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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1887-12-21 · Played 1912–1930 · College: University of Notre Dame (1910–1912) · Career WAR 36.6 (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	CHN	NL	28	62	3	15	1	1	0	1	2		6	14	.242	.309	.290	.599	-0.2
1913	CHN	NL	49	156	17	35	3	3	4	32	5		5	26	.224	.262	.359	.621	-0.8
1914	CHN	NL	55	94	12	19	2	2	0	5	2		13	13	.202	.312	.266	.578	-0.1
1915	CHN	NL	151	518	59	133	22	6	13	64	15	10	26	49	.257	.305	.398	.703	2.8
1916	CHN	NL	118	405	55	113	19	9	12	66	6		51	64	.279	.372	.459	.831	3.7
1917	CHN	NL	138	468	53	113	22	4	5	42	8		38	78	.241	.308	.338	.646	0.9
1918	PHI	NL	94	351	49	97	14	1	6	39	10		27	30	.276	.337	.373	.710	1.4
1919	PHI	NL	109	435	54	121	21	1	9	39	9		30	43	.278	.335	.393	.728	1.2
1920	PHI	NL	148	590	88	192	36	10	15	72	18	12	32	45	.325	.364	.497	.861	5.9
1921	PHI	NL	146	562	67	180	28	6	18	75	5	15	30	32	.320	.357	.488	.845	2.7
1922	PHI	NL	151	584	98	180	30	6	26	92	11	14	74	49	.308	.392	.514	.906	3.4
1923	PHI	NL	136	535	98	157	22	3	41	114	11	10	59	57	.293	.371	.576	.947	3.0
1924	PHI	NL	148	558	101	183	31	11	24	93	7	12	67	49	.328	.403	.552	.955	4.0
1925	PHI	NL	107	314	78	104	11	5	13	60	4	9	53	34	.331	.435	.522	.957	2.0
1926	PHI	NL	107	336	63	116	13	4	18	53	2		38	35	.345	.418	.568	.986	2.4
1927	PHI	NL	131	492	86	135	18	2	30	98	0		61	57	.274	.365	.502	.867	2.5
1928	PHI	NL	99	238	31	61	9	0	12	37	0		54	34	.256	.400	.445	.845	0.9
1929	PHI	NL	66	65	11	19	2	0	5	21	0		22	9	.292	.471	.554	1.025	0.7
1930	PHI	NL	21	17	1	8	2	0	0	2	0		4	3	.471	.571	.588	1.159	0.2
Total			2002	6780	1024	1981	306	74	251	1005	115	82	690	721	.292	.358	.470	.828	36.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1912	CHN	NL	OF	22	36	3	0	0
1913	CHN	NL	OF	44	77	4	2	0
1914	CHN	NL	OF	27	46	2	3	0
1915	CHN	NL	OF	149	347	14	12	2
1916	CHN	NL	OF	116	260	7	3	0
1917	CHN	NL	OF	136	340	23	15	4
1918	PHI	NL	OF	91	229	10	8	4
1919	PHI	NL	OF	108	278	13	9	2
1920	PHI	NL	OF	147	388	22	12	4
1921	PHI	NL	OF	146	382	29	9	5
1922	PHI	NL	OF	150	376	19	11	2
1923	PHI	NL	OF	135	350	9	7	3
1924	PHI	NL	OF	145	368	13	15	0
1925	PHI	NL	OF	96	173	12	2	3
1926	PHI	NL	OF	93	143	14	6	3
1927	PHI	NL	OF	130	241	22	8	8
1928	PHI	NL	OF	69	118	9	0	0
1929	PHI	NL	OF	11	27	1	1	0
1930	PHI	NL	OF	3	1	0	0	0
Total				1818	4180	226	123	40

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1915	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1916	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1938	BBWAA	1	197	No
1945	BBWAA	1	186	No
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1949	BBWAA	2	115	No
1950	BBWAA	9	126	No
1951	BBWAA	7	170	No
1952	BBWAA	4	176	No
1953	BBWAA	4	198	No
1954	BBWAA	4	189	No
1955	BBWAA	3	189	No
1956	BBWAA	11	145	No
1958	BBWAA	6	200	No
1960	BBWAA	11	202	No
1980	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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