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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1910-06-29 · Played 1933–1946 · College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1929–1930) · Career WAR 6.2 (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
1933	SLN	NL	12	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.572	0.0
1934	SLN	NL	100	332	55	92	13	5	1	24	5	12	19	.277	.310	.355	.665	0.6
1935	SLN	NL	107	338	45	89	10	2	0	33	5	11	14	.263	.289	.305	.594	0.0
1936	NY1	NL	154	632	99	176	31	3	4	47	14	29	32	.278	.317	.356	.673	3.4
1937	NY1	NL	152	574	64	164	15	6	5	52	7	28	20	.286	.323	.359	.682	3.0
1939	NY1	NL	95	335	31	80	6	3	2	24	1	24	19	.239	.299	.293	.592	0.4
1940	NY1	NL	133	568	68	160	9	6	4	36	9	26	17	.282	.319	.340	.659	0.6
1941	NY1	NL	116	403	41	92	15	4	1	23	7	14	10	.228	.258	.293	.551	-1.1
1946	PIT	NL	55	127	10	28	1	2	0	5	3	6	6	.220	.261	.260	.521	-0.7
Total			924	3316	415	883	100	31	17	245	51	150	138	.266	.298	.331	.629	6.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1933	SLN	NL	2B	3	1	4	0	0
1933	SLN	NL	SS	9	3	3	0	1
1934	SLN	NL	2B	48	88	140	9	27
1934	SLN	NL	3B	28	30	47	3	6
1934	SLN	NL	SS	29	40	33	4	5
1935	SLN	NL	2B	80	172	218	8	43
1935	SLN	NL	3B	8	7	12	1	2
1935	SLN	NL	SS	6	9	10	1	2
1936	NY1	NL	2B	153	442	552	32	107
1937	NY1	NL	2B	152	394	514	24	106
1939	NY1	NL	2B	91	232	320	17	60
1939	NY1	NL	3B	1	1	1	0	1
1939	NY1	NL	SS	4	7	15	0	2
1940	NY1	NL	2B	57	164	200	5	45
1940	NY1	NL	3B	74	68	130	11	5
1940	NY1	NL	SS	4	6	6	0	0
1941	NY1	NL	2B	104	288	285	18	60
1941	NY1	NL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1946	PIT	NL	2B	30	66	64	5	14
1946	PIT	NL	3B	4	0	1	0	0
1946	PIT	NL	SS	1	0	1	0	0
Total				887	2018	2556	138	486

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	1	145	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1937-06-19	Player	Call at 2B
1939-06-01	Player	Call at 2B (Threw hat)

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