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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1889-11-24 · Played 1911–1925 · Career WAR 39.2 (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
1911	NY1	NL	6	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	-0.4
1912	NY1	NL	29	51	11	15	4	0	0	3	7		8	8	.294	.400	.373	.773	-0.1
1913	NY1	NL	150	605	81	173	37	4	2	54	40		58	74	.286	.352	.370	.722	1.8
1914	NY1	NL	154	561	100	170	35	10	3	60	62		89	53	.303	.403	.417	.820	6.4
1915	NY1	NL	155	622	83	169	27	14	3	51	27	20	56	57	.272	.333	.375	.708	2.0
1916	NY1	NL	155	623	105	174	24	8	5	41	37	26	63	47	.279	.346	.368	.714	3.1
1917	NY1	NL	152	597	103	180	25	13	5	45	40		75	55	.302	.380	.412	.792	6.2
1918	NY1	NL	119	465	80	135	22	6	4	51	40		43	37	.290	.354	.389	.743	4.3
1919	NY1	NL	139	534	86	162	30	9	2	46	40		82	37	.303	.396	.404	.800	4.8
1920	NY1	NL	154	631	115	181	35	9	6	46	22	22	76	48	.287	.365	.399	.764	4.7
1921	NY1	NL	149	605	111	181	28	9	4	61	19	20	80	24	.299	.386	.395	.781	3.0
1922	CIN	NL	156	631	104	180	20	10	1	53	30	23	78	38	.285	.366	.353	.719	1.4
1923	CIN	NL	154	614	99	168	27	13	3	45	12	14	101	46	.274	.376	.375	.751	2.1
1924	CIN	NL	93	336	43	86	19	2	2	33	3	6	29	21	.256	.315	.342	.657	0.0
1925	PHI	NL	88	349	65	102	29	1	1	22	4	8	33	20	.292	.353	.390	.743	-0.1
Total			1853	7241	1188	2077	362	108	41	611	383	139	872	565	.287	.363	.384	.747	39.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1911	NY1	NL	OF	6	7	0	0	0
1912	NY1	NL	OF	23	24	3	0	1
1913	NY1	NL	OF	150	321	22	13	1
1914	NY1	NL	OF	154	326	19	18	5
1915	NY1	NL	OF	155	278	13	12	4
1916	NY1	NL	OF	155	289	19	12	3
1917	NY1	NL	OF	152	325	16	9	4
1918	NY1	NL	OF	119	292	10	11	1
1919	NY1	NL	OF	139	290	15	3	4
1920	NY1	NL	OF	154	336	11	6	5
1921	NY1	NL	3B	1	0	1	0	0
1921	NY1	NL	OF	149	360	16	11	2
1922	CIN	NL	OF	156	386	20	10	3
1923	CIN	NL	OF	154	327	11	14	3
1924	CIN	NL	OF	90	168	13	7	4
1925	PHI	NL	OF	88	189	9	2	2
Total				1845	3918	198	128	42

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1917	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1918	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1919	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	3	151	No
1938	BBWAA	3	197	No
1939	BBWAA	1	206	No
1949	BBWAA	1	115	No
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

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