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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1911-12-05 · Played 1937–1948 · College: Lenoir-Rhyne College (1934) · Career WAR 4.1 (bWAR) ·

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Photo: St. Louis Cardinals - 1941 Team Issue, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1937	SLN	NL	123	446	62	140	22	6	10	74	4	30	43	.314	.357	.457	.814	2.1
1938	SLN	NL	110	388	59	105	26	5	8	65	0	18	28	.271	.303	.425	.728	0.5
1939	SLN	NL	92	233	38	93	15	3	5	53	1	18	11	.399	.444	.554	.998	2.4
1940	SLN	NL	93	240	24	58	15	1	6	41	1	26	14	.242	.321	.388	.709	0.2
1941	SLN	NL	107	324	39	80	18	0	5	44	0	21	16	.247	.293	.349	.642	-0.3
1946	BRO	NL	19	30	2	5	1	0	1	9	0	4	4	.167	.265	.300	.565	-0.5
1946	BSN	NL	44	98	6	25	3	0	2	21	0	5	7	.255	.291	.347	.638
1947	PHI	NL	75	158	14	50	8	1	0	24	0	16	5	.316	.383	.380	.763	0.4
1948	PHI	NL	36	74	3	17	3	0	0	7	0	3	2	.230	.260	.270	.530	-0.7
Total			699	1991	247	573	111	16	37	338	6	141	130	.288	.335	.415	.750	4.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1937	SLN	NL	OF	109	225	9	11	5
1938	SLN	NL	1B	16	138	11	0	12
1938	SLN	NL	C	6	17	2	3	0
1938	SLN	NL	OF	71	140	14	6	3
1939	SLN	NL	1B	6	27	0	1	1
1939	SLN	NL	C	61	249	18	6	5
1940	SLN	NL	1B	2	1	0	0	0
1940	SLN	NL	C	72	243	34	11	5
1941	SLN	NL	1B	2	12	1	0	1
1941	SLN	NL	C	18	62	5	4	0
1941	SLN	NL	OF	62	115	1	5	0
1946	BRO	NL	C	10	24	3	0	1
1946	BSN	NL	C	26	65	12	5	1
1947	PHI	NL	C	39	111	16	5	1
1948	PHI	NL	C	19	64	2	3	0
Total				519	1493	128	60	35

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