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Tommy McCraw

Tommy Lee McCraw

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: November 21, 1940 in Malvern, AR
High School: Venice (Culver City, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1963
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Angels/Senators 1963-1975

Final Game: June 24, 1975
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1428. Jack Crooks… #1429. Charlie Hayes… #1430. Joe Foy… #1431. TOMMY MCCRAW… #1432. Mike Heath… #1433. George Gibson… #1434. Goody Rosen… 

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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
1963 22 CHW AL 102 309 280 38 71 11 3 6 33 15 4 21 46 .254 .309 .379 .688 94 106 5 3 2 3 1 3
1964 23 CHW AL 125 413 368 47 96 11 5 6 36 15 7 32 65 .261 .325 .367 .692 95 135 4 4 7 2 4 3
1965 24 CHW AL 133 306 273 38 65 12 1 5 21 12 7 25 48 .238 .309 .344 .653 92 94 8 3 5 0 4 3
1966 25 CHW AL 151 437 389 49 89 16 4 5 48 20 11 29 40 .229 .288 .329 .617 83 128 5 5 10 4 7 *3
1967 26 CHW AL 125 491 453 55 107 18 3 11 45 24 10 33 55 .236 .288 .362 .650 98 164 9 1 2 2 2 *3/
1968 27 CHW AL 136 530 477 51 112 16 12 9 44 20 5 36 58 .235 .293 .375 .668 97 179 9 5 8 4 9 *3
1969 28 CHW AL 93 265 240 21 62 12 2 2 25 1 3 21 24 .258 .326 .350 .676 85 84 5 3 1 0 6 3
1970 29 CHW AL 129 361 332 39 73 11 2 6 31 12 3 21 50 .220 .273 .319 .592 63 106 1 4 2 2 3 3
1971 30 WSA AL 122 234 207 33 44 6 4 7 25 3 3 19 38 .213 .291 .382 .672 95 79 4 5 0 3 2 3
1972 31 CLE AL 129 442 391 43 101 13 5 7 33 12 10 41 47 .258 .333 .371 .703 106 145 11 4 3 3 5 3
1973 32 CAL AL 99 297 264 25 70 7 0 3 24 3 2 30 42 .265 .343 .326 .669 97 86 2 2 0 1 1 3
1974 33 TOT AL 101 252 231 38 68 16 0 6 34 2 2 17 24 .294 .343 .442 .784 129 102 7 1 1 2 2 3/798D
1974 33 CAL AL 56 132 119 21 34 8 0 3 17 2 1 12 13 .286 .348 .429 .777 129 51 3 0 0 1 2 3/79D
1974 33 CLE AL 45 120 112 17 34 8 0 3 17 0 1 5 11 .304 .336 .455 .791 128 51 4 1 1 1 0 3/8
1975 34 CLE AL 23 59 51 7 14 1 1 2 5 4 1 7 7 .275 .362 .451 .813 130 23 0 0 1 0 2 3/
13 Seasons 1468 4396 3956 484 972 150 42 75 404 143 68 332 544 .246 .309 .362 .670 94 1431 70 40 42 26 48
162 Game Avg. 162 485 437 53 107 17 5 8 45 16 8 37 60 .246 .309 .362 .670 94 158 8 4 5 3 5
CHW (8 yrs) 994 3112 2812 338 675 107 32 50 283 119 50 218 386 .240 .300 .354 .654 89 996 46 28 37 17 36
CLE (3 yrs) 197 621 554 67 149 22 6 12 55 16 12 53 65 .269 .336 .395 .731 113 219 15 5 5 4 7
CAL (2 yrs) 155 429 383 46 104 15 0 6 41 5 3 42 55 .272 .345 .358 .703 107 137 5 2 0 2 3
WSA (1 yr) 122 234 207 33 44 6 4 7 25 3 3 19 38 .213 .291 .382 .672 95 79 4 5 0 3 2

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
1963 22 CHW AL 309 -2 0 0 1 2 -5 9 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ 3
1964 23 CHW AL 413 -2 2 1 0 4 -6 12 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $ 3
1965 24 CHW AL 306 -2 1 0 1 4 -3 9 11 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ 3
1966 25 CHW AL 437 -8 -1 0 2 9 -7 12 7 0.6 -2 -0.2 0.8 $ *3
1967 26 CHW AL 491 0 1 0 2 15 -8 14 24 2.5 9 0.9 1.6 $ *3/
1968 27 CHW AL 530 -3 4 5 0 2 -8 15 15 1.7 13 1.5 0.2 $ *3
1969 28 CHW AL 266 -6 -2 -1 0 -5 -3 8 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ 3
1970 29 CHW AL 361 -16 1 -1 2 -3 -4 12 -10 -1.1 -6 -0.7 -0.4 $ 3
1971 30 WSA AL 234 -1 0 -1 1 -3 -3 8 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $19,000 3
1972 31 CLE AL 442 2 -3 0 0 8 -5 15 17 1.6 9 0.9 0.7 $19,000 3
1973 32 CAL AL 297 0 -3 0 1 0 -4 10 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $23,500 3
1974 33 CAL AL 132 4 1 0 1 -2 -2 4 6 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ 3/79D
1974 33 CLE AL 120 5 -1 1 0 -0 -2 4 6 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $30,000 3/8
1975 34 CLE AL 59 2 1 1 0 -3 -1 2 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $45,000 3/
13 Seasons 4397 -27 1 5 11 28 -61 134 91 9.2 63 6.4 2.8 $136,500
CHW (8 yrs) 3113 -39 6 4 8 28 -44 91 54 5.4 26 2.7 2.7 $
CLE (3 yrs) 621 9 -3 2 0 4 -8 21 25 2.5 21 2.1 0.4 $94,000
CAL (2 yrs) 429 4 -2 0 2 -1 -6 14 11 1.2 12 1.2 -0.0 $23,500
WSA (1 yr) 234 -1 0 -1 1 -3 -3 8 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $19,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 CHW AL 22 1B 97 725 673 47 5 65 .993 2 7.42 .990 9.49
1964 CHW AL 23 1B 84 643 601 37 5 57 .992 5 7.60 .991 9.41
1964 CHW AL 23 OF 36 42 36 4 2 0 .952 -1 1.11 .980 2.03
1964 CHW AL 23 LF 32 28 6 214.0 37 31 4 2 0 .946 -1 -3 1.47 1.09 .975 1.81 1.80
1964 CHW AL 23 RF 3 2 0 15.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.72 1.00 .983 1.90 1.87
1964 CHW AL 23 CF 2 2 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 2.08 1.50 .980 2.42 2.45
1965 CHW AL 24 1B 72 275 251 22 2 18 .993 6 3.79 .991 9.53
1965 CHW AL 24 OF 64 89 85 2 2 0 .978 -1 1.36 .978 2.03
1965 CHW AL 24 LF 37 30 11 232.0 43 41 1 1 0 .977 -1 -6 1.63 1.14 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CHW AL 24 CF 31 14 5 175.2 41 38 2 1 1 .976 -1 -4 2.05 1.29 .979 2.40 2.40
1965 CHW AL 24 RF 3 2 2 24.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 30 3.00 2.67 .978 1.84 1.83
1966 CHW AL 25 1B 121 919 843 67 9 56 .990 8 7.52 .991 9.58
1966 CHW AL 25 OF 41 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 1 1.24 .982 2.10
1966 CHW AL 25 LF 29 23 12 188.1 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 1.62 1.17 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 CHW AL 25 RF 15 6 3 65.2 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1 13 2.19 1.07 .979 1.95 1.94
1967 CHW AL 26 1B 123 1288 1167 110 11 92 .991 14 10.38 .991 9.55
1967 CHW AL 26 OF 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.67 .980 2.07
1967 CHW AL 26 CF 4 3 1 23.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 3.91 2.50 .981 2.47 2.48
1967 CHW AL 26 LF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -20 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1967 CHW AL 26 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 2.25 1.00 .980 1.80 1.80
1968 CHW AL 27 1B 135 1398 1285 93 20 103 .986 2 10.21 .989 9.54
1969 CHW AL 28 1B 44 271 254 14 3 21 .989 -1 6.09 .992 9.62
1969 CHW AL 28 OF 41 49 48 1 0 0 1.000 -4 1.20 .978 2.13
1969 CHW AL 28 CF 17 13 3 94.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -67 1.14 0.71 .982 2.50 2.50
1969 CHW AL 28 RF 17 14 5 116.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2 19 1.55 1.18 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 CHW AL 28 LF 11 11 9 87.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.45 1.27 .978 1.99 1.99
1970 CHW AL 29 1B 59 395 357 33 5 34 .987 1 6.61 .991 9.56
1970 CHW AL 29 OF 49 76 70 2 4 0 .947 -5 1.47 .980 2.13
1970 CHW AL 29 RF 28 22 11 186.1 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -1 -8 1.45 1.07 .975 1.98 1.97
1970 CHW AL 29 CF 12 7 4 68.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -3 -46 2.12 1.33 .985 2.62 2.61
1970 CHW AL 29 LF 11 10 6 86.0 26 23 1 2 0 .923 -1 -11 2.51 2.18 .978 1.81 1.80
1971 WSA AL 30 OF 60 95 90 1 4 0 .958 -3 1.52 .982 2.22
1971 WSA AL 30 1B 30 46 44 1 1 3 .978 0 1.50 .992 9.53
1971 WSA AL 30 RF 37 32 23 276.2 66 63 1 2 0 .970 -2 -10 2.08 1.73 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 WSA AL 30 LF 26 8 3 107.2 25 23 0 2 0 .920 -1 -12 1.92 0.88 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 WSA AL 30 CF 1 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 3.00 2.00 .985 2.70 2.70
1972 CLE AL 31 OF 84 161 159 2 0 0 1.000 3 1.92 .983 2.21
1972 CLE AL 31 1B 38 374 345 26 3 29 .992 5 9.76 .991 9.71
1972 CLE AL 31 LF 41 31 27 300.0 69 69 0 0 0 1.000 1 5 2.07 1.68 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 CLE AL 31 RF 25 15 13 160.1 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 3 22 2.25 1.60 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 CLE AL 31 CF 22 21 17 182.2 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.46 2.27 .987 2.65 2.64
1973 CAL AL 32 OF 34 52 49 3 0 1 1.000 -1 1.53 .979 2.27
1973 CAL AL 32 1B 25 242 219 22 1 27 .996 2 9.64 .992 9.80
1973 CAL AL 32 LF 33 27 21 237.1 50 47 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -7 1.90 1.52 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 CAL AL 32 DH 9 9
1973 CAL AL 32 RF 2 2 1 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.12 1.00 .975 2.08 2.05
1973 CAL AL 32 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1974 TOT AL 33 1B 67 44 36 420.0 470 432 35 3 38 .994 -3 -7 10.01 6.97 .992 48.32 9.66
1974 TOT AL 33 OF 13 11 7 93.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0 3 1.84 1.46 .980 66.88 2.40
1974 CAL AL 33 1B 29 17 14 170.0 158 147 11 0 10 1.000 -2 -14 8.36 5.45 .992 48.32 9.66
1974 CAL AL 33 OF 12 10 7 90.0 18 15 3 0 1 1.000 0 1 1.80 1.50 .980 66.88 2.40
1974 CAL AL 33 LF 7 6 4 56.0 11 9 2 0 1 1.000 1 15 1.77 1.57 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 CAL AL 33 RF 5 4 3 34.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 1.85 1.40 .976 2.17 2.16
1974 CAL AL 33 DH 1 1
1974 CLE AL 33 1B 38 27 22 250.0 312 285 24 3 28 .990 -1 -3 11.12 8.13 .992 48.32 9.66
1974 CLE AL 33 CF 1 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .990 3.00 2.90
1974 CLE AL 33 OF 1 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 3.00 1.00 .980 66.90 2.40
1975 CLE AL 34 1B 16 116 110 6 0 9 1.000 -1 7.25 .990 9.81
1975 CLE AL 34 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -2 0.67 .980 2.37
1975 CLE AL 34 LF 3 3 1 21.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -2 -120 0.86 0.67 .977 2.19 2.17
13 Seasons 1B 911 44 36 420.0 7162 6581 513 68 552 .991 40 115 10.01 7.79 .991 48.32 9.56
11 Seasons OF 431 11 7 93.0 647 615 19 13 2 .980 -12 -156 1.84 1.47 .981 66.88 2.15
11 Seasons LF 231 178 100 1535.1 312 293 11 8 2 .974 -6 -4 1.78 1.32 .978 1.90 1.89
10 Seasons RF 136 99 61 898.2 194 186 5 3 0 .985 2 3 1.91 1.40 .978 2.02 2.01
9 Seasons CF 91 62 31 567.0 136 130 4 2 1 .985 -9 -19 2.13 1.47 .983 2.53 2.52
13 Seasons TOT 1342 55 43 513.0 7809 7196 532 81 554 .990 28 66 8.53 5.76 .990 51.68 7.18
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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.
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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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  • 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1967 AL  1.6 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1968 AL  12 (2nd)
1972 AL  5 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1963 AL  15 (7th)
1964 AL  15 (6th)
1966 AL  20 (7th)
1967 AL  24 (4th)
1968 AL  20 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 AL  10 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (3rd)
1965 AL  7 (8th)
1966 AL  11 (4th)
1967 AL  10 (4th)
1972 AL  10 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1967 AL  15.1 (4th)
1968 AL  12.4 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1967 AL  1,177 (4th)
1968 AL  1,285 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1968 AL  135 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  1,167 (4th)
1968 AL  1,285 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  110 (2nd)
1968 AL  93 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (3rd)
1968 AL  20 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1964 AL  5 (4th)
1965 AL  6 (3rd)
1966 AL  8 (3rd)
1967 AL  14 (1st)
1972 AL  5 (5th)
Career  40 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1964 AL  9.91 (3rd)
1966 AL  10.95 (1st)
1967 AL  10.82 (1st)
1968 AL  10.91 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1967 AL  10.38 (1st)
1968 AL  10.21 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1963 AL  .993 (5th)
1964 AL  .992 (5th)
1967 AL  .992 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1972 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2189), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197130Washington Senators$19,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197231Cleveland Indians$19,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197332California Angels$23,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197433Cleveland Indians$30,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197534Cleveland Indians$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$136,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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