06/15/1908 | Drafted in the 1908 first-year player draft by the Bay City Bluebirds. (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
06/21/1908 | Signed a minor league contract with the Bay City Bluebirds organization with a signing bonus of $4,260,000. |
06/30/1908 | Named the #13 prospect in the CBL |
08/15/1908 | Injured (bruised forearm),day-to-day for 3 days. |
11/21/1908 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1909 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 31 (43); Power: 54 (83); Eye: 50 (68). |
05/15/1909 | Was traded by the Bay City Bluebirds to the San Francisco Owls, along with SP Carl Weilman, SP George Cuppy, SS Dick Bartell, LF Austin McHenry, and $10,000,000, in exchange for C Cliff Johnson, 3B Alex Bregman, and 1B Ron Santo. |
01/01/1910 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 39 (43); Power: 76 (83); Eye: 53 (67). |
11/21/1910 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
11/21/1910 | Was traded by the San Francisco Owls to the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks in exchange for SS Rafael Furcal. |
01/01/1911 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 36 (41); Power: 75 (81); Eye: 52 (66). |
09/24/1911 | Injured (strained back),out for 3 weeks. |
11/21/1911 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,200,000. |
01/01/1912 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 39 (42); Power: 74 (80); Eye: 55 (67). |
05/07/1912 | Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 5 days. |
11/18/1912 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $2,400,000. |
01/01/1913 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (42); Power: 76 (82); Eye: 59 (68). |
07/21/1913 | Wins the CBL BTC Player of the Week Award. |
09/12/1913 | Injured on 09/10/1913, diagnosed with a mild calf strain, will not miss additional time. |
09/13/1913 | Hits three home runs against the Plattsville Millstones, going 4-5 with 8 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
10/05/1913 | Injured (bruised finger),day-to-day for 2 days. |
11/22/1913 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $5,500,000. |
11/28/1913 | Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $51,000,000 with the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks organization. |
01/01/1914 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 41 (41); Power: 74 (79); Eye: 60 (66). |
07/07/1914 | Was selected to the 1914 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
07/09/1914 | Earned 1914 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game MVP honors. |
01/01/1915 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 38 (39); Power: 70 (79); Eye: 59 (65). |
08/14/1915 | Injured on 08/12/1915, diagnosed with an oblique strain, will miss 3-4 weeks. |
09/03/1915 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 5 days. |
09/19/1915 | Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 4 weeks. |
01/01/1916 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 36 (39); Power: 75 (78); Eye: 61 (64). |
09/10/1916 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 2 days. |
10/06/1916 | Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 3 days. |
01/01/1917 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 36 (36); Power: 77 (77); Eye: 66 (66). |
05/22/1917 | Injured (strained back),day-to-day for one week. |
08/15/1917 | Injured (sore knee),day-to-day for one week. |
08/19/1917 | Injured (calf strain),out for 3 weeks. |
11/06/1917 | Wins the 1917 CBL BTC Great Glove Award at RF. |
01/01/1918 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 37 (37); Power: 78 (78); Eye: 62 (62). |
05/06/1918 | Wins the CBL BTC Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/1919 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 41 (41); Power: 80 (80); Eye: 65 (65). |
10/28/1919 | Wins the 1919 World Series with the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks. |
01/01/1920 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 39 (39); Power: 79 (79); Eye: 65 (65). |
08/03/1920 | Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 4 weeks. |
11/18/1920 | Became a free agent. |