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Gavvy Cravath
Clifford Carlton Cravath (Cactus Gavvy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 186 lb.

Debut April 18, 1908
Final Game October 2, 1920
Born March 23, 1881 in Escondido, CA
Died May 23, 1963 in Laguna Beach, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 27 BOS AL  94  277   43   71  10 11   1   34   6     38      .256  .354  .383  136  106   8           4    
 1909 28 TOT AL  23   56    7    9   0  0   1    9   3     20      .161  .382  .214   92   12   1           0    
         CHW AL  19   50    7    9   0  0   1    8   3     19      .180  .406  .240  108   12   1           0    
         WSH AL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      1      .000  .143  .000  -53    0   0           0    
 1912 31 PHI NL 130  436   63  124  30  9  11   70  15     47  77  .284  .358  .470  120  205  16           3    
 1913 32 PHI NL 147  525   78  179  34 14  19  128  10     55  63  .341  .407  .568  172  298  11           3     MVP-2
 1914 33 PHI NL 149  499   76  149  27  8  19  100  14     83  72  .299  .402  .499  161  249  19           3     MVP-22
 1915 34 PHI NL 150  522   89  149  31  7  24  115  11  9  86  77  .285  .393  .510  171  266   7           6    
 1916 35 PHI NL 137  448   70  127  21  8  11   70   9     64  89  .283  .379  .440  147  197  15           5    
 1917 36 PHI NL 140  503   70  141  29 16  12   83   6     70  57  .280  .369  .473  153  238  16           1    
 1918 37 PHI NL 121  426   43   99  27  5   8   54   7     54  46  .232  .320  .376  106  160   8           1    
 1919 38 PHI NL  83  214   34   73  18  5  12   45   8     35  21  .341  .438  .640  213  137   4           2    
 1920 39 PHI NL  46   45    2   13   5  0   1   11   0  0   9  12  .289  .407  .467  146   21   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1220 3951  575 1134 232 83 119  719  89  9 561 514  .287  .380  .478  151 1889 105   0   0  28   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        525   76  151  31 11  16   95  12  1  74  68  .287  .380  .478  151  251  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High    150  525   89  179  34 16  24  128  15  9  86  89  .341  .438  .640  213  298  19   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 27 BOS AL  327  214   37   4.6    71| .256  .249| .354  .307| .383  .317| .737  .623| 136  .698  12.2   1.5     
 1909 28 TOT AL   77   48    5   2.8    71| .161  .248| .382  .308| .214  .315| .596  .622|  92  .456   1.3   0.2     
         CHW AL   70   42    5   3.2    71| .180  .248| .406  .308| .240  .315| .646  .623| 108  .518   2.4   0.3     
         WSH AL    7    6    0   0.0    70| .000  .247| .143  .307| .000  .313| .143  .620| -53  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1912 31 PHI NL  502  328   73   6.0   105| .284  .288| .358  .358| .470  .391| .828  .749| 120  .648  11.2   1.1     
 1913 32 PHI NL  594  357  120   9.0    95| .341  .274| .407  .339| .568  .373| .975  .713| 172  .825  48.8   5.1     
 1914 33 PHI NL  604  369   99   7.2    89| .299  .265| .402  .334| .499  .355| .901  .690| 161  .788  40.6   4.5     
 1915 34 PHI NL  621  389  101   7.0    81| .285  .257| .393  .320| .510  .344| .903  .664| 171  .799  47.9   5.5  55%
 1916 35 PHI NL  532  336   73   5.9    81| .283  .259| .379  .318| .440  .345| .819  .663| 147  .741  27.7   3.2     
 1917 36 PHI NL  590  378   88   6.3    81| .280  .261| .369  .319| .473  .344| .842  .663| 153  .761  33.3   3.8     
 1918 37 PHI NL  489  335   51   4.1    85| .232  .269| .320  .328| .376  .348| .696  .675| 106  .582   4.3   0.5     
 1919 38 PHI NL  255  145   59  11.0    87| .341  .272| .438  .327| .640  .358|1.078  .685| 213  .888  31.6   3.5     
 1920 39 PHI NL   54   32    9   7.7    94| .289  .281| .407  .335| .467  .374| .874  .709| 146  .778   3.4   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4645 2931  715   6.6    86| .287  .266| .380  .328| .478  .354| .858  .682| 151  .758 262.4  29.3     

* 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 ------+
1908 27 BOS AL OF 77 128 7 11 3 .925 .954 1.75 1.80 62 0 15 1B 5 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 1.20 11.04 1909 28 TOT AL OF 19 35 1 2 0 .947 .950 1.89 1.80 0 18 1 CHW AL OF 18 34 0 2 0 .944 .950 1.89 1.80 0 18 0 WSH AL OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1912 31 PHI NL OF 113 200 26 8 5 .966 .956 2.00 2.16 30 14 73 1913 32 PHI NL OF 141 208 20 10 1 .958 .960 1.62 2.08 3 7 133 1914 33 PHI NL OF 143 205 34 18 7 .930 .957 1.67 1.97 1 0 142 1915 34 PHI NL OF 149 233 28 15 2 .946 .959 1.75 2.01 0 0 149 1916 35 PHI NL OF 130 182 17 7 2 .966 .967 1.53 2.00 0 0 130 1917 36 PHI NL OF 139 209 17 13 3 .946 .963 1.63 2.08 0 0 139 1918 37 PHI NL OF 118 184 19 15 3 .931 .962 1.72 2.13 7 0 110 1919 38 PHI NL OF 56 89 7 9 2 .914 .964 1.71 2.18 2 1 53 1920 39 PHI NL OF 5 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.40 2.20 3 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 27 BOS AL 1B 5 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 1.20 11.04 1908 27 BOS AL OF 77 128 7 11 3 .925 .954 1.75 1.80 62 0 15 1909 28 TOT AL OF 19 35 1 2 0 .947 .950 1.89 1.80 0 18 1 CHW AL OF 18 34 0 2 0 .944 .950 1.89 1.80 0 18 0 WSH AL OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1912 31 PHI NL OF 113 200 26 8 5 .966 .956 2.00 2.16 30 14 73 1913 32 PHI NL OF 141 208 20 10 1 .958 .960 1.62 2.08 3 7 133 1914 33 PHI NL OF 143 205 34 18 7 .930 .957 1.67 1.97 1 0 142 1915 34 PHI NL OF 149 233 28 15 2 .946 .959 1.75 2.01 0 0 149 1916 35 PHI NL OF 130 182 17 7 2 .966 .967 1.53 2.00 0 0 130 1917 36 PHI NL OF 139 209 17 13 3 .946 .963 1.63 2.08 0 0 139 1918 37 PHI NL OF 118 184 19 15 3 .931 .962 1.72 2.13 7 0 110 1919 38 PHI NL OF 56 89 7 9 2 .914 .964 1.71 2.18 2 1 53 1920 39 PHI NL OF 5 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.40 2.20 3 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1090 1675 176 109 28 .944 .960 1.70 2.04 108 40 947 1B 5 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 1.20 11.04 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1095 1681 176 111 28 .944 .960 1.70 2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    PHI BOS     L   5  16   2   2  1  1  0   1   2   6  .125  .222  .313   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-NL-2-0.62
1914-NL-22-0.02
Car-349-0.64 shares

Batting Average
1913 NL-.341-2
1914 NL-.299-9

On-base %
1908 AL-.354-9
1913 NL-.407-2
1914 NL-.402-3
1915 NL-.393-1
1916 NL-.379-1
1917 NL-.369-7

Slugging %
1908 AL-.383-6
1912 NL-.470-6
1913 NL-.568-1
1914 NL-.499-2
1915 NL-.510-1
1916 NL-.440-5
1917 NL-.473-2

OPS
1908 AL-.737-6
1913 NL-.974-1
1914 NL-.901-1
1915 NL-.902-1
1916 NL-.819-4
1917 NL-.843-2

Runs
1915 NL-89-1

Hits
1913 NL-179-1

Total Bases
1913 NL-298-1
1914 NL-249-2
1915 NL-266-1
1917 NL-238-4

Doubles
1913 NL-34-4
1914 NL-27-5
1915 NL-31-9
1917 NL-29-4
1918 NL-27-2

Triples
1908 AL-11-8
1913 NL-14-4
1917 NL-16-2

Home Runs
1912 NL-11-3
1913 NL-19-1
1914 NL-19-1
1915 NL-24-1
1916 NL-11-3
1917 NL-12-1
1918 NL-8-1
1919 NL-12-1

RBI
1913 NL-128-1
1914 NL-100-2
1915 NL-115-1
1916 NL-70-6
1917 NL-83-3

Bases on Balls
1914 NL-83-5
1915 NL-86-1
1916 NL-64-5
1917 NL-70-3
1918 NL-54-3

Strikeouts
1912 NL-77-4
1913 NL-63-9
1914 NL-72-5
1915 NL-77-2
1916 NL-89-1
1918 NL-46-4

Adjusted OPS+
1908 AL-136-7
1913 NL-172-1
1914 NL-161-1
1915 NL-171-1
1916 NL-147-4
1917 NL-153-3
Car-151-30

Runs Created
1913 NL-120-1
1914 NL-99-2
1915 NL-101-1
1916 NL-73-10
1917 NL-88-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1913 NL-49-1
1914 NL-41-1
1915 NL-48-1
1916 NL-28-5
1917 NL-33-5
1919 NL-32-3

Batting Wins
1913 NL-5.1-1
1914 NL-4.5-1
1915 NL-5.5-1
1916 NL-3.2-4
1917 NL-3.8-5
1919 NL-3.5-3

Extra-Base Hits
1912 NL-50-5
1913 NL-67-1
1914 NL-54-2
1915 NL-62-1
1916 NL-40-10
1917 NL-57-1
1918 NL-40-1
1919 NL-35-8

Times on Base
1913 NL-237-1
1914 NL-235-3
1915 NL-241-1
1917 NL-212-6

Offensive Win%
1908 AL-.698-7
1913 NL-.825-1
1914 NL-.788-2
1915 NL-.799-1
1916 NL-.741-5
1917 NL-.761-3
Car-.758-20

Power/Speed Number
1912 NL-12.7-6
1913 NL-13.1-3
1914 NL-16.1-3
1915 NL-15.1-2
1916 NL-9.9-10
1917 NL-8.0-7
1918 NL-7.5-4
1919 NL-9.6-3

At Bats per Home Run
1912 NL-39.6-1
1913 NL-27.6-1
1914 NL-26.3-1
1915 NL-21.8-1
1916 NL-40.7-2
1917 NL-41.9-1
1918 NL-53.3-1

Oldest Player
1917 NL-36-7
1918 NL-37-5
1919 NL-38-1
1920 NL-39-1

Black Ink: Batting - 46 (30) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 110 (190) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.0 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 49.5 (368) (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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Transactions 

February 16, 1909: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.

May 16, 1909: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Nick Altrock and Jiggs Donahue to the Washington Senators for Bill Burns.


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