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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Athletics/Beaneaters/Browns/Cowboys/... 1884-1896

Final Game: September 26, 1896 (Age 33)
Died: June 6, 1904 in Worcester, MA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA
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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 Awards
1884 21 CPI UA 19 70 70 10 11 2 0 0 0 0 .157 .157 .186 .343 15 13 0 4/O
1886 23 PHA AA 71 278 267 41 71 9 3 2 31 17 9 .266 .295 .345 .640 102 92 2 6
1887 24 PHA AA 137 561 536 93 158 23 6 1 63 84 23 .295 .326 .366 .692 92 196 2 *6
1888 25 STL AA 34 138 132 17 31 1 0 0 13 25 6 .235 .268 .242 .511 58 32 0 4/6
1889 26 TOT AA 28 123 115 23 32 3 0 0 16 12 7 12 .278 .325 .304 .630 77 35 1 5/O64
1889 26 KCC AA 25 115 108 22 31 3 0 0 16 12 6 11 .287 .330 .315 .645 81 34 1 5/O46
1889 26 BAL AA 3 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 1 0 /6
1890 27 BSN NL 121 525 487 68 115 12 7 1 51 39 34 38 .236 .291 .296 .587 65 144 4 *5/6O
1893 30 CLV NL 63 270 249 38 77 12 0 0 28 24 20 15 .309 .363 .357 .720 88 89 1 5
1894 31 CLV NL 128 559 523 94 144 24 6 2 74 31 28 29 .275 .316 .356 .672 60 186 3 5 *5
1895 32 CLV NL 113 472 422 86 114 14 2 2 59 19 35 33 .270 .328 .327 .655 65 138 1 14 *5/4
1896 33 CLV NL 113 486 455 68 122 16 4 1 53 16 22 30 .268 .302 .327 .629 62 149 0 9 *5/2
10 Yrs 827 3482 3256 538 875 116 28 9 388 267 184 157 .269 .311 .330 .641 72 1074 14 28
162 Game Avg. 162 682 638 105 171 23 5 2 76 36 .269 .311 .330 .641 72 210 3
CLV (4 yrs) 417 1787 1649 286 457 66 12 5 214 90 105 107 .277 .322 .341 .663 66 562 5 28
PHA (2 yrs) 208 839 803 134 229 32 9 3 94 101 32 .285 .316 .359 .675 95 288 4
CPI (1 yr) 19 70 70 10 11 2 0 0 0 0 .157 .157 .186 .343 15 13 0
BSN (1 yr) 121 525 487 68 115 12 7 1 51 39 34 38 .236 .291 .296 .587 65 144 4
BAL (1 yr) 3 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 1 0
STL (1 yr) 34 138 132 17 31 1 0 0 13 25 6 .235 .268 .242 .511 58 32 0
KCC (1 yr) 25 115 108 22 31 3 0 0 16 12 6 11 .287 .330 .315 .645 81 34 1
AA (4 yrs) 270 1100 1050 174 292 36 9 3 123 138 45 12 .278 .311 .338 .649 89 355 5
NL (5 yrs) 538 2312 2136 354 572 78 19 6 265 129 139 145 .268 .315 .331 .646 66 706 9 28
UA (1 yr) 19 70 70 10 11 2 0 0 0 0 .157 .157 .186 .343 15 13 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 21 CPI UA 19 70 -6 0 0 -2 -0 -8 -0.7 -0 -9 -0.7 .460 .495 -0.6 -0.1 -7 4/O
1886 23 PHA AA 71 278 -1 1 0 -6 5 -2 -0.2 4 3 0.3 .498 .499 0.8 -0.1 9 6
1887 24 PHA AA 137 561 -8 3 0 -2 9 2 0.2 9 11 1.2 .501 .501 1.3 0.7 13 *6
1888 25 STL AA 34 138 -7 1 0 0 1 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.2 .487 .497 -0.2 0.1 -3 4/6
1889 26 KCC AA 25 115 -3 1 0 -3 0 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.2 .484 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 5/O46
1889 26 BAL AA 3 8 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.1 0 -2 -0.1 .453 .499 0.0 -0.1 -1 /6
1890 27 BSN NL 121 525 -25 3 0 9 4 -9 -1.1 16 7 0.5 .493 .495 -0.1 1.0 -2 *5/6O
1893 30 CLV NL 63 270 -5 2 0 -1 2 -2 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .498 .499 0.7 0.1 7 5
1894 31 CLV NL 128 559 -42 1 0 3 4 -34 -2.6 16 -18 -0.9 .481 .485 -1.0 0.5 -21 *5
1895 32 CLV NL 113 472 -27 -1 0 3 4 -21 -1.7 13 -8 -0.3 .485 .490 -0.5 0.5 -11 *5/4
1896 33 CLV NL 113 486 -30 -2 0 5 4 -23 -1.9 14 -8 -0.5 .483 .488 -0.9 0.7 -14 *5/2
10 Seasons 827 3482 -154 8 0 5 33 -108 -9.2 85 -23 -0.3 .489 .495 -0.5 3.0 -28
CLV (4 yrs) 417 1787 -104 0 0 10 14 -80 -6.4 52 -28 -1.1 .485 .490 -1.7 1.8 -38
PHA (2 yrs) 208 839 -9 4 0 -8 14 1 0.1 14 14 1.5 .500 .500 2.1 0.6 22
CPI (1 yr) 19 70 -6 0 0 -2 -0 -8 -0.7 -0 -9 -0.7 .460 .495 -0.6 -0.1 -7
BSN (1 yr) 121 525 -25 3 0 9 4 -9 -1.1 16 7 0.5 .493 .495 -0.1 1.0 -2
BAL (1 yr) 3 8 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.1 0 -2 -0.1 .453 .499 0.0 -0.1 -1
STL (1 yr) 34 138 -7 1 0 0 1 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.2 .487 .497 -0.2 0.1 -3
KCC (1 yr) 25 115 -3 1 0 -3 0 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.2 .484 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0

Standard Fielding

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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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA  137 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  267 (198th)

Singles s c a p y
1887 AA  128 (9th)

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)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1896 NL  20 (3rd)

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)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1887 AA  42 (2nd)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2219), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (392nd), -0.3 career WAR/2.1 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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