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Birdie
Cree		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 170
 
Born: October 23, 1882 in Usa, PA, KHEDIVE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1911   
Gold Glove Award 1910    1911    1915   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1908 25 WS1 AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1909 26 WS1 AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1910 27 WS1 AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1911 28 WAS AL $ 3,014,286   7 7 8 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 5 10 9 9
1912 29 WAS AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1913 30 WAS AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 3 2 2 9 9 9 5 4 5 10 9 9
1914 31 WAS AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 4 4 10 9 9
1915 32 WAS AL $ 5,890,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1916 33 WAS AL $ 5,890,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1917 34 WAS AL $ 5,890,000   6 6 6 3 2 2 8 8 8 4 3 3 9 8 9
1918 35 WAS AL $ 4,330,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1919 36 WAS AL $ 4,330,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,890,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 4 5 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1908 25 WS1 AL 153 525 55 148 20 12 3 68 31 19 59 86 .282 .353 .383 .736 73.4 15.1
1909 26 WS1 AL 152 546 72 135 22 9 6 70 25 17 69 78 .247 .346 .353 .700 68.5 15.8
1910 27 WS1 AL 151 550 60 145 15 6 3 56 42 31 61 74 .264 .345 .329 .674 61.5 12.9
1911 28 WAS AL 148 563 107 182 25 16 5 79 45 24 50 50 .323 .385 .451 .836 86.5 16.6
1912 29 WAS AL 142 575 88 172 23 17 1 61 26 12 42 72 .299 .354 .403 .758 79.4 14.6
1913 30 WAS AL 145 563 93 181 28 11 2 66 32 23 48 45 .321 .380 .421 .801 86.4 23.1
1914 31 WAS AL 144 549 107 163 33 9 5 83 29 14 58 44 .297 .367 .417 .785 78.7 21.1
1915 32 WAS AL 144 528 55 142 26 6 1 51 26 10 55 44 .269 .341 .347 .687 60.8 13.6
1916 33 WAS AL 151 553 70 169 25 14 2 66 23 16 59 39 .306 .378 .412 .790 81.0 22.1
1917 34 WAS AL 142 538 70 159 28 11 1 54 15 10 34 46 .296 .339 .394 .733 62.6 14.3
1918 35 WAS AL 144 540 51 149 24 11 1 48 10 7 27 48 .276 .312 .367 .678 55.2 10.0
1919 36 WAS AL 32 122 23 35 8 3 0 13 4 0 1 16 .287 .299 .402 .701 14.7 3.1
12 Years Sim 1648 6152 851 1780 277 125 30 715 308 183 563 642 .289 .354 .390 .744 808.6 182.1
162 Game Average 604 83 174 27 12 2 70 30 17 55 63 .289 .354 .390 .744 79.5  
Career Highs 153 575 107 182 33 17 6 83 45 31 69 86 .323 .385 .451 .836 86.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4456 599 1266 194 96 15 501 204 136 374 529 .284 .344 .381 .725 555.7
vs LH   1696 252 514 83 29 15 214 104 47 189 113 .303 .380 .413 .792 259.5
Home 831 3073 438 916 139 73 15 367 147 83 263 328 .298 .357 .405 .763 424.3
Away 817 3079 413 864 138 52 15 348 161 100 300 314 .281 .351 .374 .725 390.9
RISP   1602 0 482 65 35 7 633 0 0 239 167 .301 .389 .398 .787 254.5
Pinch Hitting   30 3 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 4 .333 .375 .467 .842 4.6
Close/Late   734 79 215 23 19 2 83 0 3 104 63 .293 .389 .384 .773 109.3
Mar/Apr 172 649 108 199 25 15 2 75 41 21 66 58 .307 .377 .401 .777 94.9
May 292 1114 164 332 45 21 8 136 54 36 100 114 .298 .364 .398 .762 151.9
June 287 1056 145 308 53 21 6 124 46 36 88 119 .292 .352 .399 .750 137.5
July 286 1055 121 298 64 17 5 116 60 31 102 118 .282 .350 .390 .740 139.8
August 280 1065 143 301 42 27 4 120 49 31 82 107 .283 .338 .384 .722 131.5
Sep/Oct 331 1213 170 342 48 24 5 144 58 28 125 126 .282 .352 .373 .725 159.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1908 25 WS1 AL LF 153 153 1362.3 253 6 4 1 .985 1.71   4.1
1909 26 WS1 AL CF 113 113 1025.0 283 8 9 1 .970 2.56   4.5
    LF 38 38 341.3 74 1 1 0 .987 1.98    
1910 27 WS1 AL CF 149 149 1347.7 353 6 11 2 .970 2.40   4.2
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1911 28 WAS AL LF 119 118 1055.7 234 6 2 0 .992 2.05   4.7
    CF 25 24 210.0 53 1 1 0 .982 2.31    
1912 29 WAS AL LF 141 140 1254.3 208 9 5 1 .977 1.56   2.8
1913 30 WAS AL LF 142 140 1266.3 241 1 7 1 .972 1.72   3.0
    RF 1 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1914 31 WAS AL LF 140 137 1231.0 226 9 1 4 .996 1.72   2.8
    CF 1 0 6.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.27    
1915 32 WAS AL LF 140 139 1248.0 237 4 5 1 .980 1.74   2.3
    CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1916 33 WAS AL LF 67 65 589.0 119 1 2 0 .984 1.83   0.7
    2B 55 55 479.0 166 145 10 43 .969 5.84   0.9
    CF 28 27 235.7 55 1 4 0 .933 2.14    
1917 34 WAS AL 2B 134 134 1170.3 383 347 35 109 .954 5.61   1.0
    RF 3 0 10.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1918 35 WAS AL 2B 92 92 809.7 251 234 20 76 .960 5.39   1.0
    LF 44 44 408.0 77 1 5 0 .940 1.72   0.4
    RF 3 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1919 36 WAS AL RF 21 19 181.3 31 0 4 0 .886 1.54   0.5
    CF 7 7 61.3 14 0 2 0 .875 2.05    
    LF 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  LF 987 975 8770.0 1675 38 32 8 .982 1.76   20.7
  CF 325 320 2895.3 761 16 27 3 .966 2.42   8.7
  2B 281 281 2459.0 800 726 65 228 .959 5.59   2.9
  RF 29 20 213.0 37 0 4 0 .902 1.56   0.5
Career Totals   1622 1596 14337.3 3273 780 128 239 .969 2.54   32.8
Career Highs   153 153 1366.3 383 347 35 109 .996 5.55    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1911 28 WAS AL 5 20 4 10 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .500 .524 .650 1.174
Career Post-Season Batting 5 20 4 10 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .500 .524 .650 1.174
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1911-3-.323
1913-1-.321
1914-8-.297
1916-8-.306
 On-Base Pct
1911-10-.385
1913-7-.380
1914-8-.367
1916-4-.378
 Slugging Pct
1911-7-.451
1914-5-.417
1916-8-.412
 OPS
1908-10-.736
1911-5-.836
1913-7-.801
1914-5-.785
1916-5-.790
 XR
1911-8-86.5
1913-7-86.4
1914-5-78.7
1916-5-81.0
 Games
1908-1-153
1909-2-152
1910-5-151
1911-5-148
1914-9-144
1916-1-151
At-Bats
1911-9-563
1912-7-575
1913-10-563
1916-7-553
 Runs
1911-1-107
1913-8-93
1914-1-107
 Hits
1911-1-182
1912-10-172
1913-1-181
1914-7-163
1916-6-169
 Total Bases
1911-3-254
1913-7-237
1914-3-229
1916-6-228
 Singles
1911-8-136
1913-3-140
1916-8-128
 Doubles
1909-10-22
1913-8-28
1914-3-33
1915-7-26
1916-10-25
1917-6-28
Triples
1908-3-12
1911-2-16
1912-4-17
1916-3-14
1917-6-11
1918-8-11
CAR-32-125
 Homeruns
1909-1-6
 RBIs
1909-10-70
1914-6-83
 Caught Stealing
1908-6-19
1910-1-31
1911-4-24
1913-7-23
 Walks
1908-9-59
1909-7-69
1910-7-61
 Strikeouts
1908-6-86
1909-5-78
1910-9-74
1912-6-72
CAR-31-642
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 95    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Washington in 1908
Had first career hit on 4/14/1908, off Chief Bender (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/8/1908, off Henry Gehring (SLA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1908, hitting .409 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1910
Won World Series with Washington in 1911
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1911
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1913, hitting .433 with 0 HR, 16 RBI
9/29/1914: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $5,890,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1915
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1916, hitting .406 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
7/1/1917: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $4,330,000 per year, for 2 years
3/16/1919: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Released by Washington on 4/19/1920
 
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