James McCormick

Full Name: James McCormick	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/215	First Game: May 20, 1878
Birthdate: November 3, 1856	Final Game: October 7, 1887
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: March 10, 1918
Deathplace: Paterson, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 3, 1856 in Glasgow, Scotland, Jim McCormick (James McCormick) played for the Indianapolis Blues, Cleveland Spiders, Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, Providence Grays, Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 10 year career. McCormick broke into the bigs on May 20, 1878 with the Indianapolis Blues, and put up a 1.69 ERA in 117 innings pitched in 1878, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim McCormick's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1880, when he posted a 1.85 ERA, won 45 games and struck out 260 batters. However, others believe that it was 1884, when he posted a 2.37 ERA, won 40 games and struck out 343 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1878	IND	N	14	14	5	8	1.69	36	47	22	12	1	0	117	128	0	15	4	0
1879	CLE	N	62	60	20	40	2.42	197	308	147	59	3	0	546.1	582	4	74	30	0
1880	CLE	N	74	74	45	28	1.85	260	274	135	72	7	0	657.2	585	2	75	21	0
1881	CLE	N	59	58	26	30	2.45	178	267	143	57	2	0	526	484	4	84	24	0
1882	CLE	N	68	67	36	30	2.37	200	274	157	65	4	0	595.2	550	14	103	22	0
1883	CLE	N	43	41	28	12	1.84	145	151	70	36	1	1	342	316	1	65	11	0
1884	CLE	N	42	41	19	22	2.86	182	206	114	39	3	0	359	357	17	75	12	0
1884	CIN	U	24	24	21	3	1.54	161	57	36	24	7	0	210	151	3	14	0	0
1884	Total		66	65	40	25	2.37	343	263	150	63	10	0	569	508	20	89	12	0
1885	PRO	N	4	4	1	3	2.43	8	26	10	4	0	0	37	34	1	20	7	0
1885	CHI	N	24	24	20	4	2.43	88	103	58	24	3	0	215	187	8	40	3	0
1885	TOT	N	28	28	21	7	2.43	96	129	68	28	3	0	252	221	9	60	10	0
1886	CHI	N	42	42	31	11	2.82	172	165	109	38	2	0	347.2	341	18	100	7	0
1887	PIT	N	36	36	13	23	4.30	77	217	154	36	0	0	322.1	377	12	84	16	12
Total	UA		24	24	21	3	1.54	161	57	36	24	7	0	210	151	3	14	0	0
Total	NL		468	461	244	211	2.48	1543	2038	1119	442	26	1	4065.2	3941	81	735	157	12
Total			492	485	265	214	2.43	1704	2095	1155	466	33	1	4275.2	4092	84	749	157	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1878	IND	N	OF	3	3	1	1	1	.800
1878	IND	N	P	14	6	32	2	2	.950
1879	CLE	N	1B	4	38	0	1	0	.974
1879	CLE	N	P	62	39	119	9	4	.946
1879	CLE	N	OF	13	20	1	5	0	.808
1880	CLE	N	P	74	36	135	22	3	.886
1880	CLE	N	OF	5	2	0	4	1	.333
1881	CLE	N	P	59	34	81	13	4	.898
1881	CLE	N	3B	1	3	1	2	0	.667
1881	CLE	N	OF	10	16	7	2	0	.920
1881	CLE	N	2B	1	2	3	1	0	.833
1882	CLE	N	P	68	43	100	13	1	.917
1882	CLE	N	OF	4	2	0	2	0	.500
1883	CLE	N	P	43	18	101	14	2	.895
1883	CLE	N	1B	1	10	0	2	2	.833
1883	CLE	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000
1884	CLE	N	P	42	18	67	0	4	1.000
1884	CLE	N	OF	8	18	1	2	0	.905
1884	CIN	U	OF	3	5	1	0	1	1.000
1884	CIN	U	P	24	13	50	7	1	.900
1884	Total		OF	11	23	2	2	1	.926
1884	Total		P	66	31	117	7	5	.955
1884	Total		CF	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1885	PRO	N	P	4	2	21	1	0	.958
1885	CHI	N	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1885	CHI	N	P	24	20	54	4	3	.949
1885	TOT	N	P	28	22	75	5	3	.951
1886	CHI	N	P	42	21	74	6	3	.941
1886	CHI	N	OF	4	1	1	0	0	1.000
1887	PIT	N	P	36	13	88	8	1	.927
Total			P	492	263	922	99	28	.923
Total			3B	1	3	1	2	0	.667
Total			1B	5	48	0	3	2	.941
Total			OF	52	68	12	17	3	.825
Total			2B	1	2	3	1	0	.833

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SB
1878	IND	N	15	56	5	8	0	0	.143	.143	.161	1	0	0	2	0
1879	CLE	N	75	282	35	62	0	20	.220	.223	.270	10	2	1	9	0
1880	CLE	N	78	289	34	71	0	26	.246	.259	.284	11	0	5	5	0
1881	CLE	N	70	309	45	79	0	26	.256	.268	.311	9	4	5	16	0
1882	CLE	N	70	262	35	57	2	15	.218	.223	.290	7	3	2	22	0
1883	CLE	N	43	157	21	37	0	13	.236	.245	.274	2	2	2	14	0
1884	CLE	N	49	190	15	50	0	23	.263	.267	.332	5	4	1	11	0
1884	CIN	U	27	110	12	27	0	0	.245	.245	.291	3	1	0	0	0
1884	Total		76	300	27	77	0	23	.257	.259	.317	8	5	1	11	0
1885	PRO	N	4	14	2	3	0	0	.214	.267	.286	1	0	1	0	0
1885	CHI	N	25	103	13	23	0	16	.223	.231	.311	1	4	1	18	0
1885	TOT	N	29	117	15	26	0	16	.222	.235	.308	2	4	2	18	0
1886	CHI	N	42	174	17	41	2	21	.236	.244	.345	9	2	2	30	1
1887	PIT	N	36	136	12	33	0	18	.243	.254	.294	7	0	2	0	9
Total	UA		27	110	12	27	0	0	.245	.245	.291	3	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		507	1972	234	464	4	178	.235	.244	.295	63	21	22	127	10
Total			534	2082	246	491	4	178	.236	.244	.294	66	22	22	127	10

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Providence Grays to Chicago White Stockings for $600 to $2600 (July 9, 1885).
Traded by Chicago White Stockings to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for George Van Haltren and $2000 (April 21, 1887).

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