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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1915-02-18 · Played 1938–1950 · College: University of Oregon (1934–1935) · Career WAR 55.5 (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
1938	NYA	AL	127	458	83	117	24	7	25	97	11	3	56	72	.255	.340	.502	.842	3.4
1939	NYA	AL	151	567	92	161	32	5	28	111	11	10	75	57	.284	.370	.506	.876	6.2
1940	NYA	AL	155	616	112	173	32	10	30	103	18	8	52	57	.281	.340	.511	.851	6.0
1941	NYA	AL	156	588	104	162	26	7	24	87	10	9	72	80	.276	.358	.466	.824	5.2
1942	NYA	AL	147	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	12	6	79	95	.322	.409	.491	.900	7.7
1943	NYA	AL	152	543	82	135	28	5	17	69	4	7	98	75	.249	.365	.413	.778	6.5
1946	NYA	AL	112	376	35	79	15	0	11	47	2	5	49	72	.210	.308	.338	.646	1.5
1947	CLE	AL	155	562	89	153	27	6	29	93	7	3	62	49	.272	.346	.496	.842	6.6
1948	CLE	AL	144	550	96	154	21	4	32	124	5	2	77	68	.280	.371	.507	.878	6.5
1949	CLE	AL	148	541	74	136	18	3	20	84	5	6	83	33	.251	.355	.407	.762	3.9
1950	CLE	AL	119	368	59	87	12	1	19	57	4	1	56	44	.236	.340	.429	.769	2.0
Total			1566	5707	914	1530	264	52	253	975	89	60	759	702	.268	.354	.466	.820	55.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1938	NYA	AL	2B	126	290	450	31	98
1939	NYA	AL	2B	151	370	461	28	116
1940	NYA	AL	2B	155	374	505	23	116
1941	NYA	AL	1B	30	224	17	4	35
1941	NYA	AL	2B	131	332	397	32	109
1942	NYA	AL	2B	147	354	442	28	121
1943	NYA	AL	2B	152	407	490	29	114
1946	NYA	AL	2B	108	281	346	17	87
1947	CLE	AL	2B	155	341	466	18	110
1948	CLE	AL	2B	144	330	436	23	97
1948	CLE	AL	SS	2	2	3	0	1
1949	CLE	AL	2B	145	297	430	15	123
1950	CLE	AL	2B	105	224	283	16	69
Total				1551	3826	4726	264	1196

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1939	TSN All-Star	ML
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1940	TSN All-Star	ML
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1941	TSN All-Star	ML
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1942	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1942	Most Valuable Player	AL
1942	TSN All-Star	ML
1942	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1947	TSN All-Star	ML
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1948	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1945	BBWAA	1	186	No
1955	BBWAA	1	189	No
1956	BBWAA	4	145	No
1958	BBWAA	11	200	No
1960	BBWAA	11	202	No
1962	BBWAA	4	120	No
1964	BBWAA	30	151	No
1964	Run Off	1		No
1966	BBWAA	31	227	No
1967	BBWAA	66	219	No
1967	Run Off	13		No
1968	BBWAA	77	213	No
1969	BBWAA	97	255	No
1970	BBWAA	79	225	No
1981	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			No
1986	Veterans			No
1987	Veterans			No
1988	Veterans		14	No
1989	Veterans			No
1990	Veterans		11	No
1991	Veterans	12	12	No
1992	Veterans	7	12	No
1993	Veterans		12	No
1995	Veterans			No
1996	Veterans	4	11	No
1997	Veterans			No
1999	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players	19	61	No
2005	Veterans - Players	14	60	No
2007	Veterans - Players	10	62	No
2009	Veterans			Yes
2009	Veterans - Pre-1943	10	9	Yes

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