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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 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
1910 PIT NL 21 SS 3 16 4 10 2 2 .875 4.67 .924 5.20
1911 PIT NL 22 SS 33 161 70 88 3 12 .981 4.79 .925 5.12
1911 PIT NL 22 2B 11 65 24 39 2 8 .969 5.73 .952 5.21
1911 PIT NL 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1911 PIT NL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1912 PIT NL 23 2B 105 579 237 320 22 52 .962 5.30 .955 5.33
1912 PIT NL 23 3B 4 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.50 .935 3.15
1913 PIT NL 24 3B 12 28 8 20 0 0 1.000 2.33 .935 3.12
1913 PIT NL 24 SS 12 51 19 27 5 3 .902 3.83 .937 5.33
1913 PIT NL 24 2B 6 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.33 .955 5.27
1914 PIT NL 25 3B 36 121 39 79 3 6 .975 3.28 .931 3.20
1914 PIT NL 25 2B 10 67 17 44 6 3 .910 6.10 .949 5.21
1914 PIT NL 25 SS 6 22 7 13 2 1 .909 3.33 .925 5.38
1915 TOT NL 26 2B 21 111 52 55 4 10 .964 5.10 .955 5.05
1915 TOT NL 26 3B 16 54 17 37 0 5 1.000 3.38 .947 3.13
1915 TOT NL 26 SS 6 32 14 17 1 2 .969 5.17 .931 5.43
1915 PIT NL 26 2B 9 40 18 20 2 2 .950 4.22 .955 5.04
1915 PIT NL 26 SS 5 32 14 17 1 2 .969 6.20 .931 5.44
1915 PIT NL 26 3B 4 8 4 4 0 2 1.000 2.00 .948 3.12
1915 PIT NL 26 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
1915 CHC NL 26 2B 12 71 34 35 2 8 .972 5.75 .955 5.05
1915 CHC NL 26 3B 12 46 13 33 0 3 1.000 3.83 .947 3.13
1915 CHC NL 26 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1916 TOT NL 27 SS 42 206 94 102 10 15 .951 4.67 .926 5.52
1916 TOT NL 27 2B 41 173 60 102 11 11 .936 3.95 .951 5.12
1916 CHC NL 27 2B 34 160 54 95 11 9 .931 4.38 .951 5.12
1916 CHC NL 27 SS 3 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.33 .926 5.53
1916 PIT NL 27 SS 39 201 92 100 9 15 .955 4.92 .926 5.52
1916 PIT NL 27 2B 7 13 6 7 0 2 1.000 1.86 .951 5.11
1916 PIT NL 27 3B 5 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.00 .938 3.18
1917 PIT NL 28 3B 26 84 42 39 3 9 .964 3.12 .942 3.24
1917 PIT NL 28 2B 13 65 28 36 1 3 .985 4.92 .956 5.33
1917 PIT NL 28 SS 9 57 15 40 2 6 .965 6.11 .931 5.34
7 Seasons 2B 207 1074 424 604 46 88 .957 4.97 .954 5.25
7 Seasons SS 111 545 223 297 25 41 .954 4.68 .927 5.35
7 Seasons 3B 100 307 113 188 6 22 .980 3.01 .938 3.18
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
8 Seasons TOT 420 1926 760 1089 77 151 .960 4.40 .944 4.79 1-0-0
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
1910 PIT NL 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1911 PIT NL 22 50 50 0 0 0 11 1 33 1 0 0 1 0
1912 PIT NL 23 111 111 0 0 0 105 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 PIT NL 24 31 31 0 0 0 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0
1914 PIT NL 25 57 57 0 0 0 10 36 6 0 0 0 0 0
1915 CHC NL 26 23 23 0 0 0 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
1915 PIT NL 26 21 21 0 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
1916 PIT NL 27 50 50 0 0 0 7 5 39 0 0 0 0 0
1916 CHC NL 27 37 37 0 0 0 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1917 PIT NL 28 49 49 0 0 0 13 26 9 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 432 432 0 0 1 207 100 111 1 0 0 1 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

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1912 NL  5.30 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1912 NL  .962 (2nd)

                           

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