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Alex McKinnon
Alexander J. McKinnon

Bats Right, Throws Unknown
Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 1, 1884
Final Game July 4, 1887
Born August 14, 1856 in Boston, MA
Died July 24, 1887 in Charlestown, MA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 27 NYG NL 116  470   66  128  21 12   4   73          8  62  .272  .285  .394  107  185                    
 1885 28 SLM NL 100  411   42  121  21  6   1   44          8  31  .294  .308  .382  125  157                    
 1886 29 SLM NL 122  491   75  148  24  7   8   72  10     21  23  .301  .330  .428  135  210                    
 1887 30 PIT NL  48  200   26   68  16  4   1   30   6      8   9  .340  .365  .475  138   95               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      386 1572  209  465  82 29  14  219  16  0  45 125  .296  .315  .412  124  647   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        660   88  195  34 12   6   92   7  0  19  52  .296  .315  .412  124  272   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High    122  491   75  148  24 12   8   73  10  0  21  62  .340  .365  .475  138  210   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 27 NYG NL  478  342   53   4.1    77| .272  .256| .285  .297| .394  .354| .679  .651| 107  .551   2.2   0.2     
 1885 28 SLM NL  419  290   48   4.4    67| .294  .243| .308  .287| .382  .326| .690  .612| 125  .616   9.8   1.1     
 1886 29 SLM NL  512  343   69   5.2    75| .301  .251| .330  .299| .428  .343| .758  .643| 135  .651  18.9   2.0     
 1887 30 PIT NL  208  132   35   7.0    91| .340  .266| .365  .323| .475  .379| .840  .702| 138  .694  10.1   1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1617 1107  205   4.8    76| .296  .252| .315  .298| .412  .347| .727  .645| 124  .622  41.1   4.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1884 27 NYG NL 1B 116 1097 31 53 57 .955 .962 9.72 8.62 1885 28 SLM NL 1B 100 1102 26 25 50 .978 .970 11.28 10.00 1886 29 SLM NL 1B 119 1170 35 46 61 .963 .968 10.13 8.40 OF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .893 1.67 1.70 0 3 0 1887 30 PIT NL 1B 48 483 25 12 27 .977 .974 10.58 10.41
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 27 NYG NL 1B 116 1097 31 53 57 .955 .962 9.72 8.62 1885 28 SLM NL 1B 100 1102 26 25 50 .978 .970 11.28 10.00 1886 29 SLM NL 1B 119 1170 35 46 61 .963 .968 10.13 8.40 1887 30 PIT NL 1B 48 483 25 12 27 .977 .974 10.58 10.41 1886 29 SLM NL OF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .893 1.67 1.70 0 3 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 383 3852 117 136 195 .967 .968 10.36 9.14 OF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .893 1.67 1.70 0 3 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 386 3857 117 137 195 .967 .967 10.30 9.08
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.

Games
1884 NL-116-1
1886 NL-122-9

At Bats
1884 NL-470-9
1886 NL-491-7

Hits
1886 NL-148-9

Total Bases
1886 NL-210-8

Triples
1884 NL-12-4

Home Runs
1886 NL-8-6

RBI
1884 NL-73-8
1886 NL-72-9

Singles
1886 NL-109-10

Runs Created
1886 NL-69-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1886 NL-19-10

Batting Wins
1886 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1886 NL-39-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1886 NL-21.3-7

At Bats per Home Run
1886 NL-61.4-6

Outs
1884 NL-342-8

     

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 20 (996) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

December 1, 1886: Traded by the St. Louis Maroons to the Pittsburg Alleghenys for Otto Schomberg and $400. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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