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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1888-06-29 · Played 1912–1925 · Career WAR 49.0 (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	DET	AL	23	79	8	27	5	1	0	15	2		5		.342	.388	.430	.818	0.6
1913	DET	AL	137	491	54	132	22	10	0	64	22		53	31	.269	.346	.354	.700	1.3
1914	DET	AL	149	531	56	146	19	14	1	72	20	20	50	29	.275	.341	.369	.710	2.7
1915	DET	AL	152	569	81	178	40	10	3	112	16	19	68	43	.313	.390	.434	.824	4.8
1916	DET	AL	150	566	92	173	33	15	3	91	24	15	52	41	.306	.367	.433	.800	5.0
1917	DET	AL	154	571	79	182	31	12	8	103	21		61	44	.319	.393	.457	.850	6.6
1918	DET	AL	127	499	59	139	21	13	3	78	21		35	23	.279	.331	.391	.722	3.3
1919	DET	AL	139	538	87	191	45	17	3	101	19		33	33	.355	.398	.519	.917	6.8
1920	DET	AL	154	612	92	188	39	15	11	113	11	7	36	22	.307	.353	.474	.827	4.3
1921	DET	AL	150	612	110	207	43	13	16	128	14	10	48	31	.338	.387	.529	.916	5.5
1922	DET	AL	155	618	96	202	34	13	9	126	9	1	42	27	.327	.377	.468	.845	5.0
1923	DET	AL	114	293	45	94	13	3	2	39	10	3	29	21	.321	.388	.406	.794	1.0
1924	BOS	AL	142	519	77	153	35	9	5	99	5	5	47	18	.295	.359	.426	.785	2.0
1925	BOS	AL	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0.1
1925	NYA	AL	56	116	13	41	10	2	0	15	1	4	8	0	.353	.400	.474	.874
1925	WS1	AL	18	37	4	9	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	3	.243	.300	.324	.624
Total			1821	6656	953	2063	393	147	64	1166	195	84	571	367	.310	.364	.442	.806	49.0

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1918	DET	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.0	2	1	0	2	0	4.50	2.000	0.0
Total			0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.0	2	1	0	2	0	4.50	2.000	0.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1912	DET	AL	OF	22	46	5	4	0
1913	DET	AL	OF	135	250	16	24	3
1914	DET	AL	OF	145	282	22	11	6
1915	DET	AL	OF	152	297	19	8	4
1916	DET	AL	OF	150	342	14	12	4
1917	DET	AL	OF	154	356	17	17	5
1918	DET	AL	OF	127	277	14	7	3
1918	DET	AL	P	1	0	0	0	0
1919	DET	AL	OF	138	338	14	12	3
1920	DET	AL	OF	154	357	26	13	4
1921	DET	AL	OF	149	384	21	11	4
1922	DET	AL	OF	154	375	16	7	3
1923	DET	AL	OF	85	127	6	8	0
1924	BOS	AL	OF	130	270	11	13	2
1925	BOS	AL	OF	1	3	0	0	0
1925	NYA	AL	OF	33	38	6	2	1
1925	WS1	AL	OF	11	12	0	1	0
Total				1741	3754	207	150	42

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	1	151	No
1953	Veterans			No
1955	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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