Alex McCarthy

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 150lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: May 12, 1889 in Chicago, IL us

Died: March 12, 1978 in Salisbury, MD

Buried: Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, MD

Schools: St. Viator College (Bourbonnais, IL), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: October 7, 1910 (Age 21-148d, 3,438th in MLB history)

Last Game: July 24, 1917 (Age 28-073d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Alexander George McCarthy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

AB

1335

R

136

H

306

BA

.229

HR

RBI

121

SB

OBP

.295

SLG

.282

OPS

.577

OPS+

Standard Batting

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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1910	21	SBN	B	141	481	481		117	23	4	1						.243	.243	.314	.557		151				SBN · CENL
1910	21	PIT	NL	3	12	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	2	.083	.083	.250	.333	-6	3	0	0	/6
1911	22	PIT	NL	50	172	150	18	36	5	1	2	31	4		14	24	.240	.305	.327	.632	74	49	0	8	64/5O
1912	23	PIT	NL	111	450	401	53	111	12	4	1	40	8		30	26	.277	.332	.334	.666	82	134	3	16	*4/5
1913	24	PIT	NL	31	90	74	7	15	5	0	0	10	1	2	7	7	.203	.298	.270	.568	65	20	3	6	56/4
1914	25	PIT	NL	57	189	173	14	26	0	1	1	14	2		6	17	.150	.192	.179	.371	13	31	3	7	54/6
1915	26	TOT	NL	44	143	121	7	29	3	1	1	9	3	5	10	17	.240	.313	.306	.619	88	37	3	6	45/63
1915	26	PIT	NL	21	60	49	3	10	0	1	0	3	1	2	5	10	.204	.291	.245	.536	64	12	1	2	/4653
1915	26	CHC	NL	23	83	72	4	19	3	0	1	6	2	3	5	7	.264	.329	.347	.676	105	25	2	4	45/6
1916	27	TOT	NL	87	298	253	21	55	5	3	0	9	4		26	17	.217	.308	.261	.569	72	66	7	12	64/5
1916	27	CHC	NL	37	126	107	10	26	2	3	0	6	1		11	7	.243	.341	.318	.659	95	34	5	3	4/6
1916	27	PIT	NL	50	172	146	11	29	3	0	0	3	3		15	10	.199	.282	.219	.501	55	32	2	9	6/45
1917	28	PIT	NL	49	168	151	15	33	4	0	0	8	1		11	13	.219	.276	.245	.521	58	37	1	5	54/6
1918	29	KCY	AA	74	263	263		73	11	6	0						.278	.278	.365	.643		96				KCY · AA
1919	30	KCY	AA	138	482	482		130	22	3	0						.270	.270	.328	.598		158				KCY · AA
1920	31	KCY	AA	157	601	601		158	23	3	1						.263	.263	.316	.579		190				KCY · AA
1921	32	MLW	AA	146	572	572		162	25	4	4						.283	.283	.362	.645		207				MLW · AA
1922	33	MLW	AA	168	666	666		198	27	6	7						.297	.297	.387	.685		258				MLW · AA
1923	34	MLW	AA	161	581	581		171	16	10	3						.294	.294	.372	.666		216				MLW · AA
1924	35	MLW	AA	113	425	425		130	14	3	1						.306	.306	.360	.666		153				MLW · AA
1925	36	MLW	AA	139	538	538		134	21	3	4						.249	.249	.322	.571		173				MLW · AA
1926	37	SPR	B	94	329	329		88	11	4	1						.267	.267	.334	.602		110				SPR · IIIL
1927	38	SPR	B	71	202	202		61	9	3	0						.302	.302	.376	.678		76				SPR · IIIL
8 Yrs				432	1522	1335	136	306	34	11	5	121	23	7	104	123	.229	.295	.282	.577	67	377	20	60
162 Game Avg.				162	571	501	51	115	13	4	2	45	9		39	46	.229	.295	.282	.577	67	141	8	23

PIT (8 yrs)				372	1313	1156	122	261	29	8	4	109	20	4	88	109	.226	.288	.275	.563	63	318	13	53
CHC (2 yrs)				60	209	179	14	45	5	3	1	12	3	3	16	14	.251	.337	.330	.666	99	59	7	7

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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