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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 201
 
Born: June 9, 1907 in Queens, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1935   
All-Star Selections 1935    1936    1938    1940    1941   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 20 PHA AL 49 172 23 42 9 3 5 20 19 6 18 21 .244 .313 .419 .731 24.6 3.8
    AAA   68 273 49 97 18 5 7 48 13 2 26 21 .355 .411 .535 .946 55.4  
    AA   33 129 32 49 3 2 5 22 8 2 18 15 .380 .456 .550 1.006 30.2  
1928 21 PHA AL 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -1.4 0.0
    AAA   129 472 104 161 30 8 19 98 25 8 78 48 .341 .435 .559 .994 107.9  
1929 22 PHA AL 104 226 49 72 14 6 1 34 23 10 49 27 .319 .437 .447 .884 46.9 7.6
    AAA   15 54 14 22 4 2 2 13 3 1 14 4 .407 .529 .667 1.196 16.7  
1930 23 PHA AL 144 534 84 162 31 9 6 82 42 21 51 48 .303 .364 .429 .793 81.2 9.4
1931 24 PHA AL 144 569 93 164 29 6 7 59 49 22 65 43 .288 .358 .397 .755 84.0 12.5
1932 25 PHA AL 148 571 90 180 35 11 11 57 43 22 61 41 .315 .384 .473 .857 98.0 16.6
1933 26 PHA AL 147 532 79 167 22 9 5 75 34 24 64 41 .314 .390 .417 .807 81.2 15.9
1934 27 PHA AL 148 544 97 158 19 12 8 67 59 12 73 52 .290 .372 .414 .785 91.2 17.0
1935 28 PHA AL 147 582 101 203 34 13 12 85 63 27 48 34 .349 .403 .514 .917 112.7 24.8
1936 29 PHA AL 154 616 103 188 35 9 11 80 60 31 79 52 .305 .381 .445 .826 102.1 14.5
1937 30 PHA AL 146 550 92 166 32 14 7 82 51 32 73 53 .302 .386 .449 .835 92.5 16.5
1938 31 PHA AL 146 585 111 204 41 10 13 78 41 25 71 41 .349 .417 .520 .937 117.9 22.5
1939 32 PHA AL 145 578 97 171 34 10 7 61 11 12 87 60 .296 .385 .426 .810 93.8 17.0
1940 33 PHA AL 142 569 113 168 44 13 6 59 12 12 68 52 .295 .372 .450 .822 91.2 15.0
1941 34 PHA AL 143 568 88 161 32 5 6 67 1 5 69 53 .283 .358 .389 .747 81.4 12.8
1942 35 PHA AL 149 531 82 157 32 9 5 63 1 6 62 64 .296 .373 .418 .791 79.8 13.5
1943 36 PHA AL 104 331 39 83 22 4 5 47 1 1 36 38 .251 .325 .387 .712 43.4 7.2
1944 37 PHA AL 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 1.1 0.1
18 Years Sim 2184 8077 1343 2449 465 143 115 1018 510 269 976 720 .303 .378 .439 .817 1321.8 226.5
3 Years AAA 212 799 167 280 52 15 28 159 41 11 118 73 .350 .427 .558 .986 180.0  
1 Years AA 33 129 32 49 3 2 5 22 8 2 18 15 .380 .456 .550 1.006 30.2  
4 Years Minors 245 928 199 329 55 17 33 181 49 13 136 88 .355 .431 .557 .988 210.2  
162 Game Average 599 99 181 34 10 8 75 37 19 72 53 .303 .378 .439 .817 98.0  
Career Highs 154 616 113 204 44 14 13 85 63 32 87 64 .349 .437 .520 .937 117.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5479 889 1643 305 97 72 684 346 181 673 481 .300 .377 .430 .807 873.6
vs LH   2598 454 806 160 46 43 334 164 88 303 239 .310 .381 .457 .838 435.8
Home 1071 3861 635 1148 220 69 58 503 237 126 479 359 .297 .374 .435 .809 618.9
Away 1113 4216 708 1301 245 74 57 515 273 143 497 361 .309 .382 .442 .824 690.5
RISP   1926 0 624 97 28 34 848 0 0 291 196 .324 .401 .456 .857 354.4
Pinch Hitting   139 20 33 5 1 1 23 7 2 16 11 .237 .321 .309 .630 15.0
Close/Late   910 126 273 45 19 7 117 0 1 124 82 .300 .383 .414 .797 143.9
Mar/Apr 209 791 145 260 53 9 13 112 50 38 123 69 .329 .419 .468 .887 146.4
May 422 1577 264 475 91 28 25 221 84 46 177 131 .301 .372 .442 .814 250.9
June 385 1477 238 477 76 28 20 167 96 50 147 144 .323 .385 .453 .838 244.4
July 396 1450 241 422 86 21 24 200 100 48 184 135 .291 .370 .429 .799 230.3
August 391 1442 249 435 99 32 17 174 89 34 160 134 .302 .372 .450 .822 235.4
Sep/Oct 377 1340 206 380 60 25 16 144 91 53 185 107 .284 .369 .401 .771 201.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1927 20 PHA AL 1B 48 45 402.0 419 43 5 37 .989 10.34   0.8
1928 21 PHA AL 1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1929 22 PHA AL 3B 74 29 353.0 32 63 5 4 .950 2.42   1.6
    1B 12 12 103.3 105 8 0 3 1.000 9.84   0.2
1930 23 PHA AL 1B 114 111 983.7 1129 97 8 109 .994 11.22   2.5
    3B 29 22 202.7 18 40 3 1 .951 2.58   0.3
1931 24 PHA AL 1B 138 137 1216.0 1413 104 14 106 .991 11.23   2.9
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1932 25 PHA AL 1B 142 139 1250.7 1497 102 14 115 .991 11.51   4.7
    2B 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1933 26 PHA AL 1B 143 140 1236.7 1540 141 16 149 .991 12.23   2.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1934 27 PHA AL 1B 137 135 1201.0 1473 124 17 160 .989 11.97   2.1
    3B 8 0 15.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
1935 28 PHA AL 1B 140 137 1226.0 1497 110 15 130 .991 11.80   3.0
    3B 4 0 14.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
1936 29 PHA AL 1B 154 154 1407.3 1603 117 15 121 .991 11.00   3.4
1937 30 PHA AL 1B 141 138 1224.7 1374 104 9 102 .994 10.86   3.4
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1938 31 PHA AL 1B 140 137 1225.7 1383 88 19 96 .987 10.80   3.0
    2B 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1939 32 PHA AL 1B 144 140 1252.7 1480 114 18 110 .989 11.45   3.3
    2B 3 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1940 33 PHA AL 1B 139 138 1218.3 1373 99 19 110 .987 10.87   1.9
    2B 4 0 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1941 34 PHA AL 1B 141 140 1232.0 1369 109 9 129 .994 10.80   3.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1942 35 PHA AL 1B 145 142 1193.7 1499 100 12 113 .993 12.06   3.6
    2B 4 0 11.0 3 6 0 2 1.000 7.36   0.0
    3B 6 0 10.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.80   0.0
1943 36 PHA AL 1B 97 91 793.0 965 72 8 72 .992 11.77   1.4
    2B 5 1 13.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.54   0.1
    3B 3 0 11.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
1944 37 PHA AL 2B 4 2 19.7 4 9 2 2 .867 5.95   0.1
    1B 4 0 9.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 2 0 .333 4.50   0.0
  1B 1980 1936 17177.6 20135 1532 198 1662 .991 11.35   41.8
  3B 133 51 619.3 54 115 11 6 .939 2.46   2.1
  2B 34 3 87.3 23 30 2 5 .964 5.46   0.3
Career Totals   2147 1990 17884.3 20212 1677 211 1673 .990 11.02   44.2
Career Highs   155 154 1407.3 1603 142 19 160 1.000 12.23    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 33 PHA AL 7 34 7 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .353 .371 .412 .783
Career Post-Season Batting 7 34 7 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .353 .371 .412 .783
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1933-10-.314
1935-2-.349
1938-3-.349
 On-Base Pct
1932-9-.384
1933-7-.390
1935-3-.403
1938-3-.417
 Slugging Pct
1932-10-.473
1935-3-.514
1938-6-.520
 OPS
1932-7-.857
1935-3-.917
1938-3-.937
 OPS+
1932-6-134
1935-2-149
1938-3-148
 Secondary Average
1931-9-0.271
1932-6-0.301
1934-3-0.344
1936-6-0.315
1937-9-0.315
XR
1932-6-98.0
1935-1-112.7
1936-6-102.1
1938-2-117.9
CAR-32-1321.8
 Games
1932-4-148
1934-4-148
1935-9-147
1936-1-154
 At-Bats
1931-6-569
1932-6-571
1935-4-582
1936-2-616
1938-4-585
1939-6-578
1940-5-569
 Runs
1931-7-93
1935-6-101
1936-8-103
1938-7-111
1940-6-113
CAR-39-1343
 Hits
1932-6-180
1935-1-203
1936-8-188
1938-1-204
1940-9-168
CAR-38-2449
 Walks
1931-6-65
1932-5-61
1933-6-64
1934-6-73
1936-4-79
1937-6-73
1939-8-87
Times on Base
1931-9-230
1932-4-245
1933-6-236
1935-2-259
1936-5-268
1937-9-243
1938-1-277
1939-5-259
1940-9-241
CAR-42-3473
 Total Bases
1932-6-270
1935-2-299
1936-8-274
1938-3-304
CAR-38-3545
 Singles
1932-10-123
1933-9-131
1935-2-144
1938-6-140
 Doubles
1935-10-34
1938-4-41
1940-2-44
CAR-32-465
 Triples
1932-8-11
1934-5-12
1935-5-13
1936-10-9
1937-3-14
1939-9-10
1940-4-13
CAR-34-143
 Extra Base Hits
1935-6-59
1938-7-64
1940-7-63
CAR-31-723
Offensive Win Shares
1935-1-25
1938-3-22.5
 Stolen Bases
1930-2-42
1931-1-49
1932-4-43
1933-7-34
1934-3-59
1935-3-63
1936-4-60
1937-5-51
1938-8-41
CAR-37-510
 Caught Stealing
1930-3-21
1931-5-22
1932-5-22
1933-4-24
1935-4-27
1936-2-31
1937-3-32
1938-4-25
CAR-25-269
 Stolen Base Percentage
1930-10-67
1931-8-69
1934-2-83
1935-10-70
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1932-10-1.5
 Power Speed Number
CAR-25-187.7
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 117    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Eli Crutchfield (880)
  2. Lyle Liverman (878)
  3. Eckard Burlingame (872)
  4. Mick Rooker (870)
  5. Stuart Archibald (863)
  6. Dolph Schlitzer (860)
  7. Fibber Paine (856)
  8. Eddie Gelfen (856)
  9. Tippy Cavanaugh (848)
  10. Thomas Griffin (838)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1927
Had first career hit on 8/1/1927, off Spider Barnaby (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1927, off Edward Gluck (WSH)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/20/1929
 
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