Cal McVey
[edit] Biography
Cal McVey (Calvin Alexander McVey) was born on August 30, 1849 in Montrose, Iowa. He made his Major League debut on May 5, 1871 for the Boston Red Stockings. In 1871, his rookie year, he hit .431 with 0 home runs and 43 RBI. McVey played for the Boston Red Stockings, Baltimore Canaries, Chicago White Stockings and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Cal McVey's best season was 1875, when he hit for a .355 average and knocked in 87 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| BOS
| n
| 29
| 153
| 43
| 66
| 0
| 43
| .431
| .435
| .556
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| 46
| 237
| 56
| 76
| 0
| 41
| .321
| .324
| .380
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 38
| 192
| 49
| 73
| 2
| 35
| .380
| .390
| .490
| 5
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| BOS
| n
| 70
| 343
| 91
| 123
| 3
| 71
| .359
| .360
| .481
| 21
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| 82
| 389
| 89
| 138
| 3
| 87
| .355
| .356
| .517
| 36
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| 63
| 308
| 62
| 107
| 1
| 53
| .347
| .352
| .406
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 60
| 266
| 58
| 98
| 0
| 36
| .368
| .387
| .455
| 9
| 7
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1878
| CIN
| N
| 61
| 271
| 43
| 83
| 2
| 28
| .306
| .319
| .395
| 10
| 4
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| 81
| 354
| 64
| 105
| 0
| 55
| .297
| .312
| .381
| 18
| 6
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 265
| 1199
| 227
| 393
| 3
| 172
| .328
| .340
| .407
| 52
| 17
| 23
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 265
| 1314
| 328
| 476
| 8
| 277
| .362
| .366
| .483
| 81
| 27
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 530
| 2513
| 555
| 869
| 11
| 449
| .346
| .354
| .447
| 133
| 44
| 30
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| BOS
| n
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1871
| BOS
| n
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1871
| BOS
| n
| C
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 12
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .873
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| RF
| 9
| 6
| 54
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| C
| 40
| 40
| 308
| 149
| 30
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1872
| BOS
| n
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 18
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .739
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1874
| BOS
| n
| RF
| 49
| 47
| 354
| 51
| 5
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .683
|
| 1874
| BOS
| n
| C
| 22
| 15
| 117
| 66
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .862
|
| 1874
| BOS
| n
| OF
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 64
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .710
|
| 1874
| BOS
| n
| CF
| 8
| 8
| 72
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| 1B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 532
| 13
| 29
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| OF
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .861
|
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| C
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 21
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .872
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 485
| 10
| 21
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| C
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 137
| 34
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .859
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 23
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .837
|
| 1878
| CIN
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1878
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 106
| 42
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .814
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 736
| 5
| 42
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 58
| 53
| 408
| 57
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .697
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 186
| 0
| 0
| 1783
| 28
| 95
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 182
| 55
| 425
| 641
| 123
| 110
| 7
| 0
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .874
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 9
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .777
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 18
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 8
| 8
| 72
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 132
| 55
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .811
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1875
| BOS
| n
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3.27
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 1.52
| 9
| 22
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 59.1
| 57
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1877
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 10
| 4
| 8
| 4.50
| 20
| 87
| 46
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 92
| 129
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1879
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8.36
| 7
| 23
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 34
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 31
| 17
| 9
| 12
| 3.76
| 36
| 132
| 69
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 165.1
| 220
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3.27
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 34
| 19
| 10
| 12
| 3.73
| 37
| 141
| 73
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 176.1
| 235
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
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