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Marty Kavanagh
Martin Joseph Kavanagh

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 18, 1914
Final Game August 8, 1918
Born June 13, 1891 in Harrison, NJ
Died July 28, 1960 in Taylor, MI

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 23 DET AL 128  439   60  109  21  6   4   35  16 14  41  42  .248  .318  .351   98  154  16           4    
 1915 24 DET AL 113  332   55   98  14 13   4   49   8  8  42  44  .295  .378  .452  143  150  10           2    
 1916 25 TOT AL  77  122   10   22   6  1   1   15   0     11  20  .180  .254  .270   54   33   2           1    
         DET AL  58   78    6   11   4  0   0    5   0      9  15  .141  .239  .192   27   15   2           1    
         CLE AL  19   44    4   11   2  1   1   10   0      2   5  .250  .283  .409  102   18   0           0    
 1917 26 CLE AL  14   14    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      3   2  .000  .176  .000  -47    0   0           0    
 1918 27 TOT     38  126   12   28   6  0   1   23   2     21  14  .222  .338  .294   91   37   5           1    
         TOT AL  26   82    6   20   5  0   0   15   1     18  13  .244  .386  .305  107   25   2           1    
         CLE AL  13   38    4    8   2  0   0    6   1      7   7  .211  .348  .263   78   10   2           1    
         STL NL  12   44    6    8   1  0   1    8   1      3   1  .182  .234  .273   56   12   3           0    
         DET AL  13   44    2   12   3  0   0    9   0     11   6  .273  .418  .341  133   15   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      370 1033  138  257  47 20  10  122  26 22 118 122  .249  .330  .362  105  374  33   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        452   60  113  21  9   4   53  11 10  52  53  .249  .330  .362  105  164  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High    128  439   60  109  21 13   4   49  16 14  42  44  .295  .378  .452  143  154  16   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 23 DET AL  500  360   46   3.4    85| .248  .260| .318  .334| .351  .340| .669  .674|  98  .521  -1.4  -0.2  53%
 1915 24 DET AL  386  252   54   5.8    87| .295  .261| .378  .340| .452  .342| .830  .682| 143  .720  17.0   1.9  50%
 1916 25 TOT AL  136  102    8   2.1    86| .180  .262| .254  .337| .270  .342| .524  .679|  54  .291  -7.2  -0.8     
         DET AL   90   69    3   1.2    86| .141  .261| .239  .336| .192  .341| .431  .677|  27  .123  -6.9  -0.8     
         CLE AL   46   33    5   4.1    87| .250  .263| .283  .339| .409  .344| .692  .683| 102  .578  -0.3   0.0     
 1917 26 CLE AL   17   14    0   0.0    85| .000  .263| .176  .335| .000  .340| .176  .675| -47  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
 1918 27 TOT     153  103   12   3.2    81| .222  .261| .338  .328| .294  .334| .632  .662|  91  .457  -0.2  -0.1     
         TOT AL  103   64    9   3.8    83| .244  .263| .386  .334| .305  .335| .691  .669| 107  .541   2.2   0.2     
         CLE AL   48   32    3   2.6    89| .211  .271| .348  .343| .263  .345| .611  .688|  78  .359  -0.6  -0.1     
         STL NL   50   39    3   2.1    77| .182  .258| .234  .315| .273  .333| .507  .648|  56  .285  -2.4  -0.3     
         DET AL   55   32    6   5.1    79| .273  .256| .418  .326| .341  .326| .759  .652| 133  .666   2.8   0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1192  831  120   3.9    85| .249  .261| .330  .335| .362  .340| .692  .676| 105  .564   5.8   0.5     

* 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 ------+
1914 23 DET AL 2B 115 228 333 43 30 .929 .953 4.88 4.78 1B 4 36 1 2 0 .949 .984 9.25 10.15 1915 24 DET AL 1B 44 500 24 7 16 .987 .987 11.91 10.27 2B 42 59 95 12 7 .928 .956 3.67 4.89 OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.00 2 0 0 SS 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 5.00 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1916 25 TOT AL 2B 11 11 32 5 2 .896 .964 3.91 4.88 TOT AL 3B 2 1 2 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 3.20 DET AL OF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.82 2.03 1 0 10 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.90 3B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 3.20 CLE AL 2B 9 11 31 5 2 .894 .963 4.67 4.88 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 10.40 3B 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .952 2.00 3.20 1917 26 CLE AL OF 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 0 2 0 1918 27 TOT AL 1B 24 242 11 9 13 .966 .986 10.54 10.89 CLE AL 1B 12 113 5 4 7 .967 .986 9.83 10.89 STL NL OF 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.12 0 0 8 2B 4 11 12 2 0 .920 .958 5.75 5.10 DET AL 1B 12 129 6 5 6 .964 .986 11.25 10.89
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 23 DET AL 1B 4 36 1 2 0 .949 .984 9.25 10.15 1915 24 DET AL 1B 44 500 24 7 16 .987 .987 11.91 10.27 1916 25 CLE AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 10.40 1918 27 TOT AL 1B 24 242 11 9 13 .966 .986 10.54 10.89 CLE AL 1B 12 113 5 4 7 .967 .986 9.83 10.89 DET AL 1B 12 129 6 5 6 .964 .986 11.25 10.89 1914 23 DET AL 2B 115 228 333 43 30 .929 .953 4.88 4.78 1915 24 DET AL 2B 42 59 95 12 7 .928 .956 3.67 4.89 1916 25 TOT AL 2B 11 11 32 5 2 .896 .964 3.91 4.88 DET AL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.90 CLE AL 2B 9 11 31 5 2 .894 .963 4.67 4.88 1918 27 STL NL 2B 4 11 12 2 0 .920 .958 5.75 5.10 1915 24 DET AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1916 25 TOT AL 3B 2 1 2 2 1 .600 .938 1.50 3.20 DET AL 3B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 3.20 CLE AL 3B 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .952 2.00 3.20 1915 24 DET AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.00 2 0 0 1916 25 DET AL OF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.82 2.03 1 0 10 1917 26 CLE AL OF 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 0 2 0 1918 27 STL NL OF 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.12 0 0 8 1915 24 DET AL SS 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 172 309 472 62 39 .926 .954 4.54 4.82 1B 73 781 36 18 29 .978 .987 11.19 10.47 OF 23 39 2 0 1 1.000 .960 1.78 2.07 3 2 18 3B 3 1 2 2 1 .600 .938 1.00 3.13 SS 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 273 1130 514 82 71 .952 .970 6.02 6.08
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.

Batting Average
1915 AL-.295-10

On-base %
1915 AL-.378-9

Slugging %
1915 AL-.452-3

OPS
1915 AL-.829-5

Triples
1915 AL-13-9

Home Runs
1914 AL-4-7
1915 AL-4-9

Adjusted OPS+
1915 AL-143-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 AL-17-10

Batting Wins
1915 AL-1.9-10

Offensive Win%
1915 AL-.720-5

Power/Speed Number
1914 AL-6.4-10

At Bats per Home Run
1914 AL-109.8-9
1915 AL-83.0-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1126) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2754) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

September 2, 1916: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Detroit Tigers.

June, 1918: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cleveland Indians.

August, 1918: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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