Cal McVey stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1871
Bio
- Debut
- 1871
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 265
- AB
- 1,199
- R
- 227
- H
- 393
- HR
- 3
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .328
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 |  CHC | 63 | 308 | 62 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .347 |
| 1877 | CHC | 60 | 266 | 58 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 |
| 1878 | — | 61 | 271 | 43 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| 1879 | — | 81 | 354 | 64 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,222
- TB
- 488
- XBH
- 72
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | CHC | 310 | 125 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1877 | CHC | 274 | 121 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1878 | — | 276 | 107 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 362 | 135 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.4
- RC
- 166.5
- RC/27
- 5.60
- ISOP
- .079
- SECA
- .098
- BB/K
- 0.61
- AB/HR
- 399.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | CHC | 2.3 | 43.7 | 5.9 | .058 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 308 | 0 |
| 1877 | CHC | 2.5 | 45.9 | 7.4 | .086 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1878 | — | 1.7 | 34.4 | 4.9 | .089 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 135.5 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 1.9 | 42.7 | 4.6 | .085 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Cal McVey's career stats?
Cal McVey played 4 seasons for the Cubs. He was a career .328 hitter with 393 hits, 3 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1877: a .368 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.