- Surname rhymes with "booms".
- Center fielder with the New York Yankees, 1924-1935.
- Inducted into the Madison County [Kentucky] Sports Hall of Fame in 2022 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970; voted in by the Veterans Committee.
- Entered Eastern Kentucky State Normal School (later Eastern Kentucky University) in 1917 and played on their baseball team.
- Inducted into the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 (inaugural class).
- Made major league debut on 16 April 1924; final major league appearance on 29 September 1935.
- Inducted into the Eastern Kentucky University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Coach with the New York Yankees (1936-1943), St. Louis Browns (1947), Boston Red Sox (first base) (1948-1952), and Philadelphia Phillies (1954).
- Interim manager of the Boston Red Sox for 3 games in July 1951; record: 2 wins, 1 loss.
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