Shortstop with the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 1923. Catcher
with the American League's Chicago White Sox (1926-1930), Cleveland
Indians (1931 & 1934[end]), Washington Senators (1932-1934[start]), and
Boston Red Sox (1935-1939).
Made major league debut on 27 June 1923.
Member of 1933 American League Champion Washington Senators
team.
He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1923. He was the star first baseman on the baseball team, and majored in languages. He studied French, Latin, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and German.
During his pro baseball career, he often studied Latin, Sanskrit, and medieval French in the bullpen. During the off-seasons, he earned a law degree at Columbia; later in life, he practiced law.
Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.
Member of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame.
Served in the OSS during World War II.
Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.