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Donie Bush    \DOE-nee\

Owen Joseph Bush

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: October 8, 1887 in Indianapolis, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1908 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1908-1923

Final Game: September 15, 1923 (Age 35)
Died: March 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 5:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #504. Mike Griffin… #505. Richie Sexson… #506. Tony Pena… #507. DONIE BUSH… #508. Marty McManus… #509. Wally Moses… #510. Jason Bay… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1908 20 DET AL 20 79 68 13 20 1 1 0 4 2 7 11 .294 .360 .338 .698 123 23 0 4 6
1909 21 DET AL 157 676 532 114 145 18 2 0 33 53 88 74 .273 .380 .314 .694 115 167 4 52 *6
1910 22 DET AL 142 606 496 90 130 13 4 3 34 49 78 82 .262 .365 .323 .687 109 160 2 30 *6/5
1911 23 DET AL 150 692 561 126 130 18 5 1 36 40 98 64 .232 .349 .287 .636 75 161 3 30 *6 MVP-14
1912 24 DET AL 144 643 511 107 118 14 8 2 38 37 18 117 53 .231 .377 .301 .679 97 154 3 12 *6
1913 25 DET AL 152 694 597 98 150 19 10 1 40 44 80 32 .251 .344 .322 .665 96 192 4 13 *6 MVP-12
1914 26 DET AL 157 721 596 97 150 18 4 0 32 35 26 112 54 .252 .373 .295 .668 99 176 3 10 *6 MVP-3
1915 27 DET AL 155 703 561 99 128 12 8 1 44 35 27 118 44 .228 .364 .283 .648 90 159 2 22 *6
1916 28 DET AL 145 657 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 19 75 42 .225 .319 .267 .587 73 147 1 27 *6
1917 29 DET AL 147 673 581 112 163 18 3 0 24 34 80 40 .281 .370 .322 .691 111 187 2 10 *6
1918 30 DET AL 128 594 500 74 117 10 3 0 22 9 79 31 .234 .340 .266 .606 86 133 1 13 *6
1919 31 DET AL 129 601 509 82 124 11 6 0 26 22 75 36 .244 .343 .289 .632 79 147 2 16 *6
1920 32 DET AL 141 629 506 85 133 18 5 1 33 15 7 73 32 .263 .357 .324 .681 84 164 1 48 *6
1921 33 TOT AL 127 590 486 87 131 7 5 0 29 10 13 57 27 .270 .347 .305 .652 69 148 1 41 64
1921 33 DET AL 104 488 402 72 113 6 5 0 27 8 11 45 23 .281 .355 .321 .676 74 129 1 40 64
1921 33 WSH AL 23 102 84 15 18 1 0 0 2 2 2 12 4 .214 .313 .226 .539 42 19 0 1 6
1922 34 WSH AL 41 158 134 17 32 4 1 0 7 1 1 21 7 .239 .342 .284 .626 67 38 0 4 5/4
1923 35 WSH AL 10 34 22 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .409 .409 .409 .818 120 9 0 5 /54
16 Yrs 1945 8750 7210 1280 1804 186 74 9 436 406 93 1158 630 .250 .356 .300 .656 91 2165 29 337
162 Game Avg. 162 729 601 107 150 15 6 1 36 34 96 52 .250 .356 .300 .656 91 180 2 28
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (14 yrs) 1871 8456 6970 1242 1745 181 73 9 427 402 89 1125 618 .250 .357 .301 .658 92 2099 29 327
WSH (3 yrs) 74 294 240 38 59 5 1 0 9 4 4 33 12 .246 .337 .275 .612 63 66 0 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 20 DET AL 20 79 2 -0 0 -1 1 2 0.2 3 4 0.5 .510 .501 0.6 0.0 6 6
1909 21 DET AL 157 676 12 3 0 8 11 34 4.0 23 57 6.5 .527 .526 5.7 2.2 49 $2,500 *6
1910 22 DET AL 142 606 6 3 0 8 9 27 3.1 23 50 5.6 .523 .520 4.7 2.0 42 *6/5
1911 23 DET AL 150 692 -16 0 0 -2 10 -8 -0.7 24 16 1.7 .495 .495 1.8 0.9 18 *6 MVP-14
1912 24 DET AL 144 643 6 3 0 7 10 25 2.6 23 48 5.0 .518 .516 4.2 1.8 41 *6
1913 25 DET AL 152 694 0 1 0 -2 10 10 1.0 24 34 3.5 .507 .507 3.9 0.9 36 $4,200 *6 MVP-12
1914 26 DET AL 157 721 4 0 0 10 11 25 2.8 25 50 5.6 .519 .518 4.5 2.3 40 *6 MVP-3
1915 27 DET AL 155 703 -1 -1 0 4 10 12 1.3 25 36 3.8 .508 .508 3.4 1.6 32 $6,000 *6
1916 28 DET AL 145 657 -15 -1 0 -2 10 -8 -1.1 23 14 1.3 .493 .494 1.6 0.9 17 *6
1917 29 DET AL 147 673 10 -0 0 -9 10 10 1.2 23 34 3.7 .508 .508 4.8 0.1 43 *6
1918 30 DET AL 128 594 -4 -1 0 -22 9 -18 -2.2 20 2 -0.0 .483 .486 2.6 -1.6 24 *6
1919 31 DET AL 129 601 -10 -1 0 -12 9 -14 -1.5 21 7 0.6 .488 .491 1.9 -0.3 19 *6
1920 32 DET AL 141 629 -8 2 0 -16 9 -13 -1.2 23 10 1.0 .491 .492 2.6 -0.6 26 $5,000 *6
1921 33 DET AL 104 488 -14 -2 0 -10 6 -21 -1.9 17 -3 -0.2 .481 .488 0.6 -0.3 7 $5,000 64
1921 33 WSH AL 23 102 -7 -0 0 1 1 -5 -0.4 4 -1 -0.1 .481 .497 -0.2 0.2 -2 6
1922 34 WSH AL 41 158 -5 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 6 6 0.6 .501 .500 0.2 0.5 2 $5,500 5/4
1923 35 WSH AL 10 34 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $10,000 /54
16 Seasons 1945 8750 -41 7 0 -34 128 60 7.3 307 367 39.3 .504 .503 43.2 10.7 401 $38,200
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (14 yrs) 1871 8456 -30 7 0 -39 125 63 7.6 296 359 38.5 .504 .504 42.9 9.9 399 $22,700
WSH (3 yrs) 74 294 -11 -1 0 5 3 -3 -0.3 11 8 0.8 .496 .499 0.3 0.8 3 $15,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1909 21 DET AL WS PIT L 7 32 22 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 3 .318 .483 .364 .846 8 0 2 3 0 0
1 WS 7 32 22 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 3 .318 .483 .364 .846 8 0 2 3 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1908 DET AL 20 SS 20 112 42 63 7 9 .938 5.25 .927 5.54
1909 DET AL 21 SS 157 946 308 567 71 38 .925 5.57 .925 5.35
1910 DET AL 22 SS 141 848 310 487 51 31 .940 5.65 .928 5.35
1910 DET AL 22 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .930 3.50
1911 DET AL 23 SS 150 1003 372 556 75 42 .925 6.19 .926 5.57 MVP-14
1912 DET AL 24 SS 144 930 317 547 66 45 .929 6.00 .921 5.32
1913 DET AL 25 SS 152 897 331 510 56 61 .938 5.53 .935 5.39 MVP-12
1914 DET AL 26 SS 157 1027 425 544 58 64 .944 6.17 .937 5.35 MVP-3
1915 DET AL 27 SS 155 901 340 504 57 61 .937 5.45 .937 5.15
1916 DET AL 28 SS 144 144 138 747 278 435 34 41 .954 4.95 .938 5.18
1917 DET AL 29 SS 147 147 140 755 281 423 51 41 .932 4.79 .931 5.08
1918 DET AL 30 SS 128 128 126 692 280 364 48 32 .931 5.03 .939 5.39
1919 DET AL 31 SS 129 129 124 706 290 376 40 45 .943 5.16 .942 5.24
1920 DET AL 32 SS 140 140 134 724 258 421 45 43 .938 4.85 .944 5.21
1921 TOT AL 33 SS 102 101 95 558 206 322 30 46 .946 5.18 .941 5.34
1921 DET AL 33 SS 81 79 74 455 172 260 23 31 .949 5.33 .941 5.34
1921 DET AL 33 2B 23 23 21 121 45 69 7 3 .942 4.96 .956 5.55
1921 WSH AL 33 SS 21 22 21 103 34 62 7 15 .932 4.57 .941 5.34
1922 WSH AL 34 3B 37 35 32 115 31 79 5 12 .957 2.97 .950 3.45
1922 WSH AL 34 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 5.70
1923 WSH AL 35 3B 5 6 4 16 4 9 3 0 .813 2.60 .945 3.44
1923 WSH AL 35 2B 2 1 1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 .966 5.70
14 Seasons SS 1866 789 757 10846 4038 6119 689 599 .936 5.44 .933 5.30
3 Seasons 3B 43 41 36 133 35 90 8 12 .940 2.91 .949 3.45
3 Seasons 2B 26 24 22 130 46 77 7 3 .946 4.73 .957 5.57
16 Seasons TOT 1935 854 815 11109 4119 6286 704 614 .937 5.38 .934 5.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.0%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (14, 6%)
1913 AL (12, 9%)
1914 AL (3, 27%)
0.42 Career Shares (508th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1909 AL  6.5 (5th)
1910 AL  5.6 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1909 AL  6.5 (3rd)
1910 AL  5.6 (5th)
1914 AL  5.6 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1909 AL  5.7 (5th)
1910 AL  4.7 (6th)
1914 AL  4.5 (10th)
1917 AL  4.8 (7th)
Career  43.2 (234th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1909 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1910 AL  2.0 (3rd)
1911 AL  0.9 (8th)
1912 AL  1.8 (4th)
1913 AL  0.9 (10th)
1914 AL  2.4 (3rd)
1915 AL  1.6 (6th)
Career  10.7 (185th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1909 AL  .380 (3rd)
1910 AL  .365 (8th)
1914 AL  .373 (8th)
1917 AL  .370 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL  157 (1st)
1911 AL  150 (3rd)
1913 AL  152 (5th)
1914 AL  157 (3rd)
1915 AL  155 (6th)
1918 AL  128 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1911 AL  561 (9th)
1913 AL  597 (2nd)
1914 AL  596 (3rd)
1917 AL  581 (4th)
1918 AL  500 (7th)
Career  7,210 (243rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1909 AL  676 (1st)
1911 AL  692 (2nd)
1913 AL  694 (1st)
1914 AL  721 (1st)
1915 AL  703 (1st)
1916 AL  657 (10th)
1917 AL  673 (3rd)
1918 AL  594 (1st)
1919 AL  601 (6th)
Career  8,750 (169th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1909 AL  114 (2nd)
1910 AL  90 (4th)
1911 AL  126 (2nd)
1912 AL  107 (6th)
1913 AL  98 (8th)
1914 AL  97 (4th)
1915 AL  99 (6th)
1917 AL  112 (1st)
1918 AL  74 (4th)
1919 AL  82 (10th)
Career  1,280 (130th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  145 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  88 (1st)
1910 AL  78 (1st)
1911 AL  98 (1st)
1912 AL  117 (1st)
1913 AL  80 (3rd)
1914 AL  112 (1st)
1915 AL  118 (2nd)
1916 AL  75 (7th)
1917 AL  80 (3rd)
1918 AL  79 (2nd)
1919 AL  75 (5th)
1920 AL  73 (6th)
Career  1,158 (66th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1909 AL  74 (3rd)
1910 AL  82 (4th)
1911 AL  64 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1909 AL  53 (3rd)
1910 AL  49 (3rd)
1911 AL  40 (7th)
1912 AL  37 (8th)
1913 AL  44 (6th)
1914 AL  35 (9th)
1915 AL  35 (8th)
1917 AL  34 (7th)
1919 AL  22 (7th)
Career  406 (69th)

Singles s c a p y
1909 AL  125 (6th)
1914 AL  128 (6th)
1917 AL  142 (7th)
Career  1,535 (182nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1909 AL  15 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1909 AL  1.9 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1909 AL  237 (3rd)
1910 AL  210 (7th)
1912 AL  238 (9th)
1913 AL  234 (8th)
1914 AL  265 (3rd)
1915 AL  248 (7th)
1917 AL  245 (5th)
1918 AL  197 (8th)
Career  2,991 (199th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  52 (1st)
1910 AL  30 (4th)
1911 AL  30 (5th)
1916 AL  27 (9th)
1920 AL  48 (1st)
1921 AL  41 (2nd)
Career  337 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1914 AL  26 (8th)
1915 AL  27 (4th)
1921 AL  13 (6th)
Career  93 (147th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL  18.7 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 AL  439 (5th)
1911 AL  461 (1st)
1913 AL  460 (2nd)
1914 AL  482 (1st)
1915 AL  482 (2nd)
1916 AL  453 (7th)
1917 AL  428 (7th)
1918 AL  396 (2nd)
1919 AL  401 (8th)
Career  5,836 (171st)

Assists† s c a p y
1909 AL  567 (1st)
1910 AL  489 (2nd)
1911 AL  556 (1st)
1912 AL  547 (1st)
1913 AL  510 (2nd)
1914 AL  544 (1st)
1915 AL  504 (1st)
1916 AL  435 (5th)
Career  6,286 (36th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1909 AL  71 (1st)
1911 AL  75 (1st)
1912 AL  66 (2nd)
1913 AL  56 (2nd)
1914 AL  58 (2nd)
1915 AL  57 (2nd)
1917 AL  51 (4th)
1918 AL  48 (3rd)
1919 AL  40 (5th)
1920 AL  45 (2nd)
Career  704 (28th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  157 (1st)
1910 AL  141 (3rd)
1911 AL  150 (2nd)
1912 AL  144 (3rd)
1913 AL  152 (1st)
1914 AL  157 (1st)
1915 AL  155 (2nd)
1916 AL  144 (2nd)
1917 AL  147 (4th)
1918 AL  128 (1st)
1919 AL  129 (3rd)
1920 AL  140 (3rd)
Career  1,866 (29th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  308 (2nd)
1910 AL  310 (2nd)
1911 AL  372 (1st)
1912 AL  317 (4th)
1913 AL  331 (2nd)
1914 AL  425 (1st)
1915 AL  340 (2nd)
1916 AL  278 (4th)
1917 AL  281 (5th)
1918 AL  280 (2nd)
1919 AL  290 (1st)
1920 AL  258 (4th)
Career  4,038 (13th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  567 (1st)
1910 AL  487 (2nd)
1911 AL  556 (1st)
1912 AL  547 (1st)
1913 AL  510 (2nd)
1914 AL  544 (1st)
1915 AL  504 (1st)
1916 AL  435 (3rd)
1917 AL  423 (4th)
1918 AL  364 (4th)
1919 AL  376 (4th)
1920 AL  421 (4th)
Career  6,119 (21st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  71 (1st)
1910 AL  51 (4th)
1911 AL  75 (1st)
1912 AL  66 (2nd)
1913 AL  56 (2nd)
1914 AL  58 (2nd)
1915 AL  57 (2nd)
1916 AL  34 (4th)
1917 AL  51 (4th)
1918 AL  48 (3rd)
1919 AL  40 (4th)
1920 AL  45 (2nd)
Career  689 (8th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  38 (5th)
1911 AL  42 (5th)
1912 AL  45 (4th)
1913 AL  61 (3rd)
1914 AL  64 (2nd)
1915 AL  61 (2nd)
1916 AL  41 (5th)
1919 AL  45 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  5.57 (2nd)
1910 AL  5.65 (3rd)
1911 AL  6.19 (2nd)
1912 AL  6.00 (1st)
1913 AL  5.53 (3rd)
1914 AL  6.17 (1st)
1915 AL  5.45 (2nd)
1919 AL  5.16 (5th)
Career  5.44 (24th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1909 AL  .925 (4th)
1910 AL  .940 (1st)
1911 AL  .925 (5th)
1912 AL  .929 (2nd)
1913 AL  .938 (3rd)
1914 AL  .944 (5th)
1915 AL  .937 (5th)
1916 AL  .954 (3rd)
1917 AL  .932 (5th)
1918 AL  .931 (5th)
1919 AL  .943 (3rd)
1920 AL  .938 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1887-10-08 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (170), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 86 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (536), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (38th), 39.3 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/36.5 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

  • September 1, 1907: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from South Bend (Central) in the 1907 rule 5 draft.
  • August, 1908: Drafted by Indianapolis (American Association) from the Detroit Tigers in the 1908 rule 5 draft.
  • September, 1908: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Indianapolis (American Association) for $6,000.
  • August 20, 1921: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
190921Detroit Tigers$2,5001942 TSN Guide 163
191325Detroit Tigers$4,200Celler committee, p. 52
191527Detroit Tigers$6,000Celler committee, p. 52
192032Detroit Tigers$5,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192133Detroit Tigers$5,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsDET/WSH
192234Washington Senators$5,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
192335Washington Senators$10,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$38,200
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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