sˈaɪnd baɪ ðə fˈɪliz ðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ, hiː plˈeɪd fɔːɹ ðˌɛm ɪn pˈɑːɹt ʌv tˈuː sˈiːzənz ænd wɛnt tə bˈɔltɪmˌoːɹ ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn mˈɪdsiːzən ænd plˈeɪd ˌʌndɚ dʒˈɑːn mə ɡɹˈɔː.
Signed by the Phillies the same year, he played for them in part of two seasons and went to Baltimore in the 1899 midseason and played under John McGraw.