| Season | Age | Team | Lg | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GIDP | Pos | Awards | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | 1.7 | 29 | 154 | 153 | 43 | 66 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .431 | .435 | .556 | .991 | 175 | .449 | 148 | 85 | 0 | *2/O5 | |
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | 1.2 | 46 | 238 | 237 | 56 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .321 | .324 | .380 | .703 | 112 | .332 | 107 | 90 | 0 | *2O/5 | |
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 1.7 | 38 | 195 | 192 | 49 | 73 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .380 | .390 | .490 | .879 | 156 | .399 | 136 | 94 | 1 | 2/O6435 | |
| 1874 | 24 | BOS | NA | 3.0 | 70 | 344 | 343 | 91 | 123 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .359 | .360 | .481 | .842 | 162 | .384 | 138 | 165 | 1 | *O2 | |
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | 4.6 | 82 | 390 | 389 | 89 | 138 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .355 | .356 | .517 | .873 | 192 | .401 | 158 | 201 | 0 | *3O2/1 | |
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | 2.1 | 63 | 310 | 308 | 62 | 107 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 4 | .347 | .352 | .406 | .757 | 142 | .353 | 129 | 125 | *31/25O | ||||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 2.1 | 60 | 274 | 266 | 58 | 98 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 11 | .368 | .387 | .455 | .842 | 153 | .387 | 140 | 121 | 215/34 | ||||
| 1878 | 28 | CIN | NL | 1.8 | 61 | 276 | 271 | 43 | 83 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 10 | .306 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 143 | .335 | 139 | 107 | *5/2 | ||||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | 1.9 | 81 | 362 | 354 | 64 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 13 | .297 | .312 | .381 | .694 | 130 | .318 | 126 | 135 | *3/O125 | ||||
| 9 Yrs | 20.1 | 530 | 2543 | 2513 | 555 | 869 | 133 | 44 | 11 | 449 | 26 | 2 | 30 | 51 | .346 | .354 | .447 | .800 | 152 | .369 | 136 | 1123 | 2 | 32O51/46 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg | 6.2 | 162 | 777 | 768 | 170 | 266 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 137 | 9 | 16 | .346 | .354 | .447 | .800 | 152 | .369 | 136 | 343 | ||||||||
| BOS (4 Yrs) | 10.6 | 227 | 1126 | 1122 | 279 | 403 | 76 | 22 | 6 | 242 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .359 | .361 | .482 | .844 | 163 | .388 | 138 | 541 | 1 | 2O3/15 | ||||
| CIN (2 Yrs) | 3.7 | 142 | 638 | 625 | 107 | 188 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 83 | 13 | 23 | .301 | .315 | .387 | .702 | 135 | .325 | 131 | 242 | 35/O21 | |||||||
| CHC (2 Yrs) | 4.2 | 123 | 584 | 574 | 120 | 205 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 89 | 10 | 15 | .357 | .368 | .429 | .797 | 147 | .369 | 134 | 246 | 3215/4O | |||||||
| BAL (1 Yr) | 1.7 | 38 | 195 | 192 | 49 | 73 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .380 | .390 | .490 | .879 | 156 | .399 | 136 | 94 | 1 | 2/O6435 | ||||
| NA (5 Yrs) | 12.3 | 265 | 1321 | 1314 | 328 | 476 | 81 | 27 | 8 | 277 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 13 | .362 | .366 | .483 | .849 | 162 | .389 | 137 | 635 | 2 | 2O3/6451 | ||||
| NL (4 Yrs) | 7.8 | 265 | 1222 | 1199 | 227 | 393 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 172 | 23 | 38 | .328 | .340 | .407 | .747 | 141 | .346 | 133 | 488 | 3521/O4 | |||||||
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | PA | Rbat | Rbaser | Rdp | Rfield | Rpos | RAA | WAA | Rrep | RAR | WAR | waaWL% | 162WL% | oWAR | dWAR | oRAR | Pos | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | 154 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1.3 | 5 | 28 | 1.7 | .544 | .508 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 27 | *2/O5 | |
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | 238 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.5 | 8 | 17 | 1.2 | .512 | .503 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 15 | *2O/5 | |
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 195 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1.1 | 6 | 24 | 1.7 | .529 | .507 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 24 | 2/O6435 | |
| 1874 | 24 | BOS | NA | 344 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 27 | 1.9 | 11 | 38 | 3.0 | .528 | .512 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 35 | *O2 | |
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | 390 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3.3 | 13 | 53 | 4.6 | .542 | .521 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 50 | *3O2/1 | |
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | 310 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1.2 | 10 | 25 | 2.1 | .521 | .508 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 23 | *31/25O | |
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 274 | 16 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 16 | 1.4 | 9 | 25 | 2.1 | .524 | .509 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 28 | 215/34 | |
| 1878 | 28 | CIN | NL | 276 | 14 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 9 | 0.8 | 9 | 18 | 1.8 | .514 | .505 | 2.5 | -0.5 | 25 | *5/2 | |
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | 362 | 13 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 | 12 | 20 | 1.9 | .509 | .504 | 2.5 | -0.5 | 25 | *3/O125 | |
| 9 Yrs | 2543 | 155 | 6 | 0 | -5 | 8 | 164 | 12.2 | 82 | 247 | 20.1 | .524 | .509 | 21.3 | -0.2 | 252 | 32O51/46 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg | 777 | 47 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 50 | 3.7 | 25 | 75 | 6.2 | .524 | .509 | 6.5 | -0.1 | 77 | |||||
| BOS (4 Yrs) | 1126 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 7.1 | 36 | 136 | 10.6 | .532 | .513 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 127 | 2O3/15 | ||||
| CHC (2 Yrs) | 584 | 29 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 31 | 2.6 | 19 | 49 | 4.2 | .522 | .508 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 51 | 3215/4O | ||||
| CIN (2 Yrs) | 638 | 27 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 2 | 17 | 1.5 | 21 | 38 | 3.7 | .511 | .505 | 4.9 | -1.0 | 50 | 35/O21 | ||||
| BAL (1 Yr) | 195 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1.1 | 6 | 24 | 1.7 | .529 | .507 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 24 | 2/O6435 | ||||
| NA (5 Yrs) | 1321 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 117 | 8.1 | 43 | 160 | 12.3 | .531 | .512 | 11.9 | 0.7 | 150 | 2O3/6451 | ||||
| NL (4 Yrs) | 1222 | 56 | 0 | 0 | -14 | 6 | 48 | 4.1 | 40 | 87 | 7.8 | .516 | .506 | 9.4 | -0.9 | 101 | 3521/O4 | ||||
| Batting | Batting Ratios | Baserunning | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | PA | Pos | Awards | |||||||||
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | 154 | .449 | 148 | .437 | .124 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 64.2 | 100.0 | *2/O5 | |
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | 238 | .332 | 107 | .322 | .059 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 72.7 | 85.7 | *2O/5 | |
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 195 | .399 | 136 | .378 | .109 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 63.5 | 66.7 | 2/O6435 | |
| 1874 | 24 | BOS | NA | 344 | .384 | 138 | .356 | .122 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 72.7 | 100.0 | *O2 | |
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | 390 | .401 | 158 | .354 | .162 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 63.2 | 100.0 | *3O2/1 | |
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | 310 | .353 | 129 | .350 | .058 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 56.5 | *31/25O | ||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 274 | .387 | 140 | .384 | .086 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 54.7 | 215/34 | ||
| 1878 | 28 | CIN | NL | 276 | .335 | 139 | .313 | .089 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 47.7 | *5/2 | ||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | 362 | .318 | 126 | .308 | .085 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 56.6 | *3/O125 | ||
| 9 Yrs | 2543 | .369 | 136 | .350 | .101 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 61.3 | 92.9 | 32O51/46 | ||||
| MLB Average | .282 | 100 | .278 | .065 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 59.6 | 70.2 | ||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | SB | CS | Awards | |||
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | C | 29 | 27 | 243.0 | 134 | 105 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .873 | .842 | 4.33 | 4.62 | 4.03 | 4.56 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | OF | 5 | 2 | 15.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .833 | 1.20 | 2.04 | 0.40 | 1.98 | ||||
| 1871 | 21 | BOS | NA | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 3.90 | ||||||
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | C | 39 | 40 | 324.0 | 206 | 149 | 30 | 27 | 2 | .869 | .847 | 4.97 | 5.45 | 4.59 | 5.45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | OF | 11 | 6 | 62.0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .820 | 1.16 | 1.95 | 0.73 | 1.94 | ||||
| 1872 | 22 | BOS | NA | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .760 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 2.00 | 4.50 | ||||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | C | 25 | 172.0 | 107 | 82 | 15 | 10 | 0 | .907 | .841 | 5.08 | 5.05 | 3.88 | 5.06 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | OF | 6 | 58.0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .803 | 2.02 | 1.99 | 2.17 | 2.00 | |||||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | SS | 5 | 45.0 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .879 | .779 | 5.80 | 5.04 | 5.80 | 5.06 | |||||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 2B | 4 | 33.0 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .739 | .831 | 4.64 | 5.78 | 4.25 | 5.80 | |||||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 1B | 3 | 14.0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .925 | 8.36 | 10.74 | 4.33 | 10.77 | |||||
| 1873 | 23 | BAL | NA | 3B | 2 | 16.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .500 | .739 | 2.81 | 4.56 | 2.50 | 4.60 | |||||
| 1874 | 24 | BOS | NA | OF | 57 | 55 | 483.0 | 100 | 64 | 7 | 29 | 0 | .710 | .802 | 1.32 | 2.02 | 1.25 | 2.02 | ||||
| 1874 | 24 | BOS | NA | C | 23 | 15 | 127.0 | 87 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .862 | .801 | 5.31 | 5.48 | 3.26 | 5.48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | 1B | 55 | 459.0 | 574 | 532 | 13 | 29 | 28 | .949 | .936 | 10.69 | 10.93 | 9.91 | 10.92 | |||||
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | OF | 23 | 139.0 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .861 | .818 | 2.01 | 1.88 | 1.35 | 1.88 | |||||
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | C | 16 | 127.0 | 109 | 74 | 21 | 14 | 1 | .872 | .823 | 6.73 | 5.71 | 5.94 | 5.71 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1875 | 25 | BOS | NA | P | 3 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .865 | 2.45 | 2.62 | 1.00 | 2.57 | |||||
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | 1B | 55 | 470.0 | 516 | 485 | 10 | 21 | 21 | .959 | .942 | 9.48 | 10.49 | 9.00 | 10.65 | |||||
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | P | 11 | 59.0 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .874 | 2.14 | 2.07 | 1.27 | 2.10 | |||||
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | C | 6 | 36.0 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .805 | 6.00 | 5.73 | 4.00 | 5.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | 3B | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .805 | 4.50 | 3.60 | 2.00 | 3.80 | |||||
| 1876 | 26 | CHC | NL | OF | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 2.10 | |||||||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | C | 40 | 303.0 | 199 | 137 | 34 | 28 | 3 | .859 | .876 | 5.08 | 6.12 | 4.28 | 6.13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 3B | 17 | 104.0 | 49 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 0 | .837 | .841 | 3.55 | 3.68 | 2.41 | 3.69 | |||||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | P | 17 | 92.0 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .800 | .915 | 1.96 | 2.10 | 1.18 | 2.10 | |||||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 2B | 1 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .866 | 5.63 | 6.41 | 5.00 | 6.40 | |||||
| 1877 | 27 | CHC | NL | 1B | 1 | 11.0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .951 | 13.91 | 10.80 | 17.00 | 10.90 | |||||
| 1878 | 28 | CIN | NL | 3B | 61 | 541.0 | 226 | 78 | 106 | 42 | 6 | .814 | .864 | 3.06 | 3.53 | 3.02 | 3.54 | |||||
| 1878 | 28 | CIN | NL | C | 3 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .892 | 9.00 | 7.05 | 2.00 | 7.10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | 1B | 72 | 641.0 | 783 | 736 | 5 | 42 | 33 | .946 | .953 | 10.40 | 11.07 | 10.29 | 11.13 | |||||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | OF | 7 | 69.0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .838 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 2.00 | 1.89 | |||||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | P | 3 | 14.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | 1.93 | 2.31 | 1.00 | 2.30 | |||||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | 3B | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .830 | 4.50 | 3.38 | 2.00 | 3.40 | |||||
| 1879 | 29 | CIN | NL | C | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.30 | 0.00 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Standard | Range Factor | Baserunners | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | SB | CS | Awards | |||||||
| 9 Yrs | 606 | 145 | 4700.0 | 3361 | 2690 | 351 | 320 | 98 | .905 | .900 | 5.82 | 6.28 | 5.02 | 6.07 | 119 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| C (9 Yrs) | C | 182 | 82 | 1340.0 | 874 | 641 | 123 | 110 | 7 | .874 | .844 | 5.13 | 5.44 | 4.20 | 5.48 | 119 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| OF (7 Yrs) | OF | 110 | 63 | 828.0 | 179 | 130 | 9 | 40 | 0 | .777 | .810 | 1.51 | 1.98 | 1.26 | 1.97 | |||||||
| 3B (7 Yrs) | 3B | 84 | 0 | 675.0 | 291 | 104 | 132 | 55 | 6 | .811 | .854 | 3.15 | 3.58 | 2.81 | 3.61 | |||||||
| 1B (5 Yrs) | 1B | 186 | 1595.0 | 1906 | 1783 | 28 | 95 | 84 | .950 | .945 | 10.22 | 10.85 | 9.74 | 10.92 | ||||||||
| P (4 Yrs) | P | 34 | 176.0 | 50 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 0 | .800 | .895 | 2.05 | 2.14 | 1.18 | 2.16 | ||||||||
| 2B (2 Yrs) | 2B | 5 | 41.0 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .786 | .837 | 4.83 | 5.90 | 4.40 | 5.92 | ||||||||
| SS (1 Yr) | SS | 5 | 45.0 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .879 | .779 | 5.80 | 5.04 | 5.80 | 5.06 | ||||||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Cal McVey born?
Cal McVey was born on August 30, 1849.
Where was Cal McVey born?
Cal McVey was born in Montrose, IA.
How tall was Cal McVey?
Cal McVey was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.
How much did Cal McVey weigh when playing?
Cal McVey weighed 170 lbs (77 kg) when playing.
How many seasons did Cal McVey play?
Cal McVey played 9 seasons.
Is Cal McVey in the Hall of Fame?
Cal McVey has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
What position did Cal McVey play?
Cal McVey was a First Baseman, Catcher and Outfielder.
How many hits did Cal McVey have?
Cal McVey had 869 hits over his career.
How many home runs did Cal McVey have?
Cal McVey had 11 home runs over his career.
What was Cal McVey's average?
Cal McVey had a .346 average over his career.
How many teams has Cal McVey played for?
Cal McVey played for 4 teams; the Baltimore Canaries, Boston Red Stockings, Chicago White Stockings and Cincinnati Reds.
When did Cal McVey retire?
Cal McVey last played in 1879.



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