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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1888-06-16 · Played 1910–1918 · Career WAR 1.4 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=kirkeja01, LAHMAN=kirkeja01, MLBAM=117118, RETROSHEET=kirkj101

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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
1910	DET	AL	8	25	3	5	1	0	0	3	1		1	7	.200	.231	.240	.471	-0.2
1911	BSN	NL	20	89	9	32	5	5	0	12	3		2	6	.360	.380	.528	.908	0.4
1912	BSN	NL	103	359	53	115	11	4	4	62	7		9	46	.320	.339	.407	.746	-0.2
1913	BSN	NL	18	38	3	9	2	0	0	3	0		1	6	.237	.293	.289	.582	-0.1
1914	CLE	AL	67	242	18	66	10	2	1	25	5	10	7	30	.273	.296	.343	.639	0.0
1915	CLE	AL	87	339	35	105	19	2	2	40	5	6	14	21	.310	.346	.395	.741	1.8
1918	NY1	NL	17	56	1	14	1	0	0	3	0		1	3	.250	.263	.268	.531	-0.3
Total			320	1148	122	346	49	13	7	148	21	16	35	119	.301	.322	.385	.707	1.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1910	DET	AL	2B	7	7	57.0	16	17	3	1
1910	DET	AL	OF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0
1911	BSN	NL	1B	3			34	0	2	1
1911	BSN	NL	2B	1			2	3	0	1
1911	BSN	NL	3B	1			3	1	0	0
1911	BSN	NL	OF	14			24	2	2	0
1911	BSN	NL	SS	1			5	5	0	0
1912	BSN	NL	1B	1			9	0	0	2
1912	BSN	NL	3B	14			28	23	6	2
1912	BSN	NL	OF	72			118	22	15	2
1912	BSN	NL	SS	2			4	0	2	0
1913	BSN	NL	OF	13			19	5	2	0
1914	CLE	AL	1B	18			162	12	2	9
1914	CLE	AL	OF	42			73	3	2	1
1915	CLE	AL	1B	87			886	52	13	37
1918	NY1	NL	1B	16			165	12	4	7
Total				293	8	65.0	1548	157	53	63

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1914-08-01	Player	Called third strike

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