Alex McCarthy stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1917

Age 138

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Alex McCarthy played 8 MLB seasons, 1910 to 1917.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
432
AB
1,335
R
136
H
306
HR
5
RBI
0
SB
23
AVG
.229
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1910PIT31211000.083
1911PIT501501836204.240
1912PIT11140153111108.277
1913PIT3174715001.203
1914PIT571731426102.150
1915CHC/PIT44121729103.240
1916CHC/PIT872532155004.217
1917PIT491511533001.219

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,519
TB
377
XBH
50
HBP
20
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1910PIT12310000
1911PIT1724980000
1912PIT450134173000
1913PIT902053000
1914PIT1893123000
1915CHC/PIT1403753000
1916CHC/PIT2986687000
1917PIT1683741000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
1.8
RC
124.4
RC/27
3.10
ISOP
.053
SECA
.145
BB/K
0.85
AB/HR
267.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1910PIT-0.2-0.1-0.1.1670.2000
1911PIT0.7173.8.0870.20.6750
1912PIT1.3504.4.0570.21.24010
1913PIT0.07.13.0680.2100
1914PIT0.03.60.6.0290.10.41730
1915CHC/PIT0.211.63.1.0660.10.61210
1916CHC/PIT0.124.43.1.0430.21.500
1917PIT-0.3112.4.0260.10.900

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
138 yearsMay 12, 1888
Debut
1910

What were Alex McCarthy's career stats?

Alex McCarthy played 8 seasons for the Pirates. He was a career .229 hitter with 306 hits, 5 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1912: a .277 batting average, 1 home run and 0 RBI.

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