In 546 games, Campbell batted .310 (642-2069) with 326 runs scored, 15 home runs, 171 RBI, 92 stolen bases, an on-base percentage of .357 and a slugging percentage of .408.\n', '

Campbell, whose father was a St. Louis physician, attended Smith Academy and Vanderbilt University, where he played both football and baseball. As a member of Dan McGugin\'s Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Campbell was a halfback, and he was selected for John Heisman\'s College Football All-Southern Team in 1907.\n', '

As an educated man from a wealthy family, Campbell was rare among baseball players of his era, and he was frequently torn between his baseball career and opportunities in the business world. He joined the Chicago Cubs in 1908, but he played only one game that year, and the sportswriters in that city made fun of him for wearing fancy clothes. He made it back to the major leagues with the 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting .326 in 97 games. He could not agree on contract terms with Pittsburgh for the next season, and he secured a job with a brokerage firm. He returned to the Pirates in July 1911.\n', '

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