hiː plˈeɪd pɹəfˈɛʃənəl bˈeɪsbɔːl fɔːɹ twˈɛlv sˈiːzənz fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ sˈɛvən jˈɪɹz ɪn mˈeɪdʒɚ lˈiːɡ bˈeɪsbɔːl wɪððə dɪtɹˈɔɪt tˈaɪɡɚz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈuː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪks nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪt ænd sənt. lˈuːi bɹˈaʊnz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ.
He played professional baseball for 12 seasons from 1899 to 1910, including seven years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1901–1902, 1906–1908) and St. Louis Browns (1903–1904).