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Eric McNair

Donald Eric McNair (Boob)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 12, 1909 in Meridian, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1929
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/WhiteSox/Tigers 1929-1942

Final Game: September 19, 1942
Died: March 11, 1949 in Meridian, MS
Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, MS
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Standard Batting

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
1929 20 PHA AL 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 183 5 0 0 /6
1930 21 PHA AL 78 249 237 27 63 12 2 0 34 5 2 9 19 .266 .296 .333 .629 56 79 1 3 65/4O9
1931 22 PHA AL 79 299 280 41 76 10 1 5 33 1 4 11 19 .271 .306 .368 .674 72 103 3 5 546
1932 23 PHA AL 135 588 554 87 158 47 3 18 95 8 4 28 29 .285 .323 .478 .801 102 265 3 6 *6 MVP-24
1933 24 PHA AL 89 331 310 57 81 15 4 7 48 2 1 15 32 .261 .302 .403 .705 85 125 3 2 64
1934 25 PHA AL 151 643 599 80 168 20 4 17 82 7 8 35 42 .280 .321 .412 .734 91 247 1 8 *6
1935 26 PHA AL 137 573 526 55 142 22 2 4 57 3 7 35 33 .270 .319 .342 .661 72 180 3 9 *65/3
1936 27 BOS AL 128 536 494 68 141 36 2 4 74 3 3 27 34 .285 .329 .391 .720 73 193 5 10 645 MVP-19
1937 28 BOS AL 126 493 455 60 133 29 4 12 76 10 7 30 33 .292 .340 .453 .793 94 206 3 5 *4/653
1938 29 BOS AL 46 100 96 9 15 1 1 0 7 0 1 3 6 .156 .182 .188 .369 -9 18 0 1 64/5
1939 30 CHW AL 129 525 479 62 155 18 5 7 82 17 9 38 41 .324 .375 .426 .800 102 204 13 1 10 *54/6 MVP-29
1940 31 CHW AL 66 268 251 26 57 13 1 7 31 1 7 12 26 .227 .265 .371 .636 62 93 8 1 5 4/5
1941 32 DET AL 23 64 59 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 .186 .250 .203 .453 16 12 5 1 0 5/6
1942 33 TOT AL 60 185 171 13 36 4 0 1 8 1 1 14 10 .211 .270 .251 .522 46 43 7 0 0 6/4
1942 33 DET AL 26 71 68 5 11 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 5 .162 .197 .235 .432 17 16 5 0 0 6
1942 33 PHA AL 34 114 103 8 25 2 0 0 4 1 0 11 5 .243 .316 .262 .578 64 27 2 0 0 6/4
14 Yrs 1251 4862 4519 592 1240 229 29 82 633 59 54 261 328 .274 .318 .392 .710 80 1773 33 25 64
162 Game Avg. 162 630 585 77 161 30 4 11 82 8 7 34 42 .274 .318 .392 .710 80 230 3 8
PHA (8 yrs) 707 2805 2617 357 717 129 16 51 356 28 26 144 179 .274 .315 .394 .709 83 1031 2 14 33
BOS (3 yrs) 300 1129 1045 137 289 66 7 16 157 13 11 60 73 .277 .321 .399 .720 75 417 8 16
DET (2 yrs) 49 135 127 10 22 3 0 1 7 0 1 7 9 .173 .222 .220 .443 17 28 10 1 0
CHW (2 yrs) 195 793 730 88 212 31 6 14 113 18 16 50 67 .290 .338 .407 .744 88 297 21 2 15

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
1929 20 PHA AL 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .530 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /6
1930 21 PHA AL 78 249 -16 0 0 -7 3 -20 -1.8 8 -12 -1.0 .477 .489 -0.4 -0.4 -5 $ 65/4O9
1931 22 PHA AL 79 299 -12 -1 0 2 2 -9 -0.8 9 1 0.1 .489 .495 -0.1 0.5 -1 $ 546
1932 23 PHA AL 135 588 -0 1 0 -3 9 6 0.5 18 24 2.4 .504 .503 2.7 0.6 27 $ *6 MVP-24
1933 24 PHA AL 89 331 -8 0 0 -8 4 -11 -1.1 10 -1 0.0 .488 .493 0.7 -0.4 7 $ 64
1934 25 PHA AL 151 643 -9 -2 0 5 10 4 0.3 20 24 2.4 .503 .503 2.0 1.4 19 $ *6
1935 26 PHA AL 137 573 -21 -2 0 -5 8 -20 -2.0 18 -2 -0.2 .486 .488 0.3 0.2 3 $ *65/3
1936 27 BOS AL 128 536 -23 -0 0 -3 7 -20 -1.7 16 -3 -0.1 .486 .489 0.2 0.4 -0 $ 645 MVP-19
1937 28 BOS AL 126 493 -5 -1 0 -6 4 -8 -0.7 15 8 0.8 .494 .496 1.4 -0.1 14 $ *4/653
1938 29 BOS AL 46 100 -17 -0 0 -1 2 -17 -1.5 3 -14 -1.2 .466 .490 -1.1 0.1 -13 $ 64/5
1939 30 CHW AL 129 525 2 -0 0 3 2 7 0.7 16 24 2.3 .505 .504 2.0 0.5 21 $ *54/6 MVP-29
1940 31 CHW AL 66 268 -15 -3 0 -2 3 -17 -1.6 7 -10 -1.0 .475 .490 -0.8 0.1 -8 $ 4/5
1941 32 DET AL 23 64 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .471 .496 -0.5 0.0 -5 $ 5/6
1942 33 DET AL 26 71 -7 -0 0 -2 1 -8 -0.9 2 -7 -0.8 .465 .494 -0.5 -0.1 -5 $ 6
1942 33 PHA AL 34 114 -4 0 0 -3 2 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .484 .497 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 6/4
14 Seasons 1251 4862 -143 -8 0 -30 58 -123 -11.9 147 25 3.0 .491 .495 6.0 2.7 55 $
PHA (8 yrs) 707 2805 -70 -3 0 -19 39 -53 -5.3 86 33 3.5 .493 .496 5.3 1.8 52 $
BOS (3 yrs) 300 1129 -46 -2 0 -10 13 -44 -4.0 35 -10 -0.5 .487 .492 0.5 0.3 1 $
DET (2 yrs) 49 135 -14 -0 0 -2 2 -15 -1.6 3 -12 -1.3 .468 .495 -1.0 -0.0 -10 $
CHW (2 yrs) 195 793 -13 -3 0 1 5 -10 -1.0 23 13 1.3 .495 .497 1.2 0.6 12 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1929 20 PHA AL 8 4 3 20.0 116 .500 .500 .297 .500 .364 .625 .429 1.125 .793 183 .928 1.0 0.1 1.500 .250 .125 .0
1930 21 PHA AL 249 179 23 3.4 120 .289 .266 .301 .296 .366 .333 .443 .629 .809 56 .312 -16.8 -1.6 .523 .118 .068 .0
1931 22 PHA AL 299 213 30 3.8 113 .277 .271 .294 .306 .362 .368 .420 .674 .782 72 .381 -12.9 -1.2 .548 .125 .096 1.7
1932 23 PHA AL 588 406 84 5.6 114 .276 .285 .289 .323 .360 .478 .425 .801 .785 102 .546 -0.4 -0.0 .750 .251 .193 11.1
1933 24 PHA AL 331 232 37 4.3 106 .273 .261 .281 .302 .352 .403 .405 .705 .757 85 .453 -8.2 -0.8 .626 .194 .142 3.1
1934 25 PHA AL 643 447 77 4.6 108 .280 .280 .283 .321 .356 .412 .408 .734 .764 91 .459 -10.8 -1.0 .642 .189 .132 9.9
1935 26 PHA AL 573 400 55 3.7 110 .282 .270 .286 .319 .359 .342 .414 .661 .772 72 .361 -22.7 -2.2 .547 .131 .072 3.4
1936 27 BOS AL 536 366 62 4.5 127 .300 .285 .306 .329 .383 .391 .450 .720 .832 73 .407 -23.0 -2.1 .632 .160 .105 3.4
1937 28 BOS AL 493 334 68 5.4 121 .295 .292 .296 .340 .372 .453 .441 .793 .813 94 .511 -6.2 -0.6 .736 .233 .160 10.9
1938 29 BOS AL 100 83 3 1.0 123 .167 .156 .296 .182 .376 .188 .442 .369 .818 -9 .042 -17.3 -1.6 .244 .052 .031
1939 30 CHW AL 525 356 76 5.7 116 .343 .324 .290 .375 .366 .426 .429 .800 .795 102 .550 0.5 0.0 .725 .198 .102 9.9
1940 31 CHW AL 268 214 22 2.7 112 .229 .227 .281 .265 .354 .371 .425 .636 .779 62 .251 -15.4 -1.5 .478 .167 .143 1.8
1941 32 DET AL 64 53 3 1.5 115 .200 .186 .287 .250 .366 .203 .423 .453 .789 16 .110 -7.5 -0.7 .321 .085 .017
1942 33 TOT AL 185 143 12 2.2 96 .219 .211 .269 .270 .343 .251 .376 .522 .719 46 .248 -12.8 -1.3 .399 .123 .041 1.0
1942 33 DET AL 71 63 3 1.3 101 .161 .162 .275 .197 .350 .235 .385 .432 .735 17 .105 -8.0 -0.8 .286 .103 .074 .0
1942 33 PHA AL 114 80 9 3.0 94 .255 .243 .265 .316 .339 .262 .370 .578 .709 64 .362 -4.7 -0.5 .488 .136 .019 .0
14 Yrs 4862 3430 555 4.3 114 .282 .274 .290 .318 .363 .392 .424 .710 .787 80 .427 -152.5 -14.5 .613 .177 .118 68.6
162 Game Avg. 630 444 72 4.3 114 .282 .274 .290 .318 .363 .392 .424 .710 .787 80 .427 -152.5 -14.5 .613 .177 .118 9
PHA (8 yrs) 2805 1961 318 4.3 111 .279 .274 .287 .315 .358 .394 .415 .709 .773 83 .439 -75.5 -7.2 .618 .176 .120 36.2
BOS (3 yrs) 1129 783 133 4.5 124 .286 .277 .301 .321 .377 .399 .445 .720 .823 75 .418 -46.6 -4.3 .635 .182 .122 14.3
DET (2 yrs) 135 116 6 1.4 107 .179 .173 .281 .222 .358 .220 .403 .443 .760 17 .107 -15.6 -1.6 .302 .094 .047 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 793 570 98 4.6 115 .305 .290 .287 .338 .362 .407 .428 .744 .789 88 .455 -14.9 -1.4 .632 .188 .116 15.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1930 21 PHA AL WS STL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 22 PHA AL WS STL L 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1929 20 PHA AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 25% 2.7 100%
1930 21 PHA AL 249 0.0% 7.6% 3.6% 5.6% 22% 2.11 12.5 7.0 88%
1931 22 PHA AL 299 1.7% 6.4% 3.7% 5.4% 21% 1.73 14.7 56.0 8.5 86%
1932 23 PHA AL 588 3.1% 4.9% 4.8% 11.6% 43% 1.04 19.1 30.8 5.8 86%
1933 24 PHA AL 331 2.1% 9.7% 4.5% 7.9% 32% 2.13 9.7 44.3 6.5 82%
1934 25 PHA AL 643 2.6% 6.5% 5.4% 6.4% 24% 1.20 14.3 35.2 7.3 84%
1935 26 PHA AL 573 0.7% 5.8% 6.1% 4.9% 20% 0.94 15.9 131.5 9.2 85%
1936 27 BOS AL 536 0.8% 6.3% 5.0% 7.8% 30% 1.26 14.5 123.5 6.7 85%
1937 28 BOS AL 493 2.4% 6.7% 6.1% 9.1% 34% 1.10 13.8 37.9 6.0 83%
1938 29 BOS AL 100 0.0% 6.0% 3.0% 2.0% 13% 2.00 16.0 13.7 90%
1939 30 CHW AL 525 1.3% 7.8% 7.2% 5.7% 19% 1.08 11.7 68.4 5.8 82%
1940 31 CHW AL 268 2.6% 9.7% 4.5% 7.8% 37% 2.17 9.7 35.9 8.1 81%
1941 32 DET AL 64 0.0% 6.3% 6.3% 1.6% 9% 1.00 14.8 19.7 86%
1942 33 TOT AL 185 0.5% 5.4% 7.6% 2.7% 14% 0.71 17.1 171.0 21.4 86%
1942 33 DET AL 71 1.4% 7.0% 4.2% 4.2% 27% 1.67 13.6 68.0 17.0 87%
1942 33 PHA AL 114 0.0% 4.4% 9.7% 1.8% 8% 0.45 20.6 25.8 86%
14 Yrs 4862 1.7% 6.8% 5.4% 7.0% 27% 1.26 13.8 55.1 7.1 85%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.5% 8.4% 6.8% 28% 1.01 10.5 64.1 7.8 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 20 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 183 5 0 0
1930 21 82 257 245 29 67 13 2 0 37 6 2 9 19 .273 .302 .343 .645 60 84 1 3
1931 22 161 556 525 70 143 23 3 5 70 7 6 20 38 .272 .304 .356 .660 66 187 4 8
1932 23 296 1144 1079 157 301 70 6 23 165 15 10 48 67 .279 .314 .419 .733 85 452 7 14
1933 24 385 1475 1389 214 382 85 10 30 213 17 11 63 99 .275 .311 .415 .727 85 577 10 16
1934 25 536 2118 1988 294 550 105 14 47 295 24 19 98 141 .277 .314 .414 .729 87 824 11 24
1935 26 673 2691 2514 349 692 127 16 51 352 27 26 133 174 .275 .315 .399 .715 84 1004 14 33
1936 27 801 3227 3008 417 833 163 18 55 426 30 29 160 208 .277 .318 .398 .715 82 1197 19 43
1937 28 927 3720 3463 477 966 192 22 67 502 40 36 190 241 .279 .321 .405 .726 83 1403 22 48
1938 29 973 3820 3559 486 981 193 23 67 509 40 37 193 247 .276 .317 .399 .716 81 1421 22 49
1939 30 1102 4345 4038 548 1136 211 28 74 591 57 46 231 288 .281 .324 .402 .726 83 1625 13 23 59
1940 31 1168 4613 4289 574 1193 224 29 81 622 58 53 243 314 .278 .320 .401 .721 82 1718 21 24 64
1941 32 1191 4677 4348 579 1204 225 29 81 625 58 53 247 318 .277 .319 .398 .717 81 1730 26 25 64
1942 33 1251 4862 4519 592 1240 229 29 82 633 59 54 261 328 .274 .318 .392 .710 80 1773 33 25 64

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1929 20 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 2 4
1930 21 82 252 240 22 57 11 2 0 28 5 8 20 .238 .265 .300 .565 19 78
1931 22 83 301 283 35 70 9 1 5 28 1 10 20 .247 .280 .339 .620 26 79
1932 23 142 599 564 75 147 44 3 17 81 7 26 31 .261 .297 .440 .737 73 135
1933 24 95 345 325 54 81 15 4 7 46 2 15 34 .249 .289 .385 .673 35 89
1934 25 159 663 619 76 166 20 4 17 77 7 35 44 .268 .308 .396 .704 75 151
1935 26 145 593 546 51 139 22 2 4 53 3 34 35 .255 .302 .324 .626 53 137
1936 27 134 530 492 53 123 31 2 3 57 3 24 36 .250 .290 .339 .630 48 128
1937 28 131 492 456 50 122 27 4 11 64 9 28 34 .268 .314 .417 .731 58 126
1938 29 49 105 101 9 15 1 1 0 7 0 3 6 .149 .173 .178 .351 3 46
1939 30 136 534 486 54 145 17 5 7 71 16 36 43 .298 .348 .397 .745 66 129
1940 31 69 277 259 25 56 13 1 7 29 1 12 27 .216 .254 .355 .609 23 66
1941 32 24 63 59 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 4 .153 .206 .169 .376 2 23
1942 33 64 197 182 14 39 4 0 1 9 1 15 11 .214 .274 .253 .527 13 60
14 Yrs 1317 4959 4620 524 1173 216 29 79 555 56 249 345 .254 .296 .365 .660 496 1251
162 Game Avg. 162 610 568 64 144 27 4 10 68 7 31 42 .254 .296 .365 .660 61 1251

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (24, 4%)
1936 AL (19, 1%)
1939 AL (29, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1934 AL  1.4 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .324 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1934 AL  599 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 AL  47 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1932 AL  18 (8th)
1934 AL  17 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  17 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL  125 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  68 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL  3 (6th)
1936 AL  5 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1934 AL  8 (6th)
1935 AL  7 (9th)
1937 AL  7 (9th)
1939 AL  9 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1932 AL  11.1 (8th)
1934 AL  9.9 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1932 AL  30.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1934 AL  447 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1929 AL  born 1909-04-12 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1387), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (946), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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