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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1905-11-26 · Played 1933–1945 · Career WAR 55.7 (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
1933	PHA	AL	142	535	103	155	44	4	21	93	8	3	85	74	.290	.387	.505	.892	4.1
1934	PHA	AL	141	547	111	168	26	6	34	92	12	8	58	60	.307	.375	.563	.938	4.8
1935	PHA	AL	147	582	103	174	29	5	28	109	2	4	78	76	.299	.384	.510	.894	3.8
1936	PHA	AL	153	566	91	165	29	14	25	121	6	6	88	71	.292	.389	.525	.914	3.3
1937	PHA	AL	138	477	91	146	32	6	25	108	9	7	98	65	.306	.425	.556	.981	5.2
1938	PHA	AL	152	563	114	176	27	9	30	113	9	8	87	73	.313	.406	.552	.958	4.5
1939	PHA	AL	150	544	115	184	30	9	23	114	15	5	99	59	.338	.440	.553	.993	6.5
1940	PHA	AL	138	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	.268	.374	.514	.888	3.3
1941	PHA	AL	149	552	98	152	30	8	22	107	6	4	95	75	.275	.385	.478	.863	4.0
1942	PHA	AL	149	550	78	160	35	7	13	80	3	2	82	61	.291	.384	.451	.835	3.7
1943	WS1	AL	117	438	65	116	22	8	7	63	11	5	64	50	.265	.362	.400	.762	3.3
1944	BOS	AL	144	525	106	170	40	8	17	106	2	7	95	67	.324	.431	.528	.959	6.3
1945	BOS	AL	143	529	71	148	27	7	12	74	5	3	63	56	.280	.358	.425	.783	2.9
Total			1863	6920	1239	2051	396	95	288	1283	96	64	1075	851	.296	.391	.506	.897	55.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1933	PHA	AL	OF	142	298	16	16	3
1934	PHA	AL	OF	139	304	17	11	3
1935	PHA	AL	OF	147	337	13	20	4
1936	PHA	AL	1B	1	5	0	0	2
1936	PHA	AL	2B	22	51	69	7	20
1936	PHA	AL	OF	131	289	13	12	3
1937	PHA	AL	2B	2	1	1	0	0
1937	PHA	AL	OF	133	313	14	8	3
1938	PHA	AL	2B	3	6	6	2	3
1938	PHA	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1938	PHA	AL	OF	150	400	21	16	3
1939	PHA	AL	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1939	PHA	AL	OF	150	369	15	13	3
1940	PHA	AL	OF	136	310	15	13	4
1941	PHA	AL	1B	28	254	18	5	29
1941	PHA	AL	OF	122	287	17	3	0
1942	PHA	AL	OF	149	318	18	13	1
1943	WS1	AL	1B	10	69	9	0	8
1943	WS1	AL	3B	19	27	41	8	5
1943	WS1	AL	OF	88	212	11	1	1
1944	BOS	AL	OF	142	270	23	7	3
1945	BOS	AL	OF	140	296	15	8	4
Total				1856	4416	352	163	102

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1956	BBWAA	1	145	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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