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Bill McCabe

William Francis McCabe

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 28, 1892 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1918
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Robins 1918-1920

Final Game: October 3, 1920
Died: September 2, 1966 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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
1918 CHC NL 25 2B 13 9 9 66 21 41 4 1 .939 4.77 .957 5.45
1918 CHC NL 25 OF 4 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 .963 2.25 1-0-2
1918 CHC NL 25 LF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.20
1918 CHC NL 25 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.70
1918 CHC NL 25 RF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.90
1919 CHC NL 26 OF 20 18 18 40 36 2 2 1 .950 1.90 .964 2.26
1919 CHC NL 26 RF 19 18 18 39 35 2 2 1 .949 1.95 .959 1.99
1919 CHC NL 26 SS 4 3 3 16 7 7 2 2 .875 3.50 .943 5.65
1919 CHC NL 26 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 3.20
1919 CHC NL 26 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.60
1920 BRO NL 27 SS 13 10 10 68 22 38 8 4 .882 4.62 .941 5.73
1920 BRO NL 27 LF 6 1 1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.50 .967 2.18
1920 BRO NL 27 OF 6 1 1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.50 .964 2.33
1920 BRO NL 27 2B 4 3 3 14 6 6 2 1 .857 3.00 .963 5.72
1920 BRO NL 27 3B 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .947 3.17
3 Seasons OF 30 20 20 53 47 3 3 1 .943 1.67 .964 2.27 9-2-22
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 20 19 19 40 36 2 2 1 .950 1.90 .959 1.98
2 Seasons SS 17 13 13 84 29 45 10 6 .881 4.35 .941 5.71
2 Seasons 2B 17 12 12 80 27 47 6 2 .925 4.35 .958 5.52
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 8 1 1 11 9 1 1 0 .909 1.25 .966 2.19
2 Seasons 3B 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .948 3.18
2 Seasons CF 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.65
3 Seasons TOT 68 45 45 221 103 99 19 9 .914 2.97 .953 4.00 9-2-22
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
1918 CHC NL 25 29 29 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 0 2 4 0
1919 CHC NL 26 33 21 33 25 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 19 20 0 3 5
1920 BRO NL 27 41 14 41 24 0 0 0 5 1 12 6 0 0 6 0 2 15
1920 CHC NL 27 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
3 Seasons 106 35 106 49 0 0 0 18 2 16 7 1 21 30 0 7 21
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.

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