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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1912-11-10 · Played 1936–1952 · College: Providence College (1931–1934) · Career WAR 3.7 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1936	DET	AL	10		33	7	10	1	2	1	4	0	0	5	3	.303	.395	.545	.940	0.4
1937	DET	AL	50		162	15	31	4	3	2	16	0	0	10	13	.191	.238	.290	.528	-1.1
1938	DET	AL	53		143	16	42	6	2	1	25	1	2	12	13	.294	.348	.385	.733	0.3
1939	DET	AL	106		341	37	89	22	2	4	53	2	1	25	20	.261	.315	.372	.687	0.3
1940	DET	AL	111		379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	.296	.357	.412	.769	1.4
1941	DET	AL	110		359	28	102	19	4	2	47	1	2	38	29	.284	.354	.376	.730	1.0
1942	DET	AL	99		308	24	76	11	0	1	27	4	0	39	17	.247	.335	.292	.627	0.4
1946	DET	AL	87		280	20	68	11	2	1	34	1	3	28	23	.243	.312	.307	.619	-0.7
1947	DET	AL	20		53	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	.094	.143	.113	.256	-0.5
1947	BOS	AL	90		291	22	87	10	0	1	28	2	4	21	30	.299	.346	.344	.690
1948	BOS	AL	128		446	54	125	26	2	5	68	5	2	62	32	.280	.371	.381	.752	1.3
1949	BOS	AL	122		403	42	109	14	0	5	48	8	1	62	22	.270	.369	.342	.711	0.7
1950	BOS	AL	79		268	33	83	10	1	8	45	1	1	29	26	.310	.377	.444	.821	0.8
1951	CLE	AL	55		137	8	36	6	0	2	18	0	0	8	7	.263	.308	.350	.658	-0.3
1952	CLE	AL	42		101	4	25	4	0	1	8	0	1	12	9	.248	.339	.317	.656	-0.3
Total			1162		3704	357	1000	169	22	38	469	29	23	389	261	.270	.339	.358	.698	3.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1936	DET	AL	C	10			51	5	1	0
1937	DET	AL	C	48			155	25	7	1
1938	DET	AL	C	53			108	20	2	4
1939	DET	AL	C	100			449	64	16	10
1940	DET	AL	C	107			572	89	17	10
1941	DET	AL	C	98			461	83	13	11
1942	DET	AL	C	97			446	69	12	10
1946	DET	AL	C	87			486	53	10	4
1947	DET	AL	C	20			95	15	0	3
1947	BOS	AL	C	89			332	50	10	7
1948	BOS	AL	C	126			470	56	10	8
1949	BOS	AL	C	118			481	51	11	13
1950	BOS	AL	C	74			285	44	4	5
1951	CLE	AL	C	44			145	27	4	1
1952	CLE	AL	C	37			131	15	2	0
Total				1108			4667	666	119	87

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1948	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1958	BBWAA	8	200	No
1960	BBWAA	1	202	No
2003	Veterans - Contributors			No
2007	Veterans - Contributors			No

Ejections (37)

Date	As	Reason
1938-05-05	Player	Fighting
1941-07-29	Player	Called third strike to teammate
1942-05-26	Player	Call at HP
1946-09-17	Player	Call at HP
1947-06-09	Player	Balls and strikes
1948-05-06	Player	Fighting
1948-06-22	Player	Balls and strikes
1949-08-27	Player	Call at HP
1950-08-15	Player	Fight after HBP
1951-08-26	Player	Balls and strikes
1952-04-30	Player	Call at 2B
1954-08-13	Manager	Catch/trap call
1954-09-11	Manager	Balls and strikes
1955-04-18	Manager	Excessive arguing on balk call
1955-05-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
1955-07-05	Manager	Fighting
1955-08-25	Manager	Balls and strikes
1956-05-11	Manager	Balls and strikes
1956-05-13	Manager	Interference non-call
1956-07-07	Manager	Balls and strikes
1956-08-26	Manager	Fair/foul call
1957-06-07	Manager	Balk call
1957-06-15	Manager	Fair/foul call
1957-07-02	Manager	Call at 1B
1958-05-08	Manager	Called third strike
1958-06-21	Manager	Bench jockeying
1958-08-09	Manager	Called third strike
1962-05-10	Manager	Balls and strikes
1962-09-05	Manager	Checked swing
1963-04-19	Manager	Fair/foul call
1963-09-09	Manager	Balls and strikes
1963-09-22	Manager	Balls and strikes
1964-08-18	Manager	Hit by pitch call
1965-05-16	Manager	Appeal; claimed pitcher could not throw while on rubber
1965-09-25	Manager	Called third strike
1965-10-01	Manager	Called third strike
1966-07-19	Manager	Check swing