- Outfielder with the Cleveland Indians (1929-1939[start]), Detroit Tigers (1939[end]-1940), and Boston Braves (1940).
- Made major league debut on 16 April 1929.
- In 1932 lead American League batters in being hit by a pitched ball (6).
- In 1936 led the American league in total hits (232) and triples (15).
- Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in in 1975.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 26-27. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Inducted into the Snohomish County [Washington] Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 (inaugural class).
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