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b. May 13, 1883 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1904, 1918, Detroit Tigers 1907, Chicago Cubs 1909–1917, Brooklyn Robins 1918, Cincinnati Reds 1918

Archer set career highs across his 1912 season with the Cubs. He played 120 games, collected 109 hits, hit five home runs, drove in 58 and batted .283. He received Most Valuable Player votes that year, as he also did in 1911 and 1913.

Twelve seasons gave him 660 hits, 106 doubles, 296 runs batted in, 246 runs and a .249 average across 847 games. Archer caught 736 games and played 64 at first base, with only three appearances elsewhere.

Pittsburgh brought him up in 1904, Detroit used him in 1907 and Chicago became his regular home from 1909 through 1917. He returned with Pittsburgh in 1918, then moved to Brooklyn and Cincinnati during the same season. Three Hall of Fame ballots gave him 16 total votes. He died in 1958, at seventy-four.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	5	1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1904	PIT	7	20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	.150
1907	DET	18	42	6	5	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	.119
1909	CHC	80	261	31	60	9	2	1	30	12	31	5	.230
1910	CHC	98	313	36	81	17	6	2	41	14	49	6	.259
1911	CHC	116	387	41	98	18	5	4	41	18	43	5	.253
1912	CHC	120	385	35	109	20	2	5	58	22	36	7	.283
1913	CHC	111	368	38	98	14	7	2	44	19	27	4	.266
1914	CHC	79	248	17	64	9	2	0	19	9	9	1	.258
1915	CHC	97	309	21	75	11	5	1	27	11	38	5	.243
1916	CHC	77	205	11	45	6	2	1	30	12	24	3	.220
1917	CHC	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1918	BRO/CIN/PIT	42	106	9	22	2	3	0	5	3	14	0	.208
Career	—	847	2646	246	660	106	34	16	296	124	283	36	.249

On this day & linked events

1883

Born May 13, 1883

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

1958

Died March 29, 1958

1904

Major-league debut: Jimmy Archer

Jimmy Archer made a major-league debut on September 6, 1904.

1918

Final major-league game: Jimmy Archer

Jimmy Archer played a final major-league game on September 2, 1918.

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