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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1860-03-05 · Played 1885–1906 · Career WAR 44.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1885	DTN	NL	63		254	58	77	11	9	7	44			16	22	.303	.344	.500	.844	2.4
1886	DTN	NL	122		503	101	156	18	13	8	89	13		35	31	.310	.355	.445	.800	4.1
1887	DTN	NL	127		545	118	203	29	23	10	166	22		32	19	.372	.416	.565	.981	5.3
1888	DTN	NL	56		238	51	67	10	8	6	40	5		23	10	.282	.352	.466	.818	1.8
1889	PHI	NL	128		533	103	158	36	4	20	111	24		36	22	.296	.348	.492	.840	1.6
1890	PHI	NL	132		549	116	172	41	9	4	102	25		42	29	.313	.371	.443	.814	2.8
1891	PHI	NL	133		554	108	163	23	10	7	90	29		52	20	.294	.363	.410	.773	3.6
1892	PHI	NL	153		609	109	186	28	11	9	104	28		59	19	.305	.377	.432	.809	4.7
1893	PHI	NL	131		600	130	222	37	13	11	126	18		50	17	.370	.424	.530	.954	4.2
1894	PHI	NL	102		451	114	187	32	28	13	149	27		42	13	.415	.466	.696	1.162	5.2
1895	PHI	NL	119		538	131	211	45	21	18	165	27		31	11	.392	.430	.654	1.084	6.0
1896	PHI	NL	119		517	103	154	28	7	12	100	12		28	13	.298	.341	.449	.790	2.0
1897	PHI	NL	3		13	2	3	0	1	0	3	0		1	2	.231	.286	.385	.671	0.0
1898	PHI	NL	14		63	14	22	5	3	1	15	2		4	1	.349	.388	.571	.959	0.7
1906	DET	AL	8		31	3	7	0	1	0	4	0		1	5	.226	.250	.290	.540	-0.1
Total			1410		5998	1261	1988	343	161	126	1308	232		452	234	.331	.378	.505	.884	44.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1885	DTN	NL	OF	63		549.0	84	24	14	0
1886	DTN	NL	OF	122		1076.0	194	29	13	11
1887	DTN	NL	OF	127		1088.0	217	24	24	7
1888	DTN	NL	OF	56		506.0	86	4	12	0
1889	PHI	NL	OF	128		1121.0	173	19	21	7
1890	PHI	NL	OF	132		1189.0	170	29	13	5
1891	PHI	NL	OF	133		1187.0	234	32	18	6
1892	PHI	NL	OF	153		1369.0	223	28	17	7
1893	PHI	NL	1B	1		7.0	7	0	1	0
1893	PHI	NL	OF	131		1132.0	171	17	14	3
1894	PHI	NL	OF	102		840.0	161	12	5	2
1895	PHI	NL	OF	118		996.0	186	31	13	2
1896	PHI	NL	OF	119		1028.0	231	28	7	11
1897	PHI	NL	OF	3		27.0	4	1	1	0
1898	PHI	NL	OF	14		110.0	19	5	0	0
1906	DET	AL	OF	8	8	72.0	14	0	0	0
Total				1410	8	12297.0	2174	283	173	61

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1953	Veterans			No
1955	Veterans			No
1957	Veterans			No
1959	Veterans			No
1961	Veterans			No
1962	Veterans			No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			No
1974	Veterans			Yes