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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1897-09-13 · Played 1920–1932 · Career WAR 49.9 (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
1920	PHA	AL	34	51	8	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	8	.216	.273	.235	.508	0.0
1921	PHA	AL	46	94	9	18	6	0	0	5	0	2	6	12	.191	.240	.255	.495	-0.2
1922	PHA	AL	51	94	3	17	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	15	.181	.206	.213	.419	-0.3
1923	PHA	AL	56	101	13	24	3	2	0	6	0	0	3	10	.238	.260	.307	.567	0.2
1924	PHA	AL	45	95	4	15	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	12	.158	.192	.158	.350	-0.7
1925	PHA	AL	52	81	7	15	2	1	1	9	1	0	6	6	.185	.241	.272	.513	0.0
1926	PHA	AL	37	61	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.098	.179	.115	.294	-0.6
1927	PHA	AL	30	51	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.157	.204	.176	.380	-0.2
1928	PHA	AL	43	47	5	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	.255	.352	.319	.671	0.5
1929	PHA	AL	32	39	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.205	.244	.231	.475	0.0
1930	PHA	AL	35	38	8	10	3	1	0	6	0	0	7	5	.263	.378	.395	.773	0.4
1931	PHA	AL	29	54	6	14	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.259	.333	.315	.648	0.3
1932	PHA	AL	17	20	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.300	.440	.300	.740	0.2
Total			507	826	80	164	23	6	1	59	1	3	62	102	.199	.255	.245	.499	-0.4

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1920	PHA	AL	7	7	33	12	8	2	1	173.2	165	55	5	43	43	2.85	1.198	5.4
1921	PHA	AL	16	23	46	32	20	0	3	285.1	312	125	21	87	71	3.94	1.398	5.4
1922	PHA	AL	27	13	51	33	22	3	2	294.0	294	107	21	63	54	3.28	1.214	7.5
1923	PHA	AL	18	19	56	31	19	3	5	297.2	306	108	14	108	76	3.27	1.391	5.5
1924	PHA	AL	18	15	43	34	21	3	1	278.0	302	122	8	94	72	3.95	1.424	4.7
1925	PHA	AL	21	10	52	28	14	1	3	261.0	285	107	10	95	67	3.69	1.456	5.5
1926	PHA	AL	11	11	37	26	12	3	0	219.0	225	75	10	54	52	3.08	1.274	4.9
1927	PHA	AL	11	3	30	17	8	2	1	146.2	166	71	6	48	33	4.36	1.459	1.3
1928	PHA	AL	13	5	43	11	6	0	4	173.2	177	59	11	26	37	3.06	1.169	3.7
1929	PHA	AL	12	2	32	6	4	0	4	113.2	135	36	10	34	25	2.85	1.487	1.7
1930	PHA	AL	9	4	35	9	5	0	3	130.1	142	62	11	27	35	4.28	1.297	2.1
1931	PHA	AL	7	5	25	10	8	1	0	118.0	136	39	5	27	18	2.97	1.381	2.5
1932	PHA	AL	1	2	17	0	0	0	2	65.1	84	40	6	18	16	5.51	1.561	0.1
Total			171	119	500	249	147	18	29	2556.1	2729	1006	138	724	599	3.54	1.351	50.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1920	PHA	AL	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1920	PHA	AL	P	33	13	66	1	4
1921	PHA	AL	P	46	12	92	7	5
1922	PHA	AL	P	51	12	92	5	5
1923	PHA	AL	P	56	17	109	7	4
1924	PHA	AL	P	43	20	97	3	12
1925	PHA	AL	P	52	21	86	2	4
1926	PHA	AL	P	37	15	67	3	1
1927	PHA	AL	P	30	16	44	0	5
1928	PHA	AL	P	43	8	51	0	5
1929	PHA	AL	P	32	9	26	1	3
1930	PHA	AL	P	35	8	32	0	1
1931	PHA	AL	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1931	PHA	AL	OF	3	6	0	0	0
1931	PHA	AL	P	25	5	25	2	1
1932	PHA	AL	P	17	3	23	1	1
Total				505	165	810	32	51

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1925	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	3	91	No
1949	BBWAA	2	115	No
1950	BBWAA	1	126	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1952	BBWAA	2	176	No
1953	BBWAA	1	198	No
1958	BBWAA	7	200	No
1960	BBWAA	12	202	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1922-08-22	Player	Interference non-call
1923-09-01	Player	Call at 1B
1925-08-21	Player	Bench jockeying