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Chippy McGarr
James B. McGarr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 168 lb.

Debut July 11, 1884
Final Game September 26, 1896
Born May 10, 1863 in Worcester, MA
Died June 6, 1904 in Worcester, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 CPI UA  19   70   10   11   2  0   0        0      0      .157  .157  .186   16   13                    
 1886 23 PHA AA  71  267   41   71   9  3   2   31  17      9      .266  .295  .345  100   92               2    
 1887 24 PHA AA 137  536   93  158  23  6   1   63  84     23      .295  .326  .366   92  196               2    
 1888 25 STL AA  34  132   17   31   1  0   0   13  25      6      .235  .268  .242   57   32               0    
 1889 26 TOT AA  28  115   23   32   3  0   0   16  12      7  12  .278  .325  .304   76   35               1    
         KCC AA  25  108   22   31   3  0   0   16  12      6  11  .287  .330  .315   80   34               1    
         BAL AA   3    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .143  .250  .143   14    1               0    
 1890 27 BSN NL 121  487   68  115  12  7   1   51  39     34  38  .236  .291  .296   66  144               4    
 1893 30 CLV NL  63  249   38   77  12  0   0   28  24     20  15  .309  .363  .357   87   89               1    
 1894 31 CLV NL 128  523   94  144  24  6   2   74  31     28  29  .275  .316  .356   59  186               3    
 1895 32 CLV NL 112  419   85  111  14  2   2   59  19     34  33  .265  .322  .322   62  135  14           1    
 1896 33 CLV NL 113  455   68  122  16  4   1   53  16     22  30  .268  .302  .327   62  149   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     826 3253  537  872 116 28   9  388 267  0 183 157  .268  .310  .329   71 1071  23   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638  105  171  23  5   2   76  52  0  36  31  .268  .310  .329   71  210   5   0   0   3   0
 Career High    137  536   94  158  24  7   2   74  84  0  34  38  .309  .363  .366  100  196  14   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 CPI UA   70   59    2   0.9    61| .157  .246| .157  .273| .186  .318| .343  .591|  16  .083  -5.3  -0.6     
 1886 23 PHA AA  278  196   27   3.6    75| .266  .247| .295  .310| .345  .329| .640  .639| 100  .517  -1.1  -0.1     
 1887 24 PHA AA  561  378   63   4.3    97| .295  .280| .326  .344| .366  .378| .692  .722|  92  .490  -7.3  -0.7     
 1888 25 STL AA  138  101    9   2.4    79| .235  .256| .268  .315| .242  .338| .510  .653|  57  .361  -6.7  -0.8     
 1889 26 TOT AA  123   83   11   3.4    96| .278  .273| .325  .346| .304  .371| .629  .717|  76  .418  -3.6  -0.4     
         KCC AA  115   77   11   3.7    96| .287  .274| .330  .347| .315  .371| .645  .718|  80  .452  -2.9  -0.3     
         BAL AA    8    6    0   0.0    91| .143  .265| .250  .337| .143  .360| .393  .698|  14  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1890 27 BSN NL  525  372   41   2.9    94| .236  .268| .291  .346| .296  .363| .587  .709|  66  .364 -23.5  -2.5     
 1893 30 CLV NL  270  172   32   4.9   111| .309  .293| .363  .372| .357  .399| .720  .772|  87  .502  -4.4  -0.4     
 1894 31 CLV NL  554  379   58   4.0   130| .275  .321| .316  .393| .356  .452| .672  .845|  59  .322 -37.6  -3.2     
 1895 32 CLV NL  468  322   43   3.5   117| .265  .310| .322  .377| .322  .419| .644  .795|  62  .325 -24.8  -2.3     
 1896 33 CLV NL  486  342   45   3.4   112| .268  .305| .302  .371| .327  .407| .629  .778|  62  .347 -27.2  -2.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3473 2404  331   3.6   104| .268  .288| .310  .357| .329  .391| .639  .748|  71  .386 -141.6 -13.6     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 21 CPI UA 2B 13 32 25 6 2 .905 .869 4.38 5.39 OF 6 3 0 2 0 .600 .811 0.50 1.47 5 0 1 1886 23 PHA AA SS 71 109 231 60 25 .850 .854 4.79 4.51 1887 24 PHA AA SS 137 198 402 86 42 .875 .858 4.38 4.43 1888 25 STL AA 2B 33 70 100 20 11 .895 .916 5.15 5.54 SS 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .870 2.00 4.50 1889 26 TOT AA SS 6 6 13 11 1 .633 .876 3.17 5.13 KCC AA 3B 11 18 18 6 6 .857 .857 3.27 3.53 OF 6 9 2 1 0 .917 .902 1.83 1.97 2 0 4 2B 5 18 14 2 5 .941 .917 6.40 5.60 SS 3 3 9 6 1 .667 .876 4.00 5.13 BAL AA SS 3 3 4 5 0 .583 .875 2.33 5.13 1890 27 BSN NL 3B 115 151 228 27 13 .933 .884 3.30 3.50 SS 5 7 15 3 2 .880 .902 4.40 5.28 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 0 0 1 1893 30 CLV NL 3B 63 93 147 31 7 .886 .893 3.81 3.75 1894 31 CLV NL 3B 128 170 242 45 17 .902 .879 3.22 3.41 1895 32 CLV NL 3B 108 125 217 51 13 .870 .872 3.17 3.38 2B 4 12 5 1 1 .944 .934 4.25 5.62 1896 33 CLV NL 3B 113 123 228 29 20 .924 .892 3.11 3.41 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 CPI UA 2B 13 32 25 6 2 .905 .869 4.38 5.39 1888 25 STL AA 2B 33 70 100 20 11 .895 .916 5.15 5.54 1889 26 KCC AA 2B 5 18 14 2 5 .941 .917 6.40 5.60 1895 32 CLV NL 2B 4 12 5 1 1 .944 .934 4.25 5.62 1889 26 KCC AA 3B 11 18 18 6 6 .857 .857 3.27 3.53 1890 27 BSN NL 3B 115 151 228 27 13 .933 .884 3.30 3.50 1893 30 CLV NL 3B 63 93 147 31 7 .886 .893 3.81 3.75 1894 31 CLV NL 3B 128 170 242 45 17 .902 .879 3.22 3.41 1895 32 CLV NL 3B 108 125 217 51 13 .870 .872 3.17 3.38 1896 33 CLV NL 3B 113 123 228 29 20 .924 .892 3.11 3.41 1896 33 CLV NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0 1884 21 CPI UA OF 6 3 0 2 0 .600 .811 0.50 1.47 5 0 1 1889 26 KCC AA OF 6 9 2 1 0 .917 .902 1.83 1.97 2 0 4 1890 27 BSN NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.90 0 0 1 1886 23 PHA AA SS 71 109 231 60 25 .850 .854 4.79 4.51 1887 24 PHA AA SS 137 198 402 86 42 .875 .858 4.38 4.43 1888 25 STL AA SS 1 0 2 2 0 .500 .870 2.00 4.50 1889 26 TOT AA SS 6 6 13 11 1 .633 .876 3.17 5.13 KCC AA SS 3 3 9 6 1 .667 .876 4.00 5.13 BAL AA SS 3 3 4 5 0 .583 .875 2.33 5.13 1890 27 BSN NL SS 5 7 15 3 2 .880 .902 4.40 5.28
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 538 680 1080 189 76 .903 .883 3.27 3.47 SS 220 320 663 162 70 .859 .858 4.47 4.49 2B 55 132 144 29 19 .905 .907 5.02 5.52 OF 13 14 2 3 0 .842 .884 1.23 1.73 7 0 6 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 827 1146 1889 383 165 .888 .877 3.67 3.85
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.

Games
1887 AA-137-4

Singles
1887 AA-128-9

Outs
1894 NL-379-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November 21, 1887: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Fred Mann, Jocko Milligan, and $3,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Gleason and Curt Welch.


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Uniforms 
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