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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
9	4590	.278	.358	.377	.000	0

Birth Date	1-15-1891
Height	5' 10"
Weight	170 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
1912	CLE	21	31	132	109	29	34	6	3	0	46	10		1	12	19	10	5	.312	.375	.422	.000
1913	CLE	22	141	601	508	78	131	19	7	3	173	46	51	2	45	39	29		.258	.322	.341	.000
1914	CLE	23	106	442	375	59	103	16	10	2	145	48	48	1	18	42	24	9	.275	.358	.387	.000
1915	CLE	24	154	669	570	101	154	14	17	3	211	70	82	3	26	67	36	15	.270	.353	.370	.000
1916	CLE	25	109	437	346	50	80	10	5	0	100	50	46	1	40	27	21	14	.231	.330	.289	.000
1917	CLE	26	156	691	563	98	170	28	13	2	230	61	65	0	67	36	52		.302	.370	.409	.000
1918	CLE	27	128	571	446	84	119	19	8	1	157	84	46	6	35	32	35		.267	.390	.352	.000
1919	CLE	28	115	517	433	75	130	23	10	3	182	31	38	3	50	53	18		.300	.351	.420	.000
1920	CLE	29	111	530	435	97	132	27	8	3	184	52	38	2	41	49	13	9	.303	.380	.423	.000
Career			1051	4590	3785	671	1053	162	81	17	1428	452	414	19	334	364	238	52	.278	.358	.377	.000

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP
1912	CLE	MLB	31	132	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1913	CLE	MLB	141	601	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1914	CLE	MLB	106	442	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1915	CLE	MLB	154	669	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1916	CLE	MLB	109	437	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1917	CLE	MLB	156	691	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1918	CLE	MLB	128	571	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1919	CLE	MLB	115	517	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1920	CLE	MLB	111	530	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		MLB		4590	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv
1912	CLE	MLB	132	29	34	6	3	0	19	10		10	5	.312	.375	.422	.110	.000
1913	CLE	MLB	601	78	131	19	7	3	39	46	51	29		.258	.322	.341	.083	.000
1914	CLE	MLB	442	59	103	16	10	2	42	48	48	24	9	.275	.358	.387	.112	.000
1915	CLE	MLB	669	101	154	14	17	3	67	70	82	36	15	.270	.353	.370	.100	.000
1916	CLE	MLB	437	50	80	10	5	0	27	50	46	21	14	.231	.330	.289	.058	.000
1917	CLE	MLB	691	98	170	28	13	2	36	61	65	52		.302	.370	.409	.107	.000
1918	CLE	MLB	571	84	119	19	8	1	32	84	46	35		.267	.390	.352	.085	.000
1919	CLE	MLB	517	75	130	23	10	3	53	31	38	18		.300	.351	.420	.120	.000
1920	CLE	MLB	530	97	132	27	8	3	49	52	38	13	9	.303	.380	.423	.120	.000

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: 10 Most Disappointing Career-Ending Injuries	Baseball Prospectus	2012-05-09
The BP Broadside: My Seven Days of Nervous Baseball and Other Stories	Steven Goldman	2012-02-01
The BP Wayback Machine: Beautiful Theories and Ugly Facts	Dan Fox	2011-08-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: I Saw 'em When, Part 2	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-08
Watch Your Head!: New Technology Can Prevent Concussions	Mark Smith	2010-05-28
You Could Look It Up: A Guide to the New Veterans Committee Ballot, Part 1	Clay Davenport	2008-08-26
You Could Look It Up: A Guide to the New Veterans Committee Ballot, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2008-08-26
Under The Knife: Tragedy	Will Carroll	2007-07-24
Prospectus Q&A: Dan Levitt	David Laurila	2007-04-29
Schrodinger's Bat: Age Before Beauty	Dan Fox	2007-02-15
You Could Look It Up: Getting Your Head Examined in Toronto	Steven Goldman	2006-08-31
Schrodinger's Bat: Strike Zones, Trilobites, and a Vicious Cycle	Dan Fox	2006-05-11
Schrodinger's Bat: Beautiful Theories and Ugly Facts	Dan Fox	2006-05-04
Under The Knife: An All-Star Comes to Indy	Will Carroll	2005-04-08
Teams: A Critical Guide: Dylan Thomas...Whoever He Was...Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-09-09
Prospectus Today: Nine Games	Joe Sheehan	2004-06-14

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-10-20 13:00:00	I think the problem with the deadball era is that it's a completely different game. Offensive and defensive have ebbed and flowed throughout the years but different factors thereof still had similar relative values. It's hard to make sense of an era where scoring was way down, averages were way up, power meant triples, everyone stole at a 50% clip and usage and equipment changes since mean contemporary pitching is almost irrelevant as a comparison point. The sixties are a distant, distant second place in the whole "no rational frame of reference" game. And I say this as someone whose loved the era ever since you recommended Crazy 08 and The Glory of Their Times to me at the Boston book signing! (jackalltogether from Boston)	Glad you took me up on those books. There are some really good ones. I also like "The Pitch that Killed," about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays... For me, history, even baseball history, is all about people and their high and low moments, their heroism, their villainy, the fact that they succeeded and failed just like you and me. The challenge as a writer is to bring them to life as people, not just stats. That's what I try to do, though it's sometimes a little difficult in the context of a 1500-word column. Also, even though all the differences you point out are true, a lot of the team-building and strategic problems are relateable. If I ask you to choose between PH A and PH B in a World Series game, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of each, we can second-guess along whether we're talking about Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker or Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay. (Steven Goldman)

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