Chippy McGarr
[edit] Biography
Chippy McGarr (James B. McGarr) was born on May 10, 1863 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on July 11, 1884 for the Chicago Browns. In 1886, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 2 home runs and 31 RBI. McGarr played for the Chicago Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Kansas City Cowboys, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Chippy McGarr's best season was 1887, when he stole 84 bases, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 63 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1884
| CHI
| U
| 19
| 70
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
| .157
| .157
| .186
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| 71
| 267
| 41
| 71
| 2
| 31
| .266
| .295
| .345
| 9
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| 137
| 536
| 93
| 158
| 1
| 63
| .295
| .326
| .366
| 23
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 84
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| 34
| 132
| 17
| 31
| 0
| 13
| .235
| .268
| .242
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| KC
| a
| 25
| 108
| 22
| 31
| 0
| 16
| .287
| .330
| .315
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| BAL
| a
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .250
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| TOT
| a
| 28
| 115
| 23
| 32
| 0
| 16
| .278
| .325
| .304
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| 121
| 487
| 68
| 115
| 1
| 51
| .236
| .291
| .296
| 12
| 7
| 34
| 38
| 4
| 0
| 39
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| CLE
| N
| 63
| 249
| 38
| 77
| 0
| 28
| .309
| .363
| .357
| 12
| 0
| 20
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| 128
| 523
| 94
| 144
| 2
| 74
| .275
| .316
| .356
| 24
| 6
| 28
| 29
| 3
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 112
| 419
| 85
| 111
| 2
| 59
| .265
| .322
| .322
| 14
| 2
| 34
| 33
| 1
| 14
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 113
| 455
| 68
| 122
| 1
| 53
| .268
| .302
| .327
| 16
| 4
| 22
| 30
| 0
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 19
| 70
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
| .157
| .157
| .186
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 537
| 2133
| 353
| 569
| 6
| 265
| .267
| .314
| .330
| 78
| 19
| 138
| 145
| 9
| 28
| 129
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 270
| 1050
| 174
| 292
| 3
| 123
| .278
| .311
| .338
| 36
| 9
| 45
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 138
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 826
| 3253
| 537
| 872
| 9
| 388
| .268
| .310
| .329
| 116
| 28
| 183
| 157
| 14
| 28
| 267
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1884
| CHI
| U
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 25
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1884
| CHI
| U
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1886
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 231
| 60
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .850
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| SS
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 198
| 402
| 86
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 100
| 20
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1889
| KC
| a
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 14
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1889
| KC
| a
| 3B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 18
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1889
| KC
| a
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1889
| KC
| a
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1889
| BAL
| a
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .583
|
| 1889
| TOT
| a
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .633
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 228
| 27
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1890
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 147
| 31
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 170
| 242
| 45
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 217
| 51
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 228
| 29
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 132
| 144
| 29
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 538
| 0
| 0
| 680
| 1080
| 189
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 220
| 0
| 0
| 320
| 663
| 162
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .859
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Fred Mann, Jocko Milligan and $3000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bill Gleason and Curt Welch (November 21, 1887).
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