Gavvy Cravath
[edit] Biography
Gavvy Cravath (Clifford Carlton Cravath) was born on March 23, 1881 in Poway, California. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1908 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1908, his rookie year, he hit .256 with 1 home run and 34 RBI. Cravath played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Gavvy Cravath's best season was 1913, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .341 average and knocked in 128 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| 94
| 277
| 43
| 71
| 1
| 34
| .256
| .354
| .383
| 10
| 11
| 38
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 19
| 50
| 7
| 9
| 1
| 8
| .180
| .406
| .240
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 56
| 7
| 9
| 1
| 9
| .161
| .382
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| PHI
| N
| 130
| 436
| 63
| 124
| 11
| 70
| .284
| .358
| .470
| 30
| 9
| 47
| 77
| 3
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| PHI
| N
| 147
| 525
| 78
| 179
| 19
| 128
| .341
| .407
| .568
| 34
| 14
| 55
| 63
| 3
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| PHI
| N
| 149
| 499
| 76
| 149
| 19
| 100
| .299
| .402
| .499
| 27
| 8
| 83
| 72
| 3
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| PHI
| N
| 150
| 522
| 89
| 149
| 24
| 115
| .285
| .393
| .510
| 31
| 7
| 86
| 77
| 6
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| PHI
| N
| 137
| 448
| 70
| 127
| 11
| 70
| .283
| .379
| .440
| 21
| 8
| 64
| 89
| 5
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| N
| 140
| 503
| 70
| 141
| 12
| 83
| .280
| .369
| .473
| 29
| 16
| 70
| 57
| 1
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| 121
| 426
| 43
| 99
| 8
| 54
| .232
| .320
| .376
| 27
| 5
| 54
| 46
| 1
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 83
| 214
| 34
| 73
| 12
| 45
| .341
| .438
| .640
| 18
| 5
| 35
| 21
| 2
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 45
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 11
| .289
| .407
| .467
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1103
| 3618
| 525
| 1054
| 117
| 676
| .291
| .381
| .489
| 222
| 72
| 503
| 514
| 24
| 96
| 80
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 117
| 333
| 50
| 80
| 2
| 43
| .240
| .359
| .354
| 10
| 11
| 58
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1220
| 3951
| 575
| 1134
| 119
| 719
| .287
| .380
| .478
| 232
| 83
| 561
| 514
| 28
| 105
| 89
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 7
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1912
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 26
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1913
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 208
| 20
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1914
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 34
| 18
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1915
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 233
| 28
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1916
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 17
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1917
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 209
| 17
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1918
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 19
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1920
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1090
| 0
| 0
| 1675
| 176
| 109
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox (February 16, 1909).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Nick Altrock and Jiggs Donahue to Washington Senators in exchange for Bill Burns (May 16, 1909).
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