Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1930... Had first career hit on 4/1/1931, off Vic Keen (SLA)... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1931, off George Meyers (SLA)... Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/23/1931... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1931, hitting .293 with 26 HR, 137 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/28/1932... Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1933, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1933, hitting .577 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/24/1933... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1933, hitting .465 with 8 HR, 27 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1933, hitting .374 with 7 HR, 24 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/2/1933... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1933, hitting .347 with 41 HR, 141 RBI... 1/31/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,771,429 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1934, hitting .593 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1934, hitting .368 with 8 HR, 28 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 5/25/1934... Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1934, hitting .337 with 34 HR, 138 RBI... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1934... 1/31/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,771,429 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1935, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1935, hitting .545 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1935, hitting .406 with 8 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 8/3/1935... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1935, hitting .368 with 11 HR, 31 RBI... 9/1/1935: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $16,500,000 per year, for 6 years. Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1935, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1935, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 50 on 9/24/1935... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1935, hitting .352 with 12 HR, 26 RBI... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1935... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1935, hitting .340 with 52 HR, 146 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1936, hitting .423 with 6 HR, 15 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 6 runs on 6/16/1936... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 8/18/1936... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1936, hitting .538 with 6 HR, 15 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1937, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1937, hitting .380 with 8 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1937, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1937... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/6/1938... Had 30-game hitting streak snapped on 6/22/1938... Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1938, hitting .483 with 7 HR, 17 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1938, hitting .402 with 15 HR, 34 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 9/18/1938... Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 154 on 9/19/1938... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 9/20/1938... Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 5 runs on 9/20/1938... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1938, hitting .630 with 7 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1938, hitting .462 with 11 HR, 38 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1938, hitting .368 with 50 HR, 168 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1939, hitting .349 with 6 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1939, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1939, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1939... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1939, hitting .331 with 38 HR, 159 RBI... Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 8/17/1940... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1940, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 3 RBI... Won World Series with Cleveland in 1940... Had 2000th career hit on 5/14/1941, off Rudy Leopold (BOS)... Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game... 7/6/1941: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $18,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Won World Series with Cleveland in 1942... Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/10/1943... Had 500th career homerun on 7/13/1944, off Al Veigel (DET)... 9/26/1944: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $900,000 per year, for 1 years. Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1946.
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