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Cal McVey

Calvin Alexander McVey

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 30, 1849 in Montrose, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Reds/WhiteStockings/Canaries 1871-1879

Final Game: September 30, 1879
Died: August 20, 1926 in San Francisco, CA
Cremated
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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
1871 21 BOS NA 29 154 153 43 66 9 5 0 43 6 0 1 2 .431 .435 .556 .991 176 85 0 0 *2/O5
1872 22 BOS NA 46 238 237 56 76 10 2 0 41 6 1 1 1 .321 .324 .380 .703 113 90 0 0 *2O/5
1873 23 BAL NA 38 195 192 49 73 5 5 2 35 2 1 3 2 .380 .390 .490 .879 157 94 1 0 2/O6435
1874 24 BOS NA 70 344 343 91 123 21 6 3 71 5 0 1 3 .359 .360 .481 .842 162 165 1 0 *O2
1875 25 BOS NA 82 390 389 89 138 36 9 3 87 7 0 1 5 .355 .356 .517 .873 192 201 0 0 *3O2/1
1876 26 CHC NL 63 310 308 62 107 15 0 1 53 2 4 .347 .352 .406 .757 142 125 0 *31/25O
1877 27 CHC NL 60 274 266 58 98 9 7 0 36 8 11 .368 .387 .455 .842 152 121 0 *251/34
1878 28 CIN NL 61 276 271 43 83 10 4 2 28 5 10 .306 .319 .395 .714 143 107 0 *5/2
1879 29 CIN NL 81 362 354 64 105 18 6 0 55 8 13 .297 .312 .381 .694 130 135 0 *3/O152
9 Yrs 530 2543 2513 555 869 133 44 11 449 26 2 30 51 .346 .354 .447 .800 152 1123 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 777 768 170 266 41 13 3 137 9 16 .346 .354 .447 .800 152 343 0
BOS (4 yrs) 227 1126 1122 279 403 76 22 6 242 24 1 4 11 .359 .361 .482 .844 163 541 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 142 638 625 107 188 28 10 2 83 13 23 .301 .315 .387 .702 135 242 0
CHC (2 yrs) 123 584 574 120 205 24 7 1 89 10 15 .357 .368 .429 .797 147 246 0
BAL (1 yr) 38 195 192 49 73 5 5 2 35 2 1 3 2 .380 .390 .490 .879 157 94 1 0
NA (5 yrs) 265 1321 1314 328 476 81 27 8 277 26 2 7 13 .362 .366 .483 .849 162 635 2 0
NL (4 yrs) 265 1222 1199 227 393 52 17 3 172 23 38 .328 .340 .407 .747 141 488 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
1871 21 BOS NA 29 154 19 1 0 1 2 23 1.3 4 27 1.7 .545 .508 1.7 0.1 26 $ *2/O5
1872 22 BOS NA 46 238 4 1 0 2 2 10 0.6 9 19 1.6 .513 .504 1.5 0.2 17 $ *2O/5
1873 23 BAL NA 38 195 16 0 0 0 2 18 1.1 7 25 1.8 .530 .507 1.9 0.1 25 $1,750 2/O6435
1874 24 BOS NA 70 344 25 1 0 3 -2 27 1.9 11 38 3.1 .528 .512 2.9 0.0 35 $1,500 *O2
1875 25 BOS NA 82 390 36 2 0 3 0 41 3.3 18 58 5.2 .542 .521 5.1 0.2 55 $ *3O2/1
1876 26 CHC NL 63 310 14 0 0 1 2 16 1.3 9 25 2.3 .522 .509 2.3 0.1 24 $ *31/25O
1877 27 CHC NL 60 274 16 0 0 -3 7 19 1.6 8 27 2.5 .529 .511 2.8 0.0 30 $ *251/34
1878 28 CIN NL 61 276 14 0 0 -7 2 9 0.8 8 17 1.7 .514 .505 2.4 -0.5 24 $ *5/2
1879 29 CIN NL 81 362 13 0 0 -5 0 8 0.7 11 19 1.9 .510 .505 2.4 -0.5 24 $2,000 *3/O152
9 Seasons 530 2543 156 6 0 -5 14 171 12.6 84 255 21.8 .525 .509 23.0 -0.2 260 $5,250
BOS (4 yrs) 227 1126 84 6 0 9 1 101 7.1 41 142 11.6 .532 .511 11.2 0.6 133 $1,500
CIN (2 yrs) 142 638 27 0 0 -12 2 17 1.5 19 36 3.6 .512 .505 4.8 -1.0 48 $2,000
CHC (2 yrs) 123 584 29 0 0 -2 8 35 2.9 17 52 4.8 .525 .510 5.1 0.1 54 $
BAL (1 yr) 38 195 16 0 0 0 2 18 1.1 7 25 1.8 .530 .507 1.9 0.1 25 $1,750

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
1871 21 BOS NA 154 87 38 11.6 95 .437 .431 .295 .435 .320 .556 .396 .991 .716 176 .801 14.6 1.3 1.057 .170 .124 .0
1872 22 BOS NA 238 162 30 5.0 80 .322 .321 .292 .324 .304 .380 .357 .703 .661 113 .535 3.3 0.3 .593 .084 .059 .0
1873 23 BAL NA 195 121 37 8.3 86 .378 .380 .298 .390 .312 .490 .370 .879 .682 157 .726 12.8 1.2 .810 .130 .109 2.0
1874 24 BOS NA 344 221 60 7.3 74 .356 .359 .283 .360 .292 .481 .347 .842 .640 162 .747 23.3 2.4 .774 .140 .122 3.8
1875 25 BOS NA 390 251 73 7.8 61 .354 .355 .263 .356 .270 .517 .322 .873 .592 192 .829 36.5 4.1 .833 .183 .162 4.2
1876 26 CHC NL 310 201 44 6.0 71 .350 .347 .277 .352 .290 .406 .336 .757 .626 142 .715 13.9 1.5 .058
1877 27 CHC NL 274 168 47 7.6 82 .384 .368 .289 .387 .308 .455 .360 .842 .668 152 .775 16.0 1.7 .086
1878 28 CIN NL 276 188 34 4.9 60 .313 .306 .255 .319 .273 .395 .314 .714 .587 143 .656 11.5 1.3 .089
1879 29 CIN NL 362 249 42 4.6 64 .308 .297 .256 .312 .272 .381 .332 .694 .604 130 .620 11.0 1.2 .085
9 Yrs 2543 1648 405 6.6 72 .350 .346 .276 .354 .290 .447 .343 .800 .633 152 .724 143.0 15.1 .714 .123 .101 15.5
162 Game Avg. 777 504 124 6.6 72 .350 .346 .276 .354 .290 .447 .343 .800 .633 152 .724 44 5 .714 .123 .101 5
BOS (4 yrs) 1126 721 201 7.5 74 .359 .359 .280 .361 .291 .482 .347 .844 .638 163 .751 77.7 8.1 .788 .147 .123 9.6
CIN (2 yrs) 638 437 76 4.7 62 .310 .301 .256 .315 .272 .387 .324 .702 .596 135 .636 22.5 2.5 .086
CHC (2 yrs) 584 369 91 6.7 76 .366 .357 .283 .368 .298 .429 .347 .797 .645 147 .745 29.9 3.2 .071
BAL (1 yr) 195 121 37 8.3 86 .378 .380 .298 .390 .312 .490 .370 .879 .682 157 .726 12.8 1.2 .810 .130 .109 2.0
NA (5 yrs) 1321 842 238 7.6 75 .362 .362 .282 .366 .294 .483 .351 .849 .645 162 .747 90.5 9.3 .791 .145 .121 12.2
NL (4 yrs) 1222 806 167 5.6 69 .337 .328 .269 .340 .285 .407 .335 .747 .620 141 .694 52.5 5.8 .079

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
1871 21 29 154 153 43 66 9 5 0 43 6 0 1 2 .431 .435 .556 .991 176 85 0 0
1872 22 75 392 390 99 142 19 7 0 84 12 1 2 3 .364 .367 .449 .816 139 175 0 0
1873 23 113 587 582 148 215 24 12 2 119 14 2 5 5 .369 .375 .462 .837 145 269 1 0
1874 24 183 931 925 239 338 45 18 5 190 19 2 6 8 .365 .369 .469 .839 151 434 2 0
1875 25 265 1321 1314 328 476 81 27 8 277 26 2 7 13 .362 .366 .483 .849 162 635 2 0
1876 26 328 1631 1622 390 583 96 27 9 330 26 2 9 17 .359 .363 .469 .832 158 760 2 0
1877 27 388 1905 1888 448 681 105 34 9 366 26 2 17 28 .361 .366 .467 .833 158 881 2 0
1878 28 449 2181 2159 491 764 115 38 11 394 26 2 22 38 .354 .360 .458 .818 156 988 2 0
1879 29 530 2543 2513 555 869 133 44 11 449 26 2 30 51 .346 .354 .447 .800 152 1123 2 0

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
1871 21 168 726 723 101 220 30 17 0 101 20 3 12 .304 .307 .393 .700 87 29
1872 22 226 1027 1024 123 234 31 6 0 90 18 3 5 .229 .231 .271 .501 64 46
1873 23 140 620 613 89 175 12 12 5 63 5 7 7 .285 .294 .369 .662 66 38
1874 24 196 862 860 145 246 42 12 6 113 10 2 8 .286 .288 .384 .671 95 70
1875 25 251 1105 1103 186 336 88 22 7 182 17 2 15 .305 .306 .443 .749 150 82
1876 26 157 717 713 105 212 30 0 2 90 0 4 10 .297 .301 .348 .649 75 63
1877 27 162 685 668 110 214 20 15 0 69 0 17 30 .320 .337 .395 .732 89 60
1878 28 162 724 711 107 212 26 10 5 70 0 13 27 .298 .311 .384 .695 85 61
1879 29 164 713 698 111 194 33 11 0 95 0 15 26 .278 .293 .357 .650 73 81
9 Yrs 1626 7179 7113 1077 2043 312 105 25 873 70 66 140 .287 .294 .371 .665 784 530
162 Game Avg. 162 715 709 107 204 31 10 2 87 7 14 .287 .294 .371 .665 78 530

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.7 (9th)
1874 NA  3.1 (7th)
1875 NA  5.1 (10th)
1876 NL  3.6 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.7 (3rd)
1873 NA  1.8 (8th)
1874 NA  3.1 (1st)
1875 NA  5.2 (2nd)
1877 NL  2.5 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.7 (3rd)
1873 NA  1.9 (8th)
1874 NA  2.9 (1st)
1875 NA  5.1 (1st)
1876 NL  2.3 (10th)
1877 NL  2.8 (2nd)
1878 NL  2.4 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1871 NA  .431 (2nd)
1873 NA  .380 (5th)
1874 NA  .359 (2nd)
1875 NA  .355 (3rd)
1876 NL  .347 (5th)
1877 NL  .368 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1871 NA  .435 (3rd)
1873 NA  .390 (5th)
1874 NA  .360 (4th)
1875 NA  .356 (3rd)
1876 NL  .352 (7th)
1877 NL  .387 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1871 NA  .556 (7th)
1873 NA  .490 (4th)
1874 NA  .481 (4th)
1875 NA  .517 (1st)
1877 NL  .455 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1871 NA  .991 (4th)
1873 NA  .879 (4th)
1874 NA  .842 (4th)
1875 NA  .873 (1st)
1876 NL  .757 (10th)
1877 NL  .842 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1874 NA  70 (4th)
1875 NA  82 (5th)
1877 NL  60 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1871 NA  153 (9th)
1874 NA  343 (3rd)
1875 NA  389 (4th)
1876 NL  308 (10th)
1877 NL  266 (9th)
1878 NL  271 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1874 NA  344 (3rd)
1875 NA  390 (5th)
1877 NL  274 (10th)
1878 NL  276 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1871 NA  43 (10th)
1874 NA  91 (1st)
1875 NA  89 (4th)
1876 NL  62 (7th)
1877 NL  58 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1871 NA  66 (1st)
1874 NA  123 (1st)
1875 NA  138 (2nd)
1876 NL  107 (4th)
1877 NL  98 (2nd)
1878 NL  83 (8th)
1879 NL  105 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1871 NA  85 (3rd)
1874 NA  165 (1st)
1875 NA  201 (1st)
1877 NL  121 (2nd)
1878 NL  107 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1871 NA  9 (8th)
1874 NA  21 (2nd)
1875 NA  36 (1st)
1876 NL  15 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1874 NA  6 (9th)
1875 NA  9 (4th)
1877 NL  7 (5th)
1878 NL  4 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1873 NA  2 (4th)
1874 NA  3 (2nd)
1875 NA  3 (4th)
1878 NL  2 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1871 NA  43 (2nd)
1874 NA  71 (1st)
1875 NA  87 (1st)
1876 NL  53 (5th)
1877 NL  36 (6th)
1879 NL  55 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1871 NA  52 (1st)
1874 NA  93 (2nd)
1875 NA  90 (8th)
1876 NL  91 (4th)
1877 NL  82 (1st)
1878 NL  67 (10th)
1879 NL  81 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1871 NA  178 (5th)
1873 NA  157 (3rd)
1874 NA  160 (4th)
1875 NA  194 (2nd)
1877 NL  151 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1871 NA  38 (3rd)
1874 NA  60 (1st)
1875 NA  73 (1st)
1876 NL  44 (9th)
1877 NL  47 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  15 (4th)
1873 NA  13 (7th)
1874 NA  23 (2nd)
1875 NA  37 (1st)
1877 NL  16 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1871 NA  1.3 (4th)
1873 NA  1.2 (7th)
1874 NA  2.3 (2nd)
1875 NA  4.1 (1st)
1877 NL  1.7 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1871 NA  14 (9th)
1874 NA  30 (1st)
1875 NA  48 (1st)
1878 NL  16 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1871 NA  67 (2nd)
1874 NA  124 (1st)
1875 NA  139 (2nd)
1876 NL  109 (6th)
1877 NL  106 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1871 NA  .801 (2nd)
1873 NA  .726 (4th)
1874 NA  .747 (3rd)
1875 NA  .829 (1st)
1876 NL  .715 (10th)
1877 NL  .775 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1873 NA  2.0 (10th)
1874 NA  3.8 (2nd)
1875 NA  4.2 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1872 NA  237.0 (4th)
1878 NL  27.1 (8th)
1879 NL  27.2 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1873 NA  96.0 (3rd)
1874 NA  114.3 (4th)
1875 NA  129.7 (7th)
1878 NL  135.5 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 22 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 136 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (469), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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