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Gavvy Cravath
Clifford Carlton Cravath (Cactus Gavvy)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 23, 1881 in Escondido, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1908
Final Game: October 2, 1920
Died: May 23, 1963 in Laguna Beach, CA
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Standard Batting

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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 .256 .354 .383 .737 136 106 4 8 O/3
1909 28 TOT AL 23 77 56 7 9 0 0 1 9 3 20 .161 .382 .214 .596 92 12 0 1 O
1909 28 CHW AL 19 70 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 3 19 .180 .406 .240 .646 108 12 0 1 O
1909 28 WSH AL 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -53 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 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 .902 171 266 6 7 *O
1916 35 PHI NL 137 532 448 70 127 21 8 11 70 9 64 89 .283 .379 .440 .819 147 197 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 121 489 426 43 99 27 5 8 54 7 54 46 .232 .320 .376 .696 106 160 1 8 *O
1919 38 PHI NL 83 255 214 34 73 18 5 12 45 8 35 21 .341 .438 .640 1.078 213 137 2 4 O
1920 39 PHI NL 46 54 45 2 13 5 0 1 11 0 0 9 12 .289 .407 .467 .874 146 21 0 0 /O
11 Seasons 1220 4645 3951 575 1134 232 83 119 719 89 9 561 514 .287 .380 .478 .858 151 1889 28 105
162 Game Avg. 162 617 525 76 151 31 11 16 95 12 74 .287 .380 .478 .858 151 251 4 14
PHI (9 yrs) 1103 4241 3618 525 1054 222 72 117 676 80 9 503 514 .291 .381 .489 .871 152 1771 24 96
WSH (1 yr) 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -53 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 94 327 277 43 71 10 11 1 34 6 38 .256 .354 .383 .737 136 106 4 8
CHW (1 yr) 19 70 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 3 19 .180 .406 .240 .646 108 12 0 1
NL (9 yrs) 1103 4241 3618 525 1054 222 72 117 676 80 9 503 514 .291 .381 .489 .871 152 1771 24 96
AL (2 yrs) 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 .240 .359 .354 .714 129 118 4 9

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1908 BOS AL 27 OF 77 146 128 7 11 3 .925 1.75 .955 1.80 62-0-15
1908 BOS AL 27 1B 5 8 6 0 2 0 .750 1.20 .988 11.04
1909 TOT AL 28 OF 19 38 35 1 2 0 .947 1.89 .950 1.80 0-18-1
1909 CHW AL 28 OF 18 36 34 0 2 0 .944 1.89 .950 1.80 0-18-0
1909 WSH AL 28 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.80 0-0-1
1912 PHI NL 31 OF 113 234 200 26 8 5 .966 2.00 .956 2.16 30-14-73
1913 PHI NL 32 OF 141 238 208 20 10 1 .958 1.62 .960 2.08 3-7-133 MVP-2
1914 PHI NL 33 OF 143 257 205 34 18 7 .930 1.67 .958 1.97 1-0-142 MVP-22
1915 PHI NL 34 OF 149 276 233 28 15 2 .946 1.75 .959 2.01 0-0-149
1916 PHI NL 35 OF 130 206 182 17 7 2 .966 1.53 .967 2.00 0-0-130
1917 PHI NL 36 OF 139 239 209 17 13 3 .946 1.63 .964 2.08 0-0-139
1918 PHI NL 37 OF 118 218 184 19 15 3 .931 1.72 .963 2.13 7-0-110
1919 PHI NL 38 OF 56 105 89 7 9 2 .914 1.71 .966 2.18 2-1-53
1920 PHI NL 39 OF 5 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.40 .967 2.20 3-0-2
11 Seasons OF 1090 1960 1675 176 109 28 .944 1.70 .961 2.04 108-40-947
1 Season 1B 5 8 6 0 2 0 .750 1.20 .988 11.04
11 Seasons TOT 1095 1968 1681 176 111 28 .944 1.70 .904 2.08 108-40-947

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1913-NL-2-62%
1914-NL-22-2%
0.64 Career Shares (354th)

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--186th

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--.843--2nd
Career--.858--135th

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--120--1st
1914 NL--99--2nd
1915 NL--101--1st
1916 NL--73--10th
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--3rd
Career--262--157th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1913 NL--5.1--1st
1914 NL--4.5--1st
1915 NL--5.5--1st
1916 NL--3.2--4th
1917 NL--3.8--5th
1919 NL--3.5--3rd
Career--29.3--122nd

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--.825--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--39.636--1st
1913 NL--27.632--1st
1914 NL--26.263--1st
1915 NL--21.750--1st
1916 NL--40.727--2nd
1917 NL--41.917--1st
1918 NL--53.250--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 (30), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 50 (379), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Steve Kemp (912)
  7. Bernard Gilkey (911)
  8. Buck Freeman (907)
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  10. Bruce Campbell (905)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 21, 1907: Purchased by the Boston Americans from Los Angeles (PCL) for $2,000.

February 16, 1909: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.

May 16, 1909: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Nick Altrock and Jiggs Donahue to the Washington Senators for Bill Burns.

September, 1911: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from Minneapolis (American Association).

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