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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1900-03-06 · Played 1925–1941 · Career WAR 106.7 (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
1925	PHA	AL	45	65	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	26	.123	.136	.123	.259	-0.8
1926	PHA	AL	45	81	6	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	42	.099	.151	.136	.287	-0.9
1927	PHA	AL	51	80	8	10	1	0	2	8	1	0	8	30	.125	.205	.212	.417	-0.3
1928	PHA	AL	39	88	10	15	2	1	1	6	0	0	10	41	.170	.263	.250	.513	0.1
1929	PHA	AL	42	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	0	0	6	33	.216	.259	.275	.534	0.1
1930	PHA	AL	50	110	11	22	3	2	2	17	0	0	7	46	.200	.248	.318	.566	0.0
1931	PHA	AL	41	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	0	0	3	48	.200	.220	.226	.446	-0.3
1932	PHA	AL	44	107	10	18	1	0	4	12	0	0	5	51	.168	.205	.290	.495	-0.2
1933	PHA	AL	45	105	9	9	4	0	1	7	0	0	4	43	.086	.119	.152	.271	-1.1
1934	BOS	AL	22	37	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	13	.162	.205	.270	.475	-0.2
1935	BOS	AL	35	89	5	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	13	49	.079	.196	.146	.342	-0.7
1936	BOS	AL	35	80	5	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	6	34	.138	.207	.188	.395	-0.6
1937	BOS	AL	32	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	.143	.243	.154	.397	-0.6
1938	BOS	AL	24	54	8	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	7	25	.148	.246	.148	.394	-0.2
1939	BOS	AL	25	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.134	.237	.179	.416	-0.2
1940	BOS	AL	23	53	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	29	.151	.196	.208	.404	-0.3
1941	BOS	AL	21	45	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.111	.184	.156	.340	-0.3
Total			619	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.208	.207	.416	-6.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1925	PHA	AL	10	12	45	18	5	0	1	197.0	207	104	11	131	116	4.75	1.716	2.0
1926	PHA	AL	13	13	45	33	20	1	6	258.0	227	72	6	101	194	2.51	1.271	7.5
1927	PHA	AL	20	13	51	28	14	1	9	262.1	251	93	6	79	174	3.19	1.258	5.7
1928	PHA	AL	24	8	39	31	24	4	4	261.2	228	75	10	64	183	2.58	1.116	7.1
1929	PHA	AL	20	6	42	37	19	2	4	275.1	278	86	8	81	170	2.81	1.304	7.3
1930	PHA	AL	28	5	50	32	22	2	9	291.0	273	82	8	60	209	2.54	1.144	10.4
1931	PHA	AL	31	4	41	30	27	4	5	288.2	249	66	10	62	175	2.06	1.077	10.4
1932	PHA	AL	25	10	44	30	27	4	7	291.2	269	92	13	79	188	2.84	1.193	9.5
1933	PHA	AL	24	8	45	28	21	2	6	275.1	280	98	12	83	114	3.20	1.318	8.4
1934	BOS	AL	8	8	22	12	5	0	0	109.1	149	79	5	32	43	6.50	1.655	-0.5
1935	BOS	AL	20	12	35	30	23	2	1	273.0	269	82	6	65	121	2.70	1.223	9.4
1936	BOS	AL	17	12	35	30	22	6	2	253.1	237	79	14	65	130	2.81	1.192	11.2
1937	BOS	AL	17	9	32	32	21	3	0	262.0	269	88	9	83	153	3.02	1.344	9.8
1938	BOS	AL	14	4	24	21	12	1	1	163.2	169	56	8	52	99	3.08	1.350	5.1
1939	BOS	AL	15	4	23	23	17	2	0	191.0	180	54	8	58	81	2.54	1.246	7.1
1940	BOS	AL	7	6	22	21	9	1	0	153.1	159	68	20	50	62	3.99	1.363	2.9
1941	BOS	AL	7	7	21	21	10	0	0	134.0	155	65	8	42	54	4.37	1.470	-0.1
Total			300	141	616	457	298	35	55	3940.2	3849	1339	162	1187	2266	3.06	1.278	113.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1925	PHA	AL	P	45	6	55	2	3
1926	PHA	AL	P	45	6	53	3	3
1927	PHA	AL	P	51	8	55	9	2
1928	PHA	AL	P	39	6	40	1	0
1929	PHA	AL	P	42	3	41	2	0
1930	PHA	AL	P	50	6	53	2	1
1931	PHA	AL	P	41	2	47	0	1
1932	PHA	AL	P	44	3	46	1	1
1933	PHA	AL	P	45	9	58	2	5
1934	BOS	AL	P	22	3	18	2	1
1935	BOS	AL	P	35	1	63	2	6
1936	BOS	AL	P	35	3	49	2	0
1937	BOS	AL	P	32	6	43	1	1
1938	BOS	AL	P	24	0	29	0	0
1939	BOS	AL	P	23	0	21	3	2
1940	BOS	AL	P	22	1	34	3	0
1941	BOS	AL	P	21	2	17	3	0
Total				616	65	722	38	26

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1928	TSN All-Star	ML
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1929	TSN All-Star	ML
1930	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1930	TSN All-Star	ML
1931	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1931	Most Valuable Player	AL
1931	TSN All-Star	ML
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1932	TSN All-Star	ML
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

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