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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1909-05-27 · Played 1930–1946 · College: University of Texas at Austin (1928–1930) · Career WAR 25.8 (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
1930	PHA	AL	14	24	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.250	.357	.333	.690	0.1
1933	PHA	AL	152	567	85	178	34	12	13	99	2	7	61	53	.314	.383	.485	.868	3.5
1934	PHA	AL	144	543	89	179	37	6	16	90	9	2	56	70	.330	.392	.508	.900	4.4
1935	PHA	AL	133	524	69	155	32	4	23	94	6	2	42	62	.296	.350	.504	.854	2.6
1936	PHA	AL	146	550	89	159	32	2	12	80	7	4	67	61	.289	.366	.420	.786	2.0
1937	BOS	AL	153	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.810	1.4
1938	BOS	AL	139	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.406	.794	1.2
1939	DET	AL	132	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	.276	.353	.380	.733	0.1
1940	DET	AL	131	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.772	1.3
1941	DET	AL	147	540	79	161	28	3	11	73	5	4	67	45	.298	.378	.422	.800	2.1
1942	DET	AL	143	499	65	133	34	2	11	79	3	7	72	21	.267	.362	.409	.771	1.4
1943	DET	AL	138	523	62	145	20	1	10	84	2	5	57	31	.277	.349	.377	.726	1.6
1944	DET	AL	148	543	79	161	32	4	7	76	4	4	81	34	.297	.392	.409	.801	3.8
1946	DET	AL	18	60	2	13	3	1	0	8	0	1	5	6	.217	.277	.300	.577	0.3
1946	BOS	AL	64	200	18	55	11	1	2	28	0	2	24	24	.275	.356	.370	.726
Total			1802	6636	930	1941	374	51	140	1075	61	59	800	590	.292	.369	.428	.796	25.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1930	PHA	AL	2B	2	0	0	0	0
1930	PHA	AL	3B	5	2	6	0	0
1930	PHA	AL	SS	1	1	1	0	0
1933	PHA	AL	3B	152	159	270	24	23
1934	PHA	AL	3B	144	147	247	37	34
1935	PHA	AL	3B	131	162	214	21	15
1936	PHA	AL	3B	145	151	266	26	24
1937	BOS	AL	3B	152	161	258	29	29
1938	BOS	AL	3B	138	140	272	39	28
1939	DET	AL	3B	130	140	241	36	22
1940	DET	AL	3B	129	133	239	29	16
1941	DET	AL	3B	145	153	304	26	14
1942	DET	AL	3B	137	134	243	30	24
1943	DET	AL	3B	138	156	253	26	22
1944	DET	AL	3B	146	146	311	22	21
1946	DET	AL	3B	17	12	25	2	2
1946	BOS	AL	3B	59	52	109	9	14
Total				1771	1849	3259	356	288

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1934	TSN All-Star	ML
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1936	TSN All-Star	ML
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1958	BBWAA	6	200	No
1960	BBWAA	3	202	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No

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