Tommy McCarthy
[edit] Biography
Tommy McCarthy (Thomas Francis Michael McCarthy) was born on July 24, 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on July 10, 1884 for the Boston Reds. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .215 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI. McCarthy played for the Boston Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Bridegrooms over the course of his 13 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Tommy McCarthy's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1894, when he stole 43 bases, hit for a .349 average and knocked in 126 runs. However, others believe that it was 1890, when he stole 83 bases, hit for a .350 average and knocked in 69 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| 53
| 209
| 37
| 45
| 0
| 0
| .215
| .237
| .244
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| 40
| 148
| 16
| 27
| 0
| 11
| .182
| .209
| .196
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 27
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .185
| .241
| .333
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 18
| 70
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .186
| .219
| .243
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| 131
| 511
| 107
| 140
| 1
| 68
| .274
| .328
| .331
| 20
| 3
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 93
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| STL
| a
| 140
| 604
| 136
| 176
| 2
| 63
| .291
| .348
| .364
| 24
| 7
| 46
| 26
| 6
| 0
| 57
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| STL
| a
| 133
| 548
| 137
| 192
| 6
| 69
| .350
| .430
| .467
| 28
| 9
| 66
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 83
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| 136
| 578
| 127
| 179
| 8
| 95
| .310
| .375
| .408
| 21
| 6
| 50
| 19
| 10
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| 152
| 603
| 119
| 146
| 4
| 63
| .242
| .347
| .310
| 19
| 5
| 93
| 29
| 4
| 0
| 53
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| 116
| 462
| 107
| 160
| 5
| 111
| .346
| .429
| .465
| 28
| 6
| 64
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 46
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| 127
| 539
| 118
| 188
| 13
| 126
| .349
| .419
| .490
| 21
| 8
| 59
| 17
| 6
| 9
| 43
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| 117
| 452
| 90
| 131
| 2
| 73
| .290
| .391
| .341
| 13
| 2
| 72
| 12
| 3
| 15
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| BRO
| N
| 104
| 377
| 62
| 94
| 3
| 47
| .249
| .316
| .316
| 8
| 4
| 34
| 17
| 3
| 9
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 53
| 209
| 37
| 45
| 0
| 0
| .215
| .237
| .244
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 682
| 2678
| 525
| 764
| 27
| 440
| .285
| .368
| .371
| 97
| 26
| 331
| 118
| 20
| 33
| 198
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 540
| 2241
| 507
| 687
| 17
| 295
| .307
| .371
| .393
| 93
| 25
| 200
| 45
| 30
| 0
| 270
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1275
| 5128
| 1069
| 1496
| 44
| 735
| .292
| .364
| .376
| 192
| 53
| 537
| 163
| 50
| 33
| 468
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| OF
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 11
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .794
|
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 69
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1886
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1886
| PHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .789
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .563
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .250
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 243
| 44
| 21
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1889
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1889
| STL
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1889
| STL
| a
| OF
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 38
| 32
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1890
| STL
| a
| OF
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 157
| 19
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1890
| STL
| a
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 75
| 22
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .848
|
| 1890
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| OF
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 164
| 24
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 30
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 36
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 219
| 29
| 33
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .883
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 202
| 28
| 25
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 15
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1893
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .850
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 291
| 28
| 34
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 199
| 16
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1896
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 175
| 20
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1189
| 0
| 0
| 2019
| 268
| 263
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 71
| 75
| 26
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .849
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 78
| 27
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .825
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 47
| 22
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .812
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 4.82
| 18
| 53
| 30
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 73
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| STL
| a
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.15
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| STL
| a
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.20
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| STL
| a
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 4.82
| 18
| 53
| 30
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 73
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.10
| 2
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.1
| 9
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 4.93
| 21
| 63
| 38
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 69.1
| 83
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Boston Beaneaters (1885).
- Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $6000 (November 18, 1895).
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