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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1905-07-22 · Played 1929–1948 · Career WAR 13.2 (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
1929	PHA	AL	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1930	PHA	AL	30	82	12	19	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	8	.232	.250	.268	.518	-0.8
1931	PHA	AL	65	223	37	58	8	2	2	20	2	1	11	15	.260	.301	.341	.642	-0.3
1932	PHA	AL	92	384	73	129	27	6	3	46	3	1	17	27	.336	.367	.461	.828	3.0
1933	PHA	AL	152	661	109	195	27	8	8	75	5	4	36	24	.295	.331	.396	.727	1.6
1934	PHA	AL	153	649	99	202	29	9	6	46	1	5	40	35	.311	.353	.411	.764	2.8
1935	PHA	AL	149	644	96	214	37	4	3	70	6	7	37	34	.332	.373	.416	.789	2.7
1936	BOS	AL	154	643	99	188	31	7	0	41	4	6	49	20	.292	.347	.362	.709	0.6
1937	BOS	AL	133	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	.305	.351	.384	.735	0.6
1938	BOS	AL	148	658	116	198	36	8	0	71	4	9	51	19	.301	.354	.380	.734	0.8
1939	BOS	AL	137	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	.311	.352	.382	.734	0.9
1940	BOS	AL	150	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	3	5	36	29	.303	.340	.384	.724	-0.2
1941	WS1	AL	154	660	93	180	25	6	2	66	4	1	37	15	.273	.317	.338	.655	-0.5
1942	DET	AL	151	630	71	166	26	4	0	43	4	4	43	18	.263	.314	.317	.631	-1.0
1943	DET	AL	140	606	79	182	18	4	1	43	4	3	31	13	.300	.335	.348	.683	1.6
1944	DET	AL	143	578	69	169	20	9	2	42	6	5	37	21	.292	.337	.369	.706	0.9
1945	DET	AL	141	541	62	149	22	8	6	58	2	9	36	21	.275	.324	.379	.703	0.5
1946	DET	AL	68	204	26	60	8	2	1	26	3	0	15	8	.294	.342	.368	.710	0.3
1947	DET	AL	73	157	21	42	2	2	2	30	0	4	20	5	.268	.350	.344	.694	-0.2
1948	DET	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.000	.429	.000	.429	0.0
Total			2239	9140	1357	2705	396	109	37	842	62	73	572	345	.296	.337	.375	.713	13.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1938	BOS	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	0	3	1	4.50	1.500	0.1
Total			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	0	3	1	4.50	1.500	0.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1929	PHA	AL	OF	1	6	0	0	0
1930	PHA	AL	OF	21	37	1	3	0
1930	PHA	AL	SS	1	1	1	0	1
1931	PHA	AL	OF	55	133	5	3	1
1932	PHA	AL	OF	86	233	7	6	2
1933	PHA	AL	OF	152	387	13	12	2
1934	PHA	AL	OF	152	385	12	6	0
1935	PHA	AL	OF	149	429	6	11	1
1936	BOS	AL	OF	154	443	20	12	6
1937	BOS	AL	OF	133	365	12	12	4
1938	BOS	AL	OF	148	417	15	6	3
1938	BOS	AL	P	1	0	1	0	0
1939	BOS	AL	OF	135	356	12	6	0
1940	BOS	AL	OF	149	333	11	11	2
1941	WS1	AL	OF	152	369	9	6	1
1942	DET	AL	OF	150	352	15	7	6
1943	DET	AL	OF	138	346	9	4	3
1944	DET	AL	OF	141	337	13	7	2
1945	DET	AL	OF	140	314	7	3	4
1946	DET	AL	OF	50	89	2	0	0
1947	DET	AL	OF	35	79	3	3	0
1948	DET	AL	OF	1	2	0	0	0
Total				2144	5413	174	118	38

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1935	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	4	145	No
1958	BBWAA	2	200	No
1960	BBWAA	1	202	No
1962	BBWAA	1	120	No
1964	BBWAA	12	151	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1936-09-14	Player	Called third strike (Threw bat)
1937-06-30	Player	Balls and strikes
1946-05-01	Player	Home run call (Reversed)