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Bats: R · Throws: L · Born 1891-05-03 · Played 1912–1933 · College: University of Virginia (1911–1912) · Career WAR 56.0 (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
1912	PHI	NL	23	53	3	9	2	0	0	1	0		2	17	.170	.200	.208	.408	-0.3
1913	PHI	NL	35	47	3	9	1	1	0	4	0		1	9	.191	.208	.255	.463	0.0
1914	PHI	NL	24	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	4	.038	.167	.077	.244	-0.1
1915	PHI	NL	29	55	3	9	1	0	0	2	0		3	13	.164	.220	.182	.402	-0.1
1916	PHI	NL	38	97	6	15	3	0	0	9	0		2	14	.155	.180	.186	.366	-0.2
1917	PHI	NL	39	94	3	18	2	0	0	6	0		0	13	.191	.191	.213	.404	-0.2
1919	PHI	NL	23	47	3	7	2	0	0	2	0		1	5	.149	.184	.191	.375	-0.2
1920	PHI	NL	43	101	6	25	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	11	.248	.276	.297	.573	0.4
1921	CIN	NL	40	101	7	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	11	.129	.178	.139	.317	-0.6
1922	CIN	NL	40	109	8	21	3	0	0	9	1	0	2	15	.193	.214	.220	.434	-0.2
1923	CIN	NL	42	107	7	17	1	0	0	7	0	1	3	9	.159	.189	.168	.357	-0.5
1924	CIN	NL	35	84	10	18	4	0	1	7	0	1	4	11	.214	.258	.298	.556	0.2
1925	CIN	NL	39	103	8	22	0	0	0	11	1	0	2	17	.214	.236	.214	.450	-0.1
1926	CIN	NL	37	84	6	19	0	0	0	8	0		5	8	.226	.270	.226	.496	0.2
1927	CIN	NL	34	81	4	20	5	1	0	9	0		3	7	.247	.274	.333	.607	0.5
1928	CIN	NL	43	104	4	18	2	0	1	8	0		3	15	.173	.196	.221	.417	-0.2
1929	CIN	NL	35	65	2	15	1	0	0	1	0		1	13	.231	.242	.246	.488	0.0
1930	CIN	NL	32	55	6	11	2	0	0	5	0		1	8	.200	.214	.236	.450	-0.2
1931	CIN	NL	22	40	0	6	1	0	0	3	0		2	6	.150	.190	.175	.365	-0.1
1932	CIN	NL	25	34	2	9	1	0	0	1	0		1	7	.265	.286	.294	.580	0.1
1933	CIN	NL	16	35	2	9	0	1	0	6	0		1	7	.257	.278	.314	.592	0.2
Total			694	1522	95	291	33	4	3	111	2	2	49	220	.191	.216	.224	.440	-1.4

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1912	PHI	NL	10	10	23	20	10	3	0	162.0	147	45	2	54	59	2.50	1.241	4.7
1913	PHI	NL	9	5	35	19	9	1	2	155.2	148	54	4	56	75	3.12	1.310	1.7
1914	PHI	NL	2	11	24	15	2	0	0	103.0	124	50	0	45	41	4.37	1.641	-1.5
1915	PHI	NL	11	12	29	22	10	2	1	176.2	163	47	2	64	88	2.39	1.285	1.5
1916	PHI	NL	22	10	38	33	20	3	0	287.0	239	59	2	74	134	1.85	1.091	4.4
1917	PHI	NL	16	21	39	36	23	4	1	281.1	249	71	1	67	121	2.27	1.123	3.5
1919	PHI	NL	6	12	23	18	11	1	0	154.0	160	68	4	50	63	3.97	1.364	-0.2
1920	PHI	NL	11	22	41	33	25	0	2	284.1	288	110	5	69	109	3.48	1.256	2.3
1921	CIN	NL	19	18	40	36	21	2	1	301.0	324	93	1	66	76	2.78	1.296	5.1
1922	CIN	NL	25	13	40	38	26	2	0	313.1	337	123	13	45	80	3.53	1.219	3.9
1923	CIN	NL	20	15	42	37	23	3	1	309.0	334	96	3	65	97	2.80	1.291	5.9
1924	CIN	NL	15	14	35	29	15	4	1	238.1	219	73	3	47	57	2.76	1.116	5.1
1925	CIN	NL	21	11	39	36	22	2	1	287.1	302	92	8	47	69	2.88	1.215	6.5
1926	CIN	NL	14	8	37	29	14	3	0	233.0	231	88	12	58	61	3.40	1.240	2.1
1927	CIN	NL	12	10	34	29	11	1	1	219.2	240	85	3	43	42	3.48	1.288	2.2
1928	CIN	NL	19	18	43	37	17	3	2	291.1	317	111	4	67	58	3.43	1.318	4.3
1929	CIN	NL	10	13	35	24	11	0	1	201.0	235	93	6	60	37	4.16	1.468	3.0
1930	CIN	NL	9	13	32	21	5	0	0	164.0	207	93	11	47	37	5.10	1.549	1.4
1931	CIN	NL	4	7	22	17	4	0	0	126.2	143	55	4	30	22	3.91	1.366	-0.2
1932	CIN	NL	5	5	25	11	6	2	0	111.2	108	33	3	16	14	2.66	1.110	1.3
1933	CIN	NL	6	3	16	12	5	1	0	94.1	118	33	1	12	10	3.15	1.378	0.4
Total			266	251	692	552	290	37	14	4494.2	4633	1572	92	1082	1350	3.15	1.272	57.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1912	PHI	NL	P	23	4	35	0	2
1913	PHI	NL	P	35	1	39	0	1
1914	PHI	NL	P	24	5	29	6	4
1915	PHI	NL	P	29	7	47	4	3
1916	PHI	NL	P	38	5	90	1	4
1917	PHI	NL	P	39	15	93	0	3
1919	PHI	NL	P	23	5	51	1	3
1920	PHI	NL	P	41	13	90	4	4
1921	CIN	NL	P	40	4	97	2	4
1922	CIN	NL	P	40	10	72	2	3
1923	CIN	NL	P	42	12	78	1	4
1924	CIN	NL	P	35	7	58	3	4
1925	CIN	NL	P	39	4	64	1	3
1926	CIN	NL	P	37	3	52	1	3
1927	CIN	NL	P	34	4	50	1	1
1928	CIN	NL	P	43	10	69	1	3
1929	CIN	NL	P	35	6	43	0	1
1930	CIN	NL	P	32	7	34	0	1
1931	CIN	NL	P	22	4	45	0	2
1932	CIN	NL	P	25	4	29	1	1
1933	CIN	NL	P	16	1	30	1	2
Total				692	131	1195	30	56

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	1	151	No
1938	BBWAA	2	197	No
1945	BBWAA	1	186	No
1947	BBWAA	2	121	No
1948	BBWAA	5	91	No
1949	BBWAA	4	115	No
1950	BBWAA	6	126	No
1951	BBWAA	5	170	No
1952	BBWAA	3	176	No
1953	BBWAA	3	198	No
1954	BBWAA	5	189	No
1955	BBWAA	8	189	No
1956	BBWAA	27	145	No
1958	BBWAA	32	200	No
1960	BBWAA	142	202	No
1962	BBWAA	49	120	No
1963	Veterans			Yes

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1920-05-21	Player	Threw ball into stands
1922-09-18	Player	Bench jockeying
1925-08-30	Player	Balls and strikes
1929-07-09	Player	Bench jockeying