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Cal McVey
Calvin Alexander McVey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 30, 1849 in Montrose, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Died: August 20, 1926 in San Francisco, CA
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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
1871 21 BOS NA 29 154 153 43 66 9 5 0 43 6 0 1 2 .431 .435 .556 .991 178 85 *2/O5
1872 22 BOS NA 46 238 237 56 76 10 2 0 41 6 1 1 1 .321 .324 .380 .703 111 90 *2O/5
1873 23 BAL NA 38 195 192 49 73 4 5 2 34 1 0 3 2 .380 .390 .484 .874 157 93 2/O6435
1874 24 BOS NA 70 344 343 91 123 21 6 3 71 5 0 1 3 .359 .360 .481 .842 161 165 *O2
1875 25 BOS NA 82 390 389 89 138 36 9 3 87 7 0 1 5 .355 .356 .517 .873 195 201 *3O2/1
1876 26 CHC NL 63 310 308 62 107 15 0 1 53 2 4 .347 .352 .406 .757 139 125 *31/25O
1877 27 CHC NL 60 274 266 58 98 9 7 0 36 8 11 .368 .387 .455 .842 151 121 *251/34
1878 28 CIN NL 61 276 271 43 83 10 4 2 28 5 10 .306 .319 .395 .714 143 107 *5/2
1879 29 CIN NL 81 362 354 64 105 18 6 0 55 8 13 .297 .312 .381 .694 132 135 *3/O152
9 Seasons 530 2543 2513 555 869 132 44 11 448 25 1 30 51 .346 .354 .446 .800 152 1122
162 Game Avg. 162 777 768 170 266 40 13 3 137 9 16 .346 .354 .446 .800 152 343
BOS (4 yrs) 227 1126 1122 279 403 76 22 6 242 24 1 4 11 .359 .361 .482 .844 163 541
CIN (2 yrs) 142 638 625 107 188 28 10 2 83 13 23 .301 .315 .387 .702 136 242
CHC (2 yrs) 123 584 574 120 205 24 7 1 89 10 15 .357 .368 .429 .797 145 246
BAL (1 yr) 38 195 192 49 73 4 5 2 34 1 0 3 2 .380 .390 .484 .874 157 93
NA (5 yrs) 265 1321 1314 328 476 80 27 8 276 25 1 7 13 .362 .366 .482 .848 162 634
NL (4 yrs) 265 1222 1199 227 393 52 17 3 172 23 38 .328 .340 .407 .747 141 488

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1875 25 BOS NA 1 0 1.000 3.27 3 2 0 0 1 11.0 15 9 4 0 1 13 0 72 1.455 12.3 0.0 0.8 10.6 13.00
1876 26 CHC NL 5 2 .714 1.52 11 6 5 5 0 2 59.1 57 22 10 0 2 9 0 2 245 161 0.994 8.6 0.0 0.3 1.4 4.50
1877 27 CHC NL 4 8 .333 4.50 17 10 6 6 0 2 92.0 129 87 46 2 11 20 0 3 439 66 1.522 12.6 0.2 1.1 2.0 1.82
1879 29 CIN NL 0 2 .000 8.36 3 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 34 23 13 1 2 7 0 3 77 28 2.571 21.9 0.6 1.3 4.5 3.50
4 Seasons 10 12 .455 3.73 34 19 12 12 0 5 176.1 235 141 73 3 16 49 0 8 761 73 1.423 12.0 0.2 0.8 2.5 3.06
162 Game Avg. 13 15 .455 3.73 44 24 15 0 6 226 302 181 94 4 21 63 0 73 1.423 12.0 0.2 0.8 2.5 3.06
CHC (2 yrs) 9 10 .474 3.33 28 16 11 11 0 4 151.1 186 109 56 2 13 29 0 5 684 83 1.315 11.1 0.1 0.8 1.7 2.23
CIN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.36 3 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 34 23 13 1 2 7 0 3 77 28 2.571 21.9 0.6 1.3 4.5 3.50
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.27 3 2 0 0 1 11.0 15 9 4 0 1 13 0 72 1.455 12.3 0.0 0.8 10.6 13.00
NL (3 yrs) 9 12 .429 3.76 31 17 12 12 0 4 165.1 220 132 69 3 15 36 0 8 761 73 1.421 12.0 0.2 0.8 2.0 2.40
NA (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.27 3 2 0 0 1 11.0 15 9 4 0 1 13 0 72 1.455 12.3 0.0 0.8 10.6 13.00

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1871 BOS NA 21 C 29 134 105 12 17 1 .873 4.03 .836 4.08 0
1871 BOS NA 21 OF 5 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.40 .867 1.88 0-0-5
1871 BOS NA 21 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60
1872 BOS NA 22 C 40 206 149 30 27 2 .869 4.48 .843 5.03 0
1872 BOS NA 22 OF 11 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.73 .811 1.85 2-0-9
1872 BOS NA 22 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .700 4.30
1873 BAL NA 23 C 25 107 82 15 10 0 .907 3.88 .829 4.60 0
1873 BAL NA 23 OF 6 15 13 0 2 0 .867 2.17 .793 1.92 1-4-1
1873 BAL NA 23 SS 5 33 11 18 4 0 .879 5.80 .745 4.76
1873 BAL NA 23 2B 4 23 12 5 6 0 .739 4.25 .852 5.45
1873 BAL NA 23 1B 3 15 13 0 2 2 .867 4.33 .933 10.20
1873 BAL NA 23 3B 2 10 4 1 5 0 .500 2.50 .830 4.35
1874 BOS NA 24 OF 57 100 64 7 29 0 .710 1.25 .825 1.89 0-8-49
1874 BOS NA 24 C 23 87 66 9 12 0 .862 3.26 .786 4.78 0
1875 BOS NA 25 1B 55 574 532 13 29 28 .949 9.91 .935 10.28
1875 BOS NA 25 OF 23 36 29 2 5 0 .861 1.35 .808 1.77 1-20-2
1875 BOS NA 25 C 16 109 74 21 14 1 .872 5.94 .813 5.20 0
1875 BOS NA 25 P 3 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.00 .875 2.33
1876 CHC NL 26 1B 55 516 485 10 21 21 .959 9.00 .941 10.31
1876 CHC NL 26 P 11 18 1 13 4 0 .778 1.27 .889 1.92
1876 CHC NL 26 C 6 26 23 1 2 0 .923 4.00 .777 5.40 1
1876 CHC NL 26 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .750 3.60
1876 CHC NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1-0-0
1877 CHC NL 27 C 40 199 137 34 28 3 .859 4.28 .878 5.72 48
1877 CHC NL 27 3B 17 49 18 23 8 0 .837 2.41 .841 3.49
1877 CHC NL 27 P 17 25 6 14 5 0 .800 1.18 .924 1.91
1877 CHC NL 27 1B 1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 17.00 .950 10.60
1877 CHC NL 27 2B 1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 .840 6.20
1878 CIN NL 28 3B 61 226 78 106 42 6 .814 3.02 .872 3.46
1878 CIN NL 28 C 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .883 6.53 2
1879 CIN NL 29 1B 72 783 736 5 42 33 .946 10.29 .953 10.89
1879 CIN NL 29 OF 7 16 14 0 2 0 .875 2.00 .831 1.86 0-1-6
1879 CIN NL 29 P 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.20
1879 CIN NL 29 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .800 3.30
1879 CIN NL 29 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.20 0
5 Seasons 1B 186 1906 1783 28 95 84 .950 9.74 .944 10.53
9 Seasons C 183 874 641 123 110 7 .874 4.17 .837 5.00 51
7 Seasons OF 110 179 130 9 40 0 .777 1.26 .820 1.86 5-33-72
7 Seasons 3B 84 291 104 132 55 6 .811 2.81 .863 3.50
4 Seasons P 34 50 8 32 10 0 .800 1.18 .906 1.98
2 Seasons 2B 5 28 13 9 6 1 .786 4.40 .850 5.60
1 Season SS 5 33 11 18 4 0 .879 5.80 .745 4.76
9 Seasons TOT 607 3361 2690 351 320 98 .905 5.01 .804 5.75 5-33-72 51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)

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 (6th)
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  .484 (3rd)
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  .874 (3rd)
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  161 (4th)
1875 NA  195 (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  2.4 (1st)
1875 NA  4.2 (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  .727 (4th)
1874 NA  .749 (3rd)
1875 NA  .829 (1st)
1876 NL  .715 (10th)
1877 NL  .775 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
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)

Wins s c a p y
1877 NL  4 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1876 NL  .714 (3rd)
1877 NL  .333 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1877 NL  1.522 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1877 NL  12.620 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1877 NL  1.076 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1877 NL  1.957 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1877 NL  17 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1875 NA  1 (3rd)
1876 NL  2 (2nd)
1877 NL  2 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1877 NL  92.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1875 NA  13 (8th)
1877 NL  20 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1877 NL  10 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1877 NL  6 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1877 NL  2 (4th)
1879 NL  1 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1877 NL  11 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1877 NL  129 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1877 NL  1.818 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1877 NL  8 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1877 NL  46 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1877 NL  439 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1876 NL  5 (3rd)
1877 NL  6 (2nd)
1879 NL  1 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1877 NL  66 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1879 NL  born 1849-08-30 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 22 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 136 (121), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (449), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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