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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1909-10-15 · Played 1928–1947 · Career WAR 44.0 (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
1928	CLE	AL	23		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1929	CLE	AL	11		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1930	CLE	AL	36		63	8	9	2	1	0	4	1	0	2	28	.143	.169	.206	.375	-0.4
1931	CLE	AL	40		75	7	19	2	1	0	10	0	0	2	24	.253	.273	.307	.580	0.2
1932	CLE	AL	39		94	11	17	7	1	0	13	0	0	5	25	.181	.222	.277	.499	0.0
1933	CLE	AL	44		84	2	16	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	26	.190	.209	.262	.471	-0.2
1934	CLE	AL	44		87	9	14	6	0	0	5	0	0	3	24	.161	.189	.230	.419	-0.3
1935	CLE	AL	42		102	11	21	1	0	2	10	0	0	2	29	.206	.221	.275	.496	-0.2
1936	CLE	AL	36		80	3	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	.138	.148	.188	.336	-0.7
1937	CLE	AL	38		86	5	15	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	33	.174	.220	.221	.441	-0.2
1938	CLE	AL	39		88	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	31	.114	.152	.136	.288	-0.8
1939	CLE	AL	29		72	8	10	0	1	1	9	0	0	3	17	.139	.195	.208	.403	-0.3
1940	CLE	AL	31		62	4	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	17	.177	.227	.194	.421	-0.1
1941	CLE	AL	15		25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.080	.080	.080	.160	-0.3
1942	CLE	AL	29		67	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.119	.145	.119	.264	-0.4
1943	CLE	AL	19		47	2	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	11	.213	.245	.277	.522	0.2
1944	CLE	AL	30		74	9	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	19	.216	.216	.257	.473	0.1
1945	CLE	AL	11		25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.080	.080	.120	.200	-0.3
1946	CLE	AL	13		35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.086	.111	.086	.197	-0.3
1947	CLE	AL	15		28	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.179	.233	.214	.447	0.0
Total			584		1203	89	199	38	5	4	93	2	0	39	369	.165	.192	.215	.407	-4.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1928	CLE	AL	0	2	23	1	0	0	1	49.0	64	36	4	32	15	6.61	1.959	-0.8
1929	CLE	AL	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	17.2	24	11	2	5	4	5.60	1.642	-0.2
1930	CLE	AL	11	10	36	19	7	0	2	175.1	205	82	9	68	44	4.21	1.557	2.0
1931	CLE	AL	13	14	40	24	9	0	1	194.0	229	94	8	72	63	4.36	1.552	1.9
1932	CLE	AL	15	13	39	32	17	1	0	254.2	277	106	9	68	90	3.75	1.355	5.8
1933	CLE	AL	15	17	43	31	14	2	4	253.0	254	83	10	67	81	2.95	1.269	5.6
1934	CLE	AL	20	12	44	29	17	6	4	255.1	246	74	6	81	91	2.61	1.281	8.0
1935	CLE	AL	22	11	42	35	17	4	2	287.1	313	105	6	53	95	3.29	1.274	7.3
1936	CLE	AL	15	15	36	30	13	0	1	224.2	294	129	13	71	84	5.17	1.625	1.6
1937	CLE	AL	15	12	38	30	13	0	2	233.2	269	111	9	86	95	4.28	1.519	3.4
1938	CLE	AL	17	10	38	29	15	2	4	240.0	257	102	16	62	102	3.83	1.329	5.2
1939	CLE	AL	15	9	29	26	12	1	1	208.0	213	81	15	64	67	3.50	1.332	4.6
1940	CLE	AL	12	11	31	25	5	0	0	186.1	200	84	16	59	76	4.06	1.390	1.5
1941	CLE	AL	5	4	15	10	1	0	1	68.2	76	40	8	37	21	5.24	1.646	-0.1
1942	CLE	AL	13	14	29	29	13	4	0	198.2	179	76	8	82	74	3.44	1.314	1.9
1943	CLE	AL	8	7	19	18	6	1	0	135.1	126	46	7	61	40	3.06	1.382	0.2
1944	CLE	AL	12	10	30	27	12	2	0	196.1	211	81	5	69	64	3.71	1.426	0.1
1945	CLE	AL	3	7	11	11	2	0	0	76.0	93	31	3	23	16	3.67	1.526	0.0
1946	CLE	AL	5	4	13	12	4	1	0	92.1	85	35	4	31	21	3.41	1.256	0.8
1947	CLE	AL	6	4	15	15	4	1	0	80.0	91	40	3	27	17	4.50	1.475	-0.6
Total			223	186	582	433	181	25	23	3426.1	3706	1447	161	1118	1160	3.80	1.408	48.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1928	CLE	AL	P	23			0	8	2	0
1929	CLE	AL	P	11			0	3	1	0
1930	CLE	AL	P	36			9	32	7	3
1931	CLE	AL	P	40			14	38	4	4
1932	CLE	AL	P	39			18	65	2	0
1933	CLE	AL	P	43			22	87	3	4
1934	CLE	AL	P	44			10	61	7	2
1935	CLE	AL	P	42			18	81	4	0
1936	CLE	AL	P	36			13	38	3	3
1937	CLE	AL	P	38			12	48	1	3
1938	CLE	AL	P	38			21	49	1	2
1939	CLE	AL	P	29			14	26	1	1
1940	CLE	AL	P	31			9	38	2	4
1941	CLE	AL	P	15			7	16	1	0
1942	CLE	AL	P	29			14	44	3	5
1943	CLE	AL	P	19			6	27	0	2
1944	CLE	AL	P	30			11	34	2	3
1945	CLE	AL	P	11			6	19	0	1
1946	CLE	AL	P	13			5	9	0	1
1947	CLE	AL	P	15			0	11	1	0
Total				582			209	734	45	38

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	BBWAA	4	115	No
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1952	BBWAA	10	176	No
1953	BBWAA	8	198	No
1958	BBWAA	6	200	No
1960	BBWAA	12	202	No
1962	BBWAA	7	120	No
1964	BBWAA	51	151	No
1964	Run Off	14		No
1966	BBWAA	34	227	No
1967	BBWAA	52	219	No
1967	Run Off	14		No
1968	Veterans			No
1976	Veterans			No
1981	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			No
1987	Veterans			No
1991	Veterans		12	No
1995	Veterans			No
2000	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (14)

Date	As	Reason
1939-07-28	Player	Bench jockeying
1950-06-22	Coach	Checked swing
1950-09-20	Coach	Fair/foul call
1954-07-11	Coach	Balls and strikes
1955-08-02	Coach	Balls and strikes
1956-07-01	Coach	Position of runners after wild throw
1956-09-04	Coach	Called third strike
1957-08-15	Coach	Failure to eject opponent
1958-05-18	Coach	Continuing argument between games of DH
1960-05-06	Coach	Check swing
1960-07-18	Coach	Call at 1B
1960-07-23	Coach	Protesting Piersall's ejection
1960-08-27	Coach	Balk call
1969-06-20	Coach	Call at 1B