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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1912-12-27 · Played 1937–1945 · Career WAR 26.1 (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
1937	PIT	NL	21	34	7	15	4	0	0	6	0		4	3	.441	.500	.559	1.059	0.8
1938	PIT	NL	56	103	8	25	6	1	0	11	0		9	12	.243	.310	.320	.630	0.9
1939	PIT	NL	43	74	9	18	3	1	2	11	0		2	12	.243	.263	.392	.655	0.5
1940	BSN	NL	20	43	5	12	3	0	0	3	0		1	10	.279	.295	.349	.644	0.3
1941	BSN	NL	43	103	6	19	5	0	0	9	1		10	31	.184	.257	.233	.490	0.4
1942	BSN	NL	47	114	14	28	2	0	6	15	0		16	23	.246	.344	.421	.765	1.8
1943	BSN	NL	46	107	8	30	4	0	2	12	0		6	16	.280	.319	.374	.693	0.9
1944	BSN	NL	62	116	13	22	5	1	2	18	0		16	28	.190	.288	.302	.590	0.6
1945	BSN	NL	41	77	9	11	3	0	3	12	0		15	22	.143	.290	.299	.589	0.5
1945	DET	AL	17	25	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	5	.120	.154	.360	.514
Total			396	796	81	183	35	3	17	102	1	0	80	162	.230	.300	.345	.646	6.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1937	PIT	NL	6	3	20	8	7	0	1	87.0	74	29	1	28	37	3.00	1.172	1.1
1938	PIT	NL	14	12	40	33	14	2	0	241.1	254	93	17	66	70	3.47	1.326	2.3
1939	PIT	NL	9	9	25	19	8	0	0	145.1	194	73	7	33	43	4.52	1.562	0.3
1940	BSN	NL	7	3	15	11	9	0	0	96.1	102	41	8	24	29	3.83	1.308	1.1
1941	BSN	NL	12	12	33	26	20	3	0	238.0	229	82	12	60	61	3.10	1.214	3.9
1942	BSN	NL	12	21	37	33	28	1	0	287.2	283	127	20	96	71	3.97	1.317	0.4
1943	BSN	NL	14	14	33	30	24	1	0	250.0	241	74	12	69	52	2.66	1.240	3.3
1944	BSN	NL	18	19	43	36	28	5	3	299.1	271	100	18	97	83	3.01	1.229	5.6
1945	BSN	NL	9	14	27	25	16	0	0	196.2	220	84	10	56	38	3.84	1.403	1.4
1945	DET	AL	4	5	14	6	2	0	1	58.1	61	23	2	28	14	3.55	1.526
Total			105	112	287	227	156	12	5	1900.0	1929	726	107	557	498	3.44	1.308	19.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1937	PIT	NL	P	20	5	10	1	0
1938	PIT	NL	P	40	11	41	0	1
1939	PIT	NL	P	25	2	26	0	2
1940	BSN	NL	P	15	6	16	1	1
1941	BSN	NL	P	33	15	71	3	4
1942	BSN	NL	P	37	14	93	6	6
1943	BSN	NL	1B	1	7	1	0	1
1943	BSN	NL	P	33	10	66	6	3
1944	BSN	NL	P	43	13	93	3	4
1945	BSN	NL	P	27	17	47	0	5
1945	DET	AL	P	14	3	16	1	1
Total				288	103	480	21	28

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	2	145	No

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