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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1868-12-04 · Played 1890–1905 · Career WAR 60.6 (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
1890	NY1	NL	101	401	67	124	23	13	4	60	14	33	52	.309	.366	.461	.827	2.2
1891	CL4	NL	40	167	29	45	7	4	0	13	1	23	19	.269	.358	.359	.717	0.3
1892	CL4	NL	145	608	119	167	15	14	6	66	36	67	59	.275	.348	.375	.723	2.6
1893	CL4	NL	125	511	145	178	25	15	6	82	39	98	23	.348	.459	.491	.950	3.9
1894	CL4	NL	125	523	138	187	27	14	8	94	28	84	27	.358	.447	.509	.956	3.3
1895	CL4	NL	132	555	153	225	22	13	5	83	41	74	32	.405	.482	.519	1.001	5.3
1896	CL4	NL	133	586	160	240	27	16	6	72	34	49	19	.410	.461	.541	1.002	5.3
1897	CL4	NL	127	517	129	198	28	7	2	60	28	76	25	.383	.468	.476	.944	4.2
1898	CL4	NL	150	624	114	213	18	9	0	42	19	69	30	.341	.415	.399	.814	4.4
1899	SLN	NL	141	558	116	221	21	8	7	71	25	67	23	.396	.463	.500	.963	6.2
1900	SLN	NL	141	559	88	203	11	15	7	68	32	62	35	.363	.429	.474	.903	5.6
1901	SLN	NL	142	601	142	226	20	15	10	75	27	59	70	.376	.440	.509	.949	7.2
1902	SLA	AL	138	553	97	169	29	9	5	52	23	71	25	.306	.390	.418	.808	3.9
1903	SLA	AL	132	515	73	151	20	7	3	40	17	52	47	.293	.361	.377	.738	2.7
1904	SLA	AL	147	575	72	156	15	10	2	27	12	78	64	.271	.363	.343	.706	4.0
1905	BOS	AL	148	573	78	147	12	13	4	47	13	67	63	.257	.339	.344	.683	2.6
Total			2067	8426	1720	2850	320	182	75	952	389	1029	613	.338	.410	.446	.856	63.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1890	NY1	NL	3	10	21	14	6	118.0	134	73	3	92	82	5.57	1.915	-3.0
1894	CL4	NL	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	6	2	0	1	0	4.50	1.750	0.1
1902	SLA	AL	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	4	1	0	1	2	9.00	5.000	-0.2
Total			3	11	23	14	6	123.0	144	76	3	94	84	5.56	1.935	-3.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1890	NY1	NL	OF	90		839.0	108	23	28	4
1890	NY1	NL	P	21		118.0	2	33	3	1
1891	CL4	NL	OF	40		347.0	53	5	7	1
1892	CL4	NL	OF	145		1278.0	271	20	31	7
1893	CL4	NL	OF	125		1109.0	239	19	46	5
1894	CL4	NL	OF	125		1079.0	242	17	24	5
1894	CL4	NL	P	1		4.0	0	0	0	0
1895	CL4	NL	OF	132		1162.0	273	17	38	4
1896	CL4	NL	OF	133		1192.0	269	18	23	4
1897	CL4	NL	OF	127		1083.0	226	18	13	3
1898	CL4	NL	OF	150		1289.0	268	17	19	3
1899	SLN	NL	2B	1		10.0	2	3	2	0
1899	SLN	NL	OF	140		1214.0	296	20	21	3
1900	SLN	NL	OF	141		1213.0	337	17	25	6
1901	SLN	NL	OF	142		1266.0	307	17	27	4
1902	SLA	AL	3B	1		9.0	1	2	0	1
1902	SLA	AL	OF	137		1218.0	300	17	26	5
1902	SLA	AL	P	1		1.0	0	0	0	0
1902	SLA	AL	SS	1		2.0	0	1	0	0
1903	SLA	AL	OF	132		1155.0	230	10	15	4
1904	SLA	AL	OF	147	147	1325.0	266	24	18	4
1905	BOS	AL	OF	148	148	1315.0	276	11	22	0
Total				2080	295	18228.0	3966	309	388	64

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	Veterans	1	59	No
1937	BBWAA	1	151	No
1938	BBWAA	2	197	No
1942	BBWAA	4	175	No
1945	BBWAA	2	186	No
1946	Nominating Vote	2		No
1946	Old Timers			Yes

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