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Alex McCarthy

Alexander George McCarthy

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: May 12, 1889 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 7, 1910
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 1910-1917

Final Game: July 23, 1917
Died: March 12, 1978 in Salisbury, MD
Buried: Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, MD
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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
1910 21 PIT NL 3 12 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .250 .333 -6 3 0 0 /6
1911 22 PIT NL 50 172 150 18 36 5 1 2 31 4 14 24 .240 .305 .327 .632 74 49 0 8 64/5O
1912 23 PIT NL 111 450 401 53 111 12 4 1 41 8 30 26 .277 .332 .334 .666 83 134 3 16 *4/5
1913 24 PIT NL 31 90 74 7 15 5 0 0 10 1 2 7 7 .203 .298 .270 .568 65 20 3 6 56/4
1914 25 PIT NL 57 189 173 14 26 0 1 1 14 2 6 17 .150 .192 .179 .371 13 31 3 7 54/6
1915 26 TOT NL 44 140 121 7 29 3 1 1 9 3 5 10 17 .240 .313 .306 .619 87 37 3 6 45/63
1915 26 PIT NL 21 57 49 3 10 0 1 0 3 1 2 5 10 .204 .291 .245 .536 63 12 1 2 /4653
1915 26 CHC NL 23 83 72 4 19 3 0 1 6 2 3 5 7 .264 .329 .347 .676 104 25 2 4 45/6
1916 27 TOT NL 87 298 253 21 55 5 3 0 9 4 0 26 17 .217 .308 .261 .569 72 66 7 12 64/5
1916 27 CHC NL 37 126 107 10 26 2 3 0 6 1 0 11 7 .243 .341 .318 .659 95 34 5 3 4/6
1916 27 PIT NL 50 172 146 11 29 3 0 0 3 3 0 15 10 .199 .282 .219 .501 55 32 2 9 6/45
1917 28 PIT NL 49 168 151 15 33 4 0 0 8 1 11 13 .219 .276 .245 .521 58 37 1 5 54/6
8 Yrs 432 1519 1335 136 306 34 11 5 122 23 7 104 123 .229 .295 .282 .577 67 377 20 60
162 Game Avg. 162 570 501 51 115 13 4 2 46 9 39 46 .229 .295 .282 .577 67 141 8 23
PIT (8 yrs) 372 1310 1156 122 261 29 8 4 110 20 4 88 109 .226 .288 .275 .563 63 318 13 53
CHC (2 yrs) 60 209 179 14 45 5 3 1 12 3 3 16 14 .251 .337 .330 .666 98 59 7 7

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
1910 21 PIT NL 3 12 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .442 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /6
1911 22 PIT NL 50 172 -6 -0 0 7 2 3 0.3 5 8 0.7 .506 .502 0.0 0.9 1 $ 64/5O
1912 23 PIT NL 111 450 -8 -1 0 9 0 1 0.0 12 13 1.3 .501 .500 0.4 0.9 4 $ *4/5
1913 24 PIT NL 31 90 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .493 .499 0.0 0.1 1 $ 56/4
1914 25 PIT NL 57 189 -17 -0 0 4 2 -11 -1.4 5 -6 -0.9 .476 .492 -1.3 0.6 -10 $ 54/6
1915 26 PIT NL 21 57 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ /4653
1915 26 CHC NL 23 83 0 -0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .508 .501 0.3 0.2 3 $ 45/6
1916 27 CHC NL 37 126 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.4 0.0 4 $ 4/6
1916 27 PIT NL 50 172 -7 -0 0 -2 3 -6 -0.8 5 -1 -0.3 .485 .495 0.0 0.1 1 $ 6/45
1917 28 PIT NL 49 168 -7 0 0 -1 2 -6 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .484 .495 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ 54/6
8 Seasons 432 1519 -50 -3 0 17 11 -25 -3.3 42 17 0.9 .493 .498 -0.7 3.0 0 $
PIT (8 yrs) 372 1310 -50 -2 0 16 10 -27 -3.5 36 10 0.1 .491 .497 -1.4 2.8 -6 $
CHC (2 yrs) 60 209 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.7 0.2 6 $

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
1910 21 PIT NL 12 11 0 0.0 93 .100 .083 .271 .083 .346 .250 .359 .333 .705 -6 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .167 .167
1911 22 PIT NL 172 122 15 3.3 99 .274 .240 .273 .305 .351 .327 .376 .632 .727 74 .414 -5.8 -0.6 .588 .207 .087 2.7
1912 23 PIT NL 450 306 44 3.8 99 .294 .277 .279 .332 .349 .334 .380 .666 .729 83 .453 -9.5 -1.0 .603 .152 .057 1.8
1913 24 PIT NL 90 67 5 2.0 88 .224 .203 .265 .298 .329 .270 .360 .568 .689 65 .242 -2.8 -0.3 .475 .149 .068 .0
1914 25 PIT NL 189 154 6 1.0 80 .161 .150 .253 .192 .320 .179 .339 .371 .659 13 .097 -18.8 -2.2 .286 .075 .029 1.3
1915 26 TOT NL 140 103 10 2.6 81 .272 .240 .256 .313 .319 .306 .343 .619 .662 87 .397 -1.7 -0.2 .495 .132 .066 1.5
1915 26 PIT NL 57 43 3 1.9 80 .256 .204 .255 .291 .317 .245 .341 .536 .658 63 .263 -2.1 -0.2 .415 .122 .041 .0
1915 26 CHC NL 83 60 7 3.1 82 .281 .264 .257 .329 .320 .347 .344 .676 .664 104 .479 0.5 0.0 .554 .139 .083 1.3
1916 27 TOT NL 298 210 20 2.6 81 .233 .217 .259 .308 .318 .261 .346 .569 .663 72 .376 -7.4 -0.9 .520 .162 .043 .0
1916 27 CHC NL 126 84 11 3.5 85 .260 .243 .265 .341 .325 .318 .354 .659 .679 95 .518 -0.2 -0.0 .630 .187 .075 .0
1916 27 PIT NL 172 126 9 1.9 78 .213 .199 .254 .282 .313 .219 .339 .501 .652 55 .262 -7.1 -0.8 .444 .144 .021 .0
1917 28 PIT NL 168 123 10 2.2 81 .239 .219 .261 .276 .319 .245 .345 .521 .664 58 .317 -7.4 -0.9 .424 .106 .026 .0
8 Yrs 1519 1096 110 2.7 89 .249 .229 .266 .295 .332 .282 .359 .577 .691 67 .355 -55.2 -6.2 .499 .143 .053 8.2
162 Game Avg. 570 411 41 2.7 89 .249 .229 .266 .295 .332 .282 .359 .577 .691 67 .355 -55.2 -6.2 .499 .143 .053 3
PIT (8 yrs) 1310 952 92 2.6 90 .246 .226 .267 .288 .334 .275 .360 .563 .694 63 .332 -55.4 -6.2 .484 .139 .049 6.7
CHC (2 yrs) 209 144 18 3.4 84 .268 .251 .262 .337 .323 .330 .350 .666 .673 98 .503 0.2 0.0 .599 .168 .078 1.5

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
1910 21 3 12 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .250 .333 -6 3 0 0
1911 22 53 184 162 19 37 5 2 2 31 4 14 26 .228 .290 .321 .611 68 52 0 8
1912 23 164 634 563 72 148 17 6 3 72 12 44 52 .263 .320 .330 .650 79 186 3 24
1913 24 195 724 637 79 163 22 6 3 82 13 2 51 59 .256 .317 .323 .640 77 206 6 30
1914 25 252 913 810 93 189 22 7 4 96 15 2 57 76 .233 .291 .293 .584 65 237 9 37
1915 26 296 1053 931 100 218 25 8 5 105 18 7 67 93 .234 .294 .294 .588 68 274 12 43
1916 27 383 1351 1184 121 273 30 11 5 114 22 7 93 110 .231 .297 .287 .584 69 340 19 55
1917 28 432 1519 1335 136 306 34 11 5 122 23 7 104 123 .229 .295 .282 .577 67 377 20 60

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
1910 21 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1911 22 52 176 154 18 36 5 1 2 30 4 14 25 .234 .298 .318 .616 15 50
1912 23 118 473 422 54 115 12 4 1 42 8 31 28 .273 .327 .327 .654 44 111
1913 24 32 96 79 8 17 6 0 0 12 1 8 7 .215 .311 .291 .602 6 31
1914 25 59 202 184 18 31 0 1 1 18 2 7 18 .168 .215 .196 .411 7 57
1915 26 46 153 131 9 35 4 1 1 12 4 12 18 .267 .347 .336 .683 15 44
1916 27 90 322 271 27 65 6 4 0 12 5 31 18 .240 .335 .292 .627 25 87
1917 28 51 180 161 19 38 5 0 0 10 1 13 14 .236 .297 .267 .564 12 49
8 Yrs 451 1615 1415 153 337 38 11 5 136 25 116 130 .238 .306 .291 .597 124 432
162 Game Avg. 162 580 508 55 121 14 4 2 49 9 42 47 .238 .306 .291 .597 45 432

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1911 NL  0.9 (8th)
1912 NL  0.9 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1916 NL  7 (7th)

                           

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