 William Franklin Cree
New York A. L.
 1911: .348 BA, .513 Slugging
Avg., 48 Stolen Bases, 22 Triples
1913: Hit 1 of 5 Grand
Slams in AL (Others: Sam Crawford, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Roger Peckinpaugh, Ty Cobb)
BIRDIE CREE
Cree, William Franklin
b: 10/23/1882, Khedive, Pa. d: 11/8/42, Sunbury, Pa.
BR/TR, 5'6", 150 lbs. Deb: 9/17/08
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YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
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1908 NY-A 21 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 7 .269
1909 NY-A 104 343 48 90 6 3 2 27 30 .262
1910 NY-A 134 467 58 134 19 16 4 73 40 .287
1911 NY-A 137 520 90 181 30 22 4 88 56 .348
1912 NY-A 50 190 25 63 11 6 0 22 20 .332
1913 NY-A 145 534 51 145 25 6 1 63 50 51 .272
1914 NY-A 77 275 45 85 18 5 0 40 30 24 .309
1915 NY-A 74 196 23 42 8 2 0 15 36 22 .214
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Total 8 742 2603 345 761 117 62 11 332 269 ? 97 .292
Birdie held many Yankee hitting records prior to the coming of legendary Babe Ruth. These record included:
1. Most extra basehits by a Yankee in a season (56)
2. Yankee highest BA for a season-.348
3. Yankee slugging average for a season
4. Held Yankee career Triples record of 62 until broken by Wally Pipp and others.
All in all, Birdie held 29 Yankee records.
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