Johnny McCarthy

John Joseph McCarthy

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1910 in Chicago, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1934
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Dodgers 1934-1948

Final Game: September 26, 1948
Died: September 13, 1973 in Mundelein, IL
Buried: Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1934	24	LAD-min	C	112	449	449		139	30	5	17					.310	.310	.512	.822		230					DAY · MATL
1934	24	BRO	NL	17	42	39	7	7	2	0	1	5	0	2	2	.179	.220	.308	.527	43	12	1	0	1	3
1935	25	LAD-min	A,AA	131	491	491		147	35	15	7					.299	.299	.475	.774		233					REA,SAC · NYPL,PCL
1935	25	BRO	NL	22	50	48	9	12	1	1	0	4	1	2	9	.250	.280	.313	.593	60	15	0	0	0	3
1936	26	NYY-min	AA	151	588	588		162	33	6	21					.276	.276	.459	.735		270					NWK · IL
1936	26	NYG	NL	4	16	16	1	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	.438	.438	.625	1.063	183	10	1	0	0	/3
1937	27	NYG	NL	114	455	420	53	117	19	3	10	65	2	24	37	.279	.322	.410	.732	97	172	9	3	8	*3
1938	28	NYG	NL	134	517	470	55	128	13	4	8	59	3	39	28	.272	.329	.368	.697	91	173	6	1	7	*3
1939	29	NYG	NL	50	84	80	12	21	6	1	1	11	0	3	8	.263	.298	.400	.698	85	32	2	1	0	3/O981
1940	30	NYG	NL	51	69	67	6	16	4	0	0	5	0	2	8	.239	.261	.299	.559	53	20	3	0	0	/3
1941	31	SFG-min	AA	150	621	569	70	143	23	6	12	79	2	40	38	.251	.302	.376	.678		214		1	11		JER · IL
1941	31	NYG	NL	14	43	40	1	13	3	0	0	12	0	3	0	.325	.372	.400	.772	116	16	1	0	0	/37O

1942	32	INA	AA	154	660	597	103	176	34	13	17	113	2	54	39	.295	.353	.481	.834		287	10	0	9		INA · AA
1943	33	BSN	NL	78	327	313	32	95	24	6	2	33	1	10	19	.304	.327	.438	.765	122	137	11	1	3	3

1946	36	SFG-min	AAA	126	543	484	84	161	30	4	16	122	4	58	23	.333	.404	.510	.914		247	13	0	1		MNE · AA
1946	36	BSN	NL	2	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	37	1	0	0	0	/3

1947	37	SFG-min	AAA	142	545	504	81	174	23	2	22	102	2	37	31	.345	.391	.530	.921		267	17	1	3		MNE · AA
1948	38	NYG	NL	56	60	57	6	15	0	1	2	12	0	3	2	.263	.300	.404	.704	88	23	1	0	0	/3
11 Yrs				542	1672	1557	182	432	72	16	25	209	8	90	114	.277	.319	.392	.712	95	611	35	6	19
162 Game Avg.				162	500	465	54	129	22	5	7	62	2	27	34	.277	.319	.392	.712	95	183	10	2	6

NYG (7 yrs)				423	1244	1150	134	317	45	9	22	166	6	74	84	.276	.322	.388	.710	92	446	23	5	15
BSN (2 yrs)				80	336	320	32	96	24	6	2	34	1	12	19	.300	.327	.431	.759	120	138	11	1	3
BRO (2 yrs)				39	92	87	16	19	3	1	1	9	1	4	11	.218	.253	.310	.563	52	27	1	0	1

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
1934	24	BRO	NL	17	42	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.473	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	3
1935	25	BRO	NL	22	50	-3	0	0	-2	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	3
1936	26	NYG	NL	4	16	2	0	0	1	-0	2	0.2	0	3	0.3	.562	.502	0.2	0.1	2	$	/3
1937	27	NYG	NL	114	455	-2	0	0	5	-5	-2	-0.3	13	11	1.0	.498	.499	0.5	-0.0	6	$	*3
1938	28	NYG	NL	134	517	-5	-0	0	4	-6	-7	-0.9	15	8	0.6	.495	.495	0.3	-0.3	4	$	*3
1939	29	NYG	NL	50	84	-2	0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.492	.497	0.0	-0.3	0	$	3/O981
1940	30	NYG	NL	51	69	-4	0	0	1	-0	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.493	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/3
1941	31	NYG	NL	14	43	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.505	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/37O

1943	33	BSN	NL	78	327	7	0	0	1	-4	4	0.5	10	14	1.5	.507	.503	1.4	-0.3	13	$	3

1946	36	BSN	NL	2	9	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3

1948	38	NYG	NL	56	60	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/3
11 Seasons				542	1672	-11	1	-0	7	-17	-20	-2.4	50	29	2.7	.496	.499	2.0	-1.3	22	$

NYG (7 yrs)				423	1244	-11	0	-0	9	-12	-14	-1.8	37	23	1.9	.496	.499	1.1	-0.6	14	$
BSN (2 yrs)				80	336	7	0	0	1	-4	4	0.4	10	14	1.5	.506	.501	1.4	-0.3	13	$
BRO (2 yrs)				39	92	-6	0	0	-3	-1	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.474	.497	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$

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
1934	24	BRO	NL	42	34	3	2.4	100	.167	.179	.281	.220	.335	.308	.399	.527	.735	43	.217	-3.2	-0.3	.424	.179	.128	.0
1935	25	BRO	NL	50	36	4	3.0	102	.308	.250	.283	.280	.338	.313	.403	.593	.741	60	.303	-2.8	-0.3	.500	.125	.063	.0
1936	26	NYG	NL	16	10	4	10.8	103	.429	.438	.286	.438	.345	.625	.400	1.063	.745	183	.820	1.7	0.2	1.100	.250	.188	1.0
1937	27	NYG	NL	455	320	55	4.6	102	.287	.279	.281	.322	.343	.410	.399	.732	.742	97	.508	-3.2	-0.3	.644	.193	.131	3.3
1938	28	NYG	NL	517	355	57	4.3	100	.276	.272	.276	.329	.340	.368	.393	.697	.733	91	.490	-6.7	-0.7	.621	.185	.096	4.4
1939	29	NYG	NL	84	61	9	3.9	104	.282	.263	.282	.298	.347	.400	.402	.698	.750	85	.432	-2.0	-0.2	.590	.175	.138	.0
1940	30	NYG	NL	69	54	5	2.5	99	.271	.239	.273	.261	.338	.299	.393	.559	.730	53	.265	-4.4	-0.4	.407	.090	.060
1941	31	NYG	NL	43	28	6	5.7	96	.325	.325	.268	.372	.339	.400	.378	.772	.717	116	.644	0.9	0.1	.679	.150	.075

1943	33	BSN	NL	327	232	45	5.2	88	.318	.304	.262	.327	.331	.438	.356	.765	.687	122	.626	7.0	0.7	.651	.169	.134	1.3

1946	36	BSN	NL	9	6	0	0.0	94	.143	.143	.264	.333	.339	.143	.369	.476	.709	37	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.286	.000

1948	38	NYG	NL	60	43	7	4.3	103	.245	.263	.270	.300	.345	.404	.400	.704	.744	88	.486	-1.5	-0.2	.605	.193	.140	.0
11 Yrs				1672	1179	195	4.4	98	.287	.277	.275	.319	.339	.392	.388	.712	.727	95	.507	-14.6	-1.4	.616	.178	.115	12.1
162 Game Avg.				500	352	58	4.4	98	.287	.277	.275	.319	.339	.392	.388	.712	.727	95	.507	-14.6	-1.4	.616	.178	.115	4

NYG (7 yrs)				1244	871	143	4.4	101	.283	.276	.278	.322	.342	.388	.396	.710	.737	92	.495	-15.1	-1.5	.620	.182	.112	9.4
BSN (2 yrs)				336	238	45	5.1	88	.314	.300	.262	.327	.331	.431	.356	.759	.687	120	.615	6.5	0.7	.647	.172	.131	1.3
BRO (2 yrs)				92	70	7	2.7	101	.240	.218	.282	.253	.337	.310	.402	.563	.738	52	.261	-6.0	-0.6	.464	.149	.092	1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1937	27	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.211	.250	.263	.513	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.211	.250	.263	.513	5	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1934	24	BRO	NL	42	2.4%	4.8%	4.8%	7.1%	43%	1.00	19.5	39.0	7.8		86%
1935	25	BRO	NL	50	0.0%	18.0%	4.0%	4.0%	17%	4.50	5.3		12.0		78%
1936	26	NYG	NL	16	6.3%	6.3%	0.0%	6.3%	14%		16.0	16.0	8.0		88%
1937	27	NYG	NL	455	2.2%	8.1%	5.3%	7.0%	27%	1.54	11.4	42.0	6.5		82%
1938	28	NYG	NL	517	1.6%	5.4%	7.5%	4.8%	20%	0.72	16.8	58.8	8.0		84%
1939	29	NYG	NL	84	1.2%	9.5%	3.6%	9.5%	38%	2.67	10.0	80.0	7.3		85%
1940	30	NYG	NL	69	0.0%	11.6%	2.9%	5.8%	25%	4.00	8.4		13.4		86%
1941	31	NYG	NL	43	0.0%	0.0%	7.0%	7.0%	23%	0.00			3.3		93%

1943	33	BSN	NL	327	0.6%	5.8%	3.1%	9.8%	34%	1.90	16.5	156.5	9.5		89%

1946	36	BSN	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.00			7.0		78%

1948	38	NYG	NL	60	3.3%	3.3%	5.0%	5.0%	20%	0.67	28.5	28.5	4.8	1.00	88%
11 Yrs				1672	1.5%	6.8%	5.4%	6.8%	26%	1.27	13.7	62.3	7.4	1.00	85%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.0%	8.9%	6.3%	27%	1.02	9.9	65.2	8.2	0.97	79%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1934	24	BRO	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1935	25	BRO	NL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1936	26	NYG	NL	1.7	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1937	27	NYG	NL	-3.7	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1938	28	NYG	NL	-6.7	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	29	NYG	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	30	NYG	NL	-4.4	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	31	NYG	NL	0.9	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	33	BSN	NL	7.0	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	36	BSN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	38	NYG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	19	0.0	0.8	-0.7	2.03	0.2	-0.2	1.8	0.2	1.11	1.7	2.01	17
11 Yrs				-15.2	-1.5	19	0.0	0.8	-0.7	2.03	0.2	-0.2	1.8	0.2	1.11	1.7	2.01	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	38	NYG	NL	1	0	25%	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				1	0	31%	1	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	38	NYG	NL	60	95%	15			17	6	1	4	2.01	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	19	4	21%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				60	95%	432			17	6	1	4	2.01	25	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	19		7	35	500%	2	0	0%	19	4	21%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			2317%			202%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1934	24	17	42	39	7	7	2	0	1	5	0	2	2	.179	.220	.308	.527	43	12	1	0	1
1935	25	39	92	87	16	19	3	1	1	9	1	4	11	.218	.253	.310	.563	52	27	1	0	1
1936	26	43	108	103	17	26	3	1	2	11	2	4	12	.252	.280	.359	.640	72	37	2	0	1
1937	27	157	563	523	70	143	22	4	12	76	4	28	49	.273	.314	.400	.714	92	209	11	3	9
1938	28	291	1080	993	125	271	35	8	20	135	7	67	77	.273	.321	.385	.706	91	382	17	4	16
1939	29	341	1164	1073	137	292	41	9	21	146	7	70	85	.272	.320	.386	.706	91	414	19	5	16
1940	30	392	1233	1140	143	308	45	9	21	151	7	72	93	.270	.316	.381	.697	89	434	22	5	16
1941	31	406	1276	1180	144	321	48	9	21	163	7	75	93	.272	.318	.381	.700	90	450	23	5	16
1942	32	406	1276	1180	144	321	48	9	21	163	7	75	93	.272	.318	.381	.700	90	450	23	5	16
1943	33	484	1603	1493	176	416	72	15	23	196	8	85	112	.279	.320	.393	.713	96	587	34	6	19
1944	34	484	1603	1493	176	416	72	15	23	196	8	85	112	.279	.320	.393	.713	96	587	34	6	19
1945	35	484	1603	1493	176	416	72	15	23	196	8	85	112	.279	.320	.393	.713	96	587	34	6	19
1946	36	486	1612	1500	176	417	72	15	23	197	8	87	112	.278	.320	.392	.712	96	588	34	6	19
1947	37	486	1612	1500	176	417	72	15	23	197	8	87	112	.278	.320	.392	.712	96	588	34	6	19
1948	38	542	1672	1557	182	432	72	16	25	209	8	90	114	.277	.319	.392	.712	95	611	35	6	19

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1934	24	18	45	42	8	8	2	0	1	6	0	2	2	.190	.227	.310	.537	3	17
1935	25	23	52	50	9	12	1	1	0	4	1	2	9	.240	.269	.300	.569	4	22
1936	26	4	16	16	1	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	.438	.438	.625	1.063	4	4
1937	27	120	476	440	54	121	20	3	10	66	2	25	39	.275	.318	.402	.721	56	114
1938	28	142	545	496	57	134	14	4	8	62	3	41	30	.270	.327	.363	.690	59	134
1939	29	53	88	84	12	22	6	1	1	11	0	3	8	.262	.295	.393	.688	9	50
1940	30	54	72	70	6	16	4	0	0	5	0	2	8	.229	.250	.286	.536	5	51
1941	31	15	45	42	1	14	3	0	0	13	0	3	0	.333	.378	.405	.783	6	14

1943	33	82	351	336	38	108	27	7	2	39	1	11	20	.321	.345	.461	.806	53	78

1946	36	2	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	2

1948	38	59	63	60	6	16	0	1	2	13	0	3	2	.267	.302	.400	.702	7	56
11 Yrs		572	1762	1643	192	458	77	17	25	221	8	94	119	.279	.320	.392	.712	206	542
162 Game Avg.		162	499	465	54	130	22	5	7	63	2	27	34	.279	.320	.392	.712	58	542

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Glenn Adams (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Orth (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Red Ruffing (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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