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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1893-01-31 · Played 1914–1929 · Career WAR 34.8 (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
1914	DET	AL	137	478	55	139	22	5	5	57	23	13	32	56	.291	.351	.389	.740	3.4
1915	DET	AL	105	392	49	99	18	3	5	50	9	3	22	51	.253	.301	.352	.653	0.9
1916	DET	AL	135	479	60	137	22	6	4	73	12		22	30	.286	.327	.382	.709	2.0
1917	DET	AL	119	407	42	92	14	10	1	40	3		15	33	.226	.264	.317	.581	0.2
1918	PHA	AL	130	505	61	178	22	9	6	70	8		23	25	.352	.390	.467	.857	5.7
1919	PHA	AL	126	470	63	139	29	9	8	57	15		19	18	.296	.339	.447	.786	2.0
1920	PHA	AL	22	60	1	14	3	0	1	7	4	0	6	7	.233	.313	.333	.646	0.1
1920	CLE	AL	44	56	7	15	4	1	0	13	1	0	4	3	.268	.339	.375	.714
1921	CLE	AL	84	244	52	88	21	4	0	49	3	1	13	19	.361	.398	.480	.878	1.8
1922	BOS	AL	147	558	71	171	32	5	12	73	8	2	20	28	.306	.341	.446	.787	2.4
1923	BOS	AL	146	551	91	181	47	5	7	82	9	7	45	33	.328	.386	.470	.856	4.1
1924	CLE	AL	129	462	64	143	37	5	4	68	14	5	29	27	.310	.370	.437	.807	2.4
1925	CLE	AL	127	488	69	164	41	4	6	79	16	11	24	24	.336	.371	.473	.844	2.4
1926	CLE	AL	151	603	97	216	64	3	4	114	13	7	28	33	.358	.394	.494	.888	5.2
1927	CLE	AL	140	549	84	175	51	2	3	78	13	11	42	27	.319	.375	.435	.810	2.3
1928	CLE	AL	82	209	29	52	12	1	5	30	2	3	17	11	.249	.323	.388	.711	0.1
1928	NYA	AL	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1929	NYA	AL	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1929	PHA	AL	29	49	5	13	5	0	1	11	1	0	2	3	.265	.294	.429	.723
Total			1866	6573	901	2018	444	72	72	951	154	63	363	433	.307	.343	.429	.773	34.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1914	DET	AL	1B	137	1579	79	30	72
1915	DET	AL	1B	104	1155	57	17	65
1916	DET	AL	1B	124	1355	54	22	71
1917	DET	AL	1B	104	1127	57	12	44
1918	PHA	AL	1B	128	1384	104	26	109
1918	PHA	AL	OF	2	5	0	1	0
1919	PHA	AL	1B	86	918	71	20	44
1919	PHA	AL	OF	34	53	4	4	2
1920	PHA	AL	OF	13	20	3	1	0
1920	CLE	AL	1B	12	84	9	2	1
1920	CLE	AL	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1921	CLE	AL	1B	73	534	41	6	40
1922	BOS	AL	1B	140	1412	94	20	103
1923	BOS	AL	1B	146	1485	92	16	103
1924	CLE	AL	1B	127	1227	110	18	85
1925	CLE	AL	1B	126	1195	82	14	94
1926	CLE	AL	1B	151	1499	99	19	122
1927	CLE	AL	1B	139	1362	102	15	111
1928	CLE	AL	1B	53	470	38	8	44
1928	NYA	AL	1B	2	7	0	0	0
1929	PHA	AL	1B	19	99	5	0	9
Total				1721	16970	1101	251	1119

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1926	Most Valuable Player	AL
1926	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Inducted
1982	Veterans	No
2003	Veterans - Players	No
2005	Veterans - Players	No
2007	Veterans - Players	No

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