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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1917-07-17 · Played 1938–1952 · College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1937) · Career WAR 63.0 (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
1938	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0
1939	CLE	AL	53	225	42	58	15	4	0	19	2	1	28	24	.258	.340	.360	.700	1.1
1940	CLE	AL	155	627	97	185	46	10	9	101	6	3	73	39	.295	.370	.443	.813	5.9
1941	CLE	AL	148	579	95	149	45	8	10	56	9	4	85	57	.257	.355	.415	.770	4.7
1942	CLE	AL	147	506	57	143	18	10	2	58	7	16	75	39	.283	.379	.370	.749	4.5
1943	CLE	AL	152	539	69	154	32	7	3	67	4	7	90	31	.286	.388	.388	.776	8.0
1944	CLE	AL	150	584	91	191	45	5	3	67	11	3	73	39	.327	.406	.437	.843	8.0
1945	CLE	AL	97	345	50	106	24	1	3	48	0	4	35	20	.307	.374	.409	.783	3.7
1946	CLE	AL	140	515	51	151	30	6	6	62	6	7	40	14	.293	.345	.410	.755	4.0
1947	CLE	AL	150	538	79	165	45	3	4	67	1	0	67	10	.307	.388	.424	.812	7.3
1948	CLE	AL	152	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	3	2	98	9	.355	.453	.534	.987	10.4
1949	CLE	AL	134	475	53	135	20	3	4	60	0	1	70	10	.284	.381	.364	.745	3.1
1950	CLE	AL	81	260	23	70	13	2	1	29	1	2	31	5	.269	.349	.346	.695	1.0
1951	BOS	AL	82	273	37	73	18	1	5	47	1	0	30	12	.267	.353	.396	.749	1.4
1952	BOS	AL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			1646	6029	861	1779	385	66	68	789	51	50	796	309	.295	.377	.415	.792	63.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1938	CLE	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1939	CLE	AL	SS	53	103	184	14	31
1940	CLE	AL	SS	155	277	454	24	116
1941	CLE	AL	SS	147	296	444	26	97
1942	CLE	AL	SS	146	281	426	26	107
1943	CLE	AL	C	1	3	1	0	0
1943	CLE	AL	SS	152	328	488	25	122
1944	CLE	AL	C	1	1	1	0	0
1944	CLE	AL	SS	149	339	516	19	134
1945	CLE	AL	SS	97	217	289	9	73
1946	CLE	AL	SS	139	315	405	22	94
1947	CLE	AL	SS	148	305	475	14	120
1948	CLE	AL	C	1	0	0	0	0
1948	CLE	AL	SS	151	297	483	20	119
1949	CLE	AL	1B	6	41	3	0	3
1949	CLE	AL	2B	1	2	2	0	1
1949	CLE	AL	3B	38	34	76	4	13
1949	CLE	AL	SS	88	176	272	8	78
1950	CLE	AL	1B	8	34	5	0	2
1950	CLE	AL	2B	2	1	0	0	0
1950	CLE	AL	3B	2	3	1	0	0
1950	CLE	AL	SS	61	118	170	4	44
1951	BOS	AL	1B	2	4	1	1	1
1951	BOS	AL	3B	15	10	27	2	5
1951	BOS	AL	SS	52	80	153	12	45
1952	BOS	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1952	BOS	AL	SS	1	0	1	0	0
Total				1618	3265	4877	230	1205

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1947	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1948	Most Valuable Player	AL
1948	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1948	TSN Player of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	2	145	No
1958	BBWAA	64	200	No
1960	BBWAA	35	202	No
1962	BBWAA	12	120	No
1964	BBWAA	68	151	No
1964	Run Off	43		No
1966	BBWAA	115	227	No
1967	BBWAA	143	219	No
1967	Run Off	68		No
1968	BBWAA	146	213	No
1969	BBWAA	218	255	No
1970	BBWAA	232	225	Yes

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