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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1909-04-19 · Played 1931–1950 · Career WAR 53.3 (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
1931	BSN	NL	9		38	2	8	2	0	0	0	0		0	3	.211	.211	.263	.474	-0.2
1932	BSN	NL	22		75	8	14	3	1	0	4	0		2	18	.187	.208	.253	.461	-0.6
1933	BOS	AL	52		195	27	50	8	3	4	28	1	1	19	24	.256	.326	.390	.716	0.5
1934	BOS	AL	23		88	10	19	4	4	4	18	0	0	3	12	.216	.242	.489	.731	-1.0
1934	PHI	NL	83		300	36	78	20	3	4	38	1		19	54	.260	.308	.387	.695
1935	PHI	NL	49		96	14	24	2	1	0	6	0		9	12	.250	.314	.292	.606	0.3
1936	PHI	NL	64		121	12	29	10	1	1	16	0		7	15	.240	.281	.364	.645	0.7
1937	PHI	NL	56		137	15	38	6	0	1	16	1		5	16	.277	.303	.343	.646	0.8
1938	PHI	NL	15		35	6	10	2	0	1	3	1		1	5	.286	.306	.429	.735	0.5
1938	CIN	NL	36		64	10	9	1	0	0	5	0		7	18	.141	.236	.156	.392
1939	CIN	NL	40		120	16	39	8	1	1	16	1		5	12	.325	.357	.433	.790	1.6
1940	CIN	NL	37		117	11	24	3	0	1	18	2		4	14	.205	.231	.256	.487	0.4
1941	CIN	NL	39		106	6	20	6	0	0	9	0		7	13	.189	.239	.245	.484	0.4
1942	CIN	NL	40		99	13	24	6	1	2	13	0		3	13	.242	.265	.384	.649	0.8
1943	CIN	NL	37		90	11	24	7	1	1	12	1		6	15	.267	.312	.400	.712	0.9
1944	CIN	NL	37		107	9	30	4	0	0	13	0		8	18	.280	.330	.318	.648	0.9
1945	CIN	NL	24		61	11	14	3	0	3	8	2		3	14	.230	.266	.426	.692	0.6
1946	CIN	NL	24		55	6	7	2	0	0	5	2		4	12	.127	.186	.164	.350	0.0
1947	CIN	NL	20		45	3	12	2	0	0	4	0		2	13	.267	.298	.311	.609	0.3
1948	CIN	NL	7		15	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.267	.267	.267	.534	0.1
1950	BSN	NL	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			715		1966	227	477	99	16	23	234	12	1	114	303	.243	.284	.344	.628	7.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1934	PHI	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	1	1	2	7	1.29	1.429	0.2
1935	PHI	NL	9	9	24	22	8	2	0	151.0	168	70	9	68	40	4.17	1.563	2.4
1936	PHI	NL	11	21	40	33	15	4	0	258.0	284	122	11	115	66	4.26	1.547	4.1
1937	PHI	NL	14	15	37	34	15	3	0	246.1	292	130	14	86	87	4.75	1.535	1.7
1938	PHI	NL	4	8	12	12	9	1	0	82.2	91	48	8	42	28	5.23	1.609	1.1
1938	CIN	NL	11	6	27	22	11	2	1	168.1	168	69	5	66	65	3.69	1.390
1939	CIN	NL	27	11	39	36	31	2	0	319.0	250	81	15	109	137	2.29	1.125	8.2
1940	CIN	NL	22	10	36	36	29	3	0	305.0	241	84	19	92	115	2.48	1.092	6.5
1941	CIN	NL	19	15	37	35	27	5	2	302.0	292	95	10	88	129	2.83	1.258	6.6
1942	CIN	NL	15	14	34	32	21	2	0	253.2	223	75	8	73	109	2.66	1.167	3.1
1943	CIN	NL	15	15	34	34	21	5	0	246.1	244	97	8	109	80	3.54	1.433	0.9
1944	CIN	NL	23	8	34	32	27	6	1	285.0	233	76	10	87	77	2.40	1.123	5.2
1945	CIN	NL	10	10	22	22	12	3	0	168.0	166	50	6	51	45	2.68	1.292	4.1
1946	CIN	NL	10	7	22	22	10	2	0	151.1	146	43	9	64	60	2.56	1.388	2.4
1947	CIN	NL	8	8	20	20	5	2	0	122.0	137	78	15	49	43	5.75	1.525	0.1
1948	CIN	NL	0	3	7	5	1	0	0	35.0	42	18	6	18	19	4.63	1.714	-0.4
1950	BSN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	0	2	0	4.50	1.750	0.1
Total			198	160	428	398	242	42	4	3104.2	2990	1139	154	1121	1107	3.30	1.324	46.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1931	BSN	NL	2B	3			2	9	0	2
1931	BSN	NL	3B	6			5	13	1	0
1932	BSN	NL	3B	22			17	44	6	8
1933	BOS	AL	2B	7			16	23	2	3
1933	BOS	AL	3B	43			42	84	8	11
1934	BOS	AL	3B	23			33	54	9	6
1934	PHI	NL	2B	3			9	7	1	0
1934	PHI	NL	3B	80			74	136	11	12
1934	PHI	NL	P	2			0	3	0	1
1935	PHI	NL	2B	2			1	7	1	0
1935	PHI	NL	3B	1			0	0	0	0
1935	PHI	NL	OF	5			7	1	0	0
1935	PHI	NL	P	24			7	40	0	4
1936	PHI	NL	2B	1			0	1	0	0
1936	PHI	NL	3B	1			0	1	0	0
1936	PHI	NL	P	40			15	96	3	6
1937	PHI	NL	3B	8			5	9	0	1
1937	PHI	NL	P	37			7	76	1	7
1938	PHI	NL	P	12			3	18	1	3
1938	CIN	NL	P	27			3	48	1	2
1939	CIN	NL	P	39			16	77	2	10
1940	CIN	NL	P	36			13	56	4	7
1941	CIN	NL	P	37			18	68	2	6
1942	CIN	NL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1942	CIN	NL	P	34			13	60	3	6
1943	CIN	NL	P	34			19	49	2	7
1944	CIN	NL	P	34			15	55	0	7
1945	CIN	NL	P	22			6	33	1	3
1946	CIN	NL	P	22			10	37	3	7
1947	CIN	NL	P	20			6	19	1	0
1948	CIN	NL	P	7			1	11	0	0
1950	BSN	NL	P	1			1	0	0	0
Total				634			364	1135	63	119

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1939	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1939	Most Valuable Player	NL
1939	TSN All-Star	ML
1939	TSN Guide MVP	NL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1940	TSN All-Star	ML
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1950	BBWAA	4	126	No
1952	BBWAA	3	176	No
1953	BBWAA	10	198	No
1956	BBWAA	5	145	No
1958	BBWAA	33	200	No
1960	BBWAA	19	202	No
1962	BBWAA	5	120	No
1964	BBWAA	35	151	No
1964	Run Off	8		No
1966	BBWAA	56	227	No
1967	BBWAA	65	219	No
1967	Run Off	24		No
1968	BBWAA	67	213	No
1969	BBWAA	20	255	No
1970	BBWAA	29	225	No
1970	Veterans			No
1976	Veterans			No
1981	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No
2009	Veterans - Pre-1943	4	9	No
2013	Veterans - Pre-Integration Era		12	No
2016	Veterans - Pre-Integration Era		12	No

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1937-05-15	Player	Arguing balls and strikes
1945-04-22	Player	Call at 3B (Bumped umpire)
1947-08-21	Player	Balk call
1948-08-29	Manager	Balls and strikes
1949-06-09	Manager	Balls and strikes
1949-08-28	Manager	Balls and strikes
1956-08-28	Coach	Bench jockeying