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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1915-05-19 · Played 1939–1949 · Career WAR 8.1 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=earlyja01, LAHMAN=earlyja01, MLBAM=113699, RETROSHEET=earlj101

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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
1939	WS1	AL	32	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	-0.2
1940	WS1	AL	80	206	26	53	8	4	5	14	0	1	23	22	.257	.335	.408	.743	0.9
1941	WS1	AL	104	355	42	102	20	7	10	54	0	1	24	38	.287	.338	.468	.806	2.1
1942	WS1	AL	104	353	31	72	14	2	3	46	0	0	37	37	.204	.281	.280	.561	0.3
1943	WS1	AL	126	423	37	109	23	3	5	60	5	3	53	43	.258	.346	.362	.708	3.0
1946	WS1	AL	64	189	13	38	6	0	4	18	0	0	23	27	.201	.288	.296	.584	0.0
1947	SLA	AL	87	214	25	48	9	3	3	19	0	1	54	34	.224	.381	.336	.717	1.4
1948	WS1	AL	97	246	22	54	7	2	1	28	2	1	36	33	.220	.322	.276	.598	0.4
1949	WS1	AL	53	138	12	34	4	0	1	11	0	1	26	11	.246	.370	.297	.667	0.2
Total			747	2208	216	532	98	23	32	264	7	8	281	259	.241	.327	.350	.676	8.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1939	WS1	AL	C	24	95	9	4	1
1940	WS1	AL	C	56	276	41	10	5
1941	WS1	AL	C	100	385	52	16	13
1942	WS1	AL	C	98	392	71	9	11
1943	WS1	AL	C	122	443	83	11	10
1946	WS1	AL	C	64	246	45	12	7
1947	SLA	AL	C	85	301	43	4	5
1948	WS1	AL	C	92	268	51	3	7
1949	WS1	AL	C	53	160	22	5	6
Total				694	2566	417	74	65

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1942-06-30	Player	Arguing foul tip
1947-07-22	Player	Balls and strikes
1948-08-07	Player	Balls and strikes
1948-08-08	Player	Bench jockeying

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Ejections (4)