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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1903-05-11 · Played 1924–1942 · Career WAR 84.3 (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
1924	DET	AL	5	13	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	.462	.462	.462	.924	0.1
1925	DET	AL	8	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	-0.1
1926	DET	AL	123	459	62	127	19	17	1	48	9	7	30	42	.277	.322	.399	.721	0.8
1927	DET	AL	133	508	110	161	29	11	4	61	17	8	52	31	.317	.383	.441	.824	4.1
1928	DET	AL	154	603	108	193	29	16	6	74	15	9	69	22	.320	.395	.451	.846	4.5
1929	DET	AL	155	634	131	215	45	19	13	106	27	9	64	19	.339	.405	.532	.937	5.9
1930	DET	AL	154	610	144	201	47	15	16	98	19	15	69	17	.330	.404	.534	.938	6.6
1931	DET	AL	101	383	67	119	24	5	4	53	13	4	29	15	.311	.359	.431	.790	2.0
1932	DET	AL	152	618	112	184	44	11	19	107	9	8	68	34	.298	.370	.497	.867	5.1
1933	DET	AL	155	628	103	204	42	6	12	105	5	4	68	27	.325	.393	.468	.861	7.2
1934	DET	AL	154	601	134	214	50	7	11	127	11	8	99	25	.356	.450	.517	.967	8.9
1935	DET	AL	150	610	123	201	32	8	19	108	11	4	79	16	.330	.409	.502	.911	8.6
1936	DET	AL	154	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	4	1	83	13	.354	.431	.555	.986	7.9
1937	DET	AL	144	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	11	4	90	25	.371	.458	.520	.978	7.8
1938	DET	AL	152	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	14	1	113	21	.306	.425	.486	.911	5.0
1939	DET	AL	118	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	3	68	16	.325	.423	.544	.967	5.0
1940	DET	AL	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	.313	.428	.447	.875	4.3
1941	DET	AL	127	436	65	96	19	4	3	46	1	2	95	26	.220	.363	.303	.666	0.4
1942	DET	AL	45	45	6	12	0	0	1	7	0	0	7	4	.267	.365	.333	.698	0.2
Total			2323	8860	1774	2839	574	146	184	1427	181	89	1186	372	.320	.401	.480	.881	84.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1924	DET	AL	2B	5	12	17	1	2
1925	DET	AL	2B	6	8	20	0	5
1926	DET	AL	2B	112	255	323	16	56
1926	DET	AL	3B	6	9	17	0	0
1927	DET	AL	2B	121	304	438	27	84
1928	DET	AL	2B	154	377	507	35	101
1929	DET	AL	2B	154	404	501	23	93
1930	DET	AL	2B	154	399	501	19	97
1931	DET	AL	1B	9	68	6	1	3
1931	DET	AL	2B	78	224	236	10	54
1932	DET	AL	2B	152	396	495	30	110
1933	DET	AL	2B	155	358	542	17	111
1934	DET	AL	2B	154	355	516	17	100
1935	DET	AL	2B	149	349	489	13	99
1936	DET	AL	2B	154	397	524	25	116
1937	DET	AL	2B	142	331	485	12	102
1938	DET	AL	2B	152	393	455	21	115
1939	DET	AL	2B	107	245	312	13	67
1940	DET	AL	2B	138	276	374	19	72
1941	DET	AL	2B	116	279	324	11	59
1942	DET	AL	2B	3	7	9	0	1
Total				2221	5446	7091	310	1447

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1933	TSN All-Star	ML
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1935	TSN All-Star	ML
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
1937	Most Valuable Player	AL
1937	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	0	170	No
1945	BBWAA	10	186	No
1946	Nominating Vote	43		No
1946	Final Ballot	23	198	No
1947	BBWAA	105	121	No
1948	BBWAA	52	91	No
1949	Run Off	159		Yes
1949	BBWAA	102	115	No

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