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Jim Canavan
James Edward Canavan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 8, 1891
Final Game July 13, 1897
Born November 26, 1866 in New Bedford, MA
Died May 27, 1949 in New Bedford, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 24 TOT AA 136  568  107  135  15 18  10   87  28     43  54  .238  .297  .380   85  216               5    
         CKK AA 101  426   74   97  13 14   7   66  21     27  44  .228  .282  .373   81  159               5    
         MIL AA  35  142   33   38   2  4   3   21   7     16  10  .268  .342  .401   97   57               0    
 1892 25 CHC NL 118  439   48   73  10 11   0   32  33     48  48  .166  .248  .239   51  105               0    
 1893 26 CIN NL 121  461   65  104  13  7   5   64  31     51  20  .226  .305  .317   64  146               2    
 1894 27 CIN NL 101  356   77   97  16  9  13   70  13     62  25  .272  .380  .478  103  170               0    
 1897 30 BRO NL  63  240   25   52   9  3   2   34   9     26      .217  .299  .304   63   73   1           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      539 2064  322  461  63 48  30  287 114  0 230 147  .223  .304  .344   75  710   1   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        620   97  139  19 14   9   86  34  0  69  44  .223  .304  .344   75  213   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High    136  568  107  135  16 18  13   87  33  0  62  54  .272  .380  .478  103  216   1   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 24 TOT AA  616  433   63   3.8   100| .238  .275| .297  .361| .380  .371| .677  .731|  85  .473 -16.7  -1.7     
         CKK AA  458  329   44   3.5    98| .228  .272| .282  .357| .373  .366| .655  .723|  81  .435 -15.3  -1.6     
         MIL AA  158  104   19   4.8   107| .268  .284| .342  .372| .401  .384| .743  .755|  97  .577  -1.4  -0.1     
 1892 25 CHC NL  487  366   26   1.9    77| .166  .245| .248  .317| .239  .328| .487  .645|  51  .226 -25.9  -2.9     
 1893 26 CIN NL  514  357   44   3.3   108| .226  .288| .305  .367| .317  .393| .622  .760|  64  .321 -25.6  -2.5     
 1894 27 CIN NL  418  259   65   6.5   129| .272  .320| .380  .391| .478  .450| .858  .842| 103  .540   0.8   0.1     
 1897 30 BRO NL  269  189   21   2.9   102| .217  .291| .299  .354| .304  .386| .603  .740|  63  .283 -12.3  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2304 1604  219   3.6   102| .223  .281| .304  .358| .344  .382| .648  .740|  75  .388 -79.7  -8.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 24 TOT AA SS 112 231 339 93 32 .860 .879 5.09 5.04 CKK AA SS 101 217 304 85 31 .860 .879 5.16 5.04 MIL AA 2B 24 51 76 20 4 .864 .914 5.29 5.25 SS 11 14 35 8 1 .860 .880 4.45 5.04 1892 25 CHC NL 2B 112 282 349 53 40 .923 .929 5.63 5.59 OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.75 1.85 1 3 0 SS 2 6 5 1 1 .917 .894 5.50 5.35 1893 26 CIN NL OF 117 243 15 19 0 .931 .915 2.21 2.14 96 6 16 2B 5 12 18 2 0 .938 .932 6.00 5.88 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 1894 27 CIN NL OF 95 188 9 21 6 .904 .915 2.07 2.24 8 1 88 SS 3 2 13 0 0 1.000 .898 5.00 5.60 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .882 1.50 3.40 1B 1 9 0 2 1 .818 .978 9.00 9.50 2B 1 4 6 4 1 .714 .926 10.00 5.70 1897 30 BRO NL 2B 63 157 162 32 18 .909 .936 5.06 5.53
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1894 27 CIN NL 1B 1 9 0 2 1 .818 .978 9.00 9.50 1891 24 MIL AA 2B 24 51 76 20 4 .864 .914 5.29 5.25 1892 25 CHC NL 2B 112 282 349 53 40 .923 .929 5.63 5.59 1893 26 CIN NL 2B 5 12 18 2 0 .938 .932 6.00 5.88 1894 27 CIN NL 2B 1 4 6 4 1 .714 .926 10.00 5.70 1897 30 BRO NL 2B 63 157 162 32 18 .909 .936 5.06 5.53 1893 26 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 1894 27 CIN NL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .882 1.50 3.40 1892 25 CHC NL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.75 1.85 1 3 0 1893 26 CIN NL OF 117 243 15 19 0 .931 .915 2.21 2.14 96 6 16 1894 27 CIN NL OF 95 188 9 21 6 .904 .915 2.07 2.24 8 1 88 1891 24 TOT AA SS 112 231 339 93 32 .860 .879 5.09 5.04 CKK AA SS 101 217 304 85 31 .860 .879 5.16 5.04 MIL AA SS 11 14 35 8 1 .860 .880 4.45 5.04 1892 25 CHC NL SS 2 6 5 1 1 .917 .894 5.50 5.35 1894 27 CIN NL SS 3 2 13 0 0 1.000 .898 5.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 216 437 25 40 6 .920 .915 2.14 2.18 105 10 104 2B 205 506 611 111 63 .910 .929 5.45 5.54 SS 117 239 357 94 33 .864 .880 5.09 5.06 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .882 1.00 3.53 1B 1 9 0 2 1 .818 .978 9.00 9.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 542 1193 994 247 103 .899 .912 4.04 4.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1891 AA-568-6

Triples
1891 AA-18-3

Home Runs
1891 AA-10-4
1894 NL-13-5

Extra-Base Hits
1891 AA-43-7

Power/Speed Number
1891 AA-14.7-5

At Bats per Home Run
1891 AA-56.8-9
1894 NL-27.4-2

Outs
1891 AA-433-2

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1367) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2752) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1676) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 5, 1892: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with $1,000 to the Chicago Colts for Fred Pfeffer.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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