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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1882-11-18 · Played 1906–1920 · College: Colby College (1903–1906) · Career WAR 27.3 (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
1906	PHA	AL	24	67	9	16	2	0	0	3	2		1	15	.239	.261	.269	.530	0.2
1907	PHA	AL	24	48	4	8	0	0	1	4	1		0	15	.167	.167	.229	.396	-0.1
1908	PHA	AL	78	220	24	56	9	5	1	23	6		9	34	.255	.287	.355	.642	0.5
1909	PHA	AL	37	83	4	14	4	0	0	10	1		4	23	.169	.216	.217	.433	0.0
1910	PHA	AL	46	132	20	29	3	0	0	9	3		7	23	.220	.270	.242	.512	0.6
1911	PHA	AL	52	141	31	45	6	1	2	23	5		8		.319	.356	.418	.774	1.7
1912	PHA	AL	56	110	10	28	2	0	0	13	1		14		.255	.344	.273	.617	0.8
1913	PHA	AL	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0.1
1914	PHA	AL	5	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	0.0
1915	BRO	NL	29	75	8	21	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	17	.280	.299	.320	.619	0.5
1916	BRO	NL	27	61	2	11	2	0	0	3	0		2	10	.180	.206	.213	.419	0.0
1917	BRO	NL	32	44	4	10	0	1	0	2	1		4	9	.227	.292	.273	.565	0.2
1918	BRO	NL	46	113	6	19	3	2	0	3	1		7	5	.168	.223	.230	.453	-0.3
1920	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
Total			460	1110	123	261	34	10	4	100	21	2	59	154	.235	.274	.295	.568	4.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1906	PHA	AL	10	10	23	18	13	1	0	173.0	144	48	0	68	90	2.50	1.225	2.5
1907	PHA	AL	6	9	23	17	10	2	2	132.2	109	46	2	64	73	3.12	1.304	0.1
1908	PHA	AL	7	5	26	18	10	4	0	153.0	130	34	1	64	80	2.00	1.268	1.6
1909	PHA	AL	12	11	30	24	18	6	1	205.2	156	53	1	73	97	2.32	1.113	3.1
1910	PHA	AL	31	9	45	38	35	13	1	353.0	248	51	0	115	224	1.30	1.028	9.7
1911	PHA	AL	28	12	47	40	26	1	2	336.2	360	132	8	119	185	3.53	1.423	2.2
1912	PHA	AL	21	10	40	32	23	1	2	262.1	227	96	5	94	120	3.29	1.224	1.1
1913	PHA	AL	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	6	0	6	0	10.13	2.062	-0.5
1914	PHA	AL	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	8	4	0	3	1	4.50	1.375	-0.1
1915	BRO	NL	15	10	29	24	17	2	0	195.2	166	56	1	91	56	2.58	1.313	2.9
1916	BRO	NL	13	8	27	21	10	3	0	159.0	136	47	3	44	47	2.66	1.132	2.3
1917	BRO	NL	7	11	31	14	9	0	0	141.0	147	62	7	49	34	3.96	1.390	-1.1
1918	BRO	NL	8	14	27	20	16	2	0	189.0	191	80	10	49	44	3.81	1.270	-0.7
1920	DET	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	2	0	2	1	3.18	1.588	0.0
Total			158	110	354	270	187	35	8	2320.0	2034	717	38	841	1052	2.78	1.239	23.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1906	PHA	AL	P	23	18	173.0	16	42	2	4
1907	PHA	AL	P	23	17	133.0	9	37	1	2
1908	PHA	AL	1B	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
1908	PHA	AL	OF	47	45	409.0	92	6	1	3
1908	PHA	AL	P	26	18	153.0	13	42	3	1
1909	PHA	AL	P	30	24	206.0	12	60	2	2
1910	PHA	AL	P	45	38	353.0	19	77	1	2
1911	PHA	AL	P	47			24	71	9	3
1912	PHA	AL	P	40			16	66	0	4
1913	PHA	AL	P	2			1	0	1	0
1914	PHA	AL	OF	2			4	0	0	0
1914	PHA	AL	P	2			0	1	0	0
1915	BRO	NL	P	29			17	31	1	2
1916	BRO	NL	P	27			7	15	0	1
1917	BRO	NL	P	31			8	26	1	1
1918	BRO	NL	OF	13			11	0	1	0
1918	BRO	NL	P	27			9	41	2	0
1920	DET	AL	P	2			0	1	0	0
Total				417	160	1434.0	258	516	25	25

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	2	151	No
1938	BBWAA	2	197	No
1946	Nominating Vote	2		No
1948	BBWAA	2	91	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1953	Veterans			No
1955	Veterans			No
1957	Veterans			No
1959	Veterans			No
1961	Veterans			No
1962	Veterans			No
1963	Veterans			No
1971	Veterans			No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1919-06-02	Manager	Balls and strikes