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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1887-11-06 · Played 1907–1927 · Career WAR 168.3 (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
1907	WS1	AL	14	36	3	4	0	1	0	1	0		1	10	.111	.135	.167	.302	-0.2
1908	WS1	AL	36	79	7	13	3	2	0	5	0		6	23	.165	.250	.253	.503	0.5
1909	WS1	AL	40	101	6	13	3	0	1	6	0		1	21	.129	.137	.188	.325	-0.3
1910	WS1	AL	45	137	14	24	6	1	2	12	2		4	34	.175	.199	.277	.476	0.3
1911	WS1	AL	42	128	18	30	5	3	1	15	1		0		.234	.234	.344	.578	0.4
1912	WS1	AL	55	144	16	38	6	4	2	20	2		7		.264	.298	.403	.701	1.1
1913	WS1	AL	54	134	12	35	5	6	2	14	2		5	14	.261	.293	.433	.726	1.4
1914	WS1	AL	55	136	23	30	4	1	3	16	2	1	10	27	.221	.274	.331	.605	1.1
1915	WS1	AL	64	147	14	34	7	4	2	17	0	2	8	34	.231	.276	.374	.650	0.9
1916	WS1	AL	58	142	13	32	2	4	1	7	0		11	28	.225	.286	.317	.603	0.9
1917	WS1	AL	57	130	15	33	12	1	0	15	1		9	30	.254	.312	.362	.674	1.2
1918	WS1	AL	65	150	10	40	4	4	1	18	2		9	18	.267	.321	.367	.688	1.4
1919	WS1	AL	56	125	13	24	1	3	1	8	1		12	17	.192	.263	.272	.535	0.2
1920	WS1	AL	33	64	6	17	1	3	1	7	0	0	3	10	.266	.299	.422	.721	0.4
1921	WS1	AL	38	111	10	30	7	0	0	10	0	0	6	14	.270	.308	.333	.641	0.6
1922	WS1	AL	43	108	8	22	3	0	1	15	0	0	2	12	.204	.218	.259	.477	0.0
1923	WS1	AL	42	93	11	18	3	3	0	13	0	0	4	15	.194	.227	.290	.517	0.0
1924	WS1	AL	39	113	18	32	9	0	1	14	0	0	3	11	.283	.308	.389	.697	0.7
1925	WS1	AL	36	97	12	42	6	1	2	20	0	1	3	6	.433	.455	.577	1.032	1.8
1926	WS1	AL	35	103	6	20	5	0	1	12	0	0	3	11	.194	.217	.272	.489	0.0
1927	WS1	AL	26	46	6	16	2	0	2	10	0	0	3	4	.348	.388	.522	.910	0.7
Total			933	2324	241	547	94	41	24	255	13	4	110	339	.235	.270	.342	.612	13.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1907	WS1	AL	5	9	14	12	11	2	0	110.1	100	23	1	20	71	1.88	1.088	2.8
1908	WS1	AL	14	14	36	30	23	6	1	256.1	194	47	0	53	160	1.65	.964	4.8
1909	WS1	AL	13	25	40	36	27	4	1	296.1	247	73	1	84	164	2.22	1.117	4.1
1910	WS1	AL	25	17	45	42	38	8	1	370.0	262	56	1	76	313	1.36	.914	10.7
1911	WS1	AL	25	13	40	37	36	6	1	322.1	292	68	8	70	207	1.90	1.123	8.6
1912	WS1	AL	33	12	50	37	34	7	2	369.0	259	57	2	76	303	1.39	.908	14.2
1913	WS1	AL	36	7	48	36	29	11	2	346.0	232	44	9	38	243	1.14	.780	15.2
1914	WS1	AL	28	18	51	40	33	9	1	371.2	287	71	3	74	225	1.72	.971	12.0
1915	WS1	AL	27	13	47	39	35	7	4	336.2	258	58	1	56	203	1.55	.933	11.9
1916	WS1	AL	25	20	48	38	36	3	1	369.2	290	78	0	82	228	1.90	1.006	10.3
1917	WS1	AL	23	16	47	34	30	8	3	326.0	248	80	3	68	188	2.21	.969	7.2
1918	WS1	AL	23	13	39	29	29	8	3	326.0	241	46	2	70	162	1.27	.954	10.4
1919	WS1	AL	20	14	39	29	27	7	2	290.1	235	48	0	51	147	1.49	.985	10.8
1920	WS1	AL	8	10	21	15	12	4	3	143.2	135	50	5	27	78	3.13	1.128	2.5
1921	WS1	AL	17	14	35	32	25	1	1	264.0	265	103	7	92	143	3.51	1.352	4.8
1922	WS1	AL	15	16	41	31	23	4	4	280.0	283	93	8	99	105	2.99	1.364	5.4
1923	WS1	AL	17	12	42	34	18	3	4	261.1	263	101	9	73	130	3.48	1.286	4.4
1924	WS1	AL	23	7	38	38	20	6	0	277.2	233	84	10	77	158	2.72	1.116	6.8
1925	WS1	AL	20	7	30	29	16	3	0	229.0	217	78	7	78	108	3.07	1.288	4.9
1926	WS1	AL	15	16	33	33	22	2	0	260.2	259	105	13	73	125	3.63	1.274	3.8
1927	WS1	AL	5	6	18	15	7	1	0	107.2	113	61	7	26	48	5.10	1.291	-0.4
Total			417	279	802	666	531	110	34	5914.2	4913	1424	97	1363	3509	2.17	1.061	155.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1907	WS1	AL	P	14	12	110.0	5	20	3	1
1908	WS1	AL	P	36	30	257.0	4	56	4	3
1909	WS1	AL	P	40	36	297.0	15	73	7	2
1910	WS1	AL	P	45	42	374.0	23	90	6	3
1911	WS1	AL	P	40			14	95	4	8
1912	WS1	AL	P	50			15	93	4	4
1913	WS1	AL	OF	1			1	0	0	0
1913	WS1	AL	P	48			21	82	0	7
1914	WS1	AL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1914	WS1	AL	P	51			30	102	5	6
1915	WS1	AL	OF	4			1	0	0	0
1915	WS1	AL	P	47			22	95	6	7
1916	WS1	AL	P	48			17	72	6	2
1917	WS1	AL	P	47			16	82	0	2
1918	WS1	AL	OF	4			7	1	1	0
1918	WS1	AL	P	39			15	70	1	4
1919	WS1	AL	OF	3			7	0	0	0
1919	WS1	AL	P	39			16	69	1	5
1920	WS1	AL	P	21			5	28	1	0
1921	WS1	AL	P	35			4	51	1	1
1922	WS1	AL	P	41			11	69	0	2
1923	WS1	AL	P	42			13	51	2	7
1924	WS1	AL	P	38			9	53	0	2
1925	WS1	AL	P	30			5	37	0	2
1926	WS1	AL	P	33			11	38	1	1
1927	WS1	AL	P	18			5	25	0	3
Total				815	120	1038.0	292	1352	53	72

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1913	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1913	Most Valuable Player	AL
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1914	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1915	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1915	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1916	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1916	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1917	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1917	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1918	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1918	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1918	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1919	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1919	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1923	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1923	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1924	Pitching Triple Crown	AL
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1924	Most Valuable Player	AL
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1925	TSN All-Star	ML

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