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Lew McCarty
George Lewis McCarty

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 192 lb.

Debut August 30, 1913
Final Game April 13, 1921
Born November 17, 1888 in Milton, PA
Died June 9, 1930 in Reading, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 24 BRO NL   9   26    1    6   0  0   0    2   0      2   2  .231  .286  .231   47    6   0           0    
 1914 25 BRO NL  90  284   20   72  14  2   1   30   1     14  22  .254  .293  .327   83   93  10           2     MVP-20
 1915 26 BRO NL  84  276   19   66   9  4   0   19   7  4   7  23  .239  .261  .301   68   83  10           1    
 1916 27 TOT NL  80  218   23   74   9  5   0   22   4     21  25  .339  .405  .427  155   93  10           3    
         BRO NL  55  150   17   47   6  1   0   13   4     14  16  .313  .383  .367  128   55   8           3    
         NYG NL  25   68    6   27   3  4   0    9   0      7   9  .397  .453  .559  217   38   2           0    
 1917 28 NYG NL  56  162   15   40   3  2   2   19   1     14   6  .247  .311  .327   98   53   4           1    
 1918 29 NYG NL  86  257   16   69   7  3   0   24   3     17  13  .268  .321  .319   97   82   9           3    
 1919 30 NYG NL  85  210   17   59   5  4   2   21   2     18  15  .281  .341  .371  115   78   7           1    
 1920 31 TOT NL  41   45    2    7   0  0   0    0   2  0   9   2  .156  .296  .156   32    7   0           0    
         NYG NL  36   38    2    5   0  0   0    0   2  0   4   2  .132  .214  .132    1    5   0           0    
         STL NL   5    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   5   0  .286  .583  .286  157    2   0           0    
 1921 32 STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      532 1479  113  393  47 20   5  137  20  4 102 109  .266  .318  .335   97  495  50   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   34  120  14  6   2   42   6  1  31  33  .266  .318  .335   97  151  15   0   0   3   0
 Career High     90  284   23   74  14  5   2   30   7  4  21  25  .339  .405  .427  155   93  10   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 24 BRO NL   28   20    2   2.7    94| .231  .273| .286  .338| .231  .372| .517  .710|  47  .338  -1.8  -0.2     
 1914 25 BRO NL  310  222   27   3.3    86| .254  .261| .293  .329| .327  .349| .620  .679|  83  .466  -6.7  -0.8     
 1915 26 BRO NL  294  224   21   2.5    82| .239  .258| .261  .321| .301  .345| .562  .667|  68  .382 -11.8  -1.4  63%
 1916 27 TOT NL  252  154   37   6.5    78| .339  .255| .405  .313| .427  .340| .832  .653| 155  .775  14.9   1.7     
         BRO NL  175  111   20   4.9    80| .313  .258| .383  .316| .367  .344| .750  .660| 128  .670   5.8   0.7     
         NYG NL   77   43   17  10.7    74| .397  .248| .453  .306| .559  .332|1.012  .638| 217  .895   9.1   1.0     
 1917 28 NYG NL  181  126   16   3.4    76| .247  .253| .311  .310| .327  .334| .638  .644|  98  .511  -0.3   0.0     
 1918 29 NYG NL  286  197   26   3.6    78| .268  .259| .321  .316| .319  .334| .640  .651|  97  .517  -0.8  -0.1     
 1919 30 NYG NL  236  158   26   4.4    81| .281  .263| .341  .317| .371  .346| .712  .663| 115  .601   3.7   0.4     
 1920 31 TOT NL   54   38    2   1.4    90| .156  .276| .296  .330| .156  .367| .452  .696|  32  .141  -3.5  -0.4 100%
         NYG NL   42   33    1   0.8    90| .132  .276| .214  .330| .132  .367| .346  .698|   1  .056  -4.8  -0.5 100%
         STL NL   12    5    1   5.5    89| .286  .274| .583  .328| .286  .364| .869  .692| 157  .652   1.3   0.1   0%
 1921 32 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .294| .000  .344| .000  .405| .000  .749|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1642 1140  157   3.7    81| .266  .259| .318  .319| .335  .343| .653  .663|  97  .537  -6.6  -0.8     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 24 BRO NL C 9 37 10 0 1 1.000 .969 5.22 5.09 1 1914 25 BRO NL C 84 398 117 16 9 .970 .970 6.13 5.13 8 1915 26 BRO NL C 81 310 101 13 5 .969 .975 5.07 5.25 7 1916 27 TOT NL C 51 209 59 3 4 .989 .974 5.25 5.42 0 BRO NL C 27 97 33 2 2 .985 .974 4.81 5.42 0 1B 17 148 9 3 9 .981 .987 9.24 10.15 NYG NL C 24 112 26 1 2 .993 .974 5.75 5.42 0 1917 28 NYG NL C 54 235 43 6 0 .979 .975 5.15 5.16 1 1918 29 NYG NL C 75 288 67 9 3 .975 .974 4.73 4.60 7 1919 30 NYG NL C 59 203 56 8 1 .970 .972 4.39 4.78 7 1920 31 TOT NL C 8 21 10 0 1 1.000 .969 3.88 4.60 3 NYG NL C 5 16 6 0 0 1.000 .969 4.40 4.60 1 STL NL C 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.60 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 27 BRO NL 1B 17 148 9 3 9 .981 .987 9.24 10.15 1913 24 BRO NL C 9 37 10 0 1 1.000 .969 5.22 5.09 1 1914 25 BRO NL C 84 398 117 16 9 .970 .970 6.13 5.13 8 1915 26 BRO NL C 81 310 101 13 5 .969 .975 5.07 5.25 7 1916 27 TOT NL C 51 209 59 3 4 .989 .974 5.25 5.42 0 BRO NL C 27 97 33 2 2 .985 .974 4.81 5.42 0 NYG NL C 24 112 26 1 2 .993 .974 5.75 5.42 0 1917 28 NYG NL C 54 235 43 6 0 .979 .975 5.15 5.16 1 1918 29 NYG NL C 75 288 67 9 3 .975 .974 4.73 4.60 7 1919 30 NYG NL C 59 203 56 8 1 .970 .972 4.39 4.78 7 1920 31 TOT NL C 8 21 10 0 1 1.000 .969 3.88 4.60 3 NYG NL C 5 16 6 0 0 1.000 .969 4.40 4.60 1 STL NL C 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.60 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 421 1701 463 55 24 .975 .973 5.14 5.04 34 1B 17 148 9 3 9 .981 .987 9.24 10.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 438 1849 472 58 33 .976 .974 5.30 5.24
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   3   5   1   2  0  1  0   1   0   0  .400  .400  .800   0  0   0   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)
1914-NL-20-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 25, 1916: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins to the New York Giants for Fred Merkle.

July 4, 1920: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the New York Giants.


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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