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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 BOS AL 19 P 7 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.29 .967 0.91
1949 BOS AL 20 P 12 17 2 14 1 0 .941 1.33 .965 1.01
1950 BOS AL 21 P 38 32 5 25 2 1 .938 0.79 .950 0.96
1951 BOS AL 22 P 34 40 4 34 2 5 .950 1.12 .952 0.99
1952 BOS AL 23 P 30 36 10 24 2 1 .944 1.13 .967 1.03
1953 BOS AL 24 P 32 47 5 40 2 3 .957 1.41 .957 0.88
1954 WSH AL 25 P 30 26 196.1 44 3 39 2 2 .955 1.93 1.40 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 WSH AL 26 P 31 20 156.0 35 3 30 2 1 .943 1.90 1.06 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 27 P 23 9 87.0 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.55 0.65 .947 1.92 0.82
1957 KCA AL 28 P 29 4 69.0 25 7 17 1 0 .960 3.13 0.83 .964 2.00 0.86
1957 KCA AL 28 1B 2 2 5.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.8 -192.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.72 8.35
1958 DET AL 29 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1961 TOT MLB 32 P 23 0 32.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.38 0.22 .967 2.15 0.87
1961 STL NL 32 P 19 0 27.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.21 .950 2.17 0.88
1961 KCA AL 32 P 4 0 5.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.59 0.25 1.000 2.06 0.82
12 Seasons P 291 59 543.0 306 44 247 15 15 .951 4.82 1.00 .958 2.00 0.92
1 Season 1B 2 2 5.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.8 -192.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.72 8.35
12 Seasons TOT 293 61 548.0 312 49 247 16 15 .949 -0.8 -1.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 4.86 1.01 .908 2.07 0.97

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 BOS AL 19 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 20 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 21 39 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 22 43 43 43 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 23 36 36 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 24 45 45 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 25 54 26 54 54 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1955 WSH AL 26 70 20 70 70 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1
1956 NYY AL 27 46 9 46 46 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1957 KCA AL 28 58 6 58 58 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
1958 DET AL 29 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 STL NL 32 22 0 22 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 KCA AL 32 7 0 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Seasons 443 61 443 443 291 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 WSH AL 25 866 76% 27% 42 95% 1 2 2 0 39 27 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1955 WSH AL 26 719 74% 21% 23 96% 0 3 0 2 26 18 3 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1956 NYY AL 27 390 78% 29% 18 78% 0 2 0 2 14 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 25%
1957 KCA AL 28 280 75% 25% 18 89% 1 7 2 4 14 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1958 DET AL 29 15 87% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 STL NL 32 128 76% 34% 3 100% 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 32 46 72% 20% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2444 76% 25% 105 90% 3 16 4 10 96 67 15 7 0 3 4 2 5 5 5 0 22 82%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 KCA AL 28 21 43% 95% 29% 1 0% 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 21 43% 95% 29% 1 0% 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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