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Bats: R · Throws: L · Born 1876-10-13 · Played 1897–1910 · College: Volant College (1897) · Career WAR 58.1 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1897	LS3	NL	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1899	LS3	NL	10	34	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	7	.235	.235	.294	.529	-0.1
1900	PIT	NL	30	81	6	14	2	3	0	9	1	0	15	.173	.183	.272	.455	-0.4
1901	PIT	NL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.5
1901	CHN	NL	30	98	16	25	3	3	2	14	2	2	22	.255	.270	.408	.678
1902	PHA	AL	34	112	8	32	6	2	1	18	1	4	17	.286	.310	.402	.712	0.6
1903	PHA	AL	39	115	4	14	2	0	0	6	0	3	36	.122	.151	.139	.290	-0.8
1904	PHA	AL	46	139	6	17	3	0	0	6	0	6	37	.122	.164	.144	.308	-0.8
1905	PHA	AL	46	116	4	20	3	1	0	10	0	4	34	.172	.200	.216	.416	-0.1
1906	PHA	AL	43	86	5	14	1	1	0	3	2	8	32	.163	.242	.198	.440	-0.1
1907	PHA	AL	44	101	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	4	38	.119	.152	.139	.291	-0.6
1908	SLA	AL	43	91	4	10	4	0	1	8	0	8	35	.110	.190	.187	.377	-0.1
1909	SLA	AL	31	75	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	23	.067	.103	.080	.183	-0.6
1910	SLA	AL	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	0.0
Total			410	1066	61	172	29	10	4	83	6	42	300	.161	.193	.219	.412	-2.6

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1897	LS3	NL	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	14.0	17	5	0	6	5	3.21	1.643	0.4
1899	LS3	NL	7	2	10	9	9	1	1	79.0	69	27	4	14	44	3.08	1.051	1.7
1900	PIT	NL	8	13	29	22	16	2	0	208.2	176	55	3	55	130	2.37	1.107	3.8
1901	PIT	NL	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.2	10	8	0	9	4	9.39	2.478	2.4
1901	CHN	NL	14	14	29	28	26	0	0	243.2	239	76	5	66	168	2.81	1.252
1902	PHA	AL	24	7	33	27	26	3	0	276.1	224	63	7	64	210	2.05	1.042	9.1
1903	PHA	AL	21	16	39	38	34	4	0	324.0	274	88	3	85	302	2.44	1.108	8.3
1904	PHA	AL	25	19	46	46	39	8	0	383.0	307	69	5	91	349	1.62	1.039	11.3
1905	PHA	AL	27	10	46	34	27	7	0	328.2	231	54	5	90	287	1.48	.977	9.4
1906	PHA	AL	15	17	43	34	22	8	0	272.2	221	67	1	92	196	2.21	1.148	5.6
1907	PHA	AL	19	13	44	33	20	7	0	284.2	234	68	2	73	232	2.15	1.078	2.5
1908	SLA	AL	19	14	43	36	25	5	3	285.2	223	60	0	90	232	1.89	1.096	3.3
1909	SLA	AL	11	14	31	28	16	5	0	220.1	204	58	1	57	141	2.37	1.185	3.2
1910	SLA	AL	3	1	10	2	0	0	1	33.0	31	13	1	11	16	3.55	1.273	-0.3
Total			193	143	407	340	261	50	5	2961.1	2460	711	37	803	2316	2.16	1.102	60.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1897	LS3	NL	P	2		14.0	0	4	0	0
1899	LS3	NL	P	10		79.0	4	14	2	1
1900	PIT	NL	P	29		209.0	12	49	5	1
1901	PIT	NL	P	2		8.0	0	4	1	0
1901	CHN	NL	1B	1		5.0	6	0	0	1
1901	CHN	NL	P	29		244.0	32	62	4	0
1902	PHA	AL	P	33		276.0	15	64	7	1
1903	PHA	AL	P	39		324.0	17	77	7	3
1904	PHA	AL	P	46	46	383.0	27	105	9	2
1905	PHA	AL	P	46	34	329.0	13	89	15	3
1906	PHA	AL	P	43	34	273.0	15	64	6	0
1907	PHA	AL	P	44	33	285.0	17	67	12	3
1908	SLA	AL	P	43	36	286.0	5	79	10	1
1909	SLA	AL	P	31	28	220.0	13	56	11	1
1910	SLA	AL	P	10	2	33.0	0	6	2	0
Total				408	213	2968.0	176	740	91	17

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1905	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

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