Career
He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs (1932-1933 and 1935-1938), New York Giants (1939-1941), Boston Braves (1941-1942), Saint Louis Cardinals (1943) and Saint Louis Browns (1944). Demaree is one of four Pacific Coast League hitters to have had a 30 home runs, 30 stolen bases season (in 1934, in 186 games), along with Joc Pederson (2014, in 115 games), Lefty O"Doul (1927), and Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri (1925). He hit a home run against the New York Yankees in the final game of the 1932 World Series.
He also homered in Game 1 of the 1935 World Series.
He was named to the National League All-Star Team in 1936 and 1937. He finished 7th in voting for the 1936 National League Most Valuable Player for playing in 154 games, having 605 at-bats, 93 runs, 212 hits, 34 doubles, 3 triples, 16 home runs, 96 Reserve Bank of India, 4 stolen bases, 49 walks.350 batting average.400 on-base percentage.496 slugging percentage, 300 total bases and 17 sacrifice fits.
He finished 15th in voting for the 1937 National League Most Valuable Player for playing in 154 games, having 615 at-bats, 104 runs, 199 hits, 36 doubles, 6 triples, 17 home runs, 115 Reserve Bank of India, 6 stolen bases, 57 walks.324 batting average.382 on-base percentage.485 slugging percentage, 298 total bases and 14 sacrifice hits. He also led the National League in grounding into double plays (23) in 1937.
Demaree is an inductee in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.