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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1908-11-26 · Played 1930–1943 · Career WAR 38.6 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1930	NYA	AL	15		20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.150	.150	.150	.300	-0.2
1931	NYA	AL	40		83	8	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	28	.133	.200	.133	.333	-0.4
1932	NYA	AL	37		104	9	18	2	0	0	15	0	0	6	36	.173	.218	.192	.410	-0.4
1933	NYA	AL	35		80	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	23	.113	.193	.113	.306	-0.5
1934	NYA	AL	38		99	8	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	30	.131	.189	.141	.330	-0.5
1935	NYA	AL	34		83	4	10	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	15	.120	.151	.120	.271	-0.7
1936	NYA	AL	31		69	1	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	23	.145	.181	.159	.340	-0.5
1937	NYA	AL	34		105	8	21	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	22	.200	.236	.219	.455	-0.2
1938	NYA	AL	32		86	5	13	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	18	.151	.189	.174	.363	-0.4
1939	NYA	AL	26		73	3	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.151	.205	.178	.383	-0.3
1940	NYA	AL	9		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1941	NYA	AL	23		59	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	12	.153	.194	.169	.363	-0.1
1942	NYA	AL	13		33	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.152	.176	.152	.328	-0.1
1943	WS1	AL	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			368		904	59	133	11	0	0	58	1	1	50	252	.147	.192	.159	.351	-4.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1930	NYA	AL	2	5	15	6	2	0	1	60.0	66	37	12	28	22	5.55	1.567	-0.1
1931	NYA	AL	21	9	40	26	17	1	3	243.0	206	72	7	85	150	2.67	1.198	5.9
1932	NYA	AL	24	7	37	31	21	1	1	265.1	266	124	23	105	176	4.21	1.398	3.4
1933	NYA	AL	16	10	35	30	14	4	2	234.2	218	83	16	106	163	3.18	1.381	3.7
1934	NYA	AL	26	5	38	33	25	6	1	281.2	223	73	12	96	158	2.33	1.133	8.3
1935	NYA	AL	12	15	34	30	15	2	1	246.0	223	87	18	86	138	3.18	1.256	4.1
1936	NYA	AL	13	7	31	30	10	0	0	188.2	184	92	6	122	105	4.39	1.622	1.5
1937	NYA	AL	21	11	34	34	25	6	0	278.1	233	72	10	93	194	2.33	1.171	9.2
1938	NYA	AL	18	12	32	32	20	4	0	239.0	239	89	7	99	129	3.35	1.414	4.5
1939	NYA	AL	12	8	26	26	14	2	0	198.0	173	75	11	84	102	3.41	1.298	3.0
1940	NYA	AL	3	3	9	5	0	0	0	27.1	37	20	2	18	14	6.59	2.012	-0.5
1941	NYA	AL	15	5	23	23	8	2	0	156.1	151	65	10	103	76	3.74	1.625	1.0
1942	NYA	AL	6	4	13	13	2	0	0	80.0	67	38	4	65	41	4.28	1.650	-0.7
1943	WS1	AL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	0	5	0	5.79	1.929	-0.2
Total			189	102	368	320	173	28	9	2503.0	2290	930	138	1095	1468	3.34	1.352	43.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1930	NYA	AL	P	15			1	18	0	0
1931	NYA	AL	P	40			6	43	1	1
1932	NYA	AL	P	37			2	36	2	3
1933	NYA	AL	P	35			4	30	4	0
1934	NYA	AL	P	38			7	42	1	2
1935	NYA	AL	P	34			6	49	2	2
1936	NYA	AL	P	31			4	29	1	3
1937	NYA	AL	P	34			3	36	3	1
1938	NYA	AL	P	32			12	51	1	5
1939	NYA	AL	P	26			2	33	1	0
1940	NYA	AL	P	9			1	2	0	0
1941	NYA	AL	P	23			6	11	2	2
1942	NYA	AL	P	13			2	9	1	0
1943	WS1	AL	P	1			0	4	1	1
Total				368			56	393	20	20

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1938	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1945	BBWAA	7	186	No
1946	Nominating Vote	4		No
1947	BBWAA	1	121	No
1948	BBWAA	16	91	No
1949	BBWAA	17	115	No
1950	BBWAA	18	126	No
1951	BBWAA	23	170	No
1952	BBWAA	29	176	No
1953	BBWAA	35	198	No
1954	BBWAA	38	189	No
1955	BBWAA	71	189	No
1956	BBWAA	89	145	No
1958	BBWAA	76	200	No
1960	BBWAA	51	202	No
1962	BBWAA	20	120	No
1964	Veterans			No
1965	Veterans			No
1971	Veterans			No
1972	Veterans			Yes

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1935-07-13	Player	Bench jockeying
1937-09-30	Player	Bench jockeying
1938-08-23	Player	Bench jockeying
1939-07-08	Player	Bench jockeying
1940-06-07	Player	Call at 2B (Mimicked umpire)
1940-07-04	Player	Balls and strikes
1941-09-03	Player	Bench jockeying