 He appeared in 379 major league games, 279 as a pitcher and 122 as an outfielder, and his longest stretches were with the Detroit Wolverines (288 games, 1881–85, 1887) and the Kansas City Cowboys (51 games, 1886).As a pitcher, he compiled a 101-156 (.393) win–loss record with a 3.61 earned run average (ERA) in innings pitched.He led the National League in 1881 with a 1.80 ERA and totaled 45 wins in the 1882 and 1883 seasons.