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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1904-10-05 · Played 1927–1942 · Career WAR 32.5 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=westsa01, LAHMAN=westsa01, MLBAM=124111, RETROSHEET=wests101

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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
1927	WS1	AL	38	67	9	16	4	1	0	6	1	0	8	8	.239	.320	.328	.648	-0.1
1928	WS1	AL	125	378	59	114	30	7	3	40	5	6	20	23	.302	.338	.442	.780	0.8
1929	WS1	AL	142	510	60	136	16	8	3	75	9	8	45	41	.267	.326	.347	.673	0.6
1930	WS1	AL	120	411	75	135	22	10	6	67	5	5	37	34	.328	.385	.474	.859	3.3
1931	WS1	AL	132	526	77	175	43	13	3	91	6	8	30	37	.333	.369	.481	.850	4.7
1932	WS1	AL	146	554	88	159	27	12	6	83	4	5	48	57	.287	.345	.412	.757	3.0
1933	SLA	AL	133	517	93	155	25	12	11	48	10	8	59	49	.300	.373	.458	.831	3.4
1934	SLA	AL	122	482	90	157	22	10	9	55	3	5	62	55	.326	.403	.469	.872	3.4
1935	SLA	AL	138	527	93	158	37	4	10	70	1	6	75	46	.300	.388	.442	.830	3.7
1936	SLA	AL	152	533	78	148	26	4	7	70	2	0	94	70	.278	.386	.381	.767	1.4
1937	SLA	AL	122	457	68	150	37	4	7	58	1	1	46	28	.328	.390	.473	.863	3.3
1938	SLA	AL	44	165	17	51	8	2	1	27	1	0	14	9	.309	.363	.400	.763	1.9
1938	WS1	AL	92	344	51	104	19	5	5	47	1	1	33	21	.302	.363	.430	.793
1939	WS1	AL	115	390	52	110	20	8	3	52	1	1	67	29	.282	.387	.397	.784	2.5
1940	WS1	AL	57	99	7	25	6	1	1	18	0	2	16	13	.253	.357	.364	.721	0.2
1941	WS1	AL	26	37	3	10	0	0	0	6	1	0	11	2	.270	.438	.270	.708	0.2
1942	CHA	AL	49	151	14	35	5	0	0	25	2	0	31	18	.232	.363	.265	.628	0.2
Total			1753	6148	934	1838	347	101	75	838	53	56	696	540	.299	.370	.425	.795	32.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1927	WS1	AL	OF	18	28	3	2	0
1928	WS1	AL	OF	116	210	13	1	0
1929	WS1	AL	OF	139	376	25	9	8
1930	WS1	AL	OF	118	310	8	9	1
1931	WS1	AL	OF	127	402	13	4	3
1932	WS1	AL	OF	143	450	15	10	7
1933	SLA	AL	OF	127	329	14	4	3
1934	SLA	AL	OF	120	303	14	9	3
1935	SLA	AL	OF	135	449	7	5	2
1936	SLA	AL	OF	148	442	10	8	2
1937	SLA	AL	OF	105	298	17	4	6
1938	SLA	AL	OF	41	101	0	3	0
1938	WS1	AL	OF	85	221	4	4	3
1939	WS1	AL	1B	17	133	6	4	9
1939	WS1	AL	OF	89	232	7	2	3
1940	WS1	AL	1B	12	95	7	1	13
1940	WS1	AL	OF	9	18	0	0	0
1941	WS1	AL	OF	8	19	0	0	0
1942	CHA	AL	OF	45	112	1	2	1
Total				1602	4528	164	81	64

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No

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