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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1908-06-20 · Played 1930–1942 · College: Duke University (1928–1930) · Career WAR 25.7 (bWAR) ·

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Photo: Cincinnati Reds - 1940 Team Issue, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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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
1930	NYA	AL	4	14	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.286	.412	.286	.698	0.0
1933	NYA	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.2
1933	BOS	AL	108	425	64	110	30	6	3	39	15	5	33	39	.259	.312	.379	.691
1934	BOS	AL	152	623	129	200	41	10	11	67	40	15	77	37	.321	.397	.472	.869	5.3
1935	BOS	AL	124	462	84	118	30	3	14	61	29	7	69	41	.255	.357	.424	.781	2.6
1936	BOS	AL	145	535	89	147	29	6	10	67	23	13	89	37	.275	.382	.407	.789	1.4
1937	PHA	AL	128	493	85	144	31	4	7	70	35	13	74	39	.292	.386	.414	.800	3.4
1938	PHA	AL	134	499	92	129	22	7	11	69	19	15	93	37	.259	.377	.397	.774	1.6
1939	CIN	NL	147	599	115	173	35	5	5	57	15		91	46	.289	.388	.389	.777	4.0
1940	CIN	NL	143	584	105	162	35	5	12	48	16		68	40	.277	.361	.416	.777	4.8
1941	CIN	NL	109	418	56	100	9	2	4	46	14		53	24	.239	.328	.299	.627	1.5
1942	NY1	NL	98	370	51	76	9	2	1	13	9		51	22	.205	.308	.249	.557	0.9
Total			1295	5024	875	1363	271	50	78	539	215	68	701	363	.271	.361	.392	.752	25.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1930	NYA	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1930	NYA	AL	SS	3	12	9	1	3
1933	NYA	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1933	BOS	AL	2B	2	2	2	0	0
1933	BOS	AL	3B	38	39	63	7	7
1933	BOS	AL	SS	71	128	194	32	36
1934	BOS	AL	3B	130	136	323	29	25
1934	BOS	AL	SS	22	43	69	14	14
1935	BOS	AL	3B	123	174	264	27	20
1936	BOS	AL	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1936	BOS	AL	3B	101	112	161	19	16
1936	BOS	AL	OF	45	90	6	2	0
1937	PHA	AL	3B	125	132	260	17	25
1937	PHA	AL	OF	3	9	0	0	0
1938	PHA	AL	3B	134	168	266	30	21
1939	CIN	NL	3B	147	165	308	34	32
1940	CIN	NL	3B	143	139	287	17	24
1941	CIN	NL	3B	107	120	256	16	30
1942	NY1	NL	3B	93	79	227	24	14
Total				1290	1548	2695	269	267

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	BBWAA	1	115	No
1950	BBWAA	1	126	No
1952	BBWAA	1	176	No
1958	BBWAA	3	200	No

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