Larry McLean

John Bannerman McLean

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 228 lb.

Born: July 18, 1881 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1901
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/Cardinals/Americans/Cubs 1901-1915

Final Game: June 6, 1915
Died: March 24, 1921 in Boston, MA
Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, 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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1901	BOS	AL	19	1B	5				40	38	2	0	2	1.000		8.00	.974		10.76
1903	CHC	NL	21	C	1				9	7	1	1	0	.889		8.00	.967		6.10	0		1	1	50%	45%
1904	STL	NL	22	C	24				153	126	20	7	1	.954		6.08	.964		6.01	1		36	14	28%	46%
1906	CIN	NL	24	C	12				65	49	13	3	0	.954		5.17	.970		6.25	4		12	9	43%	45%
1907	CIN	NL	25	C	89				487	365	110	12	12	.975		5.34	.971		5.98	8		96	73	43%	45%
1907	CIN	NL	25	1B	13				117	111	3	3	10	.974		8.77	.984		10.58
1908	CIN	NL	26	C	69				376	280	82	14	9	.963		5.25	.971		5.92	8		67	62	48%	46%
1908	CIN	NL	26	1B	19				178	165	5	8	2	.955		8.95	.986		11.07
1909	CIN	NL	27	C	95				509	379	119	11	16	.978		5.24	.965		6.27	14		115	90	44%	45%
1910	CIN	NL	28	C	119				654	485	158	11	18	.983		5.40	.973		6.30	13		109	107	50%	44%
1911	CIN	NL	29	C	98				570	414	138	18	16	.968		5.63	.966		6.44	8		86	100	54%	44%
1912	CIN	NL	30	C	98				564	425	124	15	16	.973		5.60	.969		6.31	2		119	97	45%	44%
1913	TOT	NL	31	C	70				334	244	80	10	9	.970		4.63	.970		6.29	5		87	52	37%	44%
1913	STL	NL	31	C	42				207	143	60	4	8	.981		4.83	.970		6.29	3		67	40	37%	44%
1913	NYG	NL	31	C	28				127	101	20	6	1	.953		4.32	.970		6.29	2		20	12	38%	44%
1914	NYG	NL	32	C	74				260	211	42	7	8	.973		3.42	.970		6.31	2		34	25	42%	44%
1915	NYG	NL	33	C	12				66	47	18	1	0	.985		5.42	.975		6.20	0		10	12	55%	46%
	12 Seasons			C	761				4047	3032	905	110	105	.973		5.17	.969		6.23	65		772	642	45%	45%
	3 Seasons			1B	37				335	314	10	11	14	.967		8.76	.984		10.85
	13 Seasons			TOT	798				4382	3346	915	121	119	.972		5.34	.970		6.45	65		772	642	45%	45%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	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.

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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.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B
1901	BOS	AL	19	9	9	0	5
1903	CHC	NL	21	1	1	1	0
1904	STL	NL	22	27	27	24	0
1906	CIN	NL	24	12	12	12	0
1907	CIN	NL	25	113	113	89	13
1908	CIN	NL	26	99	99	69	19
1909	CIN	NL	27	95	95	95	0
1910	CIN	NL	28	127	127	119	0
1911	CIN	NL	29	107	107	98	0
1912	CIN	NL	30	102	102	98	0
1913	STL	NL	31	48	48	42	0
1913	NYG	NL	31	30	30	28	0
1914	NYG	NL	32	79	79	74	0
1915	NYG	NL	33	13	13	12	0
	13 Seasons			862	862	761	37

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

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1907 NL 89 (5th) 1909 NL 95 (4th) 1910 NL 119 (2nd) 1911 NL 98 (3rd) 1912 NL 98 (3rd)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1910 NL 485 (3rd) 1912 NL 425 (5th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1907 NL 110 (5th) 1909 NL 119 (5th) 1910 NL 158 (2nd) 1911 NL 138 (2nd) 1912 NL 124 (5th) Career 905 (61st)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1911 NL 18 (4th) 1912 NL 15 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1908 NL 8 (4th) 1909 NL 14 (3rd) 1910 NL 13 (2nd) 1911 NL 8 (5th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1907 NL 96 (5th) 1909 NL 115 (5th) 1912 NL 119 (3rd) Career 772 (64th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1909 NL 90 (5th) 1910 NL 107 (2nd) 1911 NL 100 (2nd) 1912 NL 97 (4th) Career 642 (43rd)
Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1910 NL 49.5 (2nd) 1911 NL 53.8 (2nd) Career 45.4 (83rd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1911 NL 5.63 (5th) 1912 NL 5.60 (5th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1907 NL .975 (3rd) 1909 NL .978 (2nd) 1910 NL .983 (2nd) 1912 NL .973 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1901 AL born 1881-07-18 (2nd)

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