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John McGraw
John Joseph McGraw (Mugsy or Little Napoleon)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 155 lb.

Debut August 26, 1891
Final Game September 12, 1906
Born April 7, 1873 in Truxton, NY
Died February 25, 1934 in New Rochelle, NY

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1937.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 18 BAL AA  33  115   17   31   3  5   0   14   4     12  17  .270  .359  .383  111   44               4    
 1892 19 BLN NL  79  286   41   77  13  2   1   26  15     32  21  .269  .355  .339  107   97               6    
 1893 20 BLN NL 127  480  123  154   9 10   5   64  38    101  11  .321  .454  .413  129  198              16    
 1894 21 BLN NL 124  512  156  174  18 14   1   92  78     91  12  .340  .451  .436  111  223              13    
 1895 22 BLN NL  96  388  110  143  13  6   2   48  61     60   9  .369  .459  .448  132  174   6           5    
 1896 23 BLN NL  23   77   20   25   2  2   0   14  13     11   4  .325  .422  .403  116   31   0           2    
 1897 24 BLN NL 106  391   90  127  15  3   0   48  44     99      .325  .471  .379  125  148   8           9    
 1898 25 BLN NL 143  515  143  176   8 10   0   53  43    112      .342  .475  .396  148  204   6          19    
 1899 26 BLN NL 117  399  140  156  13  3   1   33  73    124      .391  .547  .446  168  178   2          14    
 1900 27 STL NL  99  334   84  115  10  4   2   33  29     85      .344  .505  .416  156  139   5          23    
 1901 28 BLA AL  73  232   71   81  14  9   0   28  24     61      .349  .508  .487  172  113   1          14    
 1902 29 TOT     55  170   27   43   3  2   1    8  12     43      .253  .420  .312  116   53   4           6    
         BLA AL  20   63   14   18   3  2   1    3   5     17      .286  .451  .444  144   28   2           2    
         NYG NL  35  107   13   25   0  0   0    5   7     26      .234  .401  .234   97   25   2           4    
 1903 30 NYG NL  12   11    2    3   0  0   0    1   1      1      .273  .467  .273  109    3   0           3    
 1904 31 NYG NL   5   12    0    4   0  0   0    0   0      3      .333  .467  .333  144    4   0           0    
 1905 32 NYG NL   3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1      0                               0   0           0    
 1906 33 NYG NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .333  .000    4    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         3924      1309     70      462      0      74  .334  .466  .410  135       32   0   0 134   0
               1099      1024      121     13      436    836                            1609
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578  151  193  18 10   2   68  64  0 123  11  .334  .466  .410  135  237   5   0   0  20   0
 Career High    143  515  156  176  18 14   5   92  78  0 124  21  .391  .547  .487  172  223   8   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 18 BAL AA  131   84   15   4.7    93| .270  .264| .359  .347| .383  .356| .742  .703| 111  .566   1.4   0.1     
 1892 19 BLN NL  324  209   33   4.1    83| .269  .255| .355  .329| .339  .341| .694  .670| 107  .559   4.0   0.4     
 1893 20 BLN NL  597  326   87   7.1   108| .321  .288| .454  .367| .413  .393| .867  .759| 129  .661  28.0   2.6     
 1894 21 BLN NL  616  338   98   7.5   130| .340  .321| .451  .393| .436  .452| .887  .845| 111  .605  15.1   1.3     
 1895 22 BLN NL  459  251   79   8.2   115| .369  .306| .459  .373| .448  .413| .907  .786| 132  .698  22.8   2.1     
 1896 23 BLN NL   90   52   13   6.5   109| .325  .300| .422  .365| .403  .400| .825  .765| 116  .632   2.4   0.2     
 1897 24 BLN NL  507  272   68   6.5   107| .325  .298| .471  .363| .379  .397| .850  .759| 125  .634  25.3   2.4     
 1898 25 BLN NL  652  345   94   7.1    93| .342  .280| .475  .345| .396  .359| .871  .704| 148  .745  44.5   4.6     
 1899 26 BLN NL  539  245   95  10.0   104| .391  .296| .547  .359| .446  .385| .993  .745| 168  .824  56.1   5.5     
 1900 27 STL NL  447  224   66   7.7    98| .344  .286| .505  .347| .416  .377| .921  .723| 156  .746  38.0   3.8     
 1901 28 BLA AL  308  152   55   9.4   100| .349  .289| .508  .346| .487  .388| .995  .734| 172  .808  30.9   3.0     
 1902 29 TOT     223  131   22   4.4    86| .253  .274| .420  .330| .312  .350| .732  .680| 116  .578   7.8   0.8     
         BLA AL   84   47   12   6.7   101| .286  .289| .451  .346| .444  .389| .895  .736| 144  .699   5.3   0.5     
         NYG NL  139   84   10   3.2    77| .234  .265| .401  .320| .234  .327| .635  .647|  97  .461   2.5   0.3     
 1903 30 NYG NL   15    8    1   3.3    95| .273  .282| .467  .346| .273  .368| .740  .714| 109  .417   0.6   0.1     
 1904 31 NYG NL   15    8    2   6.6    80| .333  .262| .467  .321| .333  .339| .800  .660| 144  .781   0.9   0.1     
 1905 32 NYG NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1906 33 NYG NL    3    2    0   0.0    77| .000  .255| .333  .322| .000  .325| .333  .647|   4  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     4926 2647  728   7.2   104| .334  .291| .466  .358| .410  .389| .876  .748| 135  .693 277.6  27.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 18 BAL AA SS 21 32 41 17 6 .811 .880 3.48 5.04 OF 9 7 0 3 0 .700 .909 0.78 1.83 0 0 9 2B 3 8 10 1 1 .947 .914 6.00 5.27 1892 19 BLN NL 2B 34 96 101 16 12 .925 .929 5.79 5.59 OF 34 45 7 6 1 .897 .912 1.53 1.86 8 6 20 SS 8 19 28 3 3 .940 .897 5.88 5.33 3B 3 5 8 3 0 .813 .878 4.33 3.53 1893 20 BLN NL SS 117 218 350 67 40 .894 .897 4.85 5.47 OF 11 16 0 1 0 .941 .914 1.45 2.14 10 0 1 1894 21 BLN NL 3B 118 131 247 46 17 .892 .879 3.20 3.41 2B 6 12 18 2 0 .938 .929 5.00 5.72 1895 22 BLN NL 3B 95 100 239 47 19 .878 .872 3.57 3.38 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1896 23 BLN NL 3B 18 22 38 12 4 .833 .892 3.33 3.41 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.20 1897 24 BLN NL 3B 105 112 182 38 16 .886 .892 2.80 3.29 1898 25 BLN NL 3B 137 142 271 46 16 .900 .902 3.01 3.42 OF 3 6 0 1 0 .857 .938 2.00 2.03 0 3 0 1899 26 BLN NL 3B 117 142 270 24 14 .945 .903 3.52 3.52 1900 27 STL NL 3B 99 106 213 32 7 .909 .895 3.22 3.74 1901 28 BLA AL 3B 69 80 107 23 5 .890 .899 2.71 3.51 1902 29 BLA AL 3B 19 26 25 8 6 .864 .912 2.68 3.52 NYG NL SS 34 59 115 14 12 .926 .913 5.12 5.35 1903 30 NYG NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 2 0 0 3B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 3.40 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40 1904 31 NYG NL 2B 2 6 12 1 3 .947 .942 9.00 5.25 SS 2 6 5 1 0 .917 .917 5.50 5.30 1905 32 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1906 33 NYG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 23 BLN NL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.20 1891 18 BAL AA 2B 3 8 10 1 1 .947 .914 6.00 5.27 1892 19 BLN NL 2B 34 96 101 16 12 .925 .929 5.79 5.59 1894 21 BLN NL 2B 6 12 18 2 0 .938 .929 5.00 5.72 1895 22 BLN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1903 30 NYG NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1904 31 NYG NL 2B 2 6 12 1 3 .947 .942 9.00 5.25 1892 19 BLN NL 3B 3 5 8 3 0 .813 .878 4.33 3.53 1894 21 BLN NL 3B 118 131 247 46 17 .892 .879 3.20 3.41 1895 22 BLN NL 3B 95 100 239 47 19 .878 .872 3.57 3.38 1896 23 BLN NL 3B 18 22 38 12 4 .833 .892 3.33 3.41 1897 24 BLN NL 3B 105 112 182 38 16 .886 .892 2.80 3.29 1898 25 BLN NL 3B 137 142 271 46 16 .900 .902 3.01 3.42 1899 26 BLN NL 3B 117 142 270 24 14 .945 .903 3.52 3.52 1900 27 STL NL 3B 99 106 213 32 7 .909 .895 3.22 3.74 1901 28 BLA AL 3B 69 80 107 23 5 .890 .899 2.71 3.51 1902 29 BLA AL 3B 19 26 25 8 6 .864 .912 2.68 3.52 1903 30 NYG NL 3B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 3.40 1906 33 NYG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20 1891 18 BAL AA OF 9 7 0 3 0 .700 .909 0.78 1.83 0 0 9 1892 19 BLN NL OF 34 45 7 6 1 .897 .912 1.53 1.86 8 6 20 1893 20 BLN NL OF 11 16 0 1 0 .941 .914 1.45 2.14 10 0 1 1898 25 BLN NL OF 3 6 0 1 0 .857 .938 2.00 2.03 0 3 0 1903 30 NYG NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 2 0 0 1905 32 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1891 18 BAL AA SS 21 32 41 17 6 .811 .880 3.48 5.04 1892 19 BLN NL SS 8 19 28 3 3 .940 .897 5.88 5.33 1893 20 BLN NL SS 117 218 350 67 40 .894 .897 4.85 5.47 1902 29 NYG NL SS 34 59 115 14 12 .926 .913 5.12 5.35 1903 30 NYG NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40 1904 31 NYG NL SS 2 6 5 1 0 .917 .917 5.50 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 782 868 1600 280 104 .898 .892 3.16 3.46 SS 183 334 540 102 61 .895 .899 4.78 5.39 OF 60 74 7 11 1 .880 .914 1.35 1.92 21 9 30 2B 48 122 141 20 16 .929 .929 5.48 5.55 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1074 1408 2288 413 182 .899 .897 3.44 3.80
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1895 NL-.369-10
1898 NL-.342-3
1899 NL-.391-3
1900 NL-.344-5
Car-.334-25

On-base %
1893 NL-.454-4
1895 NL-.459-4
1897 NL-.471-1
1898 NL-.475-2
1899 NL-.547-1
1900 NL-.505-1
Car-.466-3

OPS
1898 NL-.871-5
1899 NL-.994-2
1900 NL-.921-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1894 NL-616-6

Runs
1893 NL-123-10
1894 NL-156-6
1898 NL-143-1
1899 NL-140-1

Bases on Balls
1893 NL-101-4
1894 NL-91-4
1897 NL-99-2
1898 NL-112-1
1899 NL-124-1
1900 NL-85-3
1901 AL-61-5

Stolen Bases
1894 NL-78-2
1895 NL-61-3
1898 NL-43-5
1899 NL-73-2
Car-436-53

Singles
1894 NL-141-10
1898 NL-158-6

Adjusted OPS+
1898 NL-148-5
1899 NL-168-2
1900 NL-156-3

Runs Created
1898 NL-94-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1893 NL-28-8
1898 NL-45-2
1899 NL-56-2
1900 NL-38-5
1901 AL-31-3

Batting Wins
1893 NL-2.6-8
1898 NL-4.6-1
1899 NL-5.5-2
1900 NL-3.8-5
1901 AL-3.0-3

Times on Base
1893 NL-271-5
1894 NL-278-5
1898 NL-307-1
1899 NL-294-3

Offensive Win%
1898 NL-.745-4
1899 NL-.824-2
1900 NL-.746-4
Car-.693-81

Hit By Pitch
1893 NL-16-4
1894 NL-13-5
1898 NL-19-5
1900 NL-23-2
1901 AL-14-1
Car-134-29

Youngest Player
1891 AA-18-4
1892 NL-19-6
1893 NL-20-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 10 (228) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 50 (497) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 41.2 (136) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 60.0 (312) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August, 1891: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cedar Rapids (Illinois-Iowa).

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 10, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Superbas.

Before 1901 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 7, 1902: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 7, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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