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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1902-05-21 · Played 1929–1941 · Career WAR 51.4 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=averiea01, LAHMAN=averiea01, MLBAM=110396, RETROSHEET=avere101

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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	CLE	AL	151	597	110	198	43	13	18	96	13	13	63	53	.332	.398	.538	.936	4.4
1930	CLE	AL	139	534	102	181	33	8	19	119	10	7	56	48	.339	.404	.537	.941	4.1
1931	CLE	AL	155	627	140	209	36	10	32	143	9	9	68	38	.333	.404	.576	.980	6.5
1932	CLE	AL	153	631	116	198	37	14	32	124	5	8	75	40	.314	.392	.569	.961	5.0
1933	CLE	AL	151	599	83	180	39	16	11	92	3	1	54	29	.301	.363	.474	.837	4.1
1934	CLE	AL	154	598	128	187	48	6	31	113	5	3	99	44	.313	.414	.569	.983	6.8
1935	CLE	AL	140	563	109	162	34	13	19	79	8	4	70	58	.288	.368	.496	.864	3.9
1936	CLE	AL	152	614	136	232	39	15	28	126	3	3	65	35	.378	.438	.627	1.065	6.8
1937	CLE	AL	156	609	121	182	33	11	21	92	5	4	88	65	.299	.387	.493	.880	4.0
1938	CLE	AL	134	482	101	159	27	15	14	93	5	2	81	48	.330	.429	.535	.964	5.4
1939	CLE	AL	24	55	8	15	8	0	1	7	0	1	6	12	.273	.344	.473	.817	1.2
1939	DET	AL	87	309	58	81	20	6	10	58	4	2	43	30	.262	.354	.463	.817
1940	DET	AL	64	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	0	0	5	14	.280	.309	.381	.690	-0.6
1941	BSN	NL	8	17	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	4	.118	.211	.118	.329	-0.2
Total			1668	6353	1224	2019	401	128	238	1164	70	57	774	518	.318	.392	.534	.925	51.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1929	CLE	AL	OF	151	384	14	14	3
1930	CLE	AL	OF	134	345	11	19	5
1931	CLE	AL	OF	155	398	9	10	3
1932	CLE	AL	OF	153	412	12	16	3
1933	CLE	AL	OF	149	390	8	12	3
1934	CLE	AL	OF	154	410	12	13	3
1935	CLE	AL	OF	139	371	6	7	2
1936	CLE	AL	OF	150	369	11	12	2
1937	CLE	AL	OF	156	362	11	9	3
1938	CLE	AL	OF	131	331	14	9	2
1939	CLE	AL	OF	11	12	0	0	0
1939	DET	AL	OF	80	157	3	4	0
1940	DET	AL	OF	22	23	2	1	0
1941	BSN	NL	OF	4	5	2	0	0
Total				1589	3969	115	126	29

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	TSN All-Star	ML
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1932	TSN All-Star	ML
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	BBWAA	1	115	No
1952	BBWAA	2	176	No
1955	BBWAA	2	189	No
1956	BBWAA	3	145	No
1958	BBWAA	14	200	No
1960	BBWAA	11	202	No
1962	BBWAA	3	120	No
1963	Veterans			No
1975	Veterans			Yes

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