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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1900-10-16 · Played 1921–1938 · Career WAR 65.8 (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
1921	WS1	AL	14	50	8	13	1	1	1	6	0	0	6	5	.260	.351	.380	.731	0.2
1922	WS1	AL	101	358	44	116	19	7	3	53	4	4	25	26	.324	.373	.441	.814	1.6
1923	WS1	AL	150	600	86	180	29	18	9	99	7	2	40	53	.300	.347	.453	.800	2.8
1924	WS1	AL	154	579	100	199	30	17	12	129	15	14	68	29	.344	.421	.516	.937	6.5
1925	WS1	AL	150	601	116	201	34	20	18	113	27	8	53	50	.334	.394	.547	.941	6.4
1926	WS1	AL	147	568	105	201	26	15	17	108	8	8	63	38	.354	.425	.542	.967	6.9
1927	WS1	AL	148	581	96	194	37	15	13	120	21	6	50	28	.334	.392	.516	.908	5.1
1928	WS1	AL	135	456	80	173	36	10	17	102	16	3	48	19	.379	.442	.614	1.056	7.5
1929	WS1	AL	145	553	82	159	28	7	18	91	10	3	66	33	.288	.366	.461	.827	2.9
1930	WS1	AL	47	188	34	51	11	5	7	38	3	2	19	19	.271	.344	.495	.839	5.3
1930	SLA	AL	101	396	81	129	25	7	30	100	14	9	48	35	.326	.400	.652	1.052
1931	SLA	AL	151	591	114	194	42	10	24	105	9	6	80	41	.328	.412	.555	.967	5.7
1932	SLA	AL	150	572	88	171	28	9	17	104	12	9	92	35	.299	.398	.469	.867	3.0
1933	WS1	AL	132	549	97	163	35	10	10	64	5	2	42	32	.297	.348	.452	.800	3.2
1934	DET	AL	151	614	106	187	38	7	13	100	5	4	65	38	.305	.373	.453	.826	2.9
1935	DET	AL	147	590	88	172	34	6	9	109	5	4	56	31	.292	.355	.415	.770	2.5
1936	DET	AL	147	572	122	180	33	8	24	125	14	4	85	50	.315	.403	.526	.929	3.3
1937	DET	AL	79	181	30	43	11	1	4	35	0	1	35	18	.238	.367	.376	.743	0.2
1938	WS1	AL	38	57	6	9	3	0	2	8	0	0	8	5	.158	.262	.316	.578	-0.2
Total			2287	8656	1483	2735	500	173	248	1609	175	89	949	585	.316	.384	.500	.883	65.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1921	WS1	AL	OF	14	30	1	0	0
1922	WS1	AL	OF	93	197	8	15	1
1923	WS1	AL	OF	149	310	26	15	5
1924	WS1	AL	OF	154	369	12	16	4
1925	WS1	AL	OF	150	385	24	12	1
1926	WS1	AL	OF	147	373	25	15	8
1927	WS1	AL	OF	148	356	8	17	3
1928	WS1	AL	OF	125	266	14	11	4
1929	WS1	AL	OF	142	299	7	10	1
1930	WS1	AL	OF	47	72	2	5	1
1930	SLA	AL	OF	101	237	13	7	0
1931	SLA	AL	OF	151	319	14	14	1
1932	SLA	AL	3B	1	1	3	0	0
1932	SLA	AL	OF	149	330	16	18	5
1933	WS1	AL	OF	128	261	17	10	7
1934	DET	AL	OF	149	290	15	15	2
1935	DET	AL	OF	144	326	6	12	2
1936	DET	AL	OF	144	266	11	13	1
1937	DET	AL	1B	1	12	1	1	0
1937	DET	AL	OF	40	81	2	4	1
1938	WS1	AL	OF	13	25	0	0	0
Total				2190	4805	225	210	47

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1925	TSN All-Star	ML
1926	TSN All-Star	ML
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1949	BBWAA	4	115	No
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
1954	BBWAA	1	189	No
1955	BBWAA	7	189	No
1956	BBWAA	26	145	No
1958	BBWAA	26	200	No
1960	BBWAA	30	202	No
1962	BBWAA	14	120	No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			No
1965	Veterans			No
1968	Veterans			Yes

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