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Tommy McCarthy

Thomas Francis Michael McCarthy

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 24, 1863 in Boston, MA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters in 1885. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1884
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Browns/Bridegrooms/Reds/Quakers 1884-1896

Final Game: September 26, 1896
Died: August 5, 1922 in Boston, MA
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
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Hall of Fame

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
1884 20 BOS UA 53 215 209 37 45 2 2 0 0 6 .215 .237 .244 .481 62 51 0 O/1
1885 21 BSN NL 40 153 148 16 27 2 0 0 11 5 25 .182 .209 .196 .405 34 29 0 O
1886 22 PHI NL 8 29 27 6 5 2 1 0 3 1 2 3 .185 .241 .333 .575 75 9 0 /O1
1887 23 PHI NL 18 73 70 7 13 4 0 0 6 15 2 5 .186 .219 .243 .462 25 17 1 /O465
1888 24 STL AA 131 552 511 107 140 20 3 1 68 93 38 .274 .328 .331 .659 103 169 3 *O/1
1889 25 STL AA 140 656 604 136 176 24 7 2 63 57 46 26 .291 .348 .364 .712 93 220 6 *O/41
1890 26 STL AA 133 625 548 137 192 28 9 6 69 83 66 .350 .430 .467 .898 149 256 11 *O5/4
1891 27 STL AA 134 629 570 124 176 20 6 8 92 37 49 19 .309 .374 .407 .781 117 232 10 *O46/51
1892 28 BSN NL 152 700 603 119 146 19 5 4 63 53 93 29 .242 .347 .310 .657 91 187 4 *O
1893 29 BSN NL 116 529 462 107 160 28 6 5 111 46 64 10 .346 .429 .465 .894 131 215 3 *O/46
1894 30 BSN NL 127 613 539 118 188 21 8 13 126 43 59 17 .349 .419 .490 .909 109 264 6 9 *O/641
1895 31 BSN NL 117 542 452 90 131 13 2 2 73 18 72 12 .290 .391 .341 .732 86 154 3 15 *O/4
1896 32 BRO NL 104 423 377 62 94 8 4 3 47 22 34 17 .249 .316 .316 .632 71 119 3 9 *O
13 Yrs 1273 5739 5120 1066 1493 191 53 44 732 468 536 163 .292 .364 .375 .740 102 1922 50 33
162 Game Avg. 162 730 652 136 190 24 7 6 93 68 .292 .364 .375 .740 102 245 6
BSN (5 yrs) 552 2537 2204 450 652 83 21 24 384 160 293 93 .296 .382 .385 .768 100 849 16 24
STL (4 yrs) 538 2462 2233 504 684 92 25 17 292 270 199 45 .306 .371 .393 .764 115 877 30
PHI (2 yrs) 26 102 97 13 18 6 1 0 9 16 4 8 .186 .225 .268 .494 38 26 1
BOS (1 yr) 53 215 209 37 45 2 2 0 0 6 .215 .237 .244 .481 62 51 0
BRO (1 yr) 104 423 377 62 94 8 4 3 47 22 34 17 .249 .316 .316 .632 71 119 3 9
NL (8 yrs) 682 3062 2678 525 764 97 26 27 440 198 331 118 .285 .368 .371 .739 94 994 20 33
AA (4 yrs) 538 2462 2233 504 684 92 25 17 292 270 199 45 .306 .371 .393 .764 115 877 30
UA (1 yr) 53 215 209 37 45 2 2 0 0 6 .215 .237 .244 .481 62 51 0

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
1884 20 BOS UA 53 215 -8 0 0 -2 -2 -12 -1.0 -1 -13 -1.0 .479 .493 -1.0 -0.3 -11 $ O/1
1885 21 BSN NL 40 153 -11 0 0 0 -2 -13 -1.4 5 -9 -0.9 .467 .492 -0.8 -0.3 -9 $ O
1886 22 PHI NL 8 29 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /O1
1887 23 PHI NL 18 73 -8 1 0 -3 -0 -10 -0.9 2 -8 -0.7 .453 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -5 $ /O465
1888 24 STL AA 131 552 2 4 0 20 -7 19 1.7 9 28 2.7 .513 .511 0.7 1.2 8 $ *O/1
1889 25 STL AA 140 656 -4 3 0 8 -8 -1 -0.2 10 9 0.9 .499 .499 0.2 0.0 1 $ *O/41
1890 26 STL AA 133 625 36 5 0 3 -5 39 3.2 12 51 4.4 .525 .521 4.2 -0.3 48 $ *O5/4
1891 27 STL AA 134 629 15 -1 0 2 -5 10 0.9 11 21 2.1 .507 .505 1.8 -0.2 19 $ *O46/51
1892 28 BSN NL 152 700 -3 3 0 6 -9 -3 -0.4 21 18 1.8 .498 .498 1.3 -0.3 12 $ *O
1893 29 BSN NL 116 529 26 2 0 -1 -7 20 1.5 15 36 3.1 .514 .510 3.2 -0.6 36 $ *O/46
1894 30 BSN NL 127 613 9 0 0 7 -8 9 0.5 18 27 2.4 .505 .504 1.9 -0.1 20 $ *O/641
1895 31 BSN NL 117 542 -4 -2 0 -4 -7 -17 -1.4 15 -2 0.2 .489 .492 0.6 -0.9 2 $ *O/4
1896 32 BRO NL 104 423 -15 -0 0 -4 -7 -26 -2.2 12 -14 -0.9 .479 .487 -0.6 -0.9 -10 $ *O
13 Seasons 1273 5739 34 15 0 32 -68 13 0.2 132 145 14.1 .501 .500 11.1 -3.1 113 $
BSN (5 yrs) 552 2537 17 3 0 8 -33 -4 -1.1 75 70 6.6 .499 .499 6.2 -2.1 62 $
STL (4 yrs) 538 2462 49 11 0 33 -26 67 5.5 42 109 10.1 .511 .509 6.9 0.6 76 $
PHI (2 yrs) 26 102 -8 1 0 -3 -0 -11 -1.0 3 -8 -0.7 .464 .497 -0.4 -0.3 -5 $
BOS (1 yr) 53 215 -8 0 0 -2 -2 -12 -1.0 -1 -13 -1.0 .479 .493 -1.0 -0.3 -11 $
BRO (1 yr) 104 423 -15 -0 0 -4 -7 -26 -2.2 12 -14 -0.9 .479 .487 -0.6 -0.9 -10 $

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
1884 20 BOS UA 215 164 12 1.9 62 .215 .215 .248 .237 .275 .244 .321 .481 .596 62 .270 -6.5 -0.8 .029
1885 21 BSN NL 153 121 6 1.3 66 .220 .182 .242 .209 .285 .196 .324 .405 .610 34 .150 -10.6 -1.2 .014
1886 22 PHI NL 29 22 2 2.4 78 .208 .185 .255 .241 .304 .333 .350 .575 .654 75 .305 -0.8 -0.1 .545 .259 .148 .0
1887 23 PHI NL 73 57 4 1.8 102 .200 .186 .282 .219 .341 .243 .401 .462 .741 25 .166 -7.2 -0.7 .614 .300 .057 .0
1888 24 STL AA 552 371 55 3.9 77 .273 .274 .254 .328 .313 .331 .335 .659 .648 103 .588 3.2 0.4 .817 .313 .057 2.0
1889 25 STL AA 656 428 75 4.6 102 .302 .291 .281 .348 .355 .364 .382 .712 .737 93 .546 -5.8 -0.6 .769 .243 .073 3.9
1890 26 STL AA 625 356 108 7.9 98 .343 .350 .276 .430 .358 .467 .364 .898 .721 149 .792 38.2 4.0 1.169 .389 .117 11.2
1891 27 STL AA 629 394 84 5.6 97 .309 .309 .270 .374 .355 .407 .365 .781 .720 117 .644 12.1 1.2 .832 .249 .098 13.2
1892 28 BSN NL 700 457 64 3.7 89 .249 .242 .263 .347 .338 .310 .352 .657 .689 91 .502 -2.7 -0.3 .737 .310 .068 7.4
1893 29 BSN NL 529 302 92 8.1 112 .347 .346 .294 .429 .374 .465 .401 .894 .775 131 .713 23.6 2.2 1.086 .357 .119 9.0
1894 30 BSN NL 613 360 109 7.9 137 .344 .349 .331 .419 .404 .490 .467 .909 .871 109 .622 7.1 0.6 1.060 .330 .141 20.0
1895 31 BSN NL 542 336 60 4.6 116 .295 .290 .309 .391 .376 .341 .417 .732 .793 86 .451 -6.4 -0.6 .769 .250 .051 3.6
1896 32 BRO NL 423 292 37 3.3 102 .255 .249 .290 .316 .354 .316 .387 .632 .740 71 .331 -15.1 -1.4 .629 .215 .066 5.3
13 Yrs 5739 3660 708 5.1 100 .295 .292 .281 .364 .353 .375 .380 .740 .732 102 .573 28.9 2.7 .821 .280 .084 80.4
162 Game Avg. 730 466 90 5.1 100 .295 .292 .281 .364 .353 .375 .380 .740 .732 102 .573 4 0 .821 .280 .084 10
BSN (5 yrs) 2537 1576 331 5.5 110 .301 .296 .294 .382 .366 .385 .402 .768 .768 100 .563 10.9 0.7 .827 .292 .089 41.7
STL (4 yrs) 2462 1549 322 5.4 94 .307 .306 .271 .371 .346 .393 .362 .764 .709 115 .656 47.7 5.0 .888 .296 .086 32.0
PHI (2 yrs) 102 79 6 2.0 95 .202 .186 .274 .225 .330 .268 .387 .494 .717 38 .200 -8.0 -0.8 .595 .289 .082 .0
BOS (1 yr) 215 164 12 1.9 62 .215 .215 .248 .237 .275 .244 .321 .481 .596 62 .270 -6.5 -0.8 .029
BRO (1 yr) 423 292 37 3.3 102 .255 .249 .290 .316 .354 .316 .387 .632 .740 71 .331 -15.1 -1.4 .629 .215 .066 5.3
NL (8 yrs) 3062 1947 374 5.0 108 .291 .285 .293 .368 .363 .371 .399 .739 .762 94 .523 -12.3 -1.6 .788 .281 .086 47.5
AA (4 yrs) 2462 1549 322 5.4 94 .307 .306 .271 .371 .346 .393 .362 .764 .709 115 .656 47.7 5.0 .888 .296 .086 32.0
UA (1 yr) 215 164 12 1.9 62 .215 .215 .248 .237 .275 .244 .321 .481 .596 62 .270 -6.5 -0.8 .029

Postseason Batting

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
1888 24 STL AA WS NYG L 0 41 41 10 10 1 0 1 9 6 0 0 .244 .244 .341 .585 14 0
1892 28 BSN NL CS CLV W 0 27 21 2 8 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 .381 .519 .476 .995 10 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 68 62 12 18 3 0 1 11 9 6 1 .290 .353 .387 .740 24 0
1 WS 0 41 41 10 10 1 0 1 9 6 0 0 .244 .244 .341 .585 14 0
1 CS 0 27 21 2 8 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 .381 .519 .476 .995 10 0

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
1884 20 53 215 209 37 45 2 2 0 0 6 .215 .237 .244 .481 62 51 0
1885 21 93 368 357 53 72 4 2 0 11 11 25 .202 .226 .224 .450 50 80 0
1886 22 101 397 384 59 77 6 3 0 14 1 13 28 .201 .227 .232 .458 52 89 0
1887 23 119 470 454 66 90 10 3 0 20 16 15 33 .198 .226 .233 .459 47 106 1
1888 24 250 1022 965 173 230 30 6 1 88 109 53 33 .238 .281 .285 .566 78 275 4
1889 25 390 1678 1569 309 406 54 13 3 151 166 99 59 .259 .307 .315 .622 84 495 10
1890 26 523 2303 2117 446 598 82 22 9 220 249 165 59 .282 .340 .355 .695 102 751 21
1891 27 657 2932 2687 570 774 102 28 17 312 286 214 78 .288 .348 .366 .713 105 983 31
1892 28 809 3632 3290 689 920 121 33 21 375 339 307 107 .280 .347 .356 .703 103 1170 35
1893 29 925 4161 3752 796 1080 149 39 26 486 385 371 117 .288 .358 .369 .727 106 1385 38
1894 30 1052 4774 4291 914 1268 170 47 39 612 428 430 134 .296 .366 .384 .750 107 1649 44 9
1895 31 1169 5316 4743 1004 1399 183 49 41 685 446 502 146 .295 .368 .380 .748 105 1803 47 24
1896 32 1273 5739 5120 1066 1493 191 53 44 732 468 536 163 .292 .364 .375 .740 102 1922 50 33

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
1884 20 121 473 461 63 87 4 4 0 0 0 12 0 .189 .209 .215 .424 21 53
1885 21 58 223 216 23 39 3 0 0 16 0 7 36 .181 .206 .194 .401 9 40
1886 22 10 37 35 7 6 2 1 0 4 1 2 4 .171 .216 .286 .502 3 8
1887 23 23 88 85 5 12 4 0 0 4 14 2 6 .141 .170 .188 .359 3 18
1888 24 155 624 582 99 143 20 3 1 63 95 39 0 .246 .296 .296 .592 51 131
1889 25 162 699 653 103 158 22 6 2 48 51 41 30 .242 .292 .303 .595 57 140
1890 26 180 768 686 127 205 30 10 6 64 89 70 0 .299 .374 .398 .772 100 133
1891 27 175 765 702 115 187 21 6 8 86 39 52 25 .266 .327 .348 .674 78 134
1892 28 160 704 615 99 134 17 5 4 53 49 85 31 .218 .317 .281 .598 54 152
1893 29 143 585 522 84 149 26 6 5 87 43 60 12 .285 .362 .387 .749 72 116
1894 30 155 649 584 76 156 17 7 11 82 36 49 21 .267 .329 .377 .706 71 127
1895 31 143 600 512 70 121 12 2 2 57 17 67 15 .236 .328 .279 .607 46 117
1896 32 128 497 447 60 100 9 4 3 45 23 36 21 .224 .286 .282 .568 36 104
13 Yrs 1613 6712 6100 931 1497 187 54 42 609 457 522 201 .245 .310 .314 .625 601 1273
162 Game Avg. 162 674 613 94 150 19 5 4 61 52 .245 .310 .314 .625 60 1273

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1890 AA  4.4 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1890 AA  4.2 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1888 AA  1.2 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1890 AA  .350 (3rd)
1891 AA  .309 (7th)
1893 NL  .346 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1890 AA  .430 (5th)
1893 NL  .429 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1890 AA  .467 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1890 AA  .898 (4th)
1893 NL  .894 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1889 AA  140 (2nd)
1892 NL  152 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1889 AA  604 (1st)
1890 AA  548 (4th)
1891 AA  570 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1889 AA  656 (1st)
1890 AA  625 (1st)
1891 AA  629 (8th)
1892 NL  700 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1888 AA  107 (9th)
1889 AA  136 (7th)
1890 AA  137 (2nd)
1891 AA  124 (5th)
1892 NL  119 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1889 AA  176 (6th)
1890 AA  192 (2nd)
1891 AA  176 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1890 AA  256 (2nd)
1891 AA  232 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1890 AA  28 (4th)
1893 NL  28 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1890 AA  6 (5th)
1891 AA  8 (10th)
1894 NL  13 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1888 AA  68 (10th)
1891 AA  92 (8th)
1893 NL  111 (8th)
1894 NL  126 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1892 NL  93 (4th)
1895 NL  72 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1888 AA  93 (4th)
1890 AA  83 (1st)
1893 NL  46 (9th)
Career  468 (43rd)

Singles s c a p y
1889 AA  143 (3rd)
1890 AA  149 (3rd)
1891 AA  142 (2nd)
1894 NL  146 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 AA  150 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1890 AA  108 (1st)
1891 AA  84 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 AA  39 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 AA  4.1 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1890 AA  43 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1890 AA  269 (1st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1890 AA  .792 (4th)
1893 NL  .713 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 AA  11 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1890 AA  11.2 (3rd)
1891 AA  13.2 (7th)
1894 NL  20.0 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1889 AA  23.2 (3rd)
1891 AA  30.0 (1st)
Career  23.6 (69th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1890 AA  91.3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1889 AA  428 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 86 (270), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (431), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Duff Cooley (893)
  2. Dan McGann (890)
  3. Frank Chance (889) *
  4. Steve Brodie (883)
  5. Ginger Beaumont (882)
  6. Patsy Tebeau (881)
  7. Lance Johnson (881)
  8. Chick Stahl (880)
  9. Darryl Hamilton (879)
  10. Al Bumbry (878)
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  3. Tom Brown (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darby O'Brien (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Curt Welch (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Griffin (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Griffin (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy Tucker (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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