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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1911-01-01 · Played 1930–1947 · 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
1930	DET	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1933	DET	AL	117	449	59	135	33	3	12	87	6	2	46	78	.301	.367	.468	.835	2.7
1934	DET	AL	153	593	118	201	63	7	26	139	9	5	63	93	.339	.404	.600	1.004	6.3
1935	DET	AL	152	619	121	203	46	16	36	170	4	3	87	91	.328	.411	.628	1.039	7.5
1936	DET	AL	12	46	10	16	6	2	1	16	1	0	9	6	.348	.455	.630	1.085	0.5
1937	DET	AL	154	594	137	200	49	14	40	183	8	3	102	101	.337	.436	.668	1.104	7.5
1938	DET	AL	155	556	144	175	23	4	58	146	7	5	119	92	.315	.438	.683	1.121	6.5
1939	DET	AL	138	500	112	156	42	7	33	112	8	3	91	95	.312	.420	.622	1.042	5.4
1940	DET	AL	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	.340	.433	.670	1.103	6.7
1941	DET	AL	19	67	12	18	5	1	2	12	1	0	16	12	.269	.410	.463	.873	0.2
1945	DET	AL	78	270	47	84	20	2	13	60	3	1	42	40	.311	.404	.544	.948	3.0
1946	DET	AL	142	523	91	145	29	5	44	127	5	1	80	88	.277	.373	.604	.977	6.5
1947	PIT	NL	125	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0		104	73	.249	.408	.478	.886	2.7
Total			1394	5193	1051	1628	379	71	331	1276	58	26	852	844	.313	.410	.605	1.015	55.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1933	DET	AL	1B	117	1133	63	14	111
1934	DET	AL	1B	153	1454	84	16	124
1935	DET	AL	1B	152	1437	99	13	142
1936	DET	AL	1B	12	119	9	1	14
1937	DET	AL	1B	154	1477	102	13	133
1938	DET	AL	1B	155	1484	120	14	146
1939	DET	AL	1B	136	1205	75	9	108
1940	DET	AL	OF	148	298	14	15	1
1941	DET	AL	OF	19	32	0	3	0
1945	DET	AL	OF	72	129	3	0	0
1946	DET	AL	1B	140	1272	93	15	110
1947	PIT	NL	1B	119	983	79	9	85
Total				1377	11023	741	122	974

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1935	Most Valuable Player	AL
1935	TSN All-Star	ML
1935	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1940	Most Valuable Player	AL
1940	TSN All-Star	ML
1940	TSN Guide MVP	AL
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1945	BBWAA	3	186	No
1949	BBWAA	67	115	No
1949	Run Off	44		No
1950	BBWAA	64	126	No
1951	BBWAA	67	170	No
1952	BBWAA	75	176	No
1953	BBWAA	80	198	No
1954	BBWAA	97	189	No
1955	BBWAA	157	189	No
1956	BBWAA	164	145	Yes

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