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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1880-08-12 · Played 1900–1916 · College: Bucknell University (1899) · Career WAR 107.0 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1900	NY1	NL	6	11	1	2	2	0	0	1	0		1	2	.182	.250	.364	.614	0.0
1901	NY1	NL	42	130	10	28	0	1	0	7	1		2	25	.215	.227	.231	.458	-0.1
1902	NY1	NL	43	130	10	26	3	0	2	12	2		6	16	.200	.246	.269	.515	0.2
1903	NY1	NL	45	124	13	28	3	0	1	20	1		8	14	.226	.278	.274	.552	0.3
1904	NY1	NL	48	133	15	30	5	3	0	17	3		9	26	.226	.280	.308	.588	0.6
1905	NY1	NL	44	127	13	30	5	0	2	16	2		10	12	.236	.307	.323	.630	0.9
1906	NY1	NL	38	91	6	24	4	1	0	14	0		9	16	.264	.330	.330	.660	0.8
1907	NY1	NL	41	107	8	20	3	1	0	7	1		5	12	.187	.250	.234	.484	0.2
1908	NY1	NL	56	129	11	20	2	2	0	11	0		9	12	.155	.221	.202	.423	0.1
1909	NY1	NL	37	95	9	25	4	1	1	12	0		4	9	.263	.293	.358	.651	0.9
1910	NY1	NL	38	107	9	25	5	1	1	10	1		12	13	.234	.317	.327	.644	0.8
1911	NY1	NL	45	112	12	22	2	0	0	12	2		5	13	.196	.237	.214	.451	0.0
1912	NY1	NL	43	110	14	29	4	1	0	10	2		6	8	.264	.308	.318	.626	0.6
1913	NY1	NL	40	103	7	19	0	0	0	9	1		8	13	.184	.243	.184	.427	0.0
1914	NY1	NL	41	105	8	23	3	1	0	4	4		11	12	.219	.293	.267	.560	0.9
1915	NY1	NL	27	51	3	8	4	0	0	1	0	1	7	11	.157	.271	.235	.506	0.2
1916	NY1	NL	12	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	0.1
1916	CIN	NL	1	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400
Total			647	1687	151	362	50	12	7	165	20	1	116	218	.215	.265	.271	.536	6.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1900	NY1	NL	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	33.2	37	19	1	20	15	5.08	1.693	-0.8
1901	NY1	NL	20	17	40	38	36	5	0	336.0	288	90	3	97	221	2.41	1.146	8.8
1902	NY1	NL	14	17	35	33	30	8	0	284.2	246	67	3	77	164	2.12	1.135	4.2
1903	NY1	NL	30	13	45	42	37	3	2	366.1	321	92	4	100	267	2.26	1.149	10.4
1904	NY1	NL	33	12	48	46	33	4	1	367.2	306	83	7	78	212	2.03	1.044	5.4
1905	NY1	NL	31	9	43	37	32	8	3	338.2	252	48	4	64	206	1.28	.933	9.6
1906	NY1	NL	22	12	38	35	22	6	1	266.2	262	88	3	77	128	2.97	1.271	2.5
1907	NY1	NL	24	12	41	36	31	8	2	315.0	250	70	5	53	178	2.00	.962	8.6
1908	NY1	NL	37	11	56	44	34	11	5	390.2	281	62	5	42	259	1.43	.827	11.8
1909	NY1	NL	25	6	37	33	26	8	2	275.1	192	35	2	36	149	1.14	.828	9.7
1910	NY1	NL	27	9	38	35	27	2	0	318.1	292	67	5	60	184	1.89	1.106	8.2
1911	NY1	NL	26	13	45	37	29	5	3	307.0	303	68	5	38	141	1.99	1.111	8.2
1912	NY1	NL	23	12	43	34	27	0	4	310.0	311	73	6	34	134	2.12	1.113	7.9
1913	NY1	NL	25	11	40	35	25	4	2	306.0	291	70	8	21	93	2.06	1.020	7.1
1914	NY1	NL	24	13	41	35	29	5	2	312.0	314	104	16	23	80	3.00	1.080	0.4
1915	NY1	NL	8	14	27	24	11	1	0	186.0	199	74	9	20	57	3.58	1.177	-1.0
1916	NY1	NL	3	4	12	6	4	1	2	65.2	59	17	3	7	16	2.33	1.005	-0.5
1916	CIN	NL	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	15	8	1	1	3	8.00	1.778
Total			373	188	636	552	435	79	29	4788.2	4219	1135	90	848	2507	2.13	1.058	100.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1900	NY1	NL	P	6		34.0	1	9	0	0
1901	NY1	NL	P	40		336.0	21	108	1	1
1902	NY1	NL	1B	3		25.0	27	2	4	2
1902	NY1	NL	OF	4		33.0	5	1	0	1
1902	NY1	NL	P	35		277.0	17	79	7	5
1903	NY1	NL	P	45		366.0	18	93	3	0
1904	NY1	NL	P	48	46	368.0	32	116	6	0
1905	NY1	NL	P	43	37	339.0	15	116	4	4
1906	NY1	NL	P	38	35	267.0	15	90	1	1
1907	NY1	NL	P	41	36	315.0	16	87	6	0
1908	NY1	NL	P	56	44	391.0	27	141	2	1
1909	NY1	NL	P	37	33	275.0	19	96	4	3
1910	NY1	NL	P	38	35	318.0	12	114	4	6
1911	NY1	NL	P	45			31	107	2	2
1912	NY1	NL	P	43			15	74	4	4
1913	NY1	NL	P	40			13	100	3	3
1914	NY1	NL	P	41			15	91	5	7
1915	NY1	NL	P	27			8	54	1	3
1916	NY1	NL	P	12			5	25	0	1
1916	CIN	NL	P	1			1	3	0	0
Total				643	266	3344.0	313	1506	57	44

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1905	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1908	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	205	170	Yes

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1920-06-23	Coach	Bench jockeying