Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Detroit in 1927... Had first career hit on 7/1/1927, off Jerome Haskell (NYA)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 7/13/1927... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1927, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1927, off Archie Leach (BOS)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1927, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/3/1928... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1928, hitting .416 with 2 HR, 21 RBI... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1928... Injured on 4/20/1929 with a Broken Hand, out for 9 weeks... Drove in 8 runs against Cleveland on 7/25/1929... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1929, hitting .619 with 3 HR, 14 RBI... Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (A) on 8/8/1929... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1929, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1930, hitting .460 with 2 HR, 28 RBI... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/3/1930... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/12/1930... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/10/1930... Injured on 9/11/1930 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1931, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Injured on 5/24/1931 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/25/1931... Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1931, hitting .625 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1931, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1931, hitting .434 with 3 HR, 24 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1931, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1931... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1931, hitting .392 with 10 HR, 90 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1932, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1932... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1932, hitting .377 with 11 HR, 86 RBI... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Leftfield in 1932... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1933, hitting .437 with 2 HR, 16 RBI... Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 9/11/1933... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1933, hitting .383 with 7 HR, 97 RBI... Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/11/1934... Won WORLD SERIES with Detroit in 1934... Traded from Detroit to Chicago (N) on 3/1/1935 (Going to DET: P Arthur Deck, P Herb Loverock, RF Eddie Gelfen. Going to CHN: P Ed Schultz, CF Daniel Houlihan, RF Dave Halberstam)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/30/1935... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1935, hitting .448 with 1 HR, 5 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1935, hitting .419 with 0 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1935, hitting .410 with 1 HR, 20 RBI... Injured on 8/19/1935 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 10/10/1935 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1936, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 24 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/15/1936... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1936, hitting .613 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1936, hitting .462 with 0 HR, 20 RBI... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1936, hitting .392 with 8 HR, 96 RBI... Injured on 4/23/1937 with a Bruised Sternum, out for 4 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1937, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Injured on 6/24/1937 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week... Had 2000th career hit on 8/25/1937, off Hurley Hazel (NY1)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/26/1937... Won WORLD SERIES with Chicago (N) in 1937... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1938, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1938, hitting .384 with 4 HR, 20 RBI... Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1938, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 19 RBI... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/15/1939... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 6/14/1939... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1939, hitting .381 with 6 HR, 26 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/2/1939... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/7/1939... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/8/1939... Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1939, hitting .619 with 0 HR, 8 RBI... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 7/16/1939... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1939, hitting .381 with 13 HR, 107 RBI... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1939... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 6/10/1940... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/11/1940... Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1940, hitting .431 with 8 HR, 23 RBI... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1940, hitting .379 with 15 HR, 103 RBI... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1940... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1941, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 6/2/1941... Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1942, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 14 RBI... Had 3000th career hit on 5/30/1942, off Jasper Slaymaker (PIT)... Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1942, hitting .394 with 0 HR, 17 RBI... Injured on 8/7/1942 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1943, hitting .615 with 0 HR, 3 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1943, hitting .436 with 0 HR, 23 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1943, hitting .688 with 0 HR, 2 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1944, hitting .567 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1944, hitting .484 with 0 HR, 11 RBI... Injured on 5/18/1945 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks... Retired in 1945. Retired in 1946.
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