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Eric McNair
Donald Eric McNair (Boob)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 12, 1909 in Meridian, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1929
Final Game: September 19, 1942
Died: March 11, 1949 in Meridian, MS
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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
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 78 250 237 27 63 12 2 0 34 5 2 9 19 .266 .296 .333 .629 57 79 1 3 65/4O
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 135 591 554 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 89 330 310 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 95 206 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 129 528 479 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 66 269 251 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 Seasons 1251 4869 4519 592 1240 229 29 82 633 59 54 261 328 .274 .318 .392 .710 80 1773 33 25 64
162 Game Avg. 162 631 585 77 161 30 4 11 82 8 7 34 42 .274 .318 .392 .710 80 230 3 8
PHA (8 yrs) 707 2808 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) 195 797 730 88 212 31 6 14 113 18 16 50 67 .290 .338 .407 .744 89 297 21 2 15

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1929 PHA AL 20 SS 4 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.75 .936 4.68
1930 PHA AL 21 SS 31 129 57 61 11 10 .915 3.81 .942 4.56
1930 PHA AL 21 3B 29 85 36 43 6 2 .929 2.72 .946 2.84
1930 PHA AL 21 2B 5 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 2.40 .967 5.66
1930 PHA AL 21 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 0-0-1
1931 PHA AL 22 3B 47 141 43 86 12 15 .915 2.74 .945 2.89
1931 PHA AL 22 2B 16 81 35 43 3 15 .963 4.88 .965 5.48
1931 PHA AL 22 SS 13 49 19 26 4 6 .918 3.46 .937 4.77
1932 PHA AL 23 SS 133 664 242 391 31 89 .953 4.76 .940 4.87 MVP-24
1933 PHA AL 24 SS 46 265 113 143 9 29 .966 5.57 .940 5.03
1933 PHA AL 24 2B 27 137 56 73 8 10 .942 4.78 .972 5.63
1934 PHA AL 25 SS 151 835 305 489 41 109 .951 5.26 .951 5.07
1935 PHA AL 26 SS 121 605 232 346 27 78 .955 4.78 .957 5.18
1935 PHA AL 26 3B 11 39 20 18 1 1 .974 3.45 .946 2.94
1935 PHA AL 26 1B 2 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 .994 9.90
1936 BOS AL 27 SS 84 415 171 230 14 47 .966 4.77 .949 5.22 MVP-19
1936 BOS AL 27 2B 35 186 92 89 5 19 .973 5.17 .972 5.58 MVP-19
1936 BOS AL 27 3B 11 40 9 27 4 1 .900 3.27 .948 3.02 MVP-19
1937 BOS AL 28 2B 106 576 242 316 18 67 .969 5.26 .972 5.28
1937 BOS AL 28 SS 9 38 13 19 6 4 .842 3.56 .961 5.06
1937 BOS AL 28 3B 4 13 1 9 3 1 .769 2.50 .954 3.08
1937 BOS AL 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.60
1938 BOS AL 29 SS 15 46 12 28 6 3 .870 2.67 .957 4.99
1938 BOS AL 29 2B 14 70 27 40 3 12 .957 4.79 .967 5.32
1938 BOS AL 29 3B 3 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.67 .950 3.07
1939 CHW AL 30 3B 103 303 90 194 19 23 .937 2.76 .943 3.03 MVP-29
1939 CHW AL 30 2B 19 111 41 68 2 13 .982 5.74 .964 5.14 MVP-29
1939 CHW AL 30 SS 9 61 20 37 4 7 .934 6.33 .951 4.68 MVP-29
1940 CHW AL 31 2B 65 311 128 170 13 27 .958 4.58 .969 5.22
1940 CHW AL 31 3B 1 7 2 1 4 0 .429 3.00 .971 3.10
1941 DET AL 32 3B 11 33 12 20 1 0 .970 2.91 .945 3.19
1941 DET AL 32 SS 3 7 2 4 1 1 .857 2.00 .957 4.60
1942 TOT AL 33 SS 50 191 77 100 14 16 .927 3.54 .950 4.78
1942 DET AL 33 SS 21 67 27 32 8 6 .881 2.81 .952 4.78
1942 PHA AL 33 SS 29 124 50 68 6 10 .952 4.07 .949 4.78
1942 PHA AL 33 2B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 1.000 5.40
13 Seasons SS 669 3316 1269 1879 168 399 .949 4.71 .948 5.00
9 Seasons 2B 288 1486 627 806 53 164 .964 4.98 .970 5.35
9 Seasons 3B 220 667 217 399 51 43 .924 2.80 .945 2.98
2 Seasons 1B 3 18 18 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 .994 9.80
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 0-0-1
14 Seasons TOT 1181 5488 2132 3084 272 607 .950 4.42 .905 4.72 0-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (1033rd)

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 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (977), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 4, 1936: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Doc Cramer to the Boston Red Sox for Hank Johnson, Al Niemiec and $75,000.

December 21, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Boze Berger.

December 18, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox.

July 25, 1942: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.

December 5, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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