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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1901-01-05 · Played 1921–1942 · College: University of Alabama (1919–1921) · Career WAR 4.7 (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	CLE	AL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1922	CLE	AL	41	87	14	23	5	0	0	10	1	1	5	8	.264	.312	.322	.634	0.0
1923	CLE	AL	10	10	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	-0.1
1924	CLE	AL	63	165	27	48	9	1	0	17	1	0	22	13	.291	.387	.358	.745	1.0
1925	CLE	AL	74	220	30	51	10	2	0	18	6	2	33	18	.232	.337	.295	.632	-0.1
1926	CLE	AL	126	433	41	103	16	4	0	46	9	3	36	27	.238	.302	.293	.595	-0.6
1927	CLE	AL	128	470	52	138	27	6	0	53	4	8	20	23	.294	.328	.377	.705	1.8
1928	CLE	AL	122	411	52	111	16	9	3	52	3	4	26	27	.270	.318	.375	.693	1.6
1929	CLE	AL	124	406	41	96	16	3	1	39	6	6	29	26	.236	.287	.298	.585	-0.9
1930	CLE	AL	76	292	40	75	21	2	1	43	5	2	14	9	.257	.293	.353	.646	-0.2
1931	CLE	AL	108	375	45	103	30	4	1	53	1	1	36	17	.275	.341	.384	.725	0.8
1932	CLE	AL	87	300	36	76	20	2	2	52	4	5	38	24	.253	.337	.353	.690	0.4
1933	WS1	AL	141	474	65	125	30	4	2	61	7	2	48	24	.264	.335	.357	.692	1.6
1934	WS1	AL	72	207	21	49	7	3	2	21	0	1	22	10	.237	.313	.329	.642	0.1
1935	CHA	AL	118	421	52	120	19	3	2	67	3	2	32	18	.285	.336	.359	.695	0.0
1936	CHA	AL	128	451	59	113	20	5	5	73	11	2	54	16	.251	.332	.350	.682	0.3
1937	CHA	AL	122	412	51	111	21	6	1	61	4	5	46	18	.269	.343	.357	.700	0.3
1938	CHA	AL	65	211	23	45	4	1	0	27	0	0	20	20	.213	.284	.242	.526	-0.9
1939	CLE	AL	16	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.150	.261	.200	.461	-0.2
1942	SLA	AL	6	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-0.2
Total			1630	5383	653	1393	272	56	20	696	65	44	486	307	.259	.320	.341	.661	4.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1921	CLE	AL	C	3	7	4	0	0
1922	CLE	AL	C	39	108	21	5	2
1923	CLE	AL	C	7	5	5	2	0
1924	CLE	AL	C	57	171	42	9	5
1925	CLE	AL	C	66	216	54	8	13
1925	CLE	AL	OF	2	6	0	0	0
1926	CLE	AL	C	125	437	91	9	3
1927	CLE	AL	C	126	402	119	20	14
1928	CLE	AL	C	118	430	117	16	13
1929	CLE	AL	C	124	433	81	18	11
1930	CLE	AL	C	76	283	49	9	5
1931	CLE	AL	C	104	384	61	9	5
1932	CLE	AL	C	84	306	50	8	8
1933	WS1	AL	C	141	516	61	6	12
1934	WS1	AL	1B	6	57	3	0	4
1934	WS1	AL	2B	1	1	1	0	0
1934	WS1	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1934	WS1	AL	C	50	143	23	1	6
1934	WS1	AL	OF	7	14	3	1	1
1935	CHA	AL	C	112	399	83	6	10
1936	CHA	AL	C	126	461	87	9	12
1937	CHA	AL	C	118	502	72	9	11
1938	CHA	AL	C	65	205	55	4	7
1939	CLE	AL	1B	1	0	0	0	0
1939	CLE	AL	C	15	24	4	1	0
1942	SLA	AL	C	6	12	5	1	1
Total				1580	5522	1091	151	143

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1958	BBWAA	3	200	No
1960	BBWAA	3	202	No
1962	BBWAA	1	120	No
1963	Veterans			No

Ejections (13)

Date	As	Reason
1927-07-16	Player	Balls and strikes
1931-05-21	Player	Balls and strikes
1935-08-07	Player	Fair/foul on bunt
1936-05-18	Player	Balls and strikes
1936-07-25	Player	Balls and strikes
1942-06-24	Manager	Call at 2B
1943-06-02	Manager	Balk call
1946-05-18	Manager	Balls and strikes
1950-08-29	Manager	Call at 1B
1950-09-17	Manager	Checked swing
1951-07-28	Manager	Balls and strikes
1951-08-03	Manager	Call at 3B
1952-05-27	Manager	Balls and strikes

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Ejections (13)