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Gavvy Cravath

Clifford Carlton Cravath (Cactus Gavvy)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 23, 1881 in Poway, CA
High School: Escondido HS (Escondido, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1908
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox/WhiteSox/Senators 1908-1920

Final Game: October 2, 1920
Died: May 23, 1963 in Laguna Beach, CA
Buried: Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1908 27 BOS AL 94 327 277 43 71 10 11 1 34 6 38 52 .256 .354 .383 .737 137 106 4 8 O/3
1909 28 TOT AL 23 77 56 7 9 0 0 1 9 3 20 12 .161 .382 .214 .596 92 12 0 1 O
1909 28 CHW AL 19 70 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 3 19 8 .180 .406 .240 .646 108 12 0 1 O
1909 28 WSH AL 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -54 0 0 0 /O
1912 31 PHI NL 130 502 436 63 124 30 9 11 70 15 47 77 .284 .358 .470 .828 120 205 3 16 *O
1913 32 PHI NL 147 594 525 78 179 34 14 19 128 10 11 55 63 .341 .407 .568 .974 172 298 3 11 *O MVP-2
1914 33 PHI NL 149 604 499 76 149 27 8 19 100 14 83 72 .299 .402 .499 .901 161 249 3 19 *O MVP-22
1915 34 PHI NL 150 621 522 89 149 31 7 24 115 11 9 86 77 .285 .393 .510 .902 170 266 6 7 *O
1916 35 PHI NL 137 532 448 70 127 21 8 11 70 9 0 64 89 .283 .379 .440 .819 148 197 5 15 *O
1917 36 PHI NL 140 590 503 70 141 29 16 12 83 6 70 57 .280 .369 .473 .842 153 238 1 16 *O
1918 37 PHI NL 121 486 426 43 99 27 5 8 54 7 54 46 .232 .320 .376 .696 107 160 1 8 *O9/7
1919 38 PHI NL 83 256 214 34 73 18 5 12 45 8 35 21 .341 .438 .640 1.078 213 137 2 4 O9/78
1920 39 PHI NL 46 54 45 2 13 5 0 1 11 0 0 9 12 .289 .407 .467 .874 147 21 0 0 /O79
11 Yrs 1220 4643 3951 575 1134 232 83 119 719 89 20 561 578 .287 .380 .478 .858 151 1889 28 105
162 Game Avg. 162 617 525 76 151 31 11 16 95 12 74 77 .287 .380 .478 .858 151 251 4 14
PHI (9 yrs) 1103 4239 3618 525 1054 222 72 117 676 80 20 503 514 .291 .381 .489 .871 153 1771 24 96
WSH (1 yr) 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -54 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 94 327 277 43 71 10 11 1 34 6 38 52 .256 .354 .383 .737 137 106 4 8
CHW (1 yr) 19 70 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 3 19 8 .180 .406 .240 .646 108 12 0 1
NL (9 yrs) 1103 4239 3618 525 1054 222 72 117 676 80 20 503 514 .291 .381 .489 .871 153 1771 24 96
AL (2 yrs) 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 64 .240 .359 .354 .714 130 118 4 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 27 BOS AL 94 327 10 -1 0 -3 -4 3 0.3 11 14 1.4 .503 .502 1.8 -0.9 17 $ O/3
1909 28 CHW AL 19 70 2 -0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $2,400 O
1909 28 WSH AL 4 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .465 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O
1912 31 PHI NL 130 502 9 -1 0 2 -6 5 0.4 14 19 1.8 .504 .503 1.7 -0.4 17 $ *O
1913 32 PHI NL 147 594 47 -0 0 -4 -7 35 3.8 16 52 5.4 .526 .523 5.8 -1.2 56 $ *O MVP-2
1914 33 PHI NL 149 604 38 -1 0 -10 -8 19 2.0 17 36 3.7 .514 .513 5.0 -2.1 46 $ *O MVP-22
1915 34 PHI NL 150 621 43 0 0 6 -8 42 4.9 18 60 6.6 .533 .531 6.0 -0.3 54 $ *O
1916 35 PHI NL 137 532 24 -1 0 -2 -7 15 1.8 15 30 3.3 .513 .511 3.6 -1.1 32 $ *O
1917 36 PHI NL 140 590 31 -0 0 -2 -7 22 2.6 17 38 4.3 .519 .516 4.5 -1.2 40 $ *O
1918 37 PHI NL 121 486 4 -0 0 -3 -6 -6 -0.7 14 8 0.7 .494 .496 1.1 -1.1 11 $ *O9/7
1919 38 PHI NL 83 256 29 -0 0 -4 -3 22 2.5 7 29 3.2 .531 .516 3.8 -0.9 33 $ O9/78
1920 39 PHI NL 46 54 3 0 0 -1 -0 2 0.2 2 3 0.3 .504 .501 0.5 -0.2 4 $ /O79
11 Seasons 1220 4643 240 -4 0 -21 -57 158 17.8 132 290 31.0 .515 .509 34.1 -9.5 311 $2,400
PHI (9 yrs) 1103 4239 228 -3 0 -18 -52 155 17.5 119 274 29.3 .516 .512 32.0 -8.5 292 $
WSH (1 yr) 4 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .465 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
BOS (1 yr) 94 327 10 -1 0 -3 -4 3 0.3 11 14 1.4 .503 .502 1.8 -0.9 17 $
CHW (1 yr) 19 70 2 -0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $2,400

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1908 27 BOS AL 327 214 37 4.6 70 .313 .256 .248 .354 .305 .383 .316 .737 .621 137 .698 12.5 1.5 .748 .285 .126 1.7
1909 28 TOT AL 77 48 5 2.8 71 .186 .161 .248 .382 .308 .214 .315 .596 .623 92 .456 1.3 0.2 .745 .464 .054 1.5
1909 28 CHW AL 70 42 5 3.2 71 .195 .180 .248 .406 .308 .240 .315 .646 .623 108 .518 2.3 0.3 .829 .500 .060 1.5
1909 28 WSH AL 7 6 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .248 .143 .308 .000 .315 .143 .623 -54 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
1912 31 PHI NL 502 328 73 6.0 105 .325 .284 .288 .358 .358 .470 .391 .828 .750 120 .648 11.2 1.1 .865 .328 .186 12.7
1913 32 PHI NL 594 368 117 8.6 95 .361 .341 .274 .407 .339 .568 .373 .974 .713 172 .819 48.9 5.2 .994 .330 .227 13.1
1914 33 PHI NL 604 369 99 7.2 89 .319 .299 .266 .402 .334 .499 .355 .901 .690 161 .788 40.6 4.5 .997 .395 .200 16.1
1915 34 PHI NL 621 389 101 7.0 82 .297 .285 .258 .393 .321 .510 .345 .902 .667 170 .799 47.4 5.4 .942 .393 .224 15.1
1916 35 PHI NL 532 336 75 6.0 80 .333 .283 .258 .379 .316 .440 .344 .819 .660 148 .741 28.1 3.2 .857 .319 .156 9.9
1917 36 PHI NL 590 378 88 6.3 81 .297 .280 .261 .369 .319 .473 .345 .842 .664 153 .761 33.3 3.8 .870 .344 .193 8.0
1918 37 PHI NL 486 335 51 4.1 84 .245 .232 .268 .320 .326 .376 .346 .696 .672 107 .582 4.7 0.5 .679 .286 .143 7.5
1919 38 PHI NL 256 145 59 11.0 87 .337 .341 .272 .438 .327 .640 .358 1.078 .685 213 .888 31.6 3.5 1.291 .500 .299 9.6
1920 39 PHI NL 54 32 9 7.7 93 .375 .289 .280 .407 .334 .467 .372 .874 .706 147 .778 3.5 0.4 .938 .378 .178 .0
11 Yrs 4643 2942 714 6.5 86 .312 .287 .266 .380 .328 .478 .354 .858 .682 151 .758 263.1 29.3 .898 .351 .191 101.8
162 Game Avg. 617 391 95 6.5 86 .312 .287 .266 .380 .328 .478 .354 .858 .682 151 .758 35 4 .898 .351 .191 14
PHI (9 yrs) 4239 2680 672 6.8 88 .314 .291 .268 .381 .330 .489 .357 .871 .687 153 .763 249.2 27.6 .913 .354 .198 95.0
WSH (1 yr) 7 6 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .248 .143 .308 .000 .315 .143 .623 -54 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
BOS (1 yr) 327 214 37 4.6 70 .313 .256 .248 .354 .305 .383 .316 .737 .621 137 .698 12.5 1.5 .748 .285 .126 1.7
CHW (1 yr) 70 42 5 3.2 71 .195 .180 .248 .406 .308 .240 .315 .646 .623 108 .517 2.3 0.3 .829 .500 .060 1.5
NL (9 yrs) 4239 2680 672 6.8 88 .314 .291 .268 .381 .330 .489 .357 .871 .687 153 .763 249.2 27.6 .913 .354 .198 95.0
AL (2 yrs) 404 262 42 4.3 70 .292 .240 .248 .359 .306 .354 .315 .714 .621 130 .664 13.8 1.7 .747 .315 .114 3.3

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 34 PHI NL WS BOS L 5 19 16 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .125 .222 .313 .535 5 1 0 1 0 0
1 WS 5 19 16 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .125 .222 .313 .535 5 1 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 37 PHI NL 486 1.7% 9.5% 11.1% 8.2% 40% 0.85 9.3 53.3 7.9 77%
1919 38 PHI NL 256 4.7% 8.2% 13.7% 13.7% 48% 0.60 10.2 17.8 4.8 71%
1920 39 PHI NL 54 1.9% 22.2% 16.7% 11.1% 46% 1.33 3.8 45.0 4.1 59%
11 Yrs 796 15.0% 72.6% 70.5% 54.5% 38% 1.03 6.8 33.2 5.5 409%
MLB Averages 2.2% 48.7% 38.2% 24.9% 22% 1.27 9.1 197.4 10.1 390%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1908 27 94 327 277 43 71 10 11 1 34 6 38 52 .256 .354 .383 .737 137 106 4 8
1909 28 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 64 .240 .359 .354 .714 130 118 4 9
1910 29 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 64 .240 .359 .354 .714 130 118 4 9
1911 30 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 64 .240 .359 .354 .714 130 118 4 9
1912 31 247 906 769 113 204 40 20 13 113 24 105 141 .265 .359 .420 .779 124 323 7 25
1913 32 394 1500 1294 191 383 74 34 32 241 34 11 160 204 .296 .378 .480 .858 144 621 10 36
1914 33 543 2104 1793 267 532 101 42 51 341 48 11 243 276 .297 .385 .485 .870 149 870 13 55
1915 34 693 2725 2315 356 681 132 49 75 456 59 20 329 353 .294 .386 .491 .877 153 1136 19 62
1916 35 830 3257 2763 426 808 153 57 86 526 68 20 393 442 .292 .385 .482 .868 152 1333 24 77
1917 36 970 3847 3266 496 949 182 73 98 609 74 20 463 499 .291 .383 .481 .864 152 1571 25 93
1918 37 1091 4333 3692 539 1048 209 78 106 663 81 20 517 545 .284 .376 .469 .845 147 1731 26 101
1919 38 1174 4589 3906 573 1121 227 83 118 708 89 20 552 566 .287 .379 .478 .857 151 1868 28 105
1920 39 1220 4643 3951 575 1134 232 83 119 719 89 20 561 578 .287 .380 .478 .858 151 1889 28 105

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1908 27 98 357 299 56 85 12 13 1 44 7 45 54 .284 .387 .421 .808 48 94
1909 28 24 89 61 11 12 0 0 1 14 4 27 13 .197 .443 .246 .689 7 23
1912 31 138 521 454 61 124 30 9 11 67 15 47 82 .273 .345 .452 .797 70 130
1913 32 154 624 552 83 190 36 15 20 137 11 58 66 .344 .409 .572 .982 129 147
1914 33 155 640 526 86 163 30 9 21 113 15 91 75 .310 .415 .521 .935 112 149
1915 34 156 674 560 111 173 36 8 28 143 13 100 80 .309 .420 .552 .972 128 150
1916 35 142 582 484 90 151 25 10 13 90 11 76 92 .312 .412 .486 .897 95 137
1917 36 145 641 541 88 165 34 19 14 104 7 82 59 .305 .397 .516 .913 110 140
1918 37 154 641 555 63 138 38 7 11 80 10 75 59 .249 .339 .402 .741 75 121
1919 38 96 305 254 44 91 22 6 15 59 10 44 24 .358 .457 .669 1.126 78 83
1920 39 48 58 48 2 14 5 0 1 12 0 10 13 .292 .414 .458 .872 9 46
11 Yrs 1310 5132 4334 695 1306 268 96 136 863 103 655 617 .301 .397 .502 .898 861 1220
162 Game Avg. 162 635 536 86 162 33 12 17 107 13 81 76 .301 .397 .502 .898 106 1220

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1947 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 NL (2, 62%)
1914 NL (22, 2%)
0.64 Career Shares (370th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1913 NL  5.4 (6th)
1915 NL  6.6 (3rd)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1913 NL  5.4 (1st)
1915 NL  6.6 (1st)
1917 NL  4.3 (10th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1913 NL  5.8 (1st)
1914 NL  5.0 (3rd)
1915 NL  6.0 (1st)
1916 NL  3.6 (10th)
1917 NL  4.5 (6th)
1919 NL  3.8 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1913 NL  .341 (2nd)
1914 NL  .299 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1908 AL  .354 (9th)
1913 NL  .407 (2nd)
1914 NL  .402 (3rd)
1915 NL  .393 (1st)
1916 NL  .379 (1st)
1917 NL  .369 (7th)
Career  .380 (174th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1908 AL  .383 (6th)
1912 NL  .470 (6th)
1913 NL  .568 (1st)
1914 NL  .499 (2nd)
1915 NL  .510 (1st)
1916 NL  .440 (5th)
1917 NL  .473 (2nd)
Career  .478 (198th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1908 AL  .737 (6th)
1913 NL  .974 (1st)
1914 NL  .901 (1st)
1915 NL  .902 (1st)
1916 NL  .819 (4th)
1917 NL  .842 (2nd)
Career  .858 (143rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 NL  89 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1913 NL  179 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1913 NL  298 (1st)
1914 NL  249 (2nd)
1915 NL  266 (1st)
1917 NL  238 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1913 NL  34 (4th)
1914 NL  27 (5th)
1915 NL  31 (9th)
1917 NL  29 (4th)
1918 NL  27 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1908 AL  11 (8th)
1913 NL  14 (4th)
1917 NL  16 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  11 (3rd)
1913 NL  19 (1st)
1914 NL  19 (1st)
1915 NL  24 (1st)
1916 NL  11 (3rd)
1917 NL  12 (1st)
1918 NL  8 (1st)
1919 NL  12 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1913 NL  128 (1st)
1914 NL  100 (2nd)
1915 NL  115 (1st)
1916 NL  70 (6th)
1917 NL  83 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  83 (5th)
1915 NL  86 (1st)
1916 NL  64 (5th)
1917 NL  70 (3rd)
1918 NL  54 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1912 NL  77 (4th)
1913 NL  63 (9th)
1914 NL  72 (5th)
1915 NL  77 (2nd)
1916 NL  89 (1st)
1918 NL  46 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1908 AL  136 (7th)
1913 NL  172 (1st)
1914 NL  161 (1st)
1915 NL  171 (1st)
1916 NL  147 (4th)
1917 NL  153 (3rd)
Career  151 (30th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1913 NL  117 (1st)
1914 NL  99 (2nd)
1915 NL  101 (1st)
1916 NL  75 (9th)
1917 NL  88 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1913 NL  49 (1st)
1914 NL  41 (1st)
1915 NL  48 (1st)
1916 NL  28 (5th)
1917 NL  33 (5th)
1919 NL  32 (1st)
Career  263 (158th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1913 NL  5.2 (1st)
1914 NL  4.5 (1st)
1915 NL  5.5 (1st)
1916 NL  3.1 (5th)
1917 NL  3.8 (5th)
1919 NL  3.5 (3rd)
Career  29.3 (125th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1912 NL  50 (5th)
1913 NL  67 (1st)
1914 NL  54 (2nd)
1915 NL  62 (1st)
1916 NL  40 (10th)
1917 NL  57 (1st)
1918 NL  40 (1st)
1919 NL  35 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1913 NL  237 (1st)
1914 NL  235 (3rd)
1915 NL  241 (1st)
1917 NL  212 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1908 AL  .698 (7th)
1913 NL  .819 (1st)
1914 NL  .788 (2nd)
1915 NL  .799 (1st)
1916 NL  .741 (5th)
1917 NL  .761 (3rd)
Career  .758 (20th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1912 NL  12.7 (6th)
1913 NL  13.1 (3rd)
1914 NL  16.1 (3rd)
1915 NL  15.1 (2nd)
1916 NL  9.9 (10th)
1917 NL  8.0 (7th)
1918 NL  7.5 (4th)
1919 NL  9.6 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1912 NL  39.6 (1st)
1913 NL  27.6 (1st)
1914 NL  26.3 (1st)
1915 NL  21.8 (1st)
1916 NL  40.7 (2nd)
1917 NL  41.9 (1st)
1918 NL  53.3 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1917 NL  born 1881-03-23 (7th)
1918 NL  born 1881-03-23 (5th)
1919 NL  born 1881-03-23 (1st)
1920 NL  born 1881-03-23 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 46 (31), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 50 (392), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (578), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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