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Elwood		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 8, 1896 in Harney, NE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1920   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1918 21 BSN NL 74 239 28 51 8 8 2 23 9 8 18 33 .213 .276 .339 .615 20.9 2.1
1919 22 BSN NL 77 236 18 54 8 3 0 23 9 9 18 16 .229 .287 .288 .575 19.4 1.2
1920 23 BSN NL 87 167 17 34 6 4 0 18 2 2 9 18 .204 .244 .287 .532 10.4 0.0
1921 24 BSN NL 118 390 62 98 18 10 1 58 12 6 36 26 .251 .321 .356 .678 44.1 4.1
1922 25 BSN NL 125 408 51 94 15 11 2 33 16 12 30 31 .230 .293 .336 .629 35.8 1.9
1923 26 BSN NL 83 161 25 35 6 0 1 15 7 4 11 14 .217 .266 .273 .539 11.6 0.0
1924 27 BSN NL 91 201 27 51 5 4 0 25 9 9 16 11 .254 .309 .318 .627 17.9 0.9
1925 28 BSN NL 132 443 58 111 16 5 0 46 16 6 38 35 .251 .315 .309 .624 46.7 4.0
1926 29 BSN NL 127 431 65 125 20 11 7 61 8 8 23 19 .290 .330 .436 .766 56.1 9.6
1927 30 BSN NL 94 237 34 52 10 5 2 25 4 3 22 10 .219 .286 .329 .615 23.6 1.9
1928 31 BSN NL 70 97 17 23 6 0 2 12 2 2 8 4 .237 .295 .361 .656 8.3 0.3
1929 32 BSN NL 76 103 24 35 6 5 3 21 5 4 14 6 .340 .419 .583 1.001 21.1 4.0
1930 33 BSN NL 115 382 75 117 15 12 15 85 1 7 50 28 .306 .383 .526 .909 72.3 10.4
1931 34 BSN NL 116 394 76 122 16 14 8 83 2 4 51 19 .310 .388 .482 .870 70.4 14.3
1932 35 BSN NL 65 110 18 32 4 2 0 17 0 1 17 9 .291 .380 .364 .743 16.8 2.8
1933 36 BSN NL 27 49 10 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 2 .224 .321 .306 .628 4.9 0.4
1934 37 BSN NL 19 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .444 .944 1.9 0.4
1935 38 AAA   50 75 12 20 2 0 1 7 2 5 6 8 .267 .321 .333 .654 6.9  
17 Years Sim 1496 4057 608 1049 160 94 44 550 102 85 369 281 .259 .323 .377 .700 482.3 58.1
1 Years AAA 50 75 12 20 2 0 1 7 2 5 6 8 .267 .329 .333 .663 6.9  
162 Game Average 439 65 113 17 10 4 59 11 9 39 30 .259 .323 .377 .700 52.2  
Career Highs 132 443 76 125 20 14 15 85 16 12 51 35 .444 .500 .583 1.001 72.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3183 478 844 125 77 42 464 80 69 311 210 .265 .332 .392 .724 404.1
vs LH   874 130 205 35 17 2 86 22 16 58 71 .235 .289 .320 .610 75.6
Home 738 1962 309 521 87 47 17 269 47 38 189 130 .266 .333 .384 .717 243.2
Away 758 2095 299 528 73 47 27 281 55 47 180 151 .252 .313 .370 .684 236.4
RISP   1115 0 299 50 24 11 468 0 0 103 75 .268 .327 .386 .713 140.5
Pinch Hitting   202 34 56 4 2 5 49 1 6 18 13 .277 .336 .391 .727 25.0
Close/Late   462 89 124 17 11 5 54 0 0 50 39 .268 .343 .385 .728 60.9
Mar/Apr 175 508 70 122 32 12 5 64 17 8 40 28 .240 .299 .380 .678 56.3
May 310 881 126 226 29 22 6 108 19 16 80 69 .257 .320 .360 .680 99.5
June 260 693 111 182 32 21 4 87 14 9 61 52 .263 .325 .387 .711 84.5
July 275 751 106 182 26 14 10 98 16 20 63 65 .242 .307 .354 .661 77.0
August 261 736 121 200 29 19 10 118 25 16 72 49 .272 .337 .404 .740 98.4
Sep/Oct 214 488 74 137 12 6 9 75 11 16 53 18 .281 .353 .385 .739 64.0
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
1918 21 BSN NL 2B 43 41 365.7 97 120 8 26 .964 5.34   1.2
    3B 26 22 204.0 13 36 6 4 .891 2.16   0.5
1919 22 BSN NL 2B 67 59 546.3 132 196 13 42 .962 5.40   1.4
    SS 2 2 17.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 4.24   0.1
    3B 3 1 13.7 0 1 2 0 .333 0.66   0.0
1920 23 BSN NL 2B 68 34 369.3 84 145 4 29 .983 5.58   1.5
    3B 7 3 32.0 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.53   0.2
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1921 24 BSN NL 2B 115 108 933.3 225 368 13 102 .979 5.72   2.6
1922 25 BSN NL 2B 117 104 907.3 193 375 15 72 .974 5.63   2.5
1923 26 BSN NL 2B 69 36 368.3 87 155 5 29 .980 5.91   1.2
    3B 1 0 7.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1924 27 BSN NL 2B 69 49 439.0 109 192 13 43 .959 6.17   1.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 28 BSN NL 2B 126 126 1063.0 275 432 21 95 .971 5.99   2.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 10.84   0.0
1926 29 BSN NL 2B 110 103 877.7 250 363 24 85 .962 6.29   1.5
    3B 12 9 77.3 4 21 3 1 .893 2.91   0.3
1927 30 BSN NL 2B 75 48 460.3 129 199 10 55 .970 6.41   1.2
    3B 6 4 41.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.85   0.3
1928 31 BSN NL 2B 50 11 157.0 41 71 3 13 .974 6.42   0.4
    3B 5 2 22.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.45   0.1
1929 32 BSN NL 2B 31 9 117.3 33 45 1 15 .987 5.98   0.3
    3B 12 5 61.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.2
1930 33 BSN NL 2B 101 93 834.7 226 351 18 78 .970 6.22   2.4
    3B 3 1 12.0 1 5 1 0 .857 4.50   0.1
1931 34 BSN NL 2B 109 100 886.3 171 400 13 64 .978 5.80   4.3
    3B 3 2 19.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.89   0.0
1932 35 BSN NL 2B 36 29 254.0 60 112 4 17 .977 6.09   1.1
    3B 4 1 14.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 2.57   0.0
1933 36 BSN NL 2B 19 12 114.0 23 51 3 13 .961 5.84   0.3
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1934 37 BSN NL 3B 10 0 17.0 1 2 1 0 .750 1.59   0.0
    2B 3 1 9.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
  2B 1208 963 8702.6 2137 3579 168 779 .971 5.91   25.6
  3B 99 50 532.7 35 101 13 12 .913 2.30   1.8
  SS 5 2 26.7 6 10 0 4 1.000 5.40   0.2
Career Totals   1312 1015 9261.9 2178 3690 181 795 .970 5.70   27.5
Career Highs   128 126 1066.7 276 433 27 102 .989 6.20    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 33 BSN NL 4 11 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .273 .385 .636 1.021
1931 34 BSN NL 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Career Post-Season Batting 8 20 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 .200 .304 .400 .704
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.
Slugging Pct
1931-7-.469*
 OPS
1931-8-.848*
 OPS+
1931-5-147
 Triples
1922-10-11
1926-7-11
1930-5-12
1931-5-14
 Stolen Base Percentage
1931-10-0
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1931-6-2.7
At Bats per Strikeout
1931-6-20.7
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  4. Buzz Shaver (916)
  5. Holcomb Tangrin (910)
  6. Verne Cheatham (908)
  7. Chick Anderson (902)
  8. Clyde Harrison (896)
  9. Rollie Cayne (895)
  10. Rufus Rodgers (893)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by Washington in 1906
Injured on 7/13/1909 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/5/1910 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Released by Washington on 9/11/1910
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 9/18/1910
Injured on 7/31/1911 with a Broken Wrist, out for 10 weeks
Injured on 4/16/1912 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 4/11/1913 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1913 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/13/1914 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/14/1914 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/7/1915 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1918
Had first career hit on 4/16/1918, off Tim Brightlighter (NY1)
Injured on 6/15/1918 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/17/1918, off John Titus (PIT)
Won WORLD SERIES with Boston (N) in 1920
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1926, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 9/3/1926
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1930, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
 
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