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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1903-06-19 · Played 1923–1939 · College: Columbia University (1923) · Career WAR 113.4 (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
1923	NYA	AL	13	26	6	11	4	1	1	9	0	0	2	5	.423	.464	.769	1.233	0.4
1924	NYA	AL	10	12	2	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	.500	.538	.583	1.121	0.2
1925	NYA	AL	126	437	73	129	23	10	20	68	6	3	46	49	.295	.365	.531	.896	3.1
1926	NYA	AL	155	572	135	179	47	20	16	112	6	5	105	73	.313	.420	.549	.969	6.9
1927	NYA	AL	155	584	149	218	52	18	47	175	10	8	109	84	.373	.474	.765	1.239	11.8
1928	NYA	AL	154	562	139	210	47	13	27	142	4	11	95	69	.374	.467	.648	1.115	9.5
1929	NYA	AL	154	553	127	166	32	10	35	126	4	4	122	68	.300	.431	.584	1.015	7.5
1930	NYA	AL	154	581	143	220	42	17	41	174	12	14	101	63	.379	.473	.721	1.194	9.6
1931	NYA	AL	155	619	163	211	31	15	46	184	17	12	117	56	.341	.446	.662	1.108	8.6
1932	NYA	AL	156	596	138	208	42	9	34	151	4	11	108	38	.349	.451	.621	1.072	8.2
1933	NYA	AL	152	593	138	198	41	12	32	139	9	13	92	42	.334	.424	.605	1.029	7.1
1934	NYA	AL	154	579	128	210	40	6	49	165	9	5	109	31	.363	.465	.706	1.171	10.0
1935	NYA	AL	149	535	125	176	26	10	30	119	8	7	132	38	.329	.466	.583	1.049	8.3
1936	NYA	AL	155	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	3	4	130	46	.354	.478	.696	1.174	9.7
1937	NYA	AL	157	569	138	200	37	9	37	159	4	3	127	49	.351	.473	.643	1.116	8.2
1938	NYA	AL	157	576	115	170	32	6	29	114	6	1	107	75	.295	.410	.523	.933	4.6
1939	NYA	AL	8	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	.143	.273	.143	.416	-0.3
Total			2164	8001	1888	2721	534	163	493	1995	102	101	1508	790	.340	.445	.632	1.077	113.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1923	NYA	AL	1B	9	53	3	4	4
1924	NYA	AL	1B	2	9	1	0	0
1924	NYA	AL	OF	1	1	0	0	0
1925	NYA	AL	1B	114	1126	53	13	72
1925	NYA	AL	OF	6	9	0	2	0
1926	NYA	AL	1B	155	1566	73	15	87
1927	NYA	AL	1B	155	1662	88	15	108
1928	NYA	AL	1B	154	1488	79	18	112
1929	NYA	AL	1B	154	1458	82	9	135
1930	NYA	AL	1B	153	1298	89	15	109
1930	NYA	AL	OF	1	2	0	0	0
1931	NYA	AL	1B	154	1352	58	13	120
1931	NYA	AL	OF	1	3	0	1	0
1932	NYA	AL	1B	156	1293	75	18	101
1933	NYA	AL	1B	152	1290	64	9	102
1934	NYA	AL	1B	153	1284	80	8	126
1934	NYA	AL	SS	1	0	0	0	0
1935	NYA	AL	1B	149	1337	82	15	96
1936	NYA	AL	1B	155	1377	82	9	128
1937	NYA	AL	1B	157	1370	74	16	113
1938	NYA	AL	1B	157	1483	100	14	157
1939	NYA	AL	1B	8	64	4	2	5
Total				2147	19525	1087	196	1575

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1927	Most Valuable Player	AL
1927	TSN All-Star	ML
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1928	TSN All-Star	ML
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1931	TSN All-Star	ML
1931	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1934	Triple Crown	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1934	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1936	Most Valuable Player	AL
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1936	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1937	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	51	170	No
1939	Special Election			Yes

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