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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1879-12-17 · Played 1903–1917 · College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1900–1902) · Career WAR 20.3 (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
1903	PIT	NL	10	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.190	.261	.190	.451	0.0
1905	WS1	AL	12	32	4	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	.125	.125	.156	.281	-0.2
1906	WS1	AL	40	106	11	18	3	2	1	12	1	6	29	.170	.214	.264	.478	0.2
1907	WS1	AL	33	86	7	12	0	1	0	3	1	3	33	.140	.169	.163	.332	-0.3
1908	WS1	AL	17	27	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.222	.222	.222	.444	-0.1
1908	CLE	AL	8	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.236
1909	CLE	AL	24	52	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	.173	.173	.173	.346	-0.2
1910	CLE	AL	37	82	6	15	1	0	0	4	1	6	25	.183	.247	.195	.442	0.0
1911	CLE	AL	16	40	1	7	1	0	0	4	2	1		.175	.195	.200	.395	-0.2
1913	CLE	AL	39	84	0	10	1	0	0	5	2	9	41	.119	.221	.131	.352	-0.3
1914	IND	FL	49	125	5	21	2	0	0	11	0	11	38	.168	.235	.184	.419	-0.4
1915	NEW	FL	25	57	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	.053	.069	.053	.122	-1.0
1915	BRF	FL	7	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.067	.125	.067	.192
1917	PHA	AL	15	27	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	10	.185	.185	.333	.518	0.0
Total			332	771	49	117	11	4	1	47	7	39	254	.152	.193	.180	.373	-2.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1903	PIT	NL	1	5	10	6	3	0	0	56.0	65	24	0	32	24	3.86	1.732	-1.1
1905	WS1	AL	7	2	12	10	6	2	0	75.1	71	32	1	31	35	3.82	1.354	-0.4
1906	WS1	AL	14	20	40	36	30	2	1	298.2	277	95	1	108	178	2.86	1.289	2.1
1907	WS1	AL	6	17	32	24	17	1	1	233.2	195	61	0	77	108	2.35	1.164	1.6
1908	WS1	AL	6	2	17	8	5	1	0	82.2	70	18	2	21	34	1.96	1.101	0.4
1908	CLE	AL	2	4	8	7	2	0	0	46.1	52	20	1	10	17	3.88	1.338
1909	CLE	AL	10	9	24	18	13	2	0	165.0	135	44	0	50	82	2.40	1.121	2.3
1910	CLE	AL	14	13	37	29	18	3	1	256.2	246	84	3	75	107	2.95	1.251	1.6
1911	CLE	AL	8	5	15	13	7	0	1	106.2	117	39	0	24	46	3.29	1.322	0.7
1913	CLE	AL	23	10	39	36	23	6	0	276.0	238	68	2	88	166	2.22	1.181	7.1
1914	IND	FL	25	16	49	43	33	9	3	377.1	332	93	5	89	236	2.22	1.116	8.7
1915	NEW	FL	9	11	25	21	14	0	1	172.0	175	62	6	47	76	3.24	1.291	0.9
1915	BRF	FL	3	3	7	7	5	1	0	48.0	31	8	1	12	20	1.50	.896
1917	PHA	AL	2	6	15	8	4	0	0	80.2	86	30	1	26	35	3.35	1.388	-1.1
Total			130	123	330	266	180	27	8	2275.0	2090	678	23	690	1164	2.68	1.222	22.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1903	PIT	NL	P	10		56.0	7	21	3	0
1905	WS1	AL	P	12	10	75.0	6	17	2	1
1906	WS1	AL	P	40	36	299.0	12	92	8	3
1907	WS1	AL	P	32	24	234.0	10	82	6	2
1908	WS1	AL	P	17	8	83.0	2	29	0	0
1908	CLE	AL	P	8	7	46.0	1	13	1	0
1909	CLE	AL	P	24	18	165.0	12	61	4	1
1910	CLE	AL	P	37	29	257.0	14	97	4	3
1911	CLE	AL	P	15			4	33	3	1
1913	CLE	AL	P	39			4	68	7	1
1914	IND	FL	P	49			20	113	5	5
1915	NEW	FL	P	25			4	58	3	3
1915	BRF	FL	P	7			2	13	1	1
1917	PHA	AL	P	15			2	30	5	5
Total				330	132	1215.0	100	727	52	26

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	1	151	No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1915-04-13	Player	Bench jockeying