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Mickey McDermott
Maurice Joseph McDermott (Maury)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Poughkeepsie, NY
High School: St. Patrick's Catholic (Elizabeth, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Final Game: August 10, 1961
Died: August 7, 2003 in Phoenix, AZ
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Mickey McDermott
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Standard Batting

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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
1948	19	BOS	AL	7	8	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	127	4	0	0	0			/1
1949	20	BOS	AL	12	36	33	3	7	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.212	.278	.303	.581	49	10	0	0	0			1
1950	21	BOS	AL	39	53	44	11	16	5	0	0	12	0	0	9	3	.364	.472	.477	.949	134	21	1	0	0			1
1951	22	BOS	AL	43	71	66	8	18	1	1	1	6	0	1	3	14	.273	.314	.364	.678	76	24	3	1	1			1
1952	23	BOS	AL	36	69	62	10	14	1	1	1	7	0	0	4	11	.226	.273	.323	.595	60	20	0	0	3			1
1953	24	BOS	AL	45	95	93	9	28	8	0	1	13	0	1	2	13	.301	.316	.419	.735	93	39	2	0	0			1
1954	25	WSH	AL	54	104	95	7	19	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	12	.200	.255	.232	.486	38	22	4	0	2	0		1
1955	26	WSH	AL	70	104	95	10	25	4	0	1	10	1	0	6	16	.263	.311	.337	.648	77	32	1	1	1	1	0	1
1956	27	NYY	AL	46	61	52	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	13	.212	.317	.269	.586	59	14	4	0	1	0	0	1
1957	28	KCA	AL	58	58	49	6	12	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	16	.245	.362	.510	.872	136	25	2	0	0	0	2	1/3
1958	29	DET	AL	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1961	32	TOT	MLB	29	20	19	1	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.105	.150	.211	.361	-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	32	STL	NL	22	14	14	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	-47	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	32	KCA	AL	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	95	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				443	682	619	71	156	29	2	9	74	1	2	52	112	.252	.312	.349	.661	76	216	17	2	8	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	249	226	26	57	11	1	3	27	0	1	19	41	.252	.312	.349	.661	76	79	6	1	3

BOS (6 yrs)				182	332	306	43	86	19	2	3	44	0	2	21	47	.281	.329	.386	.715	86	118	6	1	4
WSH (2 yrs)				124	208	190	17	44	7	0	1	14	1	0	13	28	.232	.283	.284	.567	58	54	5	1	3	1	0
KCA (2 yrs)				65	64	54	6	13	2	0	4	8	0	0	10	18	.241	.359	.500	.859	132	27	2	0	0	0	2
STL (1 yr)				22	14	14	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	-47	2	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				46	61	52	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	13	.212	.317	.269	.586	59	14	4	0	1	0	0
DET (1 yr)				4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				421	668	605	70	155	28	2	9	71	1	2	52	108	.256	.317	.354	.670	79	214	17	2	8	1	2
NL (1 yr)				22	14	14	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	-47	2	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1948	19	BOS	AL	8	5	2	10.6	110	.375	.375	.279	.375	.365	.500	.403	.875	.768	127	.822	0.3	0.0	.800	.125	.125
1949	20	BOS	AL	36	26	3	3.1	112	.259	.212	.279	.278	.372	.303	.405	.581	.778	49	.324	-2.5	-0.3	.500	.182	.091
1950	21	BOS	AL	53	29	10	9.1	122	.390	.364	.290	.472	.379	.477	.435	.949	.814	134	.754	3.2	0.3	1.034	.318	.114
1951	22	BOS	AL	71	53	7	3.6	109	.333	.273	.278	.314	.361	.364	.407	.678	.768	76	.392	-2.7	-0.3	.519	.121	.091	.0
1952	23	BOS	AL	69	51	5	2.6	103	.260	.226	.269	.273	.350	.323	.393	.595	.743	60	.306	-3.9	-0.4	.500	.161	.097	.0
1953	24	BOS	AL	95	68	12	4.7	107	.342	.301	.276	.316	.352	.419	.405	.735	.758	93	.528	-1.2	-0.1	.588	.129	.118	.0
1954	25	WSH	AL	104	82	6	2.0	94	.229	.200	.258	.255	.333	.232	.377	.486	.710	38	.195	-8.0	-0.8	.363	.105	.032
1955	26	WSH	AL	104	73	11	4.0	100	.304	.263	.263	.311	.342	.337	.391	.648	.733	77	.442	-3.1	-0.3	.563	.147	.074	1.0
1956	27	NYY	AL	61	46	4	2.3	104	.263	.212	.264	.317	.345	.269	.402	.586	.748	59	.210	-3.0	-0.3	.489	.212	.058	.0
1957	28	KCA	AL	58	39	9	6.2	100	.276	.245	.264	.362	.336	.510	.399	.872	.735	136	.655	2.4	0.2	.872	.449	.265	.0
1958	29	DET	AL	3	2	0	0.0	104	1.000	.333	.269	.333	.339	.333	.409	.667	.749	80	.000	-0.1	0.0	.500	.000	.000

1961	32	TOT	MLB	20	17	1	1.6	111	.154	.105	.277	.150	.347	.211	.432	.361	.778	-8	.120	-3.0	-0.3	.294	.158	.105
1961	32	STL	NL	14	13	0	0.0	114	.100	.071	.282	.071	.350	.143	.438	.214	.788	-47	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.154	.071	.071
1961	32	KCA	AL	6	4	1	6.7	105	.333	.200	.265	.333	.340	.400	.412	.733	.753	95	.659	0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.200
12 Seasons				682	491	70	3.8	104	.295	.252	.270	.312	.350	.349	.400	.661	.750	76	.426	-21.7	-2.3	.558	.179	.097	1.8
162 Game Avg.				249	180	26	3.8	104	.295	.252	.270	.312	.350	.349	.400	.661	.750	76	.426	-21.7	-2.3	.558	.179	.097	1

BOS (6 yrs)				332	232	39	4.5	110	.324	.281	.277	.329	.361	.386	.408	.715	.768	86	.500	-6.8	-0.8	.605	.167	.105	.0
WSH (2 yrs)				208	155	17	2.9	97	.265	.232	.260	.283	.337	.284	.384	.567	.722	58	.321	-11.1	-1.1	.457	.126	.053	1.0
KCA (2 yrs)				64	43	10	6.3	101	.281	.241	.264	.359	.337	.500	.400	.859	.737	132	.656	2.4	0.2	.860	.444	.259	.0
STL (1 yr)				14	13	0	0.0	114	.100	.071	.282	.071	.350	.143	.438	.214	.788	-47	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.154	.071	.071
NYY (1 yr)				61	46	4	2.3	104	.263	.212	.264	.317	.345	.269	.402	.586	.748	59	.209	-3.0	-0.3	.489	.212	.058	.0
DET (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	104	1.000	.333	.269	.333	.339	.333	.409	.667	.749	80	.000	-0.1	0.0	.500	.000	.000

AL (12 yrs)				668	478	70	3.9	104	.299	.256	.270	.317	.350	.354	.399	.670	.749	79	.438	-18.6	-2.0	.569	.182	.098	1.8
NL (1 yr)				14	13	0	0.0	114	.100	.071	.282	.071	.350	.143	.438	.214	.788	-47	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.154	.071	.071

Postseason Batting

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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
1956	27	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	19	BOS	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	33%						100%
1949	20	BOS	AL	36	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	8.3%	43%	2.00	5.5		5.5		75%
1950	21	BOS	AL	53	0.0%	5.7%	17.0%	9.4%	31%	0.33	14.7		3.7		77%
1951	22	BOS	AL	71	1.4%	19.7%	4.2%	4.2%	17%	4.67	4.7	66.0	11.0		72%
1952	23	BOS	AL	69	1.5%	15.9%	5.8%	4.4%	21%	2.75	5.6	62.0	8.9		72%
1953	24	BOS	AL	95	1.1%	13.7%	2.1%	9.5%	32%	6.50	7.2	93.0	7.2		83%
1954	25	WSH	AL	104	0.0%	11.5%	6.7%	2.9%	16%	1.71	7.9		23.8	1.83	80%
1955	26	WSH	AL	104	1.0%	15.4%	5.8%	4.8%	20%	2.67	5.9	95.0	9.5	0.81	76%
1956	27	NYY	AL	61	1.6%	21.3%	13.1%	1.6%	9%	1.63	4.0	52.0	13.0	2.67	62%
1957	28	KCA	AL	58	6.9%	27.6%	15.5%	8.6%	42%	1.78	3.1	12.3	7.0	2.14	50%
1958	29	DET	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5		3.0	0.00	33%

1961	32	TOT	MLB	20	0.0%	30.0%	5.0%	10.0%	100%	6.00	3.2		4.8	1.20	65%
1961	32	STL	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	7.1%	100%		3.5		4.7	0.80	71%
1961	32	KCA	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	2.00	2.5		5.0		50%
12 Seasons				682	1.3%	16.4%	7.6%	5.9%	26%	2.15	5.5	68.8	8.4	1.47	73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954	25	WSH	AL	2	0	27%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	67%	6	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	2
1955	26	WSH	AL	0	0	29%	35	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1956	27	NYY	AL	0	0	17%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	28	KCA	AL	0	0	12%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	29	DET	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	32	TOT	MLB	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	32	STL	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	32	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				2	0	31%	110	1	2	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	48%	13	9	4	1	0	1	7	2	5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	25	WSH	AL	104	84%	19			19	3	0	0	2.47	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	4	19%	16	2	13%	67	4	6%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1955	26	WSH	AL	103	79%	25			37	9	0	3	1.47	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	16	1	6%	7	2	29%	70	9	13%	7	4	57%	6	1	17%	1
1956	27	NYY	AL	61	84%	11			19	4	0	2	2.09	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	100%	18	4	22%	14	2	14%	44	4	9%	8	3	38%	3	0	0%	0
1957	28	KCA	AL	54	96%	12			23	5	2	3	1.22	4	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		11	2	18%	6	2	33%	31	4	13%	5	2	40%	4	0	0%	4
1958	29	DET	AL	3	100%	1			2	1	0	1	1.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1961	32	TOT	MLB	20	100%	2			9	2	0	2	3.52	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	6	0	0%	22	4	18%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1961	32	STL	NL	14	100%	1			6	1	0	1	3.93	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	0	0%	13	3	23%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1961	32	KCA	AL	6	100%	1			3	1	0	1	2.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
12 Seasons				345	85%	156			109	24	2	11	1.88	9	0	10	5	1	2	4	1	4	8	200%	76	17	22%	49	8	16%	236	26	11%	26	11	42%	16	2	13%	5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1948	19	7	8	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	127	4	0	0	0
1949	20	19	44	41	5	10	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.244	.295	.341	.637	64	14	0	0	0
1950	21	58	97	85	16	26	9	0	0	18	0	0	12	9	.306	.392	.412	.804	102	35	1	0	0
1951	22	101	168	151	24	44	10	1	1	24	0	1	15	23	.291	.359	.391	.750	91	59	4	1	1
1952	23	137	237	213	34	58	11	2	2	31	0	1	19	34	.272	.335	.371	.706	83	79	4	1	4
1953	24	182	332	306	43	86	19	2	3	44	0	2	21	47	.281	.329	.386	.715	86	118	6	1	4
1954	25	236	436	401	50	105	22	2	3	48	0	2	28	59	.262	.312	.349	.661	75	140	10	1	6	0
1955	26	306	540	496	60	130	26	2	4	58	1	2	34	75	.262	.311	.347	.658	76	172	11	2	7	1	0
1956	27	352	601	548	64	141	26	2	5	62	1	2	42	88	.257	.312	.339	.651	74	186	15	2	8	1	0
1957	28	410	659	597	70	153	27	2	9	69	1	2	51	104	.256	.316	.353	.670	79	211	17	2	8	1	2
1958	29	414	662	600	70	154	27	2	9	70	1	2	51	106	.257	.317	.353	.670	79	212	17	2	8	1	2
1959	30	414	662	600	70	154	27	2	9	70	1	2	51	106	.257	.317	.353	.670	79	212	17	2	8	1	2
1960	31	414	662	600	70	154	27	2	9	70	1	2	51	106	.257	.317	.353	.670	79	212	17	2	8	1	2
1961	32	443	682	619	71	156	29	2	9	74	1	2	52	112	.252	.312	.349	.661	76	216	17	2	8	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	19	7	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	7
1949	20	13	36	33	2	6	3	0	0	5	0	3	6	.182	.250	.273	.523	2	12
1950	21	41	52	44	9	15	5	0	0	10	0	8	3	.341	.442	.455	.897	8	39
1951	22	45	71	67	7	17	1	1	1	5	0	3	15	.254	.296	.343	.639	6	43
1952	23	38	68	64	10	14	1	1	1	7	0	4	11	.219	.265	.313	.577	5	36
1953	24	47	97	95	9	27	8	0	1	13	0	2	14	.284	.299	.400	.699	11	45
1954	25	56	108	100	8	21	3	0	0	4	0	8	13	.210	.269	.240	.509	6	54
1955	26	73	110	101	11	28	4	0	1	11	1	7	17	.277	.327	.347	.674	11	70
1956	27	48	62	54	4	11	0	0	1	4	0	8	14	.204	.306	.259	.566	4	46
1957	28	61	62	52	6	13	1	0	4	8	0	10	17	.250	.371	.500	.871	9	58
1958	29	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1961	32	30	23	21	1	3	3	0	0	5	0	2	6	.143	.217	.286	.503	1	29
12 Seasons		463	700	642	68	155	29	2	9	72	1	55	118	.241	.303	.335	.638	64	443
162 Game Avg.		162	245	225	24	54	10	1	3	25	0	19	41	.241	.303	.335	.638	22	443

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1948 AL--born 1929-04-29--2nd
1949 AL--born 1929-04-29--3rd
1950 AL--born 1929-04-29--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Joe Wood (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Claude Hendrix (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Hampton (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elam Vangilder (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com DeadBallEra Obituary Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Mickey McDermott

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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