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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1903-04-16 · Played 1926–1945 · College: East Central University (1922) · Career WAR 74.5 (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
1926	PIT	NL	144	536	101	180	35	22	8	79	11		66	19	.336	.413	.528	.941	5.4
1927	PIT	NL	155	623	114	237	42	18	9	131	5		60	14	.380	.437	.549	.986	7.1
1928	PIT	NL	152	602	142	223	50	19	6	86	6		77	16	.370	.446	.547	.993	6.8
1929	PIT	NL	151	596	131	200	43	15	15	100	15		89	24	.336	.424	.534	.958	5.1
1930	PIT	NL	145	589	117	217	32	18	8	77	18		57	18	.368	.428	.525	.953	4.5
1931	PIT	NL	150	559	88	180	35	10	6	70	6		73	21	.322	.404	.453	.857	4.9
1932	PIT	NL	154	630	107	215	62	10	8	82	13		56	24	.341	.397	.510	.907	5.7
1933	PIT	NL	154	618	101	191	38	16	7	70	3		60	20	.309	.372	.456	.828	4.6
1934	PIT	NL	146	599	122	217	32	16	14	90	8		68	24	.362	.429	.539	.968	6.0
1935	PIT	NL	139	549	98	176	29	12	11	78	2		61	22	.321	.392	.477	.869	3.9
1936	PIT	NL	148	585	107	218	53	9	5	94	7		74	29	.373	.446	.520	.966	7.1
1937	PIT	NL	154	619	94	219	30	9	2	74	4		63	34	.354	.413	.441	.854	5.1
1938	PIT	NL	148	625	77	175	31	6	6	69	2		47	28	.280	.331	.378	.709	1.3
1939	PIT	NL	125	461	62	151	30	6	3	45	0		35	18	.328	.375	.438	.813	2.0
1940	PIT	NL	89	238	32	69	16	1	1	32	0		23	14	.290	.352	.378	.730	0.5
1941	BRO	NL	11	35	5	6	0	0	0	4	0		8	0	.171	.326	.171	.497	0.9
1941	BSN	NL	95	294	40	82	10	2	2	46	1		47	14	.279	.378	.347	.725
1942	BSN	NL	114	333	43	86	17	1	1	39	2		62	20	.258	.376	.324	.700	1.4
1943	BRO	NL	82	225	29	70	16	0	1	26	0		35	9	.311	.406	.396	.802	1.7
1944	BRO	NL	83	136	16	39	4	1	0	16	0		27	7	.287	.405	.331	.736	0.5
1944	NYA	AL	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476
1945	NYA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0.0
Total			2549	9459	1627	3152	605	191	113	1309	104	0	1091	376	.333	.402	.473	.876	74.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1926	PIT	NL	OF	139	307	21	8	3
1927	PIT	NL	1B	14	104	5	3	8
1927	PIT	NL	OF	143	326	20	7	4
1928	PIT	NL	1B	24	234	8	4	17
1928	PIT	NL	OF	131	299	14	8	0
1929	PIT	NL	1B	7	70	3	0	2
1929	PIT	NL	OF	143	328	15	5	5
1930	PIT	NL	OF	143	344	9	15	4
1931	PIT	NL	1B	10	99	3	0	10
1931	PIT	NL	OF	138	342	28	9	8
1932	PIT	NL	OF	154	367	13	10	3
1933	PIT	NL	OF	154	346	16	7	2
1934	PIT	NL	OF	145	323	15	5	1
1935	PIT	NL	OF	136	283	13	5	2
1936	PIT	NL	OF	145	323	15	14	7
1937	PIT	NL	1B	3	27	3	2	3
1937	PIT	NL	OF	150	271	16	9	3
1938	PIT	NL	OF	147	284	11	7	0
1939	PIT	NL	OF	106	206	12	5	4
1940	PIT	NL	1B	8	88	6	1	12
1940	PIT	NL	OF	45	62	3	1	0
1941	BRO	NL	OF	9	12	0	1	0
1941	BSN	NL	1B	7	19	1	2	0
1941	BSN	NL	OF	77	129	7	5	3
1942	BSN	NL	OF	94	150	6	5	3
1943	BRO	NL	OF	57	116	4	5	1
1944	BRO	NL	OF	32	54	3	1	0
Total				2361	5513	270	144	105

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	Most Valuable Player	NL
1927	TSN All-Star	ML
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1928	TSN All-Star	ML
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1937	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1946	Nominating Vote	4		No
1948	BBWAA	51	91	No
1949	BBWAA	73	115	No
1949	Run Off	63		No
1950	BBWAA	95	126	No
1951	BBWAA	162	170	No
1952	BBWAA	195	176	Yes

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