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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 (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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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 88 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 .676 105 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 54 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 Seasons 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 99 59 7 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1910 21 PIT NL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /6
1911 22 PIT NL 172 -5 0 0 0 7 2 5 9 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $ 64/5O
1912 23 PIT NL 450 -8 -1 0 0 9 0 13 13 1.2 4 0.4 0.8 $ *4/5
1913 24 PIT NL 90 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 56/4
1914 25 PIT NL 189 -18 0 0 0 4 2 5 -7 -1.0 -11 -1.2 0.2 $ 54/6
1915 26 PIT NL 57 -2 -1 0 0 -1 0 2 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /4653
1915 26 CHC NL 83 0 -1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 45/6
1916 27 CHC NL 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ 4/6
1916 27 PIT NL 172 -7 0 0 0 -2 3 5 -1 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ 6/45
1917 28 PIT NL 168 -7 0 0 0 -1 1 5 -2 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ 54/6
8 Seasons 1519 -52 -3 0 0 17 9 43 14 0.5 -3 -0.3 0.8 $
PIT (8 yrs) 1310 -52 -2 0 0 16 9 37 8 -0.1 -8 -0.9 0.8 $
CHC (2 yrs) 209 0 -1 0 0 1 0 6 6 0.6 5 0.6 0.0 $

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1912 NL  0.8 (10th)

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

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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