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Jack McCarthy
John Arthur McCarthy

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.
School College of the Holy Cross

Debut August 3, 1893
Final Game May 25, 1907
Born March 26, 1869 in San Francisco, CA
Died September 11, 1931 in Chicago, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 24 CIN NL  49  195   28   55   8  3   0   22   6     22   7  .282  .355  .354   87   69               0    
 1894 25 CIN NL  40  167   29   45   9  1   0   21   3     17   6  .269  .348  .335   63   56               3    
 1898 29 PIT NL 137  537   75  155  13 12   4   78   7     34      .289  .336  .380  106  204  21           4    
 1899 30 PIT NL 138  560  108  171  22 17   3   67  28     39      .305  .355  .421  113  236  27           4    
 1900 31 CHC NL 124  503   68  148  16  7   0   48  22     24      .294  .329  .354   91  178  11           2    
 1901 32 CLE AL  86  343   60  110  14  7   0   32   9     30      .321  .382  .402  121  138  19           4    
 1902 33 CLE AL  95  359   45  102  31  5   0   41  12     24      .284  .329  .398  104  143  18           0    
 1903 34 TOT    132  516   58  138  25  8   0   57  23     23      .267  .300  .347   93  179  23           1    
         CLE AL 108  415   47  110  20  8   0   43  15     19      .265  .299  .352   96  146  21           1    
         CHC NL  24  101   11   28   5  0   0   14   8      4      .277  .305  .327   82   33   2           0    
 1904 35 CHC NL 115  432   36  114  14  2   0   51  14     23      .264  .307  .306   89  132  17           4    
 1905 36 CHC NL  59  170   16   47   4  3   0   14   8     10      .276  .320  .335   92   57   5           1    
 1906 37 BRO NL  91  322   23   98  13  1   0   35   9     20      .304  .347  .351  125  113  10           1    
 1907 38 BRO NL  25   91    4   20   2  0   0    8   4      2      .220  .237  .242   55   22   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1091 4195  550 1203 171 66   7  474 145  0 268  13  .287  .333  .364  100 1527 153   0   0  24   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   82  179  25 10   1   70  22  0  40   2  .287  .333  .364  100  227  23   0   0   4   0
 Career High    138  560  108  171  31 17   4   78  28  0  39   7  .321  .382  .421  125  236  27   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 24 CIN NL  217  140   24   4.5   108| .282  .288| .355  .367| .354  .393| .709  .759|  87  .464  -3.6  -0.3     
 1894 25 CIN NL  187  122   19   4.0   129| .269  .320| .348  .391| .335  .450| .683  .842|  63  .329  -9.9  -0.8     
 1898 29 PIT NL  596  403   68   4.4    90| .289  .275| .336  .340| .380  .353| .716  .693| 106  .548   2.1   0.2     
 1899 30 PIT NL  630  416   83   5.2    99| .305  .289| .355  .351| .421  .376| .776  .727| 113  .582   8.1   0.8     
 1900 31 CHC NL  540  366   58   4.1    95| .294  .282| .329  .343| .354  .372| .683  .714|  91  .486  -6.8  -0.7     
 1901 32 CLE AL  396  252   52   5.4    94| .321  .279| .382  .335| .402  .375| .784  .710| 121  .600  11.0   1.1     
 1902 33 CLE AL  401  275   47   4.5    94| .284  .279| .329  .336| .398  .376| .727  .712| 104  .527   2.4   0.2     
 1903 34 TOT     563  401   53   3.5    82| .267  .263| .300  .315| .347  .354| .647  .669|  93  .481  -4.8  -0.6     
         CLE AL  456  326   43   3.5    81| .265  .261| .299  .310| .352  .353| .651  .662|  96  .488  -2.4  -0.3     
         CHC NL  107   75   10   3.5    90| .277  .274| .305  .337| .327  .357| .632  .693|  82  .446  -2.4  -0.3     
 1904 35 CHC NL  476  335   40   3.1    78| .264  .258| .307  .316| .306  .333| .613  .649|  89  .480  -5.6  -0.7     
 1905 36 CHC NL  186  128   18   3.7    87| .276  .269| .320  .332| .335  .351| .655  .683|  92  .526  -2.1  -0.2     
 1906 37 BRO NL  353  234   39   4.4    70| .304  .244| .347  .309| .351  .310| .698  .619| 125  .649   9.1   1.1     
 1907 38 BRO NL   95   73    5   1.8    69| .220  .243| .237  .308| .242  .309| .479  .616|  55  .275  -4.8  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4640 3145  506   4.2    91| .287  .274| .333  .336| .364  .362| .697  .697| 100  .522  -4.9  -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 ------+
1893 24 CIN NL OF 47 87 7 12 0 .887 .915 2.00 2.14 10 1 37 1B 2 24 2 1 1 .963 .977 13.00 10.45 1894 25 CIN NL OF 25 45 6 6 0 .895 .916 2.04 2.24 5 0 20 1B 15 148 13 7 12 .958 .976 10.73 9.54 1898 29 PIT NL OF 137 296 19 22 4 .935 .937 2.30 2.03 137 0 0 1899 30 PIT NL OF 138 281 18 12 5 .961 .944 2.17 2.11 132 6 0 1900 31 CHC NL OF 123 233 20 15 4 .944 .940 2.06 2.13 96 1 26 1901 32 CLE AL OF 86 157 9 9 5 .949 .931 1.93 2.00 85 1 0 1902 33 CLE AL OF 95 178 6 11 0 .944 .944 1.94 2.04 95 0 0 1903 34 TOT OF 132 211 13 9 6 .961 .950 1.70 1.92 132 0 0 CLE AL OF 108 178 10 7 5 .964 .952 1.74 1.92 108 0 0 CHC NL OF 24 33 3 2 1 .947 .942 1.50 1.91 24 0 0 1904 35 CHC NL OF 115 213 8 9 0 .961 .947 1.92 1.86 25 90 0 1905 36 CHC NL OF 37 63 9 1 4 .986 .955 1.95 1.93 18 19 0 1B 6 44 3 3 5 .940 .981 7.83 10.48 1906 37 BRO NL OF 86 158 13 14 1 .924 .959 1.99 1.86 83 3 0 1907 38 BRO NL OF 25 38 0 0 0 1.000 .960 1.52 1.94 25 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1893 24 CIN NL 1B 2 24 2 1 1 .963 .977 13.00 10.45 1894 25 CIN NL 1B 15 148 13 7 12 .958 .976 10.73 9.54 1905 36 CHC NL 1B 6 44 3 3 5 .940 .981 7.83 10.48 1893 24 CIN NL OF 47 87 7 12 0 .887 .915 2.00 2.14 10 1 37 1894 25 CIN NL OF 25 45 6 6 0 .895 .916 2.04 2.24 5 0 20 1898 29 PIT NL OF 137 296 19 22 4 .935 .937 2.30 2.03 137 0 0 1899 30 PIT NL OF 138 281 18 12 5 .961 .944 2.17 2.11 132 6 0 1900 31 CHC NL OF 123 233 20 15 4 .944 .940 2.06 2.13 96 1 26 1901 32 CLE AL OF 86 157 9 9 5 .949 .931 1.93 2.00 85 1 0 1902 33 CLE AL OF 95 178 6 11 0 .944 .944 1.94 2.04 95 0 0 1903 34 TOT OF 132 211 13 9 6 .961 .950 1.70 1.92 132 0 0 CLE AL OF 108 178 10 7 5 .964 .952 1.74 1.92 108 0 0 CHC NL OF 24 33 3 2 1 .947 .942 1.50 1.91 24 0 0 1904 35 CHC NL OF 115 213 8 9 0 .961 .947 1.92 1.86 25 90 0 1905 36 CHC NL OF 37 63 9 1 4 .986 .955 1.95 1.93 18 19 0 1906 37 BRO NL OF 86 158 13 14 1 .924 .959 1.99 1.86 83 3 0 1907 38 BRO NL OF 25 38 0 0 0 1.000 .960 1.52 1.94 25 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1046 1960 128 120 29 .946 .942 2.00 2.01 843 121 83 1B 23 216 18 11 18 .955 .977 10.17 9.87 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1069 2176 146 131 47 .947 .946 2.17 2.18
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
1901 AL-.321-9

Triples
1899 NL-17-4

Extra-Base Hits
1899 NL-42-10

Sac. Hits
1898 NL-21-5
1899 NL-27-2
1901 AL-19-5
1902 AL-18-9

Oldest Player
1905 NL-36-8
1906 NL-37-8
1907 NL-38-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1399) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1409) (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 

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Bill Gray, Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver, and Ace Stewart to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Elmer Smith, Pink Hawley, and $1,500.

December 12, 1899: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the Pittsburgh Pirates for $2,000.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Orphans to the Cleveland Blues.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Cleveland Naps to the Chicago Cubs.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Buttons Briggs, Doc Casey, Billy Maloney, and $2,000 to the Brooklyn Superbas for Jimmy Sheckard.


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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