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MIA14

LAA6

BOS4

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ARI2

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CWS2

CHC6

MIL8

CIN1

LAD14

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ATL3

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NYY6

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PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

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STL7

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TEX1

ARI9

SD7

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Sep 12, 2026Saturday

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PIT3

CHC4

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LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

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CLE3

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MIA4

HOU2

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TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

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BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

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MIA6

CLE9

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MIL3

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STL3

PIT4

CHC3

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ATH8

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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1902-04-13 · Played 1927–1937 · College: University of Tennessee (1921–1923) · Career WAR 14.8 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1927	NY1	NL	5		8	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	0.0
1928	NY1	NL	7		4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0
1928	BSN	NL	22		29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.172	.172	.172	.344
1929	BSN	NL	27		50	5	9	3	0	0	5	0		4	5	.180	.241	.240	.481	0.0
1930	BSN	NL	34		63	4	19	1	1	0	5	0		0	7	.302	.302	.349	.651	0.2
1931	BSN	NL	40		57	7	13	1	0	0	2	0		0	7	.228	.228	.246	.474	0.0
1932	BSN	NL	37		50	3	14	0	0	0	4	0		1	3	.280	.294	.280	.574	0.3
1933	BSN	NL	49		85	9	12	2	1	0	7	0		4	10	.141	.180	.188	.368	-0.1
1934	BSN	NL	29		43	5	12	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.279	.279	.279	.558	0.2
1935	BSN	NL	41		67	4	19	1	0	0	2	0		2	8	.284	.304	.299	.603	0.5
1936	BSN	NL	35		41	3	8	0	0	0	0	1		0	5	.195	.195	.195	.390	0.1
1937	NY1	NL	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		1.000			0.0
1937	BRO	NL	13		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334
Total			340		503	46	116	9	2	0	31	1		12	57	.231	.249	.256	.505	1.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1927	NY1	NL	1	1	5	2	1	0	0	19.2	26	9	1	2	6	4.12	1.424	0.2
1928	NY1	NL	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	18.1	20	9	1	4	0	4.42	1.309	-0.8
1928	BSN	NL	3	3	22	9	3	0	0	90.0	112	51	7	36	18	5.10	1.644
1929	BSN	NL	4	13	27	20	8	0	2	157.0	171	78	11	52	25	4.47	1.420	1.3
1930	BSN	NL	9	15	31	21	10	0	2	173.1	213	94	15	45	43	4.88	1.488	2.5
1931	BSN	NL	7	9	33	16	9	2	2	156.1	160	63	4	34	32	3.63	1.241	2.1
1932	BSN	NL	13	11	37	9	3	1	5	146.0	133	48	6	33	33	2.96	1.137	3.0
1933	BSN	NL	20	10	40	29	18	2	2	254.2	242	74	12	54	57	2.62	1.162	2.8
1934	BSN	NL	5	11	27	19	6	1	5	143.1	163	69	8	34	45	4.33	1.374	-0.8
1935	BSN	NL	4	25	39	24	13	0	0	210.2	235	108	15	44	34	4.61	1.324	1.1
1936	BSN	NL	9	9	34	12	4	0	2	133.1	127	45	8	35	42	3.04	1.215	2.3
1937	NY1	NL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	1	1	1	9.00	1.750	-0.1
1937	BRO	NL	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	27.1	32	14	1	8	12	4.61	1.463
Total			76	108	316	163	75	6	21	1534.0	1640	666	90	382	348	3.91	1.318	13.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1927	NY1	NL	P	5			2	2	0	0
1928	NY1	NL	P	7			2	7	0	0
1928	BSN	NL	P	22			5	27	3	1
1929	BSN	NL	P	27			12	53	4	5
1930	BSN	NL	P	31			13	50	1	9
1931	BSN	NL	P	33			7	49	3	2
1932	BSN	NL	P	37			12	43	1	6
1933	BSN	NL	P	40			12	77	1	3
1934	BSN	NL	P	27			8	40	3	1
1935	BSN	NL	P	39			12	54	1	4
1936	BSN	NL	P	34			9	44	2	2
1937	NY1	NL	P	1			0	2	0	0
1937	BRO	NL	P	13			1	15	0	0
Total				316			95	463	19	33

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL