Chippy McGarr

James B. McGarr

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: May 10, 1863 in Worcester, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1884
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Athletics/Beaneaters/Browns/Cowboys/... 1884-1896

Final Game: September 26, 1896
Died: June 6, 1904 in Worcester, MA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1884	CPI	UA	21	2B	13				63	32	25	6	2	.905		4.38	.869		5.47
1884	CPI	UA	21	OF	6				5	3	0	2	0	.600		0.50	.816		1.53	5-0-1
1886	PHA	AA	23	SS	71				400	109	231	60	25	.850		4.79	.854		4.56
1887	PHA	AA	24	SS	137				686	198	402	86	42	.875		4.38	.858		4.48
1888	STL	AA	25	2B	33				190	70	100	20	11	.895		5.15	.916		5.64
1888	STL	AA	25	SS	1				4	0	2	2	0	.500		2.00	.862		4.60
1889	TOT	AA	26	SS	6				30	6	13	11	1	.633		3.17	.873		5.13
1889	KCC	AA	26	3B	11				42	18	18	6	6	.857		3.27	.857		3.56
1889	KCC	AA	26	OF	6				12	9	2	1	0	.917		1.83	.903		2.00	2-0-4
1889	KCC	AA	26	2B	5				34	18	14	2	5	.941		6.40	.917		5.64
1889	KCC	AA	26	SS	3				18	3	9	6	1	.667		4.00	.873		5.13
1889	BAL	AA	26	SS	3				12	3	4	5	0	.583		2.33	.873		5.13
1890	BSN	NL	27	3B	115				406	151	228	27	13	.933		3.30	.884		3.51
1890	BSN	NL	27	SS	5				25	7	15	3	2	.880		4.40	.902		5.32
1890	BSN	NL	27	OF	1				2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.915		1.90	0-0-1
1893	CLV	NL	30	3B	63				271	93	147	31	7	.886		3.81	.893		3.79
1894	CLV	NL	31	3B	128				457	170	242	45	17	.902		3.22	.878		3.48
1895	CLV	NL	32	3B	109				398	129	218	51	13	.872		3.18	.872		3.46
1895	CLV	NL	32	2B	4				18	12	5	1	1	.944		4.25	.933		5.70
1896	CLV	NL	33	3B	113				380	123	228	29	20	.924		3.11	.892		3.46
1896	CLV	NL	33	C	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60		0		0	0
	6 Seasons			3B	539				1954	684	1081	189	76	.903		3.27	.882		3.52
	5 Seasons			SS	220				1145	320	663	162	70	.859		4.47	.858		4.54
	4 Seasons			2B	55				305	132	144	29	19	.905		5.02	.907		5.60
	3 Seasons			OF	13				19	14	2	3	0	.842		1.23	.882		1.78	7-0-6
	1 Season			C	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60		0		0	0
	10 Seasons			TOT	828				3423	1150	1890	383	165	.888		3.67	.876		3.90	7-0-6	0		0	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	3B	SS	LF	RF	OF
1884	CPI	UA	21	19	19	0	13	0	0	5	1	6
1886	PHA	AA	23	71	71	0	0	0	71	0	0	0
1887	PHA	AA	24	137	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	0
1888	STL	AA	25	34	34	0	33	0	1	0	0	0
1889	KCC	AA	26	25	25	0	5	11	3	2	4	6
1889	BAL	AA	26	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
1890	BSN	NL	27	121	121	0	0	115	5	0	1	1
1893	CLV	NL	30	63	63	0	0	63	0	0	0	0
1894	CLV	NL	31	128	128	0	0	128	0	0	0	0
1895	CLV	NL	32	113	113	0	4	109	0	0	0	0
1896	CLV	NL	33	113	113	1	0	113	0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			827	827	1	55	539	220	7	6	13

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1887 AA 402 (5th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1890 NL 115 (5th) 1894 NL 128 (3rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1894 NL 170 (4th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1890 NL 228 (3rd) 1896 NL 228 (5th)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1895 NL 51 (5th) Career 189 (91st)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1887 AA 137 (1st)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1887 AA 198 (2nd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1887 AA 402 (4th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1886 AA 60 (5th) 1887 AA 86 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y Career 3.27 (34th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1890 NL .933 (1st) 1894 NL .902 (4th) 1896 NL .924 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1886 AA 4.79 (4th) 1887 AA 4.38 (5th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1887 AA .875 (3rd)

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