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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1884-05-05 · Played 1903–1925 · College: Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1901–1902), Dickinson College (1902) · Career WAR 47.8 (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
1903	PHA	AL	43	120	10	22	4	1	0	8	3		3	14	.183	.216	.233	.449	-0.1
1904	PHA	AL	31	79	8	18	3	2	0	5	3		5	12	.228	.282	.316	.598	0.5
1905	PHA	AL	38	92	11	20	3	2	0	14	3		3	19	.217	.242	.293	.535	0.4
1906	PHA	AL	44	99	9	25	4	0	3	13	2		9	13	.253	.333	.384	.717	1.1
1907	PHA	AL	45	100	10	23	6	1	0	8	2		5	6	.230	.267	.310	.577	0.4
1908	PHA	AL	20	50	5	11	1	0	0	2	1		10	13	.220	.350	.240	.590	0.5
1909	PHA	AL	40	93	6	20	5	0	0	9	1		5	10	.215	.255	.269	.524	0.5
1910	PHA	AL	36	93	6	25	3	2	0	16	0		6	8	.269	.333	.344	.677	0.8
1911	PHA	AL	32	79	9	13	0	0	0	8	2		2		.165	.195	.165	.360	-0.2
1912	PHA	AL	27	60	5	9	1	1	0	4	2		6		.150	.227	.200	.427	0.0
1913	PHA	AL	48	78	7	12	3	1	0	10	1		6	17	.154	.214	.218	.432	0.0
1914	PHA	AL	28	62	4	9	1	0	1	8	0		4	13	.145	.197	.210	.407	0.0
1915	BLF	FL	26	60	7	16	2	0	1	2	0		6	6	.267	.333	.350	.683	0.6
1916	PHI	NL	28	43	2	12	4	0	0	5	0		3	9	.279	.326	.372	.698	0.5
1917	PHI	NL	20	39	3	8	0	0	1	4	0		2	3	.205	.244	.282	.526	0.1
1925	CHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
Total			507	1147	102	243	40	10	6	116	20	0	75	143	.212	.260	.280	.540	5.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1903	PHA	AL	17	14	36	33	29	2	0	270.0	239	92	6	65	127	3.07	1.126	4.0
1904	PHA	AL	10	11	29	20	18	4	0	203.2	167	65	1	59	149	2.87	1.110	1.2
1905	PHA	AL	18	11	35	23	18	4	0	229.0	193	72	5	90	142	2.83	1.236	1.4
1906	PHA	AL	15	10	36	27	24	0	3	238.1	208	67	5	48	159	2.53	1.074	2.7
1907	PHA	AL	16	8	33	24	20	4	3	219.1	185	50	1	34	112	2.05	.998	5.0
1908	PHA	AL	8	9	18	17	14	2	1	138.2	121	27	1	21	85	1.75	1.024	2.9
1909	PHA	AL	18	8	34	29	24	5	1	250.0	196	46	1	45	161	1.66	.964	4.5
1910	PHA	AL	23	5	30	28	25	3	0	250.0	182	44	1	47	155	1.58	.916	5.1
1911	PHA	AL	17	5	31	24	16	2	3	216.1	198	52	2	58	114	2.16	1.183	6.0
1912	PHA	AL	13	8	27	19	12	1	2	171.0	169	52	1	33	90	2.74	1.181	2.2
1913	PHA	AL	21	10	48	21	14	2	13	236.2	208	58	2	59	135	2.21	1.128	3.5
1914	PHA	AL	17	3	28	23	14	7	2	179.0	159	45	4	55	107	2.26	1.196	3.6
1915	BLF	FL	4	16	26	23	15	0	1	178.1	198	79	5	37	89	3.99	1.318	-0.8
1916	PHI	NL	7	7	27	13	4	0	3	122.2	137	51	3	34	43	3.74	1.394	-2.1
1917	PHI	NL	8	2	20	10	8	4	2	113.0	84	21	1	26	43	1.67	.973	3.6
1925	CHA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	1	0	18.00	2.000	-0.1
Total			212	127	459	334	255	40	34	3017.0	2645	823	40	712	1711	2.46	1.113	42.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1903	PHA	AL	1B	3		21.0	23	1	1	2
1903	PHA	AL	OF	1		9.0	2	0	0	0
1903	PHA	AL	P	36		270.0	12	79	9	0
1904	PHA	AL	P	29	20	204.0	13	48	7	0
1905	PHA	AL	P	35	23	229.0	14	77	3	2
1906	PHA	AL	OF	4	3	27.0	7	0	0	0
1906	PHA	AL	P	36	27	238.0	25	54	8	1
1907	PHA	AL	1B	2	1	15.0	18	0	3	0
1907	PHA	AL	2B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1907	PHA	AL	P	33	24	219.0	14	57	5	2
1908	PHA	AL	1B	1	1	11.0	13	3	0	1
1908	PHA	AL	P	18	17	139.0	12	28	3	0
1909	PHA	AL	P	34	29	250.0	13	78	4	1
1910	PHA	AL	P	30	28	250.0	13	85	3	3
1911	PHA	AL	P	31			11	58	0	4
1912	PHA	AL	P	27			6	36	2	2
1913	PHA	AL	P	48			8	56	2	1
1914	PHA	AL	P	28			7	47	2	0
1915	BLF	FL	P	26			12	45	4	3
1916	PHI	NL	3B	1			1	1	0	0
1916	PHI	NL	P	27			8	39	2	1
1917	PHI	NL	P	20			5	22	1	4
1925	CHA	AL	P	1			0	0	0	0
Total				472	173	1884.0	237	814	59	27

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

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