A native of Hill City, Tennessee, he was signed by Washington out of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Reeves posted career-numbers with a .303 batting average and 46 RBI for the 1928 Washington Senators, before being dealt in a five-for-one trade to the Boston Red Sox along with Elliot Bigelow, Milt Gaston, Grant Gillis, and Hod Lisenbee in exchange for Buddy Myer.

In 1929, he posted a career-high 140 games with Boston, including 131 appearances as the team's regular third base.

Reeves died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 20 days short of his 89th birthday.

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