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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1902-05-22 · Played 1924–1944 · Career WAR 68.2 (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
1924	PHA	AL	152	594	69	183	31	9	8	102	16	15	30	60	.308	.343	.431	.774	1.6
1925	PHA	AL	153	654	122	253	43	12	24	129	7	14	35	41	.387	.419	.599	1.018	6.6
1926	PHA	AL	147	583	90	199	53	10	19	109	11	3	48	49	.341	.392	.564	.956	5.1
1927	PHA	AL	106	406	86	159	36	11	15	108	10	2	31	30	.392	.436	.645	1.081	5.9
1928	PHA	AL	119	464	78	163	33	9	15	107	1	4	31	30	.351	.396	.558	.954	4.6
1929	PHA	AL	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	157	4	2	31	38	.365	.398	.642	1.040	7.8
1930	PHA	AL	138	554	152	211	41	16	36	165	9	2	39	34	.381	.423	.708	1.131	7.8
1931	PHA	AL	128	513	105	200	37	13	22	128	3	3	47	45	.390	.444	.641	1.085	7.4
1932	PHA	AL	154	670	144	216	28	9	35	151	4	2	47	76	.322	.368	.548	.916	4.3
1933	CHA	AL	146	605	85	200	29	10	14	119	5	1	39	49	.331	.373	.481	.854	4.9
1934	CHA	AL	138	558	102	192	36	7	18	104	3	2	53	58	.344	.403	.530	.933	4.4
1935	CHA	AL	128	525	68	140	22	7	16	79	4	6	33	43	.267	.312	.427	.739	1.2
1936	DET	AL	143	568	96	186	38	6	13	112	6	4	49	35	.327	.383	.484	.867	2.8
1937	WS1	AL	103	419	60	117	21	10	8	84	3	2	27	35	.279	.329	.434	.763	1.3
1938	WS1	AL	125	470	79	142	23	6	21	95	2	1	38	40	.302	.357	.511	.868	2.7
1939	BSN	NL	93	330	39	93	17	5	7	43	0		22	40	.282	.331	.427	.758	0.7
1939	CIN	NL	9	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360
1940	PHA	AL	37	81	7	25	4	0	1	19	0	0	4	8	.309	.341	.395	.736	0.2
1941	PHA	AL	9	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.125	.160	.167	.327	-0.4
1943	BOS	AL	40	133	9	27	5	0	1	12	0	1	8	21	.203	.248	.263	.511	-0.8
1944	PHA	AL	4	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1
Total			2215	8759	1507	2927	539	149	307	1827	88	64	615	737	.334	.378	.535	.913	68.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1924	PHA	AL	OF	152	390	17	10	4
1925	PHA	AL	OF	153	447	8	16	2
1926	PHA	AL	OF	147	333	11	9	5
1927	PHA	AL	OF	105	247	10	4	2
1928	PHA	AL	OF	114	231	10	3	2
1929	PHA	AL	OF	142	349	19	4	2
1930	PHA	AL	OF	136	275	10	3	1
1931	PHA	AL	OF	128	287	10	4	0
1932	PHA	AL	OF	154	290	9	6	4
1933	CHA	AL	OF	145	372	15	4	1
1934	CHA	AL	OF	138	286	14	4	3
1935	CHA	AL	OF	126	349	5	7	1
1936	DET	AL	1B	1	12	0	0	1
1936	DET	AL	OF	138	352	8	5	1
1937	WS1	AL	OF	102	240	7	4	5
1938	WS1	AL	OF	117	232	4	4	1
1939	BSN	NL	OF	82	158	7	3	2
1939	CIN	NL	OF	5	14	1	1	0
1940	PHA	AL	OF	18	51	1	2	0
1941	PHA	AL	OF	5	16	0	0	0
1943	BOS	AL	OF	33	66	3	1	1
1944	PHA	AL	OF	2	3	0	0	0
Total				2143	5000	169	94	38

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	TSN All-Star	ML
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1929	TSN All-Star	ML
1929	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1930	TSN All-Star	ML
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1931	TSN All-Star	ML
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1933	TSN All-Star	ML
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	4	170	No
1946	Nominating Vote	1		No
1947	BBWAA	6	121	No
1948	BBWAA	60	91	No
1949	BBWAA	89	115	No
1949	Run Off	76		No
1950	BBWAA	90	126	No
1951	BBWAA	116	170	No
1952	BBWAA	141	176	No
1953	BBWAA	199	198	Yes

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