Highlights
- In a game against the Tigers had the only hit off Tommy Bridges, a home run. It was the first time in the American League that a pitcher allowed a home run in a one-hitter game (May 24, 1933)
- Led American League first basemen in putouts (1933)
- Tied an AL record with three triples in a game (August 22, 1936)
- Finished sixth in the American League MVP Award voting (1936)
- In a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics recorded 40 putouts –17 in the first game, and 23 in the second–, eclipsing a 35-year-old record for putouts by a first baseman in a doubleheader held by Hal Chase (July 20, 1941)
- Hit a inside-the-park home run at Griffith Stadium, for the only HR hit by a Washington player at home in a season (September 7, 1945)
- In his career collected 2,212 hits and a 1.60 walk-to-strikeout ratio (980-to-612)
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