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Bats: B · Throws: L · Born 1914-11-02 · Played 1937–1951 · Career WAR 25.7 (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	CIN	NL	21	23	2	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	7	.217	.280	.304	.584	0.1
1938	CIN	NL	33	83	6	15	0	0	0	2	0		0	23	.181	.181	.181	.362	-0.1
1939	CIN	NL	30	36	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	10	.111	.179	.139	.318	-0.1
1940	CIN	NL	12	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	0		1	3	.300	.333	.400	.733	0.3
1941	CIN	NL	35	76	6	10	1	0	0	4	0		2	18	.132	.154	.145	.299	-0.2
1942	CIN	NL	37	75	7	11	1	0	0	3	0		6	26	.147	.210	.160	.370	-0.1
1943	CIN	NL	40	95	9	13	1	0	0	5	1		9	28	.137	.212	.147	.359	-0.1
1946	CIN	NL	33	73	6	18	2	0	0	2	0		1	21	.247	.257	.274	.531	0.3
1947	CIN	NL	31	57	3	5	2	0	0	2	0		3	18	.088	.133	.123	.256	-0.6
1948	CIN	NL	41	78	6	11	2	0	1	2	0		7	21	.141	.212	.205	.417	-0.1
1949	CIN	NL	33	52	5	4	0	0	0	5	0		6	17	.077	.172	.077	.249	-0.4
1950	CHN	NL	35	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	9	.125	.176	.250	.426	0.0
1951	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			382	685	58	104	12	2	1	26	1	0	41	201	.152	.200	.180	.379	-1.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1937	CIN	NL	3	5	19	9	4	0	0	84.1	63	36	0	69	52	3.84	1.565	0.7
1938	CIN	NL	15	10	32	29	16	3	0	225.1	177	78	12	103	125	3.12	1.243	3.4
1939	CIN	NL	5	9	30	21	8	0	0	129.0	128	67	7	95	102	4.67	1.729	-0.7
1940	CIN	NL	3	1	10	7	2	0	1	48.0	38	20	3	41	41	3.75	1.646	0.1
1941	CIN	NL	16	13	33	32	18	6	0	226.1	172	71	8	126	202	2.82	1.317	4.2
1942	CIN	NL	18	12	33	33	21	4	0	244.0	188	66	6	102	186	2.43	1.189	4.6
1943	CIN	NL	15	16	36	36	21	3	0	289.0	228	92	5	162	174	2.87	1.349	3.8
1946	CIN	NL	10	12	29	25	11	4	0	204.1	175	72	11	78	94	3.17	1.238	2.6
1947	CIN	NL	9	14	30	29	9	3	0	186.0	186	91	11	87	79	4.40	1.468	1.7
1948	CIN	NL	17	14	33	33	14	3	0	232.0	204	88	15	124	120	3.41	1.414	5.5
1949	CIN	NL	5	10	28	24	7	3	0	159.2	172	87	12	85	76	4.90	1.610	0.9
1950	CHN	NL	3	4	32	6	0	0	1	73.2	60	31	10	59	41	3.79	1.615	0.2
1951	CLE	AL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	0	1	2	18.00	3.000	-0.3
Total			119	121	346	285	131	29	2	2104.2	1799	805	100	1132	1294	3.44	1.393	26.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1937	CIN	NL	P	19	7	23	0	1
1938	CIN	NL	P	32	8	38	3	0
1939	CIN	NL	P	30	5	16	3	5
1940	CIN	NL	P	10	0	9	0	0
1941	CIN	NL	P	33	10	47	2	3
1942	CIN	NL	P	33	6	51	2	4
1943	CIN	NL	P	36	11	67	4	7
1946	CIN	NL	P	29	6	33	3	2
1947	CIN	NL	P	30	8	31	2	1
1948	CIN	NL	P	33	11	39	5	3
1949	CIN	NL	P	28	6	33	2	4
1950	CHN	NL	P	32	4	14	3	0
1951	CLE	AL	P	1	0	3	0	0
Total				346	82	404	29	30

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	TSN All-Star	ML
1938	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1945	BBWAA	1	186	No
1956	BBWAA	3	145	No
1958	BBWAA	35	200	No
1960	BBWAA	31	202	No
1962	BBWAA	5	120	No
1964	BBWAA	51	151	No
1964	Run Off	20		No
1966	BBWAA	72	227	No
1967	BBWAA	87	219	No
1967	Run Off	35		No
1968	BBWAA	79	213	No
1969	BBWAA	95	255	No
1970	BBWAA	88	225	No
1971	BBWAA	98	270	No
1981	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (6)

Date	As	Reason
1939-06-30	Player	Balls and strikes
1946-07-02	Player	Threw ball at opponent during argument
1947-08-21	Player	Balk call
1948-07-17	Player	Interference non-call
1949-08-06	Player	Bench jockeying
1950-05-21	Player	Bench jockeying