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Broke in as pitcher but was done by age 26. At 31, launched the mother of all comebacks -- learned to hit, retruned to bigs, and was a dominant batter over a 7-yr. stretch. Career .349 avg. is 4th best ever. Mgr. of S.F. Seals; sent Joe D. to the Yanks

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 22 NYY AL  19   16    2    4   0  0   0    1   1      1   2  .250  .294  .250   53    4   0           0    
 1920 23 NYY AL  13   12    2    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .167  .231  .250   25    3   0           0    
 1922 25 NYY AL   8    9    0    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .444  100    4   0           0    
 1923 26 BOS AL  36   35    2    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   2   3  .143  .189  .143  -12    5   2           0    
 1928 31 NYG NL 114  354   67  113  19  4   8   46   9     30   8  .319  .372  .463  116  164   6           0    
 1929 32 PHI NL 154  638  152  254  35  6  32  122   2     76  19  .398  .465  .622  160  397  13           4     MVP-2
 1930 33 PHI NL 140  528  122  202  37  7  22   97   3     63  21  .383  .453  .604  146  319  10           5    
 1931 34 BRO NL 134  512   85  172  32 11   7   75   5     48  16  .336  .396  .482  136  247   1           3     MVP-25
 1932 35 BRO NL 148  595  120  219  32  8  21   90  11     50  20  .368  .423  .555  163  330   5           7     MVP-3
 1933 36 TOT NL 121  388   45  110  14  2  14   56   3     44  23  .284  .361  .438  129  170   1           3  10 AS
         BRO NL  43  159   14   40   5  1   5   21   2     15   6  .252  .320  .390  105   62   0           1   3
         NYG NL  78  229   31   70   9  1   9   35   1     29  17  .306  .388  .472  146  108   1           2   7
 1934 37 NYG NL  83  177   27   56   4  3   9   46   2     18   7  .316  .383  .525  143   93   1           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     970 3264  624 1140 175 41 113  542  36  0 333 122  .349  .413  .532  143 1736  39   0   0  23  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545  104  190  29  7  19   91   6  0  56  20  .349  .413  .532  143  290   7   0   0   4   2
 Career High    154  638  152  254  37 11  32  122  11  0  76  23  .398  .465  .622  163  397  13   0   0   7  10

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 22 NYY AL   17   12    1   2.2    96| .250  .277| .294  .344| .250  .373| .544  .716|  53  .251  -1.0  -0.1     
 1920 23 NYY AL   13   10    1   2.7   110| .167  .296| .231  .361| .250  .407| .481  .768|  25  .272  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1922 25 NYY AL    9    6    1   4.5   111| .333  .295| .333  .361| .444  .415| .777  .776| 100  .471  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1923 26 BOS AL   39   32    1   0.8   108| .143  .290| .189  .360| .143  .401| .332  .761| -12  .041  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1928 31 NYG NL  390  247   61   6.6   110| .319  .291| .372  .356| .463  .414| .835  .771| 116  .642   8.0   0.8     
 1929 32 PHI NL  731  397  183  12.3   126| .398  .312| .465  .377| .622  .454|1.087  .831| 160  .814  63.4   5.6     
 1930 33 PHI NL  606  336  143  11.3   133| .383  .321| .453  .380| .604  .477|1.057  .857| 146  .769  42.0   3.6     
 1931 34 BRO NL  564  341   97   7.6   102| .336  .284| .396  .343| .482  .401| .878  .744| 136  .713  26.6   2.6     
 1932 35 BRO NL  657  381  138   9.8   102| .368  .282| .423  .334| .555  .408| .978  .742| 163  .792  53.2   5.1     
 1933 36 TOT NL  436  289   61   5.6    90| .284  .272| .361  .324| .438  .372| .799  .696| 129  .646  15.5   1.6     
         BRO NL  175  122   20   4.4    88| .252  .270| .320  .322| .390  .369| .710  .690| 105  .535   1.1   0.1     
         NYG NL  261  167   41   6.6    91| .306  .273| .388  .326| .472  .374| .860  .699| 146  .706  14.4   1.5     
 1934 37 NYG NL  197  122   35   7.6   103| .316  .285| .383  .340| .525  .405| .908  .744| 143  .706  10.2   1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3659 2173  722   8.9   111| .349  .294| .413  .353| .532  .423| .945  .776| 143  .743 210.8  19.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1919 22 NYY AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    7    6    2   0    4    2   0   0    27       0  3.60  3.19   88 2.200
 1920 23 NYY AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.7    4    2    2   0    2    2   1   0    17       0  4.91  3.82   78 1.636
 1922 25 NYY AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   6  0   16.0   24   13    6   0   12    5   0   2    80       0  3.38  3.99  118 2.250
 1923 26 BOS AL   1   1  23   1   0   0  17  0   53.0   69   50   32   2   31   10   4   0   248       0  5.43  4.10   75 1.887
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .500   1   1  34   1   0   0  26  0   77.7  104   71   42   2   49   19   5   2   372       0  4.87  4.01   82 1.970
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     1   1  66   1   0   0  50  0  150.7  202  137   81   3   95   36   9   3   722   0   0  4.87  4.01   82 1.970
 Career High      1   1  23   1   0   0  17  0   53.0   69   50   32   2   31   10   4   2   248   0   0  5.43  4.10   75 1.887

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1919 22 NYY AL   P    3      0    1    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.77  1.80  2.88    0    5.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    0    1
 1920 23 NYY AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.65  0.00  2.68    0    3.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    1    0
 1922 25 NYY AL   P    6      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  1.48  2.81  2.59    0   16.0
 1923 26 BOS AL   P   23      2   21    1    0  .958  .958  1.00  1.49  3.91  2.72    1   53.0
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.30                            0    0    1
 1928 31 NYG NL  OF   94    149    4    6    0  .962  .972  1.63  2.31                           94    0    0
 1929 32 PHI NL  OF  154    320   14   10    5  .971  .973  2.17  2.38                          139    0   15
 1930 33 PHI NL  OF  131    262    3   13    1  .953  .968  2.02  2.28                          131    0    0
 1931 34 BRO NL  OF  132    285    4   14    0  .954  .973  2.19  2.38                          132    0    0
 1932 35 BRO NL  OF  148    317    4    7    0  .979  .976  2.17  2.41                          148    0    0
 1933 36 TOT NL  OF  104    197    5    8    0  .962  .977  1.94  2.35                           73    0   31 AS
         BRO NL  OF   41     88    1    5    0  .947  .977  2.17  2.35                           41    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   63    109    4    3    0  .974  .977  1.79  2.35                           32    0   31
 1934 37 NYG NL  OF   38     60    1    2    0  .968  .973  1.61  2.26                           27    0   11
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1919 22 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    0    1
 1920 23 NYY AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                            0    1    0
 1923 26 BOS AL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  2.30                            0    0    1
 1928 31 NYG NL  OF   94    149    4    6    0  .962  .972  1.63  2.31                           94    0    0
 1929 32 PHI NL  OF  154    320   14   10    5  .971  .973  2.17  2.38                          139    0   15
 1930 33 PHI NL  OF  131    262    3   13    1  .953  .968  2.02  2.28                          131    0    0
 1931 34 BRO NL  OF  132    285    4   14    0  .954  .973  2.19  2.38                          132    0    0
 1932 35 BRO NL  OF  148    317    4    7    0  .979  .976  2.17  2.41                          148    0    0
 1933 36 TOT NL  OF  104    197    5    8    0  .962  .977  1.94  2.35                           73    0   31
         BRO NL  OF   41     88    1    5    0  .947  .977  2.17  2.35                           41    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   63    109    4    3    0  .974  .977  1.79  2.35                           32    0   31
 1934 37 NYG NL  OF   38     60    1    2    0  .968  .973  1.61  2.26                           27    0   11

 1919 22 NYY AL   P    3      0    1    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.77  1.80  2.88    0    5.0
 1920 23 NYY AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.65  0.00  2.68    0    3.7
 1922 25 NYY AL   P    6      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  1.48  2.81  2.59    0   16.0
 1923 26 BOS AL   P   23      2   21    1    0  .958  .958  1.00  1.49  3.91  2.72    1   53.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  804   1591   35   60    6  .964  .973  2.02  2.35                          744    1   59
                  P*  34      3   26    2    0  .935  .957  0.85  1.52                1   77.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       838   1594   61   62    6  .964  .973  1.97  2.32

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    NYG WSH     W   1   1   1   1  0  0  0   2   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   NYG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1929-NL-2-0.68
1931-NL-25-0.01
1932-NL-3-0.72
Car-149-1.41 shares

Batting Average
1929 NL-.398-1
1930 NL-.383-4
1931 NL-.336-5
1932 NL-.368-1
Car-.349-4

On-base %
1929 NL-.465-1
1930 NL-.453-4
1931 NL-.396-9
1932 NL-.423-2
Car-.413-29

Slugging %
1929 NL-.622-5
1930 NL-.604-9
1931 NL-.482-10
1932 NL-.555-4
Car-.532-47

OPS
1929 NL-1.087-2
1930 NL-1.057-6
1931 NL-.879-10
1932 NL-.978-3
Car-.945-26

Games
1929 NL-154-2

At Bats
1929 NL-638-2
1932 NL-595-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 NL-731-1
1932 NL-657-10

Runs
1929 NL-152-2
1930 NL-122-8
1932 NL-120-3

Hits
1929 NL-254-1
1932 NL-219-3

Total Bases
1929 NL-397-3
1932 NL-330-4

Triples
1931 NL-11-9

Home Runs
1929 NL-32-5
1930 NL-22-9
1932 NL-21-6
1933 NL-14-8

RBI
1929 NL-122-8
1932 NL-90-9

Bases on Balls
1929 NL-76-9
1930 NL-63-10

Stolen Bases
1932 NL-11-10

Singles
1929 NL-181-1
1932 NL-158-1

Adjusted OPS+
1929 NL-160-3
1930 NL-146-7
1931 NL-136-10
1932 NL-163-3
Car-143-60

Runs Created
1929 NL-183-2
1930 NL-143-7
1931 NL-97-10
1932 NL-138-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1929 NL-63-2
1930 NL-42-6
1931 NL-27-10
1932 NL-53-3

Batting Wins
1929 NL-5.6-2
1930 NL-3.6-6
1931 NL-2.6-10
1932 NL-5.1-3

Extra-Base Hits
1929 NL-73-8
1932 NL-61-9

Times on Base
1929 NL-334-1
1930 NL-270-10
1932 NL-276-3

Offensive Win%
1929 NL-.814-2
1930 NL-.769-5
1931 NL-.713-8
1932 NL-.792-3
Car-.743-30

Hit By Pitch
1930 NL-5-7
1932 NL-7-2

Power/Speed Number
1932 NL-14.4-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1928 NL-44.3-3
1929 NL-33.6-4
1930 NL-25.1-5
1931 NL-32.0-5
1932 NL-29.8-4
Car-26.8-34

At Bats per Home Run
1929 NL-19.9-8
1932 NL-28.3-8
1933 NL-27.7-4

Games Finished
1923 AL-17-5

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 77 (307) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.0 (248) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 92.0 (170) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 23, 1922: Traded by the New York Yankees with Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell, and $50,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Dugan and Elmer Smith.
October 29, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Freddy Leach.
October 14, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Fresco Thompson to the Brooklyn Robins for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee, and cash.
June 16, 1933: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Watty Clark to the New York Giants for Sam Leslie.
February 16, 1935: Released by the New York Giants.
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Uniforms
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Broke in as pitcher but was done by age 26. At 31, launched the mother of all comebacks -- learned to hit, retruned to bigs, and was a dominant batter over a 7-yr. stretch. Career .349 avg. is 4th best ever. Mgr. of S.F. Seals; sent Joe D. to the Yanks

All-Star 1933 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1929-NL-2-0.68 1931-NL-25-0.01 1932-NL-3-0.72 Car-149-1.41 shares	Batting Average 1929 NL-.398-1 1930 NL-.383-4 1931 NL-.336-5 1932 NL-.368-1 Car-.349-4	On-base % 1929 NL-.465-1 1930 NL-.453-4 1931 NL-.396-9 1932 NL-.423-2 Car-.413-29	Slugging % 1929 NL-.622-5 1930 NL-.604-9 1931 NL-.482-10 1932 NL-.555-4 Car-.532-47	OPS 1929 NL-1.087-2 1930 NL-1.057-6 1931 NL-.879-10 1932 NL-.978-3 Car-.945-26
Games 1929 NL-154-2	At Bats 1929 NL-638-2 1932 NL-595-10	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1929 NL-731-1 1932 NL-657-10	Runs 1929 NL-152-2 1930 NL-122-8 1932 NL-120-3	Hits 1929 NL-254-1 1932 NL-219-3	Total Bases 1929 NL-397-3 1932 NL-330-4
Triples 1931 NL-11-9	Home Runs 1929 NL-32-5 1930 NL-22-9 1932 NL-21-6 1933 NL-14-8	RBI 1929 NL-122-8 1932 NL-90-9	Bases on Balls 1929 NL-76-9 1930 NL-63-10	Stolen Bases 1932 NL-11-10	Singles 1929 NL-181-1 1932 NL-158-1
Adjusted OPS+ 1929 NL-160-3 1930 NL-146-7 1931 NL-136-10 1932 NL-163-3 Car-143-60	Runs Created 1929 NL-183-2 1930 NL-143-7 1931 NL-97-10 1932 NL-138-4	Adjusted Batting Runs 1929 NL-63-2 1930 NL-42-6 1931 NL-27-10 1932 NL-53-3	Batting Wins 1929 NL-5.6-2 1930 NL-3.6-6 1931 NL-2.6-10 1932 NL-5.1-3	Extra-Base Hits 1929 NL-73-8 1932 NL-61-9	Times on Base 1929 NL-334-1 1930 NL-270-10 1932 NL-276-3
Offensive Win% 1929 NL-.814-2 1930 NL-.769-5 1931 NL-.713-8 1932 NL-.792-3 Car-.743-30	Hit By Pitch 1930 NL-5-7 1932 NL-7-2	Power/Speed Number 1932 NL-14.4-2	At Bats per Strikeout 1928 NL-44.3-3 1929 NL-33.6-4 1930 NL-25.1-5 1931 NL-32.0-5 1932 NL-29.8-4 Car-26.8-34	At Bats per Home Run 1929 NL-19.9-8 1932 NL-28.3-8 1933 NL-27.7-4	Games Finished 1923 AL-17-5