 He had previously batted .361 in 1927 (in addition to receiving the Southern Association’s RBI crown) and .349 in 1926.Washington traded Bigelow, along with pitcher Hod Lisenbee, Grant Gillis, Milt Gaston, and Bobby Reeves, in a deal that returned Buddy Myer, who had previously been traded to the Red Sox in May 1927, to the Senators.When asked about his thinking in trading Bigelow, Senators’ manager Walter Johnson said that “Bigelow, while his hitting may give him a chance of earning a regular berth on Carrigan’s team [the Red Sox], would have been a utility hitter at best with us, unless the information I have picked up about him is all wrong.