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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1900-04-23 · Played 1922–1937 · Career WAR 36.0 (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
1922	SLN	NL	37	151	29	49	8	5	5	35	3	1	6	13	.325	.358	.543	.901	0.6
1923	SLN	NL	134	523	79	194	34	14	8	94	4	6	45	44	.371	.425	.535	.960	4.2
1924	SLN	NL	137	528	87	167	31	12	14	111	5	4	35	35	.316	.362	.500	.862	2.5
1925	SLN	NL	153	619	92	227	44	12	21	128	3	4	47	36	.367	.413	.578	.991	5.5
1926	SLN	NL	154	603	98	180	40	14	19	120	4		58	52	.299	.364	.506	.870	3.3
1927	SLN	NL	152	574	95	174	31	15	19	124	8		74	49	.303	.387	.509	.896	4.5
1928	SLN	NL	149	576	123	187	42	20	31	136	10		71	54	.325	.402	.628	1.030	5.6
1929	SLN	NL	146	560	108	176	31	12	29	137	3		70	54	.314	.391	.568	.959	3.4
1930	SLN	NL	131	487	92	148	33	7	15	97	5		44	36	.304	.368	.493	.861	0.9
1931	SLN	NL	108	382	73	133	34	5	9	75	3		34	24	.348	.403	.534	.937	3.2
1932	SLN	NL	91	311	45	92	16	3	11	48	2		25	32	.296	.350	.473	.823	0.8
1933	CIN	NL	145	549	57	137	23	9	13	83	3		42	28	.250	.311	.395	.706	1.9
1934	CIN	NL	142	556	72	158	31	11	11	78	1		33	40	.284	.324	.439	.763	0.6
1935	CIN	NL	107	399	44	103	21	1	1	49	3		18	24	.258	.294	.323	.617	-0.9
1936	SLA	AL	140	544	72	162	39	11	12	95	0	0	44	55	.298	.354	.476	.830	0.0
1937	SLA	AL	65	109	11	26	7	0	1	12	1	0	18	15	.239	.346	.330	.676	-0.1
Total			1991	7471	1177	2313	465	151	219	1422	58	15	664	591	.310	.366	.500	.866	36.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1922	SLN	NL	1B	34	346	12	5	22
1923	SLN	NL	1B	130	1264	43	18	95
1924	SLN	NL	1B	133	1297	48	24	110
1924	SLN	NL	2B	1	0	1	0	0
1925	SLN	NL	1B	153	1466	74	21	133
1926	SLN	NL	1B	154	1607	54	19	118
1927	SLN	NL	1B	152	1656	70	20	149
1928	SLN	NL	1B	148	1454	52	20	113
1929	SLN	NL	1B	145	1347	75	13	122
1930	SLN	NL	1B	124	1164	41	12	127
1931	SLN	NL	1B	93	897	43	12	95
1932	SLN	NL	1B	74	662	41	10	67
1933	CIN	NL	1B	145	1511	72	15	112
1934	CIN	NL	1B	139	1303	77	15	106
1935	CIN	NL	1B	97	934	53	8	74
1936	SLA	AL	1B	140	1250	47	10	103
1937	SLA	AL	1B	24	179	12	1	16
Total				1886	18337	815	223	1562

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1925	TSN All-Star	ML
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1928	Most Valuable Player	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	4	91	No
1949	BBWAA	8	115	No
1950	BBWAA	8	126	No
1951	BBWAA	6	170	No
1952	BBWAA	7	176	No
1953	BBWAA	10	198	No
1954	BBWAA	16	189	No
1955	BBWAA	26	189	No
1956	BBWAA	42	145	No
1958	BBWAA	57	200	No
1960	BBWAA	89	202	No
1962	BBWAA	20	120	No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			No
1968	Veterans			No
1971	Veterans			No
1973	Veterans			No
1974	Veterans			Yes

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