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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 8, 1878 in New Haven, CT.
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 23 BRO NL $ 2,807,143   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1902 24 BRO NL $ 3,464,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1903 25 BRO NL $ 3,464,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1904 26 PHA AL $ 4,675,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1905 27 PHA AL $ 4,675,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 10 10 10
1906 28 PHA AL $ 4,675,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1907 29 PHA AL $ 4,675,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1908 30 PHA AL $ 8,900,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1909 31 PHA AL $ 8,900,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1910 32 PHA AL $ 8,900,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
1911 33 PHA AL $ 8,900,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1912 34 PHA AL $ 4,300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1913 35 PHA AL $ 4,300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
1914 36 PIT NL $ 4,000,001   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,807,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
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
1899 21 NY1   84 301 48 89 9 7 3 57 7 0 20 0 .296 .340 .402 .742 40.8  
1900 22 NY1   31 84 19 22 3 1 0 11 0 0 11 0 .262 .347 .321 .669 10.0  
1901 23 BRO NL 133 518 84 148 27 14 11 81 24 2 46 33 .286 .347 .456 .803 83.2 19.1
1902 24 BRO NL 140 514 75 145 29 3 8 79 50 7 77 26 .282 .376 .397 .773 87.2 22.5
1903 25 BRO NL 138 526 88 148 23 3 10 78 36 7 57 42 .281 .356 .394 .749 77.2 12.3
1904 26 PHA AL 135 468 99 161 45 5 12 78 21 4 50 20 .344 .410 .538 .949 93.7 21.9
1905 27 PHA AL 112 409 62 135 35 6 6 54 30 8 38 23 .330 .392 .489 .881 74.9 17.1
1906 28 PHA AL 142 557 74 172 23 7 4 51 16 6 33 49 .309 .352 .397 .749 73.9 17.8
1907 29 PHA AL 147 536 51 136 16 6 3 56 15 7 63 49 .254 .333 .323 .656 58.6 10.5
1908 30 PHA AL 142 528 68 144 20 3 0 59 23 2 54 35 .273 .341 .322 .663 58.2 12.9
1909 31 PHA AL 81 296 29 71 6 2 1 26 7 4 29 14 .240 .318 .284 .602 26.9 4.6
1910 32 PHA AL 69 210 34 61 6 0 1 18 3 2 30 13 .290 .387 .333 .720 26.7 7.8
1911 33 PHA AL 70 249 34 85 14 9 2 34 4 1 23 15 .341 .396 .494 .890 44.6 11.4
1912 34 PHA AL 147 579 96 180 27 8 3 93 38 9 45 57 .311 .361 .401 .761 84.8 19.9
1913 35 PHA AL 148 553 66 148 14 3 2 58 45 11 49 51 .268 .326 .315 .641 62.1 11.8
1914 36 PIT NL 25 59 2 10 0 0 0 5 3 1 3 14 .169 .206 .169 .376 2.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 1629 6002 862 1744 285 69 63 770 315 71 597 441 .291 .357 .393 .750 854.4 189.5
16 Years Pro 1744 6387 929 1855 297 77 66 838 322 71 628 441 .290 .354 .392 .746 905.2  
162 Game Average 596 85 173 28 6 6 76 31 7 59 43 .291 .357 .393 .750 85.0  
Career Highs 148 579 99 180 45 14 12 93 50 11 77 57 .344 .410 .538 .949 93.7  
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   3923 577 1119 177 43 41 497 221 47 387 288 .285 .351 .384 .735 547.3
vs LH   2079 285 625 108 26 22 273 94 24 210 153 .301 .369 .409 .778 312.0
Home 820 2969 424 879 157 37 34 405 151 41 292 227 .296 .360 .408 .769 438.7
Away 809 3033 438 865 128 32 29 365 164 30 305 214 .285 .354 .377 .732 420.7
RISP   1682 0 496 87 18 17 671 0 0 244 112 .295 .383 .398 .781 261.9
Pinch Hitting   44 5 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 6 2 .205 .308 .273 .580 4.0
Close/Late   715 90 198 29 6 4 85 0 0 116 47 .277 .379 .351 .730 102.2
Mar/Apr 178 640 88 163 25 6 5 75 32 6 58 36 .255 .320 .336 .656 72.7
May 296 1042 147 296 54 11 11 154 50 17 103 73 .284 .351 .389 .739 143.1
June 270 988 146 296 45 15 7 126 59 11 99 77 .300 .368 .397 .765 146.9
July 276 1033 144 305 53 8 10 137 53 8 104 70 .295 .362 .391 .753 150.3
August 271 1030 154 307 47 12 16 133 50 20 109 81 .298 .366 .414 .780 155.6
Sep/Oct 338 1269 183 377 61 17 14 145 71 9 124 104 .297 .362 .405 .767 190.7
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
1901 23 BRO NL RF 133 133 1191.3 302 11 33 5 .905 2.36   2.6
1902 24 BRO NL RF 140 140 1261.7 304 13 39 3 .890 2.26   1.6
1903 25 BRO NL RF 138 138 1222.0 282 8 24 4 .924 2.14   2.3
1904 26 PHA AL RF 101 100 907.7 205 7 16 0 .930 2.10   2.8
    SS 22 15 147.7 18 68 4 7 .956 5.24   0.8
1905 27 PHA AL SS 61 57 523.3 97 258 9 39 .975 6.11   5.0
    RF 45 43 391.7 91 6 11 1 .898 2.23   1.1
1906 28 PHA AL SS 71 70 621.3 98 290 5 38 .987 5.62   2.6
    RF 70 70 615.7 107 6 7 2 .942 1.65   1.1
1907 29 PHA AL SS 91 90 797.3 123 381 18 59 .966 5.69   4.6
    RF 54 54 478.0 60 1 9 1 .871 1.15   0.5
1908 30 PHA AL RF 89 88 789.0 147 3 9 1 .943 1.71   2.3
    SS 52 50 455.7 80 208 11 33 .963 5.69   2.8
1909 31 PHA AL RF 72 70 642.7 113 2 19 1 .858 1.61   1.0
    SS 7 6 54.0 7 25 0 3 1.000 5.33   0.2
1910 32 PHA AL RF 56 53 478.7 90 3 7 1 .930 1.75   1.0
    SS 3 1 20.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.1
1911 33 PHA AL RF 65 61 546.7 122 10 12 5 .917 2.17   1.9
    SS 3 3 27.0 11 13 2 3 .923 8.00   0.2
1912 34 PHA AL SS 80 80 712.3 133 348 13 64 .974 6.08   3.7
    RF 67 67 596.7 134 3 14 1 .907 2.07   1.1
1913 35 PHA AL SS 144 143 1279.0 225 583 16 90 .981 5.69   9.9
    RF 4 4 34.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.1
1914 36 PIT NL SS 12 11 101.0 18 44 1 12 .984 5.52   0.6
    RF 6 5 42.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.1
  RF 1040 1026 9198.3 1973 74 200 25 .911 2.00   19.5
  SS 546 526 4738.6 813 2223 79 349 .975 5.77   30.4
Career Totals   1586 1552 13936.9 2786 2297 279 374 .948 3.28   49.9
Career Highs   148 147 1313.0 304 583 39 90 .986 5.61    
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
1904-4-.344
 On-Base Pct
1902-9-.376
1904-2-.410
 Slugging Pct
1901-8-.456
1904-1-.538
 OPS
1904-1-.949
 XR
1902-6-87.2
1912-9-84.8
 Games
1902-1-140
1903-2-138
1912-8-147
1913-4-148
At-Bats
1912-5-579
 Runs
1912-6-96
 Hits
1906-9-172
1912-7-180
 Total Bases
1901-8-236
 Singles
1912-4-142
1913-9-129
 Doubles
1902-9-29
1904-7-45
Triples
1901-3-14
 Homeruns
1901-3-11
1903-1-10
1904-2-12
1906-4-4
 RBIs
1902-8-79
1912-3-93
 Walks
1902-4-77
1903-7-57
1907-6-63
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. George Burns (945)
  4. Irish Meusel (944)
  5. Irv Waldron (914)
  6. Beals Becker (913)
  7. Topsy Hartsel (902)
  8. Elmer Smith (901)
  9. Jack Fournier (900)
  10. Edd Roush (899)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 128th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1901
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1901, hitting .352 with 4 HR, 18 RBI
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/20/1904 to a 4-year deal worth $4,675,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/1904, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 32-game hitting streak snapped on 8/31/1905
Injured on 5/16/1906 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
7/31/1907: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $8,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/21/1912 to a 2-year deal worth $4,300,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1912, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/14/1914 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,001 per year
Injured on 3/15/1914 with a Bursitis in Knee, out for one week
 
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