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Bid McPhee
John Alexander McPhee

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 152 lb.

Debut May 2, 1882
Final Game October 15, 1899
Born November 1, 1859 in Massena, NY
Died January 3, 1943 in San Diego, CA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1882. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 22 CIN AA  78  311   43   71   8  7   1   31   0     11      .228  .255  .309   84   96                    
 1883 23 CIN AA  96  367   61   90  10 10   2   42   0     18      .245  .281  .343   94  126                    
 1884 24 CIN AA 112  450  107  125   8  7   5   64   0     27      .278  .327  .360  120  162               6    
 1885 25 CIN AA 110  431   78  114  12  4   0   46   0     19      .265  .306  .311   94  134               7    
 1886 26 CIN AA 140  560  139  150  23 12   8   70  40     59      .268  .343  .395  129  221               5    
 1887 27 CIN AA 129  540  137  156  20 19   2   87  95     55      .289  .360  .407  111  220               5    
 1888 28 CIN AA 111  458   88  110  12 10   4   51  54     43      .240  .312  .336  103  154               5    
 1889 29 CIN AA 135  540  109  145  25  7   5   57  63     60  29  .269  .346  .369   99  199               4    
 1890 30 CIN NL 132  528  125  135  16 22   3   39  55     82  26  .256  .362  .386  117  204               6    
 1891 31 CIN NL 138  562  107  144  14 16   6   38  33     74  35  .256  .345  .370  107  208               2    
 1892 32 CIN NL 144  573  111  157  19 12   4   60  44     84  48  .274  .373  .370  126  212               7    
 1893 33 CIN NL 127  491  101  138  17 11   3   68  25     94  20  .281  .401  .379  106  186               4    
 1894 34 CIN NL 126  474  107  144  21  9   5   88  33     90  23  .304  .420  .418  100  198               5    
 1895 35 CIN NL 115  432  107  129  24 12   1   75  30     73  30  .299  .409  .417  110  180   7           8    
 1896 36 CIN NL 117  433   81  132  18  7   1   87  48     51  18  .305  .391  .386   99  167   8          10    
 1897 37 CIN NL  81  282   45   85  13  7   1   39   9     35      .301  .386  .408  104  115  16           4    
 1898 38 CIN NL 133  486   72  121  26  9   1   60  21     66      .249  .341  .346   91  168  11           2    
 1899 39 CIN NL 111  373   60  104  17  7   1   65  18     40      .279  .360  .370   98  138   8           7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         8291      2250    188     1067      0     229  .271  .355  .372  106       50   0   0  87   0
               2135      1678      303     53      568    981                            3088
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        629  127  171  23 14   4   81  43  0  74  17  .271  .355  .372  106  234   4   0   0   7   0
 Career High    144  573  139  157  26 22   8   88  95  0  94  48  .305  .420  .418  129  221  16   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 22 CIN AA  322  240   24   2.6    67| .228  .255| .255  .283| .309  .329| .564  .612|  84  .415  -5.6  -0.7     
 1883 23 CIN AA  385  277   35   3.4    75| .245  .264| .281  .294| .343  .347| .624  .641|  94  .476  -2.7  -0.3     
 1884 24 CIN AA  483  325   52   4.2    71| .278  .249| .327  .288| .360  .339| .687  .626| 120  .617  10.2   1.2     
 1885 25 CIN AA  457  317   40   3.4    74| .265  .253| .306  .300| .311  .340| .617  .640|  94  .492  -2.8  -0.3     
 1886 26 CIN AA  624  410   75   4.8    76| .268  .249| .343  .313| .395  .332| .738  .644| 129  .643  19.1   2.1     
 1887 27 CIN AA  600  384   78   5.3    99| .289  .282| .360  .347| .407  .381| .767  .728| 111  .580   7.2   0.7     
 1888 28 CIN AA  506  348   47   3.6    75| .240  .250| .312  .308| .336  .330| .648  .638| 103  .547   1.9   0.2     
 1889 29 CIN AA  604  395   68   4.5    96| .269  .274| .346  .346| .369  .371| .715  .718|  99  .538  -0.1   0.0     
 1890 30 CIN NL  616  393   73   4.9    89| .256  .260| .362  .337| .386  .352| .748  .690| 117  .598  12.1   1.3     
 1891 31 CIN NL  638  418   71   4.5    89| .256  .261| .345  .335| .370  .355| .715  .690| 107  .559   4.9   0.5     
 1892 32 CIN NL  664  416   78   4.9    80| .274  .250| .373  .324| .370  .335| .743  .659| 126  .634  21.0   2.3     
 1893 33 CIN NL  589  353   74   5.6   108| .281  .288| .401  .367| .379  .393| .780  .760| 106  .556   8.0   0.8     
 1894 34 CIN NL  569  330   82   6.4   129| .304  .320| .420  .391| .418  .450| .838  .842| 100  .535   3.9   0.3     
 1895 35 CIN NL  520  310   72   6.0   115| .299  .307| .409  .374| .417  .415| .826  .789| 110  .570   9.6   0.9     
 1896 36 CIN NL  502  309   63   5.3   113| .305  .306| .391  .372| .386  .409| .777  .781|  99  .542   1.5   0.1     
 1897 37 CIN NL  337  213   44   5.4   113| .301  .307| .386  .372| .408  .408| .794  .780| 104  .550   2.0   0.2     
 1898 38 CIN NL  565  376   57   3.9    97| .249  .286| .341  .352| .346  .367| .687  .718|  91  .500  -4.3  -0.4     
 1899 39 CIN NL  428  277   48   4.5   101| .279  .292| .360  .355| .370  .381| .730  .736|  98  .518   0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     9409 6091 1081   4.6    93| .271  .274| .355  .338| .372  .368| .727  .706| 106  .553  86.2   8.9     

* 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 ------+

 1882 22 CIN AA  2B   78    274  207   42   36  .920  .882  6.17  5.79            
 1883 23 CIN AA  2B   96    314  277   46   48  .928  .878  6.16  6.01            
 1884 24 CIN AA  2B  112    415  365   64   74  .924  .902  6.96  5.91            
 1885 25 CIN AA  2B  110    339  354   47   57  .936  .901  6.30  6.05            
 1886 26 CIN AA  2B  140    529  464   65   90  .939  .909  7.09  6.00            
 1887 27 CIN AA  2B  129    442  434   72   76  .924  .906  6.79  5.96            
 1888 28 CIN AA  2B  111    369  365   47   65  .940  .916  6.61  5.54            
 1889 29 CIN AA  2B  135    429  446   50   85  .946  .917  6.48  5.59            
                 3B    1      1    4    2    0  .714  .862  5.00  3.50            
 1890 30 CIN NL  2B  132    404  431   51   62  .942  .925  6.33  5.45            
 1891 31 CIN NL  2B  138    389  492   42   72  .954  .929  6.38  5.88            
 1892 32 CIN NL  2B  144    451  471   51   86  .948  .929  6.40  5.59            
 1893 33 CIN NL  2B  127    396  455   41  101  .954  .933  6.70  5.88            
 1894 34 CIN NL  2B  126    389  446   49   72  .945  .928  6.63  5.71            
 1895 35 CIN NL  2B  115    355  366   34   57  .955  .933  6.27  5.63            
 1896 36 CIN NL  2B  117    297  357   15   56  .978  .939  5.59  5.41            
 1897 37 CIN NL  2B   81    209  267   17   34  .966  .936  5.88  5.53            
 1898 38 CIN NL  2B  130    299  396   32   74  .956  .943  5.35  5.53            
                 OF    3      3    0    2    0  .600  .938  1.00  2.03                0    0    3
 1899 39 CIN NL  2B  105    245  312   26   41  .955  .941  5.30  5.46            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    1    0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1882 22 CIN AA  2B   78    274  207   42   36  .920  .882  6.17  5.79            
 1883 23 CIN AA  2B   96    314  277   46   48  .928  .878  6.16  6.01            
 1884 24 CIN AA  2B  112    415  365   64   74  .924  .902  6.96  5.91            
 1885 25 CIN AA  2B  110    339  354   47   57  .936  .901  6.30  6.05            
 1886 26 CIN AA  2B  140    529  464   65   90  .939  .909  7.09  6.00            
 1887 27 CIN AA  2B  129    442  434   72   76  .924  .906  6.79  5.96            
 1888 28 CIN AA  2B  111    369  365   47   65  .940  .916  6.61  5.54            
 1889 29 CIN AA  2B  135    429  446   50   85  .946  .917  6.48  5.59            
 1890 30 CIN NL  2B  132    404  431   51   62  .942  .925  6.33  5.45            
 1891 31 CIN NL  2B  138    389  492   42   72  .954  .929  6.38  5.88            
 1892 32 CIN NL  2B  144    451  471   51   86  .948  .929  6.40  5.59            
 1893 33 CIN NL  2B  127    396  455   41  101  .954  .933  6.70  5.88            
 1894 34 CIN NL  2B  126    389  446   49   72  .945  .928  6.63  5.71            
 1895 35 CIN NL  2B  115    355  366   34   57  .955  .933  6.27  5.63            
 1896 36 CIN NL  2B  117    297  357   15   56  .978  .939  5.59  5.41            
 1897 37 CIN NL  2B   81    209  267   17   34  .966  .936  5.88  5.53            
 1898 38 CIN NL  2B  130    299  396   32   74  .956  .943  5.35  5.53            
 1899 39 CIN NL  2B  105    245  312   26   41  .955  .941  5.30  5.46            

 1889 29 CIN AA  3B    1      1    4    2    0  .714  .862  5.00  3.50            

 1898 38 CIN NL  OF    3      3    0    2    0  .600  .938  1.00  2.03                0    0    3
 1899 39 CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    1    0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  2B 2126   6545 6905  791 1186  .944  .919  6.33  5.72            
                 OF    4      3    0    2    0  .600  .938  0.75  2.05                0    1    3
                 3B    1      1    4    2    0  .714  .862  5.00  3.50            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2131   6549 6909  795 1186  .944  .919  6.32  5.71
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.

Slugging %
1886 AA-.395-9

Games
1882 AA-78-8
1884 AA-112-1
1886 AA-140-4
1891 NL-138-7

At Bats
1891 NL-562-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1886 AA-624-6
1890 NL-616-10
1891 NL-638-4

Runs
1884 AA-107-7
1886 AA-139-2
1887 AA-137-6
1890 NL-125-5
Car-1678-26

Hits
1886 AA-150-10

Total Bases
1886 AA-221-4

Triples
1882 AA-7-6
1883 AA-10-7
1887 AA-19-1
1890 NL-22-2
1891 NL-16-3
Car-188-11

Home Runs
1884 AA-5-10
1886 AA-8-1

RBI
1882 AA-31-7
1884 AA-64-8

Bases on Balls
1890 NL-82-6
1891 NL-74-9
1892 NL-84-8
1893 NL-94-7
1894 NL-90-6
1895 NL-73-9

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-40-7
1887 AA-95-5
1889 AA-63-10
1890 NL-55-6
Car-568-23

Singles
1884 AA-105-6

Runs Created
1886 AA-75-7

Extra-Base Hits
1886 AA-43-7
1890 NL-41-8

Times on Base
1886 AA-214-6
1892 NL-248-8

Hit By Pitch
1885 AA-7-7

Sac. Hits
1897 NL-16-10

Power/Speed Number
1886 AA-13.3-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 AA-18.6-9

At Bats per Home Run
1886 AA-70.0-2

Outs
1886 AA-410-10
1890 NL-393-8
1891 NL-418-3

Oldest Player
1896 NL-36-8
1897 NL-37-6
1898 NL-38-1
1899 NL-39-1

  

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (333) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (378) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 40.9 (137) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 74.0 (238) (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 

Before 1882 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

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