spelled october january outfielder major_league_baseball nicknamed avid speaker played teams different major leagues good hitter batted times best known defensive abilities led national_league assists times set mlb single season record outfield assists mark stood years considered greatest right fielder era feet inches tall weighed pounds background born philadelphia pennsylvania promising young philadelphia amateur starting professional baseball career year played games game cumulative batting average fielding percentage career low following season played games batted known playing career nickname according founder received nickname great rights talked talking umpire player era future jim shared nickname major_league regular joined national_league earned job team starting right fielder led league games played outfield assists outfield errors batted second home runs league best seasons plate batted finish sixth batting race ranked league leaders base percentage slugging percentage total bases fourth total led league wins replacement highest position players assists outfield signed left indianapolis previous year unpaid debts traveled indianapolis play exhibition game june local sheriff waiting teammate game flint escaped horse drawn carriage avoid arrest manager taken jail batted chicago set career high getting assists outfield assists player established major league record broken joined regular right fielder seasons continued good hitting fielding year club batting leading league assists batting average dropped following season fielding percentage dropped fourth league played batted led outfield assists fourth final time signed new season playing career high games batted career high best hitters led league doubles finished second teammate offensive categories including batting average base percentage slugging percentage runs scored hits total bases went finished later career stayed moved national_league batting average fell following season played games hit spent years minor leagues played lincoln suspended september punching umpire face moved team played batting leading league hits captain won international_league championship rejoined final major league season played games batted led fielding percentage second oldest player league years old younger brother taylor played athletics legacy season major_league_baseball career played total games hits bats batting average home runs runs scored runs batted career outfield assists 10th highest total mlb history outstanding fielder fellow major league right fielder writing play position said considered splendid right fielder skill throwing men initial bag know threw successive games buffalo according years considered best man position ranked greatest right fielder time baseball career ended worked race track book writer died philadelphia buried hill cemetery pennsylvania
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