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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1907-03-20 · Played 1934–1945 · Career WAR 12.2 (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
1934	CHA	AL	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.572	0.0
1935	CHA	AL	31	73	5	18	3	1	0	10	0	0	1	18	.247	.257	.315	.572	0.1
1936	CHA	AL	36	113	12	32	8	0	0	11	0	0	1	13	.283	.289	.354	.643	0.5
1937	CHA	AL	32	87	12	20	1	1	2	9	0	0	0	17	.230	.239	.333	.572	0.3
1938	DET	AL	37	79	10	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	11	.291	.300	.329	.629	0.2
1939	DET	AL	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.572	-0.2
1939	SLA	AL	34	67	9	10	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	10	.149	.186	.209	.395
1940	SLA	AL	35	84	12	25	3	1	2	12	0	0	3	13	.298	.322	.429	.751	0.8
1941	SLA	AL	6	15	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.400	.438	.533	.971	0.2
1941	WS1	AL	18	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.182	.143	.325
1942	CLE	AL	33	30	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	.200	.250	.233	.483	0.1
1943	CLE	AL	38	52	8	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.269	.500	0.1
1944	CLE	AL	15	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.087	.087	.087	.174	-0.2
1944	PHI	NL	14	21	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.286	.572
1945	PHI	NL	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	0.0
1945	CIN	NL	24	53	1	12	4	0	0	1	0		1	13	.226	.241	.302	.543
Total			373	743	80	181	27	5	4	61	1	0	15	123	.244	.259	.310	.568	1.9

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1934	CHA	AL	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	19.1	21	8	1	9	7	3.72	1.552	0.7
1935	CHA	AL	11	11	31	25	16	2	1	211.2	211	92	17	95	65	3.91	1.446	3.0
1936	CHA	AL	21	9	35	34	20	1	0	274.1	282	141	13	147	99	4.63	1.564	2.5
1937	CHA	AL	14	13	32	30	15	1	0	221.0	238	125	16	124	114	5.09	1.638	-0.4
1938	DET	AL	12	9	33	26	11	0	2	190.1	215	107	13	113	53	5.06	1.723	1.5
1939	DET	AL	0	3	4	4	1	0	0	21.0	25	15	4	9	9	6.43	1.619	1.2
1939	SLA	AL	9	17	33	27	12	1	0	191.2	229	122	18	115	55	5.73	1.795
1940	SLA	AL	12	17	34	32	18	0	0	222.1	263	138	18	122	70	5.59	1.732	0.2
1941	SLA	AL	2	4	6	6	2	0	0	45.0	44	22	5	27	6	4.40	1.578	-0.6
1941	WS1	AL	1	7	17	7	2	0	0	66.1	77	42	5	39	22	5.70	1.749
1942	CLE	AL	4	8	28	12	4	0	1	108.0	99	49	1	50	37	4.08	1.380	-0.1
1943	CLE	AL	10	7	28	17	8	1	0	146.2	130	40	4	59	63	2.45	1.289	2.0
1944	CLE	AL	2	5	12	10	2	0	0	59.0	66	33	0	37	17	5.03	1.746	-0.9
1944	PHI	NL	1	5	12	7	3	0	0	55.1	60	26	3	20	23	4.23	1.446
1945	PHI	NL	0	3	12	3	0	0	0	36.0	43	22	2	14	13	5.50	1.583	1.2
1945	CIN	NL	5	12	24	20	11	1	1	157.2	170	70	10	69	38	4.00	1.516
Total			104	132	344	263	126	7	5	2025.2	2173	1052	130	1049	691	4.67	1.591	10.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1934	CHA	AL	P	3	1	6	0	0
1935	CHA	AL	P	31	8	54	2	3
1936	CHA	AL	P	35	13	50	2	5
1937	CHA	AL	P	32	9	40	3	1
1938	DET	AL	P	33	6	46	3	4
1939	DET	AL	P	4	1	6	0	1
1939	SLA	AL	P	33	7	31	1	1
1940	SLA	AL	P	34	13	50	0	4
1941	SLA	AL	P	6	2	10	1	1
1941	WS1	AL	P	17	2	14	1	0
1942	CLE	AL	P	28	4	24	3	3
1943	CLE	AL	P	28	8	36	1	2
1944	CLE	AL	P	12	6	14	2	1
1944	PHI	NL	P	12	2	11	1	0
1945	PHI	NL	P	12	4	11	1	1
1945	CIN	NL	P	24	12	36	1	1
Total				344	98	439	22	28

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

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