Russ McKelvy

Russell Errett McKelvy

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Born: September 8, 1854 in Swissvale, PA
School: Allegheny College (Meadville, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1878 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Blues/PittsburghAlleghenys 1878-1882

Final Game: August 24, 1882 (Age 27)
Died: October 19, 1915 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1877	22	PGH	N/A	19	80	80	8	16	1	1	0				.200	.200	.238	.438		19			PGH · INTA
1878	23	IND	NL	63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	83	73	0	*O/1

1882	27	PIT	AA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/O
2 Yrs				64	262	257	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.222	.237	.284	.521	80	73	0
162 Game Avg.				162	663	651	84	144	10	8	5	91	13		.222	.237	.284	.521	80	185	0

PIT (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
IND (1 yr)				63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	83	73	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	Pos
1878	23	IND	NL	63	258	-4	0	0	2	-3	-5	-0.5	7	3	0.3	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	*O/1

1882	27	PIT	AA	1	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.410	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	/O
2 Seasons				64	262	-5	0	0	2	-3	-5	-0.6	7	2	0.2	.491	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0

PIT (1 yr)				1	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.410	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1
IND (1 yr)				63	258	-4	0	0	2	-3	-5	-0.5	7	3	0.3	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	1

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1877	22	PGH	N/A	1	0	1.000		1	1		1		9.0	6	3									6.0					PGH · INTA
1878	23	IND	NL	0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3	3	3	121	98	1.640	13.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00
1 Yr				0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3	3	3	121	98	1.640	13.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0	27	.000	2.16	54	14	41	14	0	340	517	313	82	14	41	41	41	1646	98	1.640	13.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1878	23	IND	NL	25.0	4	1	23	8.28	5.28	0.04	0.00	89.0	4.67	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-9	.298	.495
1 Season				25.0	4	1	23	8.28	5.28	0.04	0.00	89.0	4.67	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-9	.298	.495

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1878	IND	NL	23	OF	62		162	119	18	25	2	.846		2.21	.834		1.77	0-62-0
1878	IND	NL	23	P	4	25.0	14	2	9	3	0	.786	3.96	2.75	.888	2.30	2.33
1882	PIT	AA	27	OF	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.80	0-0-1
	2 Seasons			OF	63		162	119	18	25	2	.846		2.17	.834		1.77	0-62-1
	1 Season			P	4	25.0	14	2	9	3	0	.786	3.96	2.75	.888	2.30	2.33
	2 Seasons			TOT	67	25.0	176	121	27	28	2	.841	3.96	2.21	.838	2.30	1.80	0-62-1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1878 NL 63 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 2 (3rd)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1878 NL 36 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1878 NL 38 (2nd)
AB per HR s c a p y 1878 NL 126.5 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1878 NL 196 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 1 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1878 NL 3 (2nd)
Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1878 NL 62 (2nd)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1878 NL 119 (3rd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1878 NL 25 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1878 NL 2.21 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1474), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Center Field (825th), -0.4 career WAR/-0.4 7yr-peak WAR/-0.4 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

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