Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1923... Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/28/1923, off Walter Johnson (CLE)... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1923, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 18 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1924, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/14/1924... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1924, hitting .382 with 6 HR, 22 RBI... Was selected to the 1924 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1924, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1924, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 33 on 9/20/1924... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1924, hitting .357 with 34 HR, 126 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1925, hitting .433 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1925, hitting .380 with 6 HR, 22 RBI... Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 6/21/1925... Was selected to the 1925 Allstar game... Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 9/29/1925... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1925, hitting .346 with 28 HR, 117 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1925... Hit 3 homeruns against Cleveland, driving in 5 runs on 4/11/1926... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/1/1926... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1926, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 1926 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1926, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1926, hitting .390 with 6 HR, 28 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1926... 1/31/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration... Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 4/17/1927... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1927, hitting .591 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 1927 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 7/23/1927... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1927, hitting .583 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1927, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/19/1927... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1927, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Chicago (A) on 9/20/1927... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1927, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1927, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1927, hitting .387 with 32 HR, 133 RBI... 1/31/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,450,000 through salary arbitration... Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 4/12/1928... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1928, hitting .531 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 5/27/1928... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1928, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1928, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Injured on 9/14/1928 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks... 1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,450,000 through salary arbitration... Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/8/1929... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1929, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1929, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 17 RBI... Was selected to the 1929 Allstar game... Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 135 on 9/11/1929... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 9/20/1929... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1929, hitting .376 with 6 HR, 26 RBI... 10/14/1929: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $20,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1929, hitting .354 with 34 HR, 154 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago (A) on 4/10/1930... Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/23/1930... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1930, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1930, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1930, hitting .388 with 12 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1930, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1930, hitting .312 with 33 HR, 129 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1931, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1931, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1931, hitting .434 with 7 HR, 25 RBI... Injured on 9/27/1931 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1931, hitting .371 with 33 HR, 124 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/5/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1932, hitting .379 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1932, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1932, hitting .407 with 8 HR, 28 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1932, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1932, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1932, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 8/5/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1932, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 8/30/1932... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 43 on 9/15/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1932, hitting .417 with 6 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1932, hitting .347 with 12 HR, 26 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1932, hitting .350 with 50 HR, 154 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 4/1/1933, off Carl Hubbell (WAS)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1933, hitting .529 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1933, hitting .373 with 11 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1933, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Injured on 6/12/1933 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 7 weeks... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 6/12/1933... Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/3/1935 to a 5-year deal worth $7,800,013 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1935, hitting .567 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Had 32-game hitting streak snapped on 4/28/1935... Hit for the cycle against St. Louis (N) on 5/20/1935... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1935, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Injured on 5/27/1935 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week... Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game... Injured on 4/20/1936 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Injured on 7/21/1936 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks... Injured on 8/31/1936 with a Pulled Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 9/14/1937 with a Pulled Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1939.
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