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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1896-07-27 · Played 1923–1937 · Career WAR 36.8 (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
1923	NY1	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.3
1923	PHA	AL	26	41	1	13	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	18	.317	.333	.415	.748
1924	PHA	AL	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0
1925	PHA	AL	53	64	6	10	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	.156	.156	.219	.375	-0.5
1926	PHA	AL	40	46	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.152	.188	.152	.340	-0.3
1927	PHA	AL	47	87	14	18	3	0	2	10	1	0	13	16	.207	.310	.310	.620	0.4
1928	PHA	AL	38	86	10	18	4	0	1	7	1	0	3	13	.209	.236	.291	.527	0.2
1929	PHA	AL	40	103	11	23	2	0	1	11	0	0	3	17	.223	.245	.272	.517	0.1
1930	PHA	AL	38	73	5	12	2	2	0	9	0	0	4	13	.164	.208	.247	.455	-0.2
1931	PHA	AL	45	105	6	13	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	16	.124	.164	.152	.316	-0.9
1932	PHA	AL	41	94	8	16	2	0	0	8	0	0	5	16	.170	.212	.191	.403	-0.3
1933	PHA	AL	41	68	4	9	3	1	0	6	0	1	5	10	.132	.192	.206	.398	-0.3
1934	BOS	AL	30	32	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	8	.188	.212	.219	.431	-0.1
1935	BOS	AL	44	37	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.162	.205	.189	.394	-0.2
1936	BOS	AL	24	32	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.156	.206	.156	.362	-0.2
1937	BOS	AL	32	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.147	.194	.176	.370	-0.2
Total			547	905	78	162	26	5	4	84	2	1	48	179	.179	.220	.232	.452	-2.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1923	NY1	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	0	1	1	1.80	1.000	0.2
1923	PHA	AL	4	8	26	10	4	0	0	115.0	122	68	10	60	38	5.32	1.583
1924	PHA	AL	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	7.0	10	10	0	10	3	12.86	2.857	-0.3
1925	PHA	AL	8	14	53	20	7	0	7	191.2	197	85	11	77	82	3.99	1.430	3.8
1926	PHA	AL	12	10	40	19	5	2	2	151.0	168	47	4	60	72	2.80	1.510	3.0
1927	PHA	AL	16	12	46	34	15	0	4	249.1	257	109	18	91	136	3.93	1.396	3.0
1928	PHA	AL	17	12	38	30	15	3	1	235.2	236	93	19	64	112	3.55	1.273	3.4
1929	PHA	AL	18	11	40	33	20	3	4	267.2	256	107	22	99	94	3.60	1.326	6.3
1930	PHA	AL	13	12	38	30	12	2	1	205.1	207	107	6	85	100	4.69	1.422	3.0
1931	PHA	AL	20	12	44	35	19	1	3	291.0	298	121	16	109	106	3.74	1.399	5.7
1932	PHA	AL	17	10	41	34	19	3	1	272.0	305	143	16	103	96	4.73	1.500	1.9
1933	PHA	AL	9	13	40	20	10	1	4	201.0	224	109	12	95	68	4.88	1.587	0.9
1934	BOS	AL	6	7	30	10	2	0	1	104.2	118	47	5	41	38	4.04	1.519	1.6
1935	BOS	AL	5	9	44	10	4	0	3	142.2	152	62	10	54	44	3.91	1.444	3.2
1936	BOS	AL	5	4	24	9	5	0	0	100.1	98	49	7	36	49	4.40	1.336	2.6
1937	BOS	AL	5	7	32	11	3	0	1	104.2	143	65	7	46	46	5.59	1.806	0.7
Total			155	141	544	307	140	15	32	2644.0	2795	1223	163	1031	1085	4.16	1.447	39.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1923	NY1	NL	P	2	0	1	0	0
1923	PHA	AL	P	26	2	34	3	2
1924	PHA	AL	P	6	0	2	0	0
1925	PHA	AL	P	53	10	51	2	0
1926	PHA	AL	P	40	4	35	4	2
1927	PHA	AL	P	46	2	62	6	0
1928	PHA	AL	P	38	9	56	4	3
1929	PHA	AL	P	40	11	49	0	1
1930	PHA	AL	P	38	7	34	3	1
1931	PHA	AL	P	44	13	52	0	1
1932	PHA	AL	P	41	14	55	4	2
1933	PHA	AL	P	40	14	45	2	1
1934	BOS	AL	P	30	5	25	2	0
1935	BOS	AL	P	44	8	23	2	0
1936	BOS	AL	P	24	8	17	1	2
1937	BOS	AL	P	32	6	17	4	3
Total				544	113	558	37	18

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

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