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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1876-04-12 · Played 1898–1910 · College: University of Delaware (1897) · Career WAR 63.4 (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
1898	BSN	NL	41	117	9	17	0	0	0	6	0	11	23	.145	.231	.145	.376	-0.8
1899	BSN	NL	41	134	14	29	3	0	0	16	0	4	9	.216	.245	.239	.484	-0.5
1900	BSN	NL	32	88	8	12	2	1	0	11	0	3	10	.136	.174	.182	.356	-0.7
1901	BSN	NL	38	107	8	20	1	1	1	8	1	7	17	.187	.243	.243	.486	-0.1
1902	BSN	NL	52	150	10	23	0	0	0	7	0	9	18	.153	.206	.153	.359	-0.3
1903	BSN	NL	39	128	9	24	3	0	0	8	0	5	22	.188	.218	.211	.429	-0.4
1904	BSN	NL	52	148	9	27	3	0	0	8	0	14	24	.182	.258	.203	.461	0.2
1905	BSN	NL	43	131	12	20	4	0	0	4	0	3	22	.153	.172	.183	.355	-0.4
1906	PIT	NL	41	115	5	20	1	0	0	7	0	6	12	.174	.221	.183	.404	-0.1
1907	PIT	NL	39	103	3	14	0	0	0	4	2	7	15	.136	.191	.136	.327	-0.5
1908	PIT	NL	41	103	9	17	1	0	0	1	0	3	8	.165	.189	.175	.364	-0.2
1909	PIT	NL	39	103	6	14	1	1	0	2	0	7	11	.136	.191	.165	.356	-0.2
1910	SLN	NL	33	66	5	11	0	1	0	2	0	2	8	.167	.191	.197	.388	-0.2
Total			531	1493	107	248	19	4	1	84	3	81	199	.166	.209	.186	.395	-4.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1898	BSN	NL	25	13	41	38	29	1	0	311.0	264	98	5	148	160	2.84	1.325	5.1
1899	BSN	NL	27	8	41	38	35	5	2	342.2	277	95	6	117	120	2.50	1.150	11.1
1900	BSN	NL	10	17	32	29	22	2	0	236.0	258	110	11	106	53	4.19	1.542	1.1
1901	BSN	NL	20	17	38	35	33	6	0	305.1	262	80	6	78	133	2.36	1.114	8.8
1902	BSN	NL	27	20	51	46	45	4	3	410.0	372	100	6	101	225	2.20	1.154	8.0
1903	BSN	NL	12	18	33	32	29	2	0	278.0	256	92	3	88	125	2.98	1.237	6.0
1904	BSN	NL	18	25	43	43	39	2	0	350.0	357	111	7	109	196	2.85	1.331	2.5
1905	BSN	NL	12	29	41	41	36	4	0	342.0	340	122	7	107	149	3.21	1.307	2.9
1906	PIT	NL	23	13	41	36	32	6	1	322.0	295	62	0	76	124	1.73	1.152	8.3
1907	PIT	NL	21	11	39	37	27	6	1	292.2	234	76	4	69	107	2.34	1.035	4.3
1908	PIT	NL	23	11	41	38	25	7	0	304.2	239	70	2	69	97	2.07	1.011	5.0
1909	PIT	NL	22	11	39	35	24	4	1	289.2	243	72	3	83	95	2.24	1.125	4.4
1910	SLN	NL	9	12	33	23	12	1	3	212.0	224	79	6	61	67	3.35	1.344	0.1
Total			249	205	513	471	388	50	11	3996.0	3621	1167	66	1212	1651	2.63	1.209	67.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1898	BSN	NL	P	41		311.0	19	67	11	1
1899	BSN	NL	P	41		343.0	17	81	8	2
1900	BSN	NL	P	32		236.0	10	49	2	0
1901	BSN	NL	P	38		305.0	22	66	3	2
1902	BSN	NL	P	51		410.0	37	105	4	5
1903	BSN	NL	1B	6		59.0	69	5	4	0
1903	BSN	NL	P	33		278.0	13	84	4	1
1904	BSN	NL	1B	6	5	41.0	49	2	1	1
1904	BSN	NL	P	43	43	350.0	39	110	7	5
1905	BSN	NL	P	41	41	342.0	37	115	7	3
1906	PIT	NL	P	41	36	322.0	22	117	8	5
1907	PIT	NL	P	39	37	293.0	17	87	3	2
1908	PIT	NL	P	41	38	305.0	11	87	1	2
1909	PIT	NL	P	39	35	290.0	16	85	5	1
1910	SLN	NL	P	33	23	212.0	11	71	4	0
Total				525	258	4097.0	389	1131	72	30

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

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