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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1886-01-06 · Played 1908–1914 · Career WAR 2.7 (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
1908	CHA	AL	26	69	3	9	2	0	0	3	2		2	8	.130	.155	.159	.314	-0.1
1909	CHA	AL	103	361	34	93	9	3	0	40	14		19	27	.258	.302	.299	.601	1.8
1910	CHA	AL	102	368	21	82	5	3	1	36	5		21	30	.223	.272	.261	.533	1.2
1910	BOS	AL	49	168	15	35	1	2	1	15	2		18	17	.208	.289	.256	.545
1911	BOS	AL	27	82	5	23	5	3	0	7	1		1		.280	.298	.415	.713	0.2
1914	DET	AL	28	76	4	13	4	0	0	3	0	2	2	7	.171	.203	.224	.427	-0.4
Total			335	1124	82	255	26	11	2	104	24	2	63	89	.227	.268	.275	.543	2.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1908	CHA	AL	3B	25	22	196.0	18	60	5	5
1909	CHA	AL	2B	32	32	290.0	72	90	5	13
1909	CHA	AL	3B	71	68	624.0	90	158	19	11
1910	CHA	AL	3B	102	102	945.0	117	233	36	16
1910	BOS	AL	3B	41	41	351.0	41	87	13	2
1910	BOS	AL	SS	8	7	67.0	8	21	3	2
1911	BOS	AL	2B	3			4	5	0	0
1911	BOS	AL	3B	15			22	30	8	1
1911	BOS	AL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1911	BOS	AL	SS	3			3	8	2	0
1914	DET	AL	2B	1			1	2	0	0
1914	DET	AL	3B	16			19	34	3	2
1914	DET	AL	SS	2			1	0	1	0
Total				320	272	2473.0	396	728	95	52

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