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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1900-04-26 · Played 1923–1934 · Career WAR 38.8 (bWAR) ·

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Photo: Conlon, Charles Martin, 1868-1945 (Photographer), 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
1923	NY1	NL	3	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.1
1924	NY1	NL	107	383	62	113	19	12	10	57	4	3	44	46	.295	.369	.486	.855	2.5
1925	NY1	NL	62	180	28	43	7	4	6	30	5	2	21	33	.239	.322	.422	.744	-0.3
1926	CHN	NL	142	529	97	170	36	8	21	109	10		69	61	.321	.406	.539	.945	5.3
1927	CHN	NL	146	551	119	175	30	12	30	129	13		71	70	.318	.401	.579	.980	6.3
1928	CHN	NL	145	520	89	163	32	9	31	120	4		77	94	.313	.404	.588	.992	5.5
1929	CHN	NL	150	574	135	198	30	5	39	159	3		78	83	.345	.425	.618	1.043	6.1
1930	CHN	NL	155	585	146	208	35	6	56	191	3		105	84	.356	.454	.723	1.177	7.4
1931	CHN	NL	112	395	66	103	22	4	13	61	1		63	69	.261	.362	.435	.797	0.7
1932	BRO	NL	135	481	77	143	37	5	23	123	2		51	85	.297	.366	.538	.904	3.0
1933	BRO	NL	117	360	41	96	13	2	9	54	7		52	50	.267	.359	.389	.748	1.6
1934	BRO	NL	67	172	24	45	5	0	6	27	0		40	33	.262	.401	.395	.796	0.8
1934	PHI	NL	7	20	0	2	0	0	0	3	0		3	4	.100	.217	.100	.317
Total			1348	4760	884	1461	266	67	244	1063	52	5	674	713	.307	.393	.545	.938	38.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1923	NY1	NL	OF	3	6	0	1	0
1924	NY1	NL	OF	103	230	8	8	2
1925	NY1	NL	OF	50	75	3	2	2
1926	CHN	NL	OF	140	348	11	10	5
1927	CHN	NL	OF	146	400	13	14	3
1928	CHN	NL	OF	143	321	11	14	2
1929	CHN	NL	OF	150	380	14	12	4
1930	CHN	NL	OF	155	357	9	19	2
1931	CHN	NL	OF	103	210	9	5	1
1932	BRO	NL	OF	125	220	14	11	4
1933	BRO	NL	2B	5	11	18	3	3
1933	BRO	NL	OF	90	181	3	7	0
1934	BRO	NL	OF	43	71	3	2	3
1934	PHI	NL	OF	6	11	0	0	0
Total				1262	2821	116	108	31

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1929	TSN All-Star	ML
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1930	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	1	151	No
1939	BBWAA	1	206	No
1942	BBWAA	1	175	No
1948	BBWAA	2	91	No
1949	BBWAA	24	115	No
1949	Run Off	12		No
1950	BBWAA	16	126	No
1951	BBWAA	21	170	No
1952	BBWAA	21	176	No
1953	BBWAA	43	198	No
1954	BBWAA	48	189	No
1955	BBWAA	81	189	No
1956	BBWAA	74	145	No
1958	BBWAA	94	200	No
1960	BBWAA	72	202	No
1962	BBWAA	39	120	No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			No
1975	Veterans			No
1976	Veterans			No
1977	Veterans			No
1978	Veterans			No
1979	Veterans			Yes

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