68	.286	.403	.495	.898	4.8
1942	NY1	NL	152	549	118	162	21	0	30	93	6	109	61	.295	.415	.497	.912	7.1
1943	NY1	NL	125	380	65	89	12	2	18	47	7	95	48	.234	.391	.418	.809	3.0
1944	NY1	NL	120	399	91	115	16	4	26	82	2	90	47	.288	.423	.544	.967	5.4
1945	NY1	NL	135	451	73	139	23	0	21	79	1	71	41	.308	.411	.499	.910	4.4
1946	NY1	NL	31	68	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	8	15	.074	.171	.132	.303	-0.9
1947	NY1	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			2730	9456	1859	2876	488	72	511	1860	89	1708	896	.304	.411	.533	.944	110.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1926	NY1	NL	OF	10	18	3	2	0
1927	NY1	NL	OF	32	52	2	1	1
1928	NY1	NL	2B	5	14	13	1	4
1928	NY1	NL	3B	1	0	2	0	0
1928	NY1	NL	OF	115	214	14	7	4
1929	NY1	NL	2B	1	4	1	1	0
1929	NY1	NL	OF	149	335	26	10	12
1930	NY1	NL	OF	146	320	23	11	6
1931	NY1	NL	OF	137	332	20	7	4
1932	NY1	NL	OF	154	347	11	6	5
1933	NY1	NL	OF	152	283	12	5	3
1934	NY1	NL	OF	153	286	12	8	1
1935	NY1	NL	3B	15	19	25	3	3
1935	NY1	NL	OF	137	285	17	3	7
1936	NY1	NL	OF	148	250	20	4	3
1937	NY1	NL	3B	60	42	113	10	5
1937	NY1	NL	OF	91	156	13	0	1
1938	NY1	NL	3B	113	98	238	15	14
1938	NY1	NL	OF	37	65	3	0	0
1939	NY1	NL	3B	20	15	39	6	4
1939	NY1	NL	OF	96	175	6	5	2
1940	NY1	NL	3B	42	30	83	8	8
1940	NY1	NL	OF	111	210	9	4	2
1941	NY1	NL	OF	145	256	19	9	3
1942	NY1	NL	OF	152	269	15	3	3
1943	NY1	NL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1943	NY1	NL	OF	111	219	12	6	1
1944	NY1	NL	3B	4	1	13	4	0
1944	NY1	NL	OF	103	199	6	3	0
1945	NY1	NL	OF	118	217	11	4	1
1946	NY1	NL	OF	16	23	2	0	1
Total				2575	4734	783	146	98

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1935	TSN All-Star	ML
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	TSN All-Star	ML
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	Run Off	128		No
1949	BBWAA	94	115	No
1950	BBWAA	115	126	No
1951	BBWAA	197	170	Yes

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