[Highlander]

Pie Traynor- Pie was drafted by the White Sox with the 7th overall pick in 1919. He had cups of coffee in 1920 and 1921 and then became a fulltime player in 1922. He stayed with Chicago until 1927. He was then traded to the Boston Braves along with C Earle Stanwood for a package of OF Howie Williamson, OF Ray Pepper, C Ballplayer Storme, OF Clarence Hamel and 2B Bernie James. Traynor remained in Boston until he retired in 1936 at age 37.

Pie's numbers were as follows-

7253 AB, 2243 H, .309 BA (T-72nd), .746 OPS, 984 R, 345 doubles, 112 triples, 40 HR, 872 RBI, 147 SB, 35.6 WAR

Traynor had some very solid years. However, he only led the league in a category once in his career, with 202 hits in 1923. His best season was 1929, when he hit .346/.373/.478, 82 R, 39 doubles, 10 triples, 5 HR, 93 RBI, 7 SB and 4.6 WAR in 563 AB. He hit over .300 9 times, and only hit as low as .272 in his last full season, so he was pretty consistent....just never really spectacular.

Award-wise, Pie was a Silver Slugger winner once and a 1-time All-Star. It seems like he had the numbers to do better than that, but there must have been some other very good 3B players in his era. As far as the HOF, he only lasted 3 years on the ballot, with a peak of 5.3% in his first year.