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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1890-07-21 · Played 1912–1925 · Career WAR 9.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=shankho01, LAHMAN=shankho01, MLBAM=122048, RETROSHEET=shanh101

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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	WS1	AL	116	399	52	92	14	7	1	48	21		40		.231	.305	.308	.613	0.0
1913	WS1	AL	109	390	38	99	11	5	1	37	24		15	40	.254	.287	.315	.602	0.4
1914	WS1	AL	143	500	44	112	22	10	4	64	18	16	29	51	.224	.269	.332	.601	0.1
1915	WS1	AL	141	492	52	123	19	8	0	47	12	14	30	42	.250	.297	.321	.618	0.9
1916	WS1	AL	140	471	51	119	15	7	1	48	23	12	41	34	.253	.317	.321	.638	1.8
1917	WS1	AL	126	430	45	87	15	5	0	28	15		33	37	.202	.269	.260	.529	0.8
1918	WS1	AL	120	436	42	112	19	4	1	56	23		31	21	.257	.312	.326	.638	1.7
1919	WS1	AL	135	491	33	122	8	7	1	54	13		25	48	.248	.289	.299	.588	-1.6
1920	WS1	AL	128	444	56	119	16	7	4	37	11	6	29	43	.268	.316	.363	.679	0.4
1921	WS1	AL	154	562	81	170	24	18	7	69	11	10	57	38	.302	.370	.447	.817	4.0
1922	WS1	AL	84	272	35	77	10	9	1	32	6	0	25	25	.283	.352	.397	.749	1.6
1923	BOS	AL	131	464	38	118	19	5	3	57	6	6	19	37	.254	.285	.336	.621	-0.7
1924	BOS	AL	72	193	22	50	16	3	0	25	1	0	21	12	.259	.332	.373	.705	0.3
1925	NYA	AL	66	155	15	40	3	1	1	18	1	0	20	15	.258	.343	.310	.653	0.1
Total			1665	5699	604	1440	211	96	25	620	185	64	415	443	.253	.303	.337	.640	9.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1912	WS1	AL	OF	114	189	14	8	2
1913	WS1	AL	OF	109	207	13	5	3
1914	WS1	AL	OF	139	276	14	14	3
1915	WS1	AL	2B	10	18	21	1	4
1915	WS1	AL	3B	49	57	94	14	10
1915	WS1	AL	OF	80	151	13	3	1
1916	WS1	AL	1B	7	54	2	4	4
1916	WS1	AL	3B	31	45	49	4	3
1916	WS1	AL	OF	88	203	19	3	4
1916	WS1	AL	SS	8	11	22	6	4
1917	WS1	AL	1B	2	18	0	1	2
1917	WS1	AL	OF	26	73	12	2	3
1917	WS1	AL	SS	90	205	255	35	44
1918	WS1	AL	2B	48	130	136	14	20
1918	WS1	AL	3B	3	5	11	1	1
1918	WS1	AL	OF	64	149	7	7	1
1919	WS1	AL	2B	34	72	98	14	8
1919	WS1	AL	OF	6	19	1	1	1
1919	WS1	AL	SS	94	238	260	42	25
1920	WS1	AL	1B	14	112	6	3	6
1920	WS1	AL	2B	5	5	11	2	2
1920	WS1	AL	3B	63	102	131	12	4
1920	WS1	AL	OF	35	74	2	0	0
1920	WS1	AL	SS	1	1	4	0	0
1921	WS1	AL	2B	1	0	0	0	0
1921	WS1	AL	3B	154	218	330	23	35
1922	WS1	AL	3B	54	61	112	15	14
1922	WS1	AL	OF	27	65	3	2	2
1923	BOS	AL	2B	38	92	82	7	18
1923	BOS	AL	3B	83	89	173	17	16
1923	BOS	AL	OF	6	10	1	0	0
1923	BOS	AL	SS	1	1	4	1	0
1924	BOS	AL	1B	2	16	1	0	1
1924	BOS	AL	2B	2	4	1	1	0
1924	BOS	AL	3B	22	37	58	4	9
1924	BOS	AL	OF	4	3	0	0	0
1924	BOS	AL	SS	41	62	75	4	15
1925	NYA	AL	2B	21	32	58	2	11
1925	NYA	AL	3B	26	32	29	4	2
1925	NYA	AL	OF	4	4	0	0	0
Total				1606	3140	2122	276	278

Ejections (6)

Date	As	Reason
1915-07-03	Player	Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
1916-05-29	nalld901
1916-06-08	chilo901
1918-08-17	Player	Interference non-call
1922-07-26	Player	Fair/foul call
1922-07-29	Player	Bench jockeying

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Ejections (6)