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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1915-04-01 · Played 1936–1949 · Career WAR 37.5 (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
1936	CLE	AL	12	41	6	14	3	3	1	8	1	0	3	4	.341	.386	.634	1.020	0.1
1937	CLE	AL	20	61	8	14	1	4	0	8	0	1	0	9	.230	.230	.377	.607	-0.4
1938	CLE	AL	126	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	3	1	33	55	.343	.383	.602	.985	4.5
1939	CLE	AL	121	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	8	4	41	64	.292	.354	.494	.848	2.4
1940	CLE	AL	100	356	55	78	16	3	14	50	5	3	40	62	.219	.298	.399	.697	0.3
1941	CLE	AL	151	585	89	199	32	20	24	123	18	12	50	69	.340	.396	.586	.982	5.2
1942	CLE	AL	147	568	82	158	37	13	10	76	9	9	62	66	.278	.350	.442	.792	3.5
1943	CLE	AL	118	424	58	116	22	6	18	79	5	8	63	58	.274	.369	.481	.850	4.2
1944	CLE	AL	60	151	20	50	5	2	5	33	0	1	18	12	.331	.402	.490	.892	1.5
1945	CLE	AL	102	370	60	113	16	7	15	61	3	1	56	39	.305	.398	.508	.906	3.7
1946	WS1	AL	48	166	23	47	12	3	4	27	0	4	36	36	.283	.411	.464	.875	2.8
1946	SLA	AL	86	316	46	87	20	4	12	57	0	2	37	37	.275	.353	.478	.831
1947	SLA	AL	141	491	81	123	20	7	27	85	2	1	88	87	.251	.366	.485	.851	3.6
1948	BSN	NL	115	364	64	116	26	5	20	76	2		51	46	.319	.404	.582	.986	4.8
1949	BSN	NL	36	111	17	34	7	0	9	23	0		15	26	.306	.389	.613	1.002	1.3
Total			1383	4937	777	1447	279	102	194	887	56	47	593	670	.293	.369	.509	.878	37.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1936	CLE	AL	OF	12	10	1	0	0
1937	CLE	AL	OF	14	27	0	0	0
1938	CLE	AL	OF	122	254	5	7	2
1939	CLE	AL	OF	108	263	7	10	2
1940	CLE	AL	OF	90	197	6	6	1
1941	CLE	AL	OF	151	259	20	15	1
1942	CLE	AL	OF	146	326	12	7	3
1943	CLE	AL	OF	111	264	4	9	1
1944	CLE	AL	OF	37	76	4	4	2
1945	CLE	AL	OF	101	214	3	6	1
1946	WS1	AL	OF	47	92	3	3	0
1946	SLA	AL	OF	83	147	5	6	1
1947	SLA	AL	OF	140	297	7	4	4
1948	BSN	NL	OF	106	223	6	2	2
1949	BSN	NL	OF	31	56	2	1	1
Total				1299	2705	85	80	21

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1945	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Inducted
2003	Veterans - Players	No
2005	Veterans - Players	No
2007	Veterans - Players	No

Ejections (4)