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Eric McNair
Donald Eric McNair (Boob)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 20, 1929
Final Game September 19, 1942
Born April 12, 1909 in Meridian, MS
Died March 11, 1949 in Meridian, MS

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 20 PHA AL   4    8    2    4   1  0   0    3   1  0   0   0  .500  .500  .625  183    5   0           0    
 1930 21 PHA AL  78  237   27   63  12  2   0   34   5  2   9  19  .266  .296  .333   57   79   3           1    
 1931 22 PHA AL  79  280   41   76  10  1   5   33   1  4  11  19  .271  .306  .368   72  103   5           3    
 1932 23 PHA AL 135  554   87  158  47  3  18   95   8  4  28  29  .285  .323  .478  102  265   6           3     MVP-24
 1933 24 PHA AL  89  310   57   81  15  4   7   48   2  1  15  32  .261  .302  .403   85  125   2           3    
 1934 25 PHA AL 151  599   80  168  20  4  17   82   7  8  35  42  .280  .321  .412   91  247   8           1    
 1935 26 PHA AL 137  526   55  142  22  2   4   57   3  7  35  33  .270  .319  .342   72  180   9           3    
 1936 27 BOS AL 128  494   68  141  36  2   4   74   3  3  27  34  .285  .329  .391   73  193  10           5     MVP-19
 1937 28 BOS AL 126  455   60  133  29  4  12   76  10  7  30  33  .292  .340  .453   95  206   5           3    
 1938 29 BOS AL  46   96    9   15   1  1   0    7   0  1   3   6  .156  .182  .188   -9   18   1           0    
 1939 30 CHW AL 129  479   62  155  18  5   7   82  17  9  38  41  .324  .375  .426  102  204  10           1  13 MVP-29
 1940 31 CHW AL  66  251   26   57  13  1   7   31   1  7  12  26  .227  .265  .371   62   93   5           1   8
 1941 32 DET AL  23   59    5   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   4  .186  .250  .203   16   12   0           1   5
 1942 33 TOT AL  60  171   13   36   4  0   1    8   1  1  14  10  .211  .270  .251   46   43   0           0   7
         DET AL  26   68    5   11   2  0   1    4   0  1   3   5  .162  .197  .235   17   16   0           0   5
         PHA AL  34  103    8   25   2  0   0    4   1  0  11   5  .243  .316  .262   64   27   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1251 4519  592 1240 229 29  82  633  59 54 261 328  .274  .318  .392   80 1773  64   0   0  25  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   77  161  30  4  11   82   8  7  34  42  .274  .318  .392   80  230   8   0   0   3   4
 Career High    151  599   87  168  47  5  18   95  17  9  38  42  .324  .375  .478  102  265  10   0   0   5  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 20 PHA AL    8    4    3  20.0   116| .500  .297| .500  .364| .625  .429|1.125  .793| 183  .928   1.0   0.1 100%
 1930 21 PHA AL  250  179   23   3.4   119| .266  .300| .296  .365| .333  .441| .629  .806|  57  .312 -16.5  -1.5  71%
 1931 22 PHA AL  299  213   30   3.8   113| .271  .294| .306  .362| .368  .420| .674  .782|  72  .381 -12.8  -1.2  20%
 1932 23 PHA AL  591  406   84   5.6   114| .285  .290| .323  .361| .478  .426| .801  .788| 102  .546  -1.1  -0.1  66%
 1933 24 PHA AL  330  232   37   4.3   107| .261  .282| .302  .354| .403  .406| .705  .760|  85  .453  -8.6  -0.8  66%
 1934 25 PHA AL  643  447   77   4.6   108| .280  .283| .321  .356| .412  .408| .733  .764|  91  .459 -10.8  -1.0  46%
 1935 26 PHA AL  573  400   55   3.7   110| .270  .286| .319  .359| .342  .414| .661  .772|  72  .361 -22.7  -2.2  30%
 1936 27 BOS AL  536  366   62   4.5   127| .285  .306| .329  .383| .391  .450| .720  .832|  73  .406 -23.1  -2.1  50%
 1937 28 BOS AL  493  334   68   5.4   120| .292  .295| .340  .371| .453  .439| .793  .810|  95  .511  -5.6  -0.5  58%
 1938 29 BOS AL  100   83    3   1.0   123| .156  .296| .182  .376| .188  .442| .370  .818|  -9  .042 -17.3  -1.6   0%
 1939 30 CHW AL  528  356   76   5.7   116| .324  .290| .375  .366| .426  .429| .801  .795| 102  .550   0.5   0.0  65%
 1940 31 CHW AL  269  214   22   2.7   112| .227  .280| .265  .354| .371  .425| .636  .779|  62  .251 -15.4  -1.5  12%
 1941 32 DET AL   64   53    3   1.5   115| .186  .287| .250  .366| .203  .423| .453  .789|  16  .110  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 1942 33 TOT AL  185  143   12   2.2    96| .211  .269| .270  .343| .251  .376| .521  .719|  46  .248 -12.7  -1.4  50%
         DET AL   71   63    3   1.3   101| .162  .275| .197  .350| .235  .385| .432  .735|  17  .105  -8.0  -0.9   0%
         PHA AL  114   80    9   3.0    94| .243  .265| .316  .339| .262  .370| .578  .709|  64  .362  -4.7  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     4869 3430  555   4.3   114| .274  .290| .318  .363| .392  .424| .710  .787|  80  .427 -152.7 -14.5  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1929 20 PHA AL SS 4 6 5 0 0 1.000 .940 2.75 4.67 1930 21 PHA AL SS 31 57 61 11 10 .915 .940 3.81 4.56 3B 29 36 43 6 2 .929 .945 2.72 2.84 2B 5 6 6 0 1 1.000 .968 2.40 5.66 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 1931 22 PHA AL 3B 47 43 86 12 15 .915 .944 2.74 2.89 2B 16 35 43 3 15 .963 .965 4.88 5.48 SS 13 19 26 4 6 .918 .936 3.46 4.77 1932 23 PHA AL SS 133 242 391 31 89 .953 .941 4.76 4.87 1933 24 PHA AL SS 46 113 143 9 29 .966 .942 5.57 5.03 2B 27 56 73 8 10 .942 .971 4.78 5.63 1934 25 PHA AL SS 151 305 489 41 109 .951 .951 5.26 5.07 1935 26 PHA AL SS 121 232 346 27 78 .955 .957 4.78 5.18 3B 11 20 18 1 1 .974 .948 3.45 2.94 1B 2 18 0 0 1 1.000 .994 9.00 9.90 1936 27 BOS AL SS 84 171 230 14 47 .966 .950 4.77 5.22 2B 35 92 89 5 19 .973 .972 5.17 5.58 3B 11 9 27 4 1 .900 .945 3.27 3.02 1937 28 BOS AL 2B 106 242 316 18 67 .969 .972 5.26 5.28 SS 9 13 19 6 4 .842 .955 3.56 5.06 3B 4 1 9 3 1 .769 .943 2.50 3.08 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.60 1938 29 BOS AL SS 15 12 28 6 3 .870 .952 2.67 4.99 2B 14 27 40 3 12 .957 .967 4.79 5.32 3B 3 4 1 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 3.07 1939 30 CHW AL 3B 103 90 194 19 23 .937 .943 2.76 3.03 2B 19 41 68 2 13 .982 .965 5.74 5.14 SS 9 20 37 4 7 .934 .950 6.33 4.68 1940 31 CHW AL 2B 65 128 170 13 27 .958 .969 4.58 5.22 3B 1 2 1 4 0 .429 .938 3.00 3.10 1941 32 DET AL 3B 11 12 20 1 0 .970 .947 2.91 3.19 SS 3 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 2.00 4.60 1942 33 TOT AL SS 50 77 100 14 16 .927 .949 3.54 4.78 DET AL SS 21 27 32 8 6 .881 .949 2.81 4.78 PHA AL SS 29 50 68 6 10 .952 .949 4.07 4.78 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 26 PHA AL 1B 2 18 0 0 1 1.000 .994 9.00 9.90 1937 28 BOS AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.60 1930 21 PHA AL 2B 5 6 6 0 1 1.000 .968 2.40 5.66 1931 22 PHA AL 2B 16 35 43 3 15 .963 .965 4.88 5.48 1933 24 PHA AL 2B 27 56 73 8 10 .942 .971 4.78 5.63 1936 27 BOS AL 2B 35 92 89 5 19 .973 .972 5.17 5.58 1937 28 BOS AL 2B 106 242 316 18 67 .969 .972 5.26 5.28 1938 29 BOS AL 2B 14 27 40 3 12 .957 .967 4.79 5.32 1939 30 CHW AL 2B 19 41 68 2 13 .982 .965 5.74 5.14 1940 31 CHW AL 2B 65 128 170 13 27 .958 .969 4.58 5.22 1942 33 PHA AL 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 5.40 1930 21 PHA AL 3B 29 36 43 6 2 .929 .945 2.72 2.84 1931 22 PHA AL 3B 47 43 86 12 15 .915 .944 2.74 2.89 1935 26 PHA AL 3B 11 20 18 1 1 .974 .948 3.45 2.94 1936 27 BOS AL 3B 11 9 27 4 1 .900 .945 3.27 3.02 1937 28 BOS AL 3B 4 1 9 3 1 .769 .943 2.50 3.08 1938 29 BOS AL 3B 3 4 1 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 3.07 1939 30 CHW AL 3B 103 90 194 19 23 .937 .943 2.76 3.03 1940 31 CHW AL 3B 1 2 1 4 0 .429 .938 3.00 3.10 1941 32 DET AL 3B 11 12 20 1 0 .970 .947 2.91 3.19 1930 21 PHA AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 1929 20 PHA AL SS 4 6 5 0 0 1.000 .940 2.75 4.67 1930 21 PHA AL SS 31 57 61 11 10 .915 .940 3.81 4.56 1931 22 PHA AL SS 13 19 26 4 6 .918 .936 3.46 4.77 1932 23 PHA AL SS 133 242 391 31 89 .953 .941 4.76 4.87 1933 24 PHA AL SS 46 113 143 9 29 .966 .942 5.57 5.03 1934 25 PHA AL SS 151 305 489 41 109 .951 .951 5.26 5.07 1935 26 PHA AL SS 121 232 346 27 78 .955 .957 4.78 5.18 1936 27 BOS AL SS 84 171 230 14 47 .966 .950 4.77 5.22 1937 28 BOS AL SS 9 13 19 6 4 .842 .955 3.56 5.06 1938 29 BOS AL SS 15 12 28 6 3 .870 .952 2.67 4.99 1939 30 CHW AL SS 9 20 37 4 7 .934 .950 6.33 4.68 1941 32 DET AL SS 3 2 4 1 1 .857 .952 2.00 4.60 1942 33 TOT AL SS 50 77 100 14 16 .927 .949 3.54 4.78 DET AL SS 21 27 32 8 6 .881 .949 2.81 4.78 PHA AL SS 29 50 68 6 10 .952 .949 4.07 4.78
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 669 1269 1879 168 399 .949 .948 4.71 5.00 2B 288 627 806 53 164 .964 .970 4.98 5.35 3B 220 217 399 51 43 .924 .944 2.80 2.98 1B 3 18 0 0 1 1.000 .994 6.00 9.80 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1181 2132 3084 272 607 .950 .954 4.42 4.72
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    PHA STL     L   2   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1932-AL-24-0.04
1936-AL-19-0.01
1939-AL-29-0.01
Car-1033-0.06 shares

Batting Average
1939 AL-.324-10

At Bats
1934 AL-599-7

Doubles
1932 AL-47-1

Home Runs
1932 AL-18-8
1934 AL-17-10

Stolen Bases
1939 AL-17-7

Singles
1939 AL-125-8

Extra-Base Hits
1932 AL-68-7

Hit By Pitch
1933 AL-3-6
1936 AL-5-8

Caught Stealing
1934 AL-8-6
1935 AL-7-9
1937 AL-7-9
1939 AL-9-7

Power/Speed Number
1932 AL-11.1-8
1934 AL-9.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1932 AL-30.8-9

Outs
1934 AL-447-4

Youngest Player
1929 AL-20-4

       

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1080) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1029) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.5 (1326) (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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  3. Dib Williams (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Tony Cuccinello (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Cuccinello (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Orlando Cabrera (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Orlando Cabrera (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. B.J. Surhoff (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Logan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tony Pena (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 4, 1936: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Doc Cramer to the Boston Red Sox for Hank Johnson, Al Niemiec, and $75,000.

December 21, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Boze Berger.

December 18, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox.

July 25, 1942: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.

December 5, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


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