Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1926... Had first career hit on 4/1/1926, off William Mccall (PHI)... Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1926, off Hugh Canavan (BRO)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1926, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 1926 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (N), driving in 3 runs on 9/27/1926... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1926, hitting .290 with 25 HR, 93 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1927, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... 8/5/1928: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years. Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 3 runs on 4/22/1929... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1929, hitting .379 with 10 HR, 26 RBI... Was selected to the 1929 Allstar game... Injured on 8/13/1929 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1929, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1929... Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/18/1930... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1930, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1930, hitting .374 with 8 HR, 25 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1930... 5/25/1931: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $8,770,000 per year, for 4 years. Injured on 7/1/1931 with a Broken Ribs, out for 10 weeks... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1932, hitting .384 with 15 HR, 27 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 5/8/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1932, hitting .478 with 6 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1932, hitting .619 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 64 on 10/1/1932... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1932... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1933, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 8 RBI... Hit 4 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 7 runs on 6/16/1933... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1934, hitting .577 with 6 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 8/11/1934... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1935, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1935, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1935, hitting .368 with 15 HR, 38 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against New York (N), driving in 7 runs on 5/6/1935... 5/19/1935: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $16,000,000 per year, for 7 years. Injured on 6/21/1935 with a Broken Foot, out for 4-5 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1935, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia (N), driving in 6 runs on 8/24/1935... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1935, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1936, hitting .444 with 6 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1936, hitting .441 with 19 HR, 36 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 7 runs on 6/10/1936... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/24/1936... Had 500th career homerun on 7/26/1936, off Tony Kaufmann (PIT)... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1936, hitting .478 with 6 HR, 17 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 75 on 9/4/1936... Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 4 runs on 9/12/1936... Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 4 runs on 9/21/1936... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1936, hitting .565 with 9 HR, 18 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 197 on 9/27/1936... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1936, hitting .476 with 19 HR, 42 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1936, hitting .684 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1936, hitting .396 with 95 HR, 204 RBI... Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1937, hitting .500 with 7 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1937, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1937, hitting .429 with 14 HR, 43 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1937, hitting .439 with 13 HR, 41 RBI... Had 600th career homerun on 9/5/1937, off Harry Eisenstat (STL)... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1937, hitting .353 with 69 HR, 181 RBI... Had 2000th career hit on 4/12/1938, off Jack Wilson (NYN)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1938, hitting .375 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1938, hitting .346 with 14 HR, 34 RBI... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 5/27/1938... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1938, hitting .600 with 7 HR, 16 RBI... Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 7/14/1938... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1938, hitting .464 with 8 HR, 17 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1938, hitting .337 with 19 HR, 31 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 9/5/1938... Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1938... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1938, hitting .341 with 83 HR, 183 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia (N), driving in 5 runs on 4/7/1939... Had 700th career homerun on 4/9/1939, off Archie Mckain (PHI)... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1939, hitting .427 with 14 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1939, hitting .360 with 6 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1939, hitting .407 with 6 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1939, hitting .351 with 15 HR, 39 RBI... Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1939, hitting .380 with 14 HR, 26 RBI... Had 5 hits with 11 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/3/1939... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1939, hitting .444 with 6 HR, 10 RBI... Drove in 8 runs against Boston (N) on 9/29/1939... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1939, hitting .438 with 17 HR, 43 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 10/8/1939... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1939, hitting .367 with 85 HR, 195 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1939...
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