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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1916-11-28 · Played 1938–1948 · Career WAR 13.1 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1938	BSN	NL	123	418	47	98	16	5	10	63	5	38	38	.234	.300	.368	.668	0.3
1939	BSN	NL	130	449	67	128	26	6	19	82	1	51	55	.285	.364	.497	.861	4.6
1940	BSN	NL	139	524	72	137	27	5	7	72	2	65	54	.261	.344	.372	.716	1.7
1941	BSN	NL	138	484	63	134	28	4	12	68	5	72	68	.277	.373	.426	.799	3.6
1942	BSN	NL	134	452	54	115	22	0	16	56	4	68	59	.254	.354	.409	.763	2.7
1946	BSN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.3
1946	CIN	NL	72	202	16	43	13	0	5	18	1	32	36	.213	.323	.351	.674
1948	PIT	NL	87	146	19	26	4	0	8	21	1	27	29	.178	.310	.370	.680	-0.1
Total			824	2676	338	681	136	20	77	380	19	353	340	.254	.341	.407	.748	13.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1938	BSN	NL	1B	7	63	2	1	2
1938	BSN	NL	OF	109	205	6	3	2
1939	BSN	NL	OF	124	287	8	8	2
1940	BSN	NL	1B	36	338	24	5	33
1940	BSN	NL	OF	102	220	16	6	1
1941	BSN	NL	OF	132	302	13	6	5
1942	BSN	NL	1B	85	807	47	8	67
1942	BSN	NL	OF	50	106	4	4	0
1946	BSN	NL	1B	1	3	0	0	0
1946	CIN	NL	OF	58	112	6	6	3
1948	PIT	NL	1B	32	198	20	2	14
1948	PIT	NL	OF	16	11	0	0	0
Total				752	2652	146	49	129

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1942-06-07	Player	Home run call
1942-07-04	Player	Call at 1B

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