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Jim Canavan

James Edward Canavan

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 26, 1866 in New Bedford, MA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1891
Teams (by GP): Reds/Colts/Kelly'sKillers/Bridegrooms/Brewers 1891-1897

Final Game: July 13, 1897
Died: May 27, 1949 in New Bedford, MA
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1891 TOT AA 24 SS 112 663 231 339 93 32 .860 5.09 .879 5.14
1891 CKK AA 24 SS 101 606 217 304 85 31 .860 5.16 .879 5.14
1891 MIL AA 24 2B 24 147 51 76 20 4 .864 5.29 .914 5.36
1891 MIL AA 24 SS 11 57 14 35 8 1 .860 4.45 .879 5.14
1892 CHC NL 25 2B 112 684 282 349 53 40 .923 5.63 .928 5.63
1892 CHC NL 25 OF 4 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 .911 1.90 1-3-0
1892 CHC NL 25 SS 2 12 6 5 1 1 .917 5.50 .897 5.35
1893 CIN NL 26 OF 117 277 243 15 19 0 .931 2.21 .915 2.18 96-6-16
1893 CIN NL 26 2B 5 32 12 18 2 0 .938 6.00 .933 5.94
1893 CIN NL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80
1894 CIN NL 27 OF 97 223 190 10 23 6 .897 2.06 .915 2.28 8-1-90
1894 CIN NL 27 SS 3 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 5.00 .897 5.70
1894 CIN NL 27 3B 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .877 3.50
1894 CIN NL 27 1B 1 11 9 0 2 1 .818 9.00 .976 9.80
1894 CIN NL 27 2B 1 14 4 6 4 1 .714 10.00 .928 5.80
1897 BRO NL 30 2B 63 351 157 162 32 18 .909 5.06 .936 5.61
3 Seasons OF 218 507 439 26 42 6 .917 2.13 .915 2.22 105-10-106
5 Seasons 2B 205 1228 506 611 111 63 .910 5.45 .929 5.60
3 Seasons SS 117 690 239 357 94 33 .864 5.09 .880 5.16
2 Seasons 3B 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .877 3.60
1 Season 1B 1 11 9 0 2 1 .818 9.00 .976 9.80
5 Seasons TOT 544 2439 1195 995 249 103 .898 4.03 .912 4.15 105-10-106
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1891 CKK AA 24 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
1891 MIL AA 24 35 35 0 0 0 24 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
1892 CHC NL 25 118 118 0 0 0 112 0 2 1 3 0 4 0
1893 CIN NL 26 121 121 0 0 0 5 1 0 96 6 16 117 0
1894 CIN NL 27 103 103 0 0 1 1 2 3 8 1 90 97 0
1897 BRO NL 30 63 63 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 541 541 0 0 1 205 3 117 105 10 106 218 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1891 AA  113 (1st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1892 NL  53 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  112 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  231 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  339 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  93 (1st)

                           

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