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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1907-09-12 · Played 1937–1947 · College: University of Georgia (1930–1932) · Career WAR 24.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=chandsp01, LAHMAN=chandsp01, MLBAM=112187, RETROSHEET=chans101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1937	NYA	AL	12	30	2	4	0	0	0	6	1	1	7	.133	.161	.133	.294	-0.3
1938	NYA	AL	23	69	10	14	1	0	3	4	0	1	23	.203	.214	.348	.562	-0.1
1939	NYA	AL	11	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	0.1
1940	NYA	AL	27	60	5	9	1	0	2	7	0	4	31	.150	.215	.267	.482	0.0
1941	NYA	AL	28	60	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	1	18	.183	.197	.183	.380	-0.1
1942	NYA	AL	24	71	6	15	2	0	0	5	0	8	14	.211	.291	.239	.530	0.5
1943	NYA	AL	30	97	9	25	5	0	2	7	0	1	22	.258	.287	.371	.658	0.8
1944	NYA	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1945	NYA	AL	4	12	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	0.1
1946	NYA	AL	34	94	9	14	5	2	0	3	0	2	27	.149	.167	.245	.412	-0.1
1947	NYA	AL	17	49	5	12	3	0	2	4	0	1	10	.245	.260	.429	.689	0.6
Total			211	548	53	110	18	2	9	45	1	20	154	.201	.229	.290	.519	1.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1937	NYA	AL	7	4	12	10	6	2	0	82.1	79	26	8	20	31	2.84	1.202	1.9
1938	NYA	AL	14	5	23	23	14	2	0	172.0	183	77	7	47	36	4.03	1.337	2.1
1939	NYA	AL	3	0	11	0	0	0	0	19.0	26	6	0	9	4	2.84	1.842	0.3
1940	NYA	AL	8	7	27	24	6	1	0	172.0	184	88	12	60	56	4.60	1.419	-0.1
1941	NYA	AL	10	4	28	20	11	4	4	163.2	146	58	5	60	60	3.19	1.259	1.7
1942	NYA	AL	16	5	24	24	17	3	0	200.2	176	53	13	74	74	2.38	1.246	2.7
1943	NYA	AL	20	4	30	30	20	5	0	253.0	197	46	5	54	134	1.64	.992	6.4
1944	NYA	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	1	1	1	4.50	1.167	0.0
1945	NYA	AL	2	1	4	4	2	1	0	31.0	30	16	2	7	12	4.65	1.194	-0.1
1946	NYA	AL	20	8	34	32	20	6	2	257.1	200	60	7	90	138	2.10	1.127	5.4
1947	NYA	AL	9	5	17	16	13	2	0	128.0	100	35	4	41	68	2.46	1.102	2.5
Total			109	43	211	184	109	26	6	1485.0	1327	468	64	463	614	2.84	1.205	22.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1937	NYA	AL	P	12	9	23	0	1
1938	NYA	AL	P	23	18	50	0	3
1939	NYA	AL	P	11	1	7	0	0
1940	NYA	AL	P	27	4	50	2	3
1941	NYA	AL	P	28	15	42	1	1
1942	NYA	AL	P	24	25	46	2	8
1943	NYA	AL	P	30	10	63	3	4
1944	NYA	AL	P	1	0	3	0	0
1945	NYA	AL	P	4	5	5	0	0
1946	NYA	AL	P	34	13	60	1	7
1947	NYA	AL	P	17	6	36	1	1
Total				211	106	385	10	28

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1943	Most Valuable Player	AL
1943	TSN All-Star	ML
1943	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1943	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML

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