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NYM4

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TOR4

KC3

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HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

COL7

DET11

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SF6

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MIN4

LAD3

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HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

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TEX6

ARI2

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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

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ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

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Sep 14, 2026Monday

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CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

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TOR5

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NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

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SF1

STL2

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COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

LAD4

CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

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PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1895-06-03 · Played 1913–1927 · Career WAR 21.0 (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
1913	CLE	AL	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1914	CLE	AL	43		77	5	14	1	1	0	6	3	2	15	8	.182	.323	.221	.544	0.1
1921	DET	AL	119		388	37	119	18	5	0	56	2	1	58	16	.307	.401	.379	.780	3.1
1922	DET	AL	121		372	41	120	14	0	0	41	2	1	62	12	.323	.422	.360	.782	3.0
1923	DET	AL	135		383	45	114	12	3	0	49	2	2	76	13	.298	.414	.345	.759	4.9
1924	DET	AL	124		379	43	131	20	3	1	68	2	1	62	11	.346	.441	.422	.863	4.1
1925	DET	AL	121		344	40	96	19	3	0	52	1	1	74	6	.279	.408	.352	.760	2.0
1926	DET	AL	66		174	20	53	8	1	0	22	0	0	45	6	.305	.447	.362	.809	2.4
1927	DET	AL	81		200	19	57	7	0	0	24	1	0	45	9	.285	.416	.320	.736	1.4
Total			811		2319	250	704	99	16	1	318	13	8	437	81	.304	.414	.361	.775	21.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1913	CLE	AL	C	1			1	0	1	0
1914	CLE	AL	3B	1			0	0	0	0
1914	CLE	AL	C	25			99	42	8	3
1914	CLE	AL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1921	DET	AL	C	114			433	113	14	7
1922	DET	AL	C	118			421	113	11	12
1923	DET	AL	C	128			447	133	7	8
1924	DET	AL	C	122			402	103	11	11
1925	DET	AL	C	118			375	87	8	14
1926	DET	AL	C	63			223	61	0	6
1927	DET	AL	C	67			206	56	7	8
Total				758			2607	708	67	69

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML

Ejections (3)

Date	As	Reason
1926-08-28	Player	Fair/foul call
1938-07-12	Coach	Bench jockeying
1938-08-25	Coach	Bench jockeying