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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1908-05-09 · Played 1931–1947 · Career WAR 28.7 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1931	CHN	NL	88	293	34	59	15	5	0	23	2	25	41	.201	.264	.287	.551	-0.5
1932	CHN	NL	115	396	40	100	24	4	2	52	1	19	26	.253	.288	.348	.636	2.1
1933	CHN	NL	143	487	49	131	17	6	5	50	3	26	39	.269	.313	.359	.672	4.0
1934	CHN	NL	100	358	43	88	15	2	8	33	1	19	34	.246	.289	.366	.655	0.2
1935	CHN	NL	146	519	69	125	33	1	1	59	3	42	39	.241	.304	.314	.618	2.5
1936	CHN	NL	118	429	51	120	25	1	1	42	4	23	25	.280	.321	.350	.671	2.4
1937	CHN	NL	129	450	53	134	18	10	1	65	2	42	41	.298	.365	.389	.754	2.7
1938	CHN	NL	137	465	53	114	18	3	1	47	3	58	53	.245	.335	.303	.638	1.0
1939	NY1	NL	138	543	84	155	21	11	6	63	3	47	34	.285	.349	.398	.747	4.0
1940	NY1	NL	63	214	23	54	3	3	2	36	2	25	14	.252	.347	.322	.669	1.4
1941	NY1	NL	134	471	50	138	25	2	5	61	0	47	36	.293	.361	.386	.747	4.0
1942	NY1	NL	127	464	45	119	7	1	2	30	1	43	42	.256	.324	.289	.613	2.4
1943	NY1	NL	136	481	46	110	8	2	4	29	2	53	38	.229	.310	.279	.589	-0.3
1944	NY1	NL	85	246	28	52	2	1	1	23	4	23	20	.211	.279	.240	.519	-0.1
1945	NY1	NL	61	176	22	57	3	1	3	24	2	24	11	.324	.405	.403	.808	1.6
1946	CHN	NL	82	221	26	49	9	2	0	17	3	43	28	.222	.351	.281	.632	1.2
1947	CHN	NL	14	40	5	8	2	0	1	2	0	9	9	.200	.347	.325	.672	0.1
Total			1816	6253	721	1613	245	55	43	656	36	568	530	.258	.320	.335	.655	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1931	CHN	NL	2B	33	66	83	5	21
1931	CHN	NL	3B	54	42	115	6	11
1931	CHN	NL	SS	3	5	4	0	0
1932	CHN	NL	3B	5	4	7	0	1
1932	CHN	NL	SS	108	223	394	23	69
1933	CHN	NL	SS	143	298	476	34	95
1934	CHN	NL	SS	98	205	334	19	63
1935	CHN	NL	SS	146	348	484	31	99
1936	CHN	NL	SS	116	249	379	26	80
1937	CHN	NL	SS	128	258	370	16	74
1938	CHN	NL	SS	136	277	417	34	82
1939	NY1	NL	SS	137	295	482	28	95
1940	NY1	NL	SS	63	123	196	11	36
1941	NY1	NL	SS	134	230	432	30	82
1942	NY1	NL	SS	124	251	401	15	67
1943	NY1	NL	3B	28	27	56	1	10
1943	NY1	NL	SS	99	209	303	24	44
1944	NY1	NL	2B	1	1	0	0	0
1944	NY1	NL	3B	61	48	124	7	7
1944	NY1	NL	SS	10	15	25	1	6
1945	NY1	NL	3B	44	40	94	9	3
1945	NY1	NL	SS	8	15	22	1	1
1946	CHN	NL	2B	2	0	0	0	0
1946	CHN	NL	3B	7	8	8	0	0
1946	CHN	NL	SS	73	119	204	8	26
1947	CHN	NL	SS	14	13	36	4	10
Total				1775	3369	5446	333	982

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1949	BBWAA	2	115	No
1958	BBWAA	1	200	No

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