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Bats: B · Throws: L · Born 1897-03-05 · Played 1921–1933 · Career WAR 37.6 (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
1921	DET	AL	153	585	103	180	33	11	5	75	13	17	103	47	.308	.416	.427	.843	3.0
1922	DET	AL	145	584	131	175	31	9	6	45	8	5	82	48	.300	.392	.414	.806	3.7
1923	DET	AL	129	504	100	143	27	7	1	46	10	11	96	40	.284	.402	.371	.773	3.3
1924	DET	AL	108	395	81	123	26	7	2	53	9	4	64	26	.311	.413	.428	.841	3.3
1925	DET	AL	150	532	91	163	18	9	3	94	19	5	83	29	.306	.403	.391	.794	3.6
1926	DET	AL	128	429	92	123	24	14	1	52	13	7	90	18	.287	.413	.415	.828	3.0
1927	DET	AL	112	365	71	95	17	9	1	42	13	7	71	28	.260	.384	.364	.748	1.2
1928	SLA	AL	154	549	116	154	32	11	14	80	12	7	105	43	.281	.400	.455	.855	4.8
1929	SLA	AL	151	573	111	168	40	10	6	61	12	6	126	32	.293	.422	.429	.851	4.7
1930	SLA	AL	117	425	85	100	27	5	4	42	12	7	81	44	.235	.363	.351	.714	0.6
1931	CHA	AL	155	589	119	179	23	15	1	62	13	3	127	60	.304	.430	.399	.829	5.3
1932	CHA	AL	112	373	51	93	21	2	0	43	17	6	64	21	.249	.364	.316	.680	1.1
1933	BRO	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			1615	5904	1151	1696	319	109	44	695	151	85	1092	436	.287	.399	.401	.799	37.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1921	DET	AL	1B	152	1478	85	16	75
1922	DET	AL	1B	144	1506	95	15	107
1923	DET	AL	1B	129	1347	93	12	74
1924	DET	AL	1B	108	1099	85	17	72
1925	DET	AL	1B	148	1480	101	19	115
1926	DET	AL	1B	109	1153	57	19	95
1926	DET	AL	OF	1	3	1	2	0
1927	DET	AL	1B	104	1040	68	18	99
1928	SLA	AL	1B	154	1472	107	17	121
1929	SLA	AL	1B	151	1491	88	10	127
1930	SLA	AL	1B	111	1110	68	16	91
1931	CHA	AL	1B	155	1452	81	16	105
1932	CHA	AL	1B	105	1014	88	16	106
1933	BRO	NL	1B	1	2	0	0	0
Total				1572	15647	1017	193	1187

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1954	BBWAA	1	189	No

Ejections (10)

Date	As	Reason
1923-06-08	Player	Call at 1B
1923-09-08	Player	Call at 1B
1924-05-25	Player	fighting
1924-07-16	Player	Interference call
1924-07-19	Player	Call at 1B (Threw glove)
1925-07-05	Player	Called third strike
1927-09-06	Player	Call at 1B
1927-09-24	Player	Call at 1B
1931-06-07	Player	Called third strike (Flipped bat)
1931-09-26	Player	Called third strike

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Ejections (10)