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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1897-04-10 · Played 1917–1926 · Career WAR 32.4 (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
1917	NY1	NL	7	26	5	9	2	3	0	1	1		1	5	.346	.370	.654	1.024	0.5
1918	NY1	NL	121	474	70	143	16	8	1	25	10		44	49	.302	.368	.376	.744	2.8
1919	NY1	NL	130	489	73	152	31	7	2	43	24		51	47	.311	.384	.415	.799	3.7
1920	NY1	NL	153	581	92	204	27	14	6	78	18	18	75	55	.351	.427	.477	.904	6.6
1921	NY1	NL	141	504	90	165	24	16	3	102	21	17	71	47	.327	.411	.456	.867	3.8
1922	NY1	NL	149	559	105	185	34	10	7	86	17	9	55	50	.331	.398	.465	.863	3.9
1923	NY1	NL	152	596	121	200	33	12	3	87	13	19	73	36	.336	.412	.446	.858	3.7
1924	NY1	NL	133	526	112	187	33	12	10	74	11	9	77	31	.356	.441	.521	.962	5.9
1925	NY1	NL	130	500	82	132	24	6	6	53	17	11	66	51	.264	.354	.372	.726	-0.1
1926	NY1	NL	95	372	62	114	12	5	4	43	21		37	19	.306	.372	.398	.770	1.6
Total			1211	4627	812	1491	236	93	42	592	153	83	550	390	.322	.394	.441	.835	32.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1917	NY1	NL	OF	7	16	2	0	1
1918	NY1	NL	2B	7	5	6	1	0
1918	NY1	NL	OF	120	192	16	11	3
1919	NY1	NL	OF	130	235	23	16	7
1920	NY1	NL	OF	153	288	26	22	7
1921	NY1	NL	OF	137	247	16	6	5
1922	NY1	NL	OF	147	280	28	19	6
1923	NY1	NL	OF	152	282	22	13	7
1924	NY1	NL	2B	2	1	2	0	0
1924	NY1	NL	OF	132	236	17	12	4
1925	NY1	NL	2B	3	5	8	3	1
1925	NY1	NL	OF	127	214	23	12	2
1926	NY1	NL	OF	94	170	18	5	5
Total				1211	2171	207	120	48

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1920	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1921	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1922	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1923	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	10	170	No
1937	BBWAA	16	151	No
1938	BBWAA	40	197	No
1939	BBWAA	34	206	No
1942	BBWAA	44	175	No
1945	BBWAA	22	186	No
1946	Nominating Vote	25		No
1947	BBWAA	36	121	No
1948	BBWAA	19	91	No
1949	BBWAA	20	115	No
1949	Run Off	11		No
1950	BBWAA	17	126	No
1951	BBWAA	34	170	No
1952	BBWAA	34	176	No
1953	BBWAA	31	198	No
1954	BBWAA	34	189	No
1955	BBWAA	48	189	No
1956	BBWAA	19	145	No
1957	Veterans			No
1959	Veterans			No
1961	Veterans			No
1962	Veterans			No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			No
1968	Veterans			No
1972	Veterans			Yes

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