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Historical player · 1871–1879

Cal McVey

B/T R/R · HT 69 · WT 170 · Born 8/30/1849 · From Montrose, IA USA · Debut 1871-05-05 · Final 1879-09-30

Career · batting

530

2,513

869

RBI

449

AVG/OPS

0.346 · 0.801

Career · pitching

176.3

W-L

10-12

ERA

3.83

WHIP

1.42

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Red Stockings · 1871–1875

#3 on the Stockings

↑ 3 G. Wright

↓ 1 D. White

Hits

403

#5 on the Stockings

↑ 10 A. Leonard

↓ 39 D. White

RBI

242

#2 on the Stockings

↑ 17 A. Spalding

↓ 7 R. Barnes

#6 on the Stockings

↑ 11 H. Schafer

↓ 2 D. White

Runs

279

#5 on the Stockings

↑ 14 A. Leonard

↓ 7 H. Schafer

#12 on the Stockings

↑ 1 C. Gould

↓ 1 T. Beals

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1878–1879

#3 on the Reds

↑ 2 L. Pike

↓ 1 D. White

Hits

188

#3 on the Reds

↑ 44 C. Jones

↓ 1 K. Kelly

RBI

#3 on the Reds

↑ 5 D. White

↓ 9 K. Kelly

Runs

107

#3 on the Reds

↑ 10 D. White

↓ 17 B. Dickerson

#8 on the Reds

↑ 2 K. Kelly

↓ 1 P. Hotaling

Career with the Baltimore Canaries · 1873–1873

#3 on the Canaries

↑ 1 T. Carey

↓ 1 P. Snyder

Hits

#10 on the Canaries

↑ 11 D. Higham

↓ 8 A. Brainard

RBI

#12 on the Canaries

↑ 1 C. Cummings

↓ 13 B. Mathews

#13 on the Canaries

↑ 1 O. Bielaski

↓ 1 C. Fisher

Runs

#11 on the Canaries

↑ 8 S. Hastings

↓ 10 C. Fisher

#12 on the Canaries

↑ 1 H. Deane

↓ 1 A. Brainard

Career with the Chicago White Stockings · 1876–1877

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#675 on the Stockings

↑ 1 B. Anderson

Hits

205

#245 on the Stockings

↑ 1 J. Mumphrey

↓ 1 J. Pierre

RBI

#241 on the Stockings

↑ 1 M. Amaya

↓ 1 J. Kelleher

Runs

120

#211 on the Stockings

↑ 1 S. Buechele

↓ 1 J. Gleeson

#749 on the Stockings

↑ 1 A. Arias

↓ 1 V. Aldridge

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,114 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Alcantara

↓ 1 B. Zipfel

Hits

869

#1,684 all-time MLB

↑ 1 Y. Cespedes

↓ 2 B. McCormick

RBI

449

#1,412 all-time MLB

↑ 1 I. Flagstead

↓ 1 F. Tatis

#2,774 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adell

↓ 1 S. Alomar

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1871	Boston Red Stockings	NA	29	153	43	66	9	5	0	43	6	1	2	0.431	—	0.556
1872	Boston Red Stockings	NA	46	237	56	76	10	2	0	41	6	1	1	0.321	—	0.380
1873	Baltimore Canaries	NA	38	192	49	73	5	5	2	35	2	3	2	0.380	—	0.490
1874	Boston Red Stockings	NA	70	343	91	123	21	6	3	71	5	1	3	0.359	—	0.481
1875	Boston Red Stockings	NA	82	389	89	138	36	9	3	87	7	1	5	0.355	—	0.517
1876	Stockings	NL	63	308	62	107	15	0	1	53	0	2	4	0.347	—	0.406
1877	Stockings	NL	60	266	58	98	9	7	0	36	0	8	11	0.368	—	0.455
1878	Cincinnati Reds	NL	61	271	43	83	10	4	2	28	0	5	10	0.306	—	0.395
1879	Cincinnati Reds	NL	81	354	64	105	18	6	0	55	0	8	13	0.297	—	0.381
Career			530	2,513	555	869	133	44	11	449	26	30	51	0.346	0.354	0.447

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1875	Boston Red Stockings	NA	1	0	3	2	1	11.0	15	6	1	1	4.91	1.45
1876	Stockings	NL	5	2	11	6	2	59.3	57	10	2	9	1.52	0.99
1877	Stockings	NL	4	8	17	10	2	92.0	129	46	11	20	4.50	1.52
1879	Cincinnati Reds	NL	0	2	3	1	0	14.0	34	13	2	7	8.36	2.57
Career			10	12	34	19	5	176.3	235	75	16	37	3.83	1.42

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	186	0	1,595.0	1,783	28	95	84
C	182	82	1,340.0	641	123	110	7
OF	110	63	828.0	130	9	40	0
3B	84	0	675.0	104	132	55	6
P	34	0	176.0	8	32	10	0
2B	5	0	41.0	13	9	6	1
SS	5	0	45.0	11	18	4	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1936	Veterans	1	59	Ballot