Alex McCarthy
[edit] Biography
Alex McCarthy (Alexander George McCarthy) was born on May 12, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on October 7, 1910 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1911, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 2 home runs and 31 RBI. McCarthy played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Alex McCarthy's best season was 1912, when he hit for a .277 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .250
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| 50
| 150
| 18
| 36
| 2
| 31
| .240
| .305
| .327
| 5
| 1
| 14
| 24
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1912
| PIT
| N
| 111
| 401
| 53
| 111
| 1
| 41
| .277
| .332
| .334
| 12
| 4
| 30
| 26
| 3
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 74
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 10
| .203
| .298
| .270
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| 57
| 173
| 14
| 26
| 1
| 14
| .150
| .192
| .179
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 17
| 3
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 49
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .204
| .291
| .245
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| 23
| 72
| 4
| 19
| 1
| 6
| .264
| .329
| .347
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| TOT
| N
| 44
| 121
| 7
| 29
| 1
| 9
| .240
| .313
| .306
| 3
| 1
| 10
| 17
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| 50
| 146
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 3
| .199
| .282
| .219
| 3
| 0
| 15
| 10
| 2
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 107
| 10
| 26
| 0
| 6
| .243
| .341
| .318
| 2
| 3
| 11
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| TOT
| N
| 87
| 253
| 21
| 55
| 0
| 9
| .217
| .308
| .261
| 5
| 3
| 26
| 17
| 7
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| 49
| 151
| 15
| 33
| 0
| 8
| .219
| .276
| .245
| 4
| 0
| 11
| 13
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 432
| 1335
| 136
| 306
| 5
| 122
| .229
| .295
| .282
| 34
| 11
| 104
| 123
| 20
| 60
| 23
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 11
| 9
| 92.1
| 24
| 39
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 33
| 30
| 279.2
| 70
| 88
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1911
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1912
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 237
| 320
| 22
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1912
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 27
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 79
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 44
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1915
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1915
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1915
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1915
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 35
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1915
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1915
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 55
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1915
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 92
| 100
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 95
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1916
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 102
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1916
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 102
| 10
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 40
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 39
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 36
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 100
| 1
| 8
| 113
| 188
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 111
| 30
| 279.2
| 223
| 297
| 25
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 207
| 9
| 92.1
| 424
| 604
| 46
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by South Bend (Central) to Pittsburgh Pirates with Max Carey (August 15, 1910).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs (September 5, 1915).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates (July, 1916).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ray Miller and Ike McAuley to Kansas City (American Association) (@February, 1918) completing trade in which Kansas City (American Association) traded Fritz Mollwitz and a player to be named later to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August, 1917); Pittsburgh Pirates received Roy Sanders (August 26, 1917).
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