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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1907-04-02 · Played 1930–1950 · Career WAR 76.8 (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	CHA	AL	6	26	2	8	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.693	0.0
1931	CHA	AL	96	297	36	69	13	4	1	28	9	2	29	27	.232	.303	.313	.616	-0.5
1932	CHA	AL	139	489	66	134	20	10	3	63	9	8	40	36	.274	.329	.374	.703	1.9
1933	CHA	AL	151	612	90	197	36	10	6	85	6	11	56	29	.322	.379	.443	.822	5.4
1934	CHA	AL	118	452	75	137	28	6	2	61	3	1	59	27	.303	.384	.405	.789	2.0
1935	CHA	AL	153	525	94	161	28	6	1	71	12	6	122	40	.307	.437	.389	.826	6.9
1936	CHA	AL	138	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	10	6	85	25	.388	.474	.508	.982	7.1
1937	CHA	AL	154	574	98	182	42	8	4	77	18	10	86	28	.317	.407	.439	.846	6.1
1938	CHA	AL	81	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	1	3	42	17	.303	.392	.350	.742	1.8
1939	CHA	AL	148	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	16	9	105	37	.314	.430	.368	.798	4.2
1940	CHA	AL	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	3	5	69	35	.348	.420	.442	.862	5.4
1941	CHA	AL	154	592	93	186	26	8	1	57	12	8	82	32	.314	.399	.390	.789	5.3
1942	CHA	AL	142	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	17	5	63	23	.262	.342	.341	.683	3.2
1943	CHA	AL	155	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	27	8	90	29	.328	.419	.407	.826	7.3
1945	CHA	AL	18	57	12	21	2	2	1	10	1	0	12	7	.368	.478	.526	1.004	1.0
1946	CHA	AL	149	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	6	4	71	41	.309	.384	.378	.762	6.2
1947	CHA	AL	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	8	6	64	28	.306	.386	.412	.798	4.8
1948	CHA	AL	139	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	10	4	94	35	.314	.423	.354	.777	3.5
1949	CHA	AL	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	7	12	121	24	.301	.439	.394	.833	5.1
1950	CHA	AL	50	128	11	30	3	4	0	13	2	0	12	8	.234	.300	.320	.620	0.1
Total			2422	8856	1319	2749	440	102	45	1116	179	108	1302	528	.310	.399	.398	.797	76.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1930	CHA	AL	SS	6	12	17	4	1
1931	CHA	AL	2B	1	4	1	1	0
1931	CHA	AL	SS	76	147	232	42	37
1932	CHA	AL	2B	30	62	110	6	16
1932	CHA	AL	3B	14	13	22	6	2
1932	CHA	AL	SS	85	195	287	37	66
1933	CHA	AL	SS	151	314	534	55	107
1934	CHA	AL	2B	8	21	16	1	4
1934	CHA	AL	SS	110	243	341	34	55
1935	CHA	AL	SS	153	335	556	39	93
1936	CHA	AL	SS	137	320	471	41	119
1937	CHA	AL	SS	154	280	541	49	111
1938	CHA	AL	SS	78	149	258	20	37
1939	CHA	AL	SS	148	289	461	39	78
1940	CHA	AL	SS	150	307	436	37	83
1941	CHA	AL	SS	154	294	473	42	95
1942	CHA	AL	SS	141	269	418	38	77
1943	CHA	AL	SS	155	300	500	36	115
1945	CHA	AL	SS	17	37	56	7	7
1946	CHA	AL	SS	149	252	505	39	99
1947	CHA	AL	3B	2	1	1	0	0
1947	CHA	AL	SS	129	232	422	35	86
1948	CHA	AL	3B	72	84	163	15	13
1948	CHA	AL	SS	64	133	210	20	50
1949	CHA	AL	SS	141	253	450	26	95
1950	CHA	AL	1B	13	91	12	0	16
1950	CHA	AL	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1950	CHA	AL	SS	20	37	50	3	13
Total				2359	4674	7543	672	1475

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1940	TSN All-Star	ML
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1943	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1953	BBWAA	2	198	No
1955	BBWAA	3	189	No
1956	BBWAA	14	145	No
1958	BBWAA	77	200	No
1960	BBWAA	72	202	No
1962	BBWAA	48	120	No
1964	Run Off	189		Yes
1964	BBWAA	142	151	No

Ejections (5)