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Marty Kavanagh

Martin Joseph Kavanagh

Positions: Second Baseman, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: June 13, 1891 in Harrison, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1914
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Cardinals 1914-1918

Final Game: August 8, 1918
Died: July 28, 1960 in Taylor, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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
1914 DET AL 23 2B 115 604 228 333 43 30 .929 4.88 .953 4.93
1914 DET AL 23 1B 4 39 36 1 2 0 .949 9.25 .985 10.58
1915 DET AL 24 1B 44 531 500 24 7 16 .987 11.91 .987 10.78
1915 DET AL 24 2B 42 166 59 95 12 7 .928 3.67 .956 5.14
1915 DET AL 24 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .958 2.05 2-0-0
1915 DET AL 24 SS 2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 .935 5.15
1915 DET AL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1916 TOT AL 25 2B 11 48 11 32 5 2 .896 3.91 .964 5.05
1916 TOT AL 25 3B 2 5 1 2 2 1 .600 1.50 .940 3.40
1916 DET AL 25 OF 11 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 .963 2.12 1-0-10
1916 DET AL 25 2B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 5.05
1916 DET AL 25 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00 .940 3.40
1916 CLE AL 25 2B 9 47 11 31 5 2 .894 4.67 .964 5.06
1916 CLE AL 25 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .987 11.00
1916 CLE AL 25 3B 1 4 0 2 2 0 .500 2.00 .940 3.40
1917 CLE AL 26 OF 2 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .967 2.20 0-2-0
1918 TOT AL 27 1B 24 24 23 262 242 11 9 15 .966 10.54 .986 11.14
1918 CLE AL 27 1B 12 12 11 122 113 5 4 6 .967 9.83 .986 11.14
1918 STL NL 27 OF 8 8 8 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .962 2.26 0-0-8
1918 STL NL 27 RF 8 8 8 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .962 1.86
1918 STL NL 27 2B 4 4 4 25 11 12 2 0 .920 5.75 .957 5.45
1918 DET AL 27 1B 12 12 12 140 129 6 5 9 .964 11.25 .986 11.14
4 Seasons 2B 172 4 4 843 309 472 62 39 .926 4.54 .954 5.00
4 Seasons 1B 73 24 23 835 781 36 18 31 .978 11.19 .987 10.89
4 Seasons OF 23 8 8 41 39 2 0 1 1.000 1.78 .962 2.17 3-2-26
1 Season (incomplete) RF 8 8 8 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .962 1.86
2 Seasons 3B 3 5 1 2 2 1 .600 1.00 .940 3.33
1 Season SS 2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 .935 5.15
5 Seasons TOT 273 36 35 1726 1130 514 82 73 .952 6.02 .970 6.32 3-2-26
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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
1914 DET AL 23 128 128 0 0 4 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1915 DET AL 24 113 113 0 0 44 42 1 2 2 0 0 2 0
1916 DET AL 25 58 58 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 10 11 0
1916 CLE AL 25 19 19 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 CLE AL 26 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1918 CLE AL 27 13 13 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 DET AL 27 13 13 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 STL NL 27 12 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 8 0
5 Seasons 370 370 0 0 73 172 3 2 3 2 18 23 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
1914 AL  45 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  115 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  333 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  43 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1914 AL  4.88 (4th)

                                         

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