Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1915... Had first career hit on 4/14/1915, off Rip Vowinkel (BRO)... Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1916, off Jeff Pfeffer (NY1)... Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1916, hitting .481 with 0 HR, 4 RBI... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/27/1916... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1916, hitting .413 with 1 HR, 13 RBI... 2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration... 6/1/1918: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years. Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 8/18/1919... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1919, hitting .438 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1920, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 23 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 1920, hitting .349 with 7 HR, 112 RBI... 4/13/1921: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $7,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/1921... Won Player of the Week award on 8/15/1921, hitting .452 with 0 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1921, hitting .434 with 3 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1922, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 3 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1922, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1922, hitting .458 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1922, hitting .395 with 7 HR, 30 RBI... Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 9/3/1922... Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (N) on 4/28/1924... Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1924, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Injured on 6/25/1924 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Chicago (A) on 2/14/1925 (Going to PHI: 1B Vic Saier, 3B Pie Traynor, P Dutch Ruether, P Willie Foster, 1B Harry McCurdy. Going to CHA: P Jesse Haines, 1B George Si sler)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/25/1925, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1925, hitting .609 with 1 HR, 4 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1925, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 18 RBI... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/1925... Had 2000th career hit on 8/21/1925, off Oscar Tuero (PHA)... Sets a new season AL-Record for Hits with 212 on 9/27/1925... 6/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years. Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1926, hitting .330 with 1 HR, 17 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/1926, hitting .550 with 0 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/1926, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/6/1926... Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/1927, hitting .484 with 1 HR, 11 RBI... Traded from Chicago (A) to Chicago (N) on 7/1/1928 (Going to CHN: 1B George Sisler. Going to CHA: RF Homer Peel, SS Ed Montague, 2B Andy Harrington)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1928, hitting .552 with 2 HR, 3 RBI... 6/1/1929: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $2,600,000 per year, for 3 years. Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1929...
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