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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1908-12-25 · Played 1930–1946 · Career WAR 42.6 (bWAR) ·

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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
1930	NYA	AL	138	513	74	162	31	10	10	81	14	6	43	58	.316	.371	.474	.845	2.9
1931	NYA	AL	149	600	120	189	28	11	17	122	61	23	75	77	.315	.396	.483	.879	5.9
1932	NYA	AL	151	581	101	174	41	15	10	107	38	18	71	55	.299	.381	.473	.854	4.2
1933	NYA	AL	147	565	112	176	36	4	9	98	27	18	72	45	.312	.393	.437	.830	5.1
1934	NYA	AL	149	588	82	181	21	13	5	86	26	16	67	68	.308	.381	.413	.794	4.3
1935	NYA	AL	140	553	118	160	38	8	8	74	17	10	61	39	.289	.361	.430	.791	3.7
1936	NYA	AL	36	139	19	37	14	3	1	21	1	2	15	20	.266	.338	.432	.770	4.3
1936	WS1	AL	97	401	91	133	36	7	4	60	19	7	69	18	.332	.431	.486	.917
1937	WS1	AL	35	130	23	34	7	1	0	12	8	0	26	7	.262	.385	.331	.716	2.7
1937	BOS	AL	113	423	76	130	23	11	7	57	27	12	57	35	.307	.391	.463	.854
1938	BOS	AL	127	480	92	163	40	8	6	80	13	6	65	33	.340	.418	.494	.912	3.2
1939	CLE	AL	149	545	101	158	31	9	6	82	18	6	87	30	.290	.390	.413	.803	2.9
1940	CLE	AL	143	548	82	157	40	6	4	50	13	7	78	45	.286	.377	.403	.780	2.7
1941	WS1	AL	28	110	9	28	6	0	1	10	2	2	10	6	.255	.317	.336	.653	-0.5
1941	CHA	AL	57	190	26	43	9	1	2	19	2	2	19	14	.226	.297	.316	.613
1944	BRO	NL	20	38	11	14	4	0	0	11	1		5	4	.368	.442	.474	.916	0.8
1945	BRO	NL	13	22	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		2	1	.136	.208	.136	.344	-0.2
1945	PHI	NL	24	51	4	16	2	0	0	4	0		2	1	.314	.340	.353	.693
1946	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			1717	6478	1144	1958	407	107	90	977	287	135	824	556	.302	.381	.440	.821	42.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1944	BRO	NL	5	3	11	9	6	79.1	75	30	4	33	37	3.40	1.361	1.0
1945	BRO	NL	3	3	10	7	2	53.2	64	33	3	32	23	5.53	1.789	-0.5
1945	PHI	NL	0	0	3	0	0	7.0	7	6	0	6	4	7.71	1.857
1946	PHI	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.000	0.1
Total			8	6	25	16	8	141.0	147	69	7	71	65	4.40	1.546	0.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1930	NYA	AL	2B	45	132	146	18	36
1930	NYA	AL	3B	91	100	149	24	11
1931	NYA	AL	2B	11	25	33	2	4
1931	NYA	AL	OF	137	300	14	12	1
1932	NYA	AL	OF	150	303	13	17	2
1933	NYA	AL	OF	147	288	24	8	4
1934	NYA	AL	OF	149	368	12	13	2
1935	NYA	AL	OF	138	372	25	15	7
1936	NYA	AL	OF	36	106	3	4	0
1936	WS1	AL	OF	97	271	10	12	4
1937	WS1	AL	OF	32	87	1	4	0
1937	BOS	AL	OF	112	262	9	4	1
1937	BOS	AL	SS	1	2	1	1	0
1938	BOS	AL	3B	1	0	1	0	0
1938	BOS	AL	OF	126	267	15	10	5
1939	CLE	AL	OF	146	356	12	11	0
1940	CLE	AL	OF	140	307	10	12	3
1941	WS1	AL	OF	26	54	3	1	1
1941	CHA	AL	OF	49	122	4	1	1
1944	BRO	NL	P	11	3	6	1	0
1945	BRO	NL	P	10	2	13	1	1
1945	PHI	NL	3B	4	2	6	2	1
1945	PHI	NL	OF	10	13	1	1	0
1945	PHI	NL	P	3	0	1	0	0
1946	PHI	NL	P	1	0	0	0	0
Total				1673	3742	512	174	84

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	BBWAA	1	115	No
1952	BBWAA	1	176	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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