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Johnny
McCarthy		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 7, 1910 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 2 3 2 9 9 9
1935 25 CLE AL     6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 2 3 2 9 9 9
1936 26 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 9 9 9
1937 27 CLE AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 9 9
1938 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 9 9
1939 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 9 9
1940 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 8 8
1941 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 8 8
1942 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 9 9
1943 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 8 8
1944 34 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 8 8
1945 35 STL NL $ 400,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 6 2 3 2 7 8 7
1946 36 STL NL $ 400,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 6 2 3 2 7 8 8
1947 37 PIT NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 2 3 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 2 3 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 2 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 24 AAA   106 408 71 133 27 6 7 76 10 7 40 14 .326 .386 .473 .859 69.0  
    AA   27 106 14 30 6 1 2 9 2 3 9 7 .283 .339 .415 .754 13.9  
1935 25 AAA   137 558 76 172 27 9 16 83 11 11 35 36 .308 .349 .475 .824 85.1  
1936 26 AAA   137 547 78 185 33 3 7 48 16 10 37 32 .338 .380 .448 .828 85.5  
1937 27 AAA   137 575 71 175 38 6 13 72 14 7 56 35 .304 .366 .459 .825 92.2  
1938 28 CLE AL 84 104 13 27 2 2 1 14 0 0 4 6 .260 .287 .346 .633 10.0 0.9
1939 29 CLE AL 106 219 30 63 15 0 2 29 0 0 9 15 .288 .316 .384 .699 22.1 2.7
1940 30 CLE AL 79 95 5 24 2 1 2 20 0 0 5 9 .253 .282 .358 .639 9.5 0.3
1941 31 CLE AL 92 106 17 34 7 1 0 20 0 0 3 8 .321 .336 .406 .742 12.0 1.5
1942 32 CLE AL 108 154 23 41 6 0 0 17 0 0 7 13 .266 .296 .305 .601 12.3 0.5
1943 33 CLE AL 67 79 10 25 5 1 0 15 0 0 4 5 .316 .345 .405 .750 8.5 0.9
1944 34 CLE AL 55 68 7 22 3 0 4 14 0 0 1 7 .324 .329 .544 .873 11.9 2.2
1945 35 STL NL 157 554 59 135 24 5 3 56 8 4 25 65 .244 .274 .321 .596 43.6 2.9
1946 36 STL NL 103 188 20 46 6 2 3 16 5 2 15 23 .245 .299 .346 .645 17.4 1.1
1947 37 AAA   74 122 16 42 4 0 4 30 5 0 8 12 .344 .385 .475 .860 21.6  
9 Years Sim 851 1567 184 417 70 12 15 201 13 6 73 151 .266 .297 .355 .651 147.2 13.0
5 Years AAA 591 2210 312 707 129 24 47 309 56 35 176 129 .320 .369 .464 .833 353.5  
1 Years AA 27 106 14 30 6 1 2 9 2 3 9 7 .283 .339 .415 .754 13.9  
6 Years Minors 618 2316 326 737 135 25 49 318 58 38 185 136 .318 .368 .462 .829 367.4  
162 Game Average 298 35 79 13 2 2 38 2 1 13 28 .266 .297 .355 .651 28.0  
Career Highs 157 554 59 135 24 5 4 56 8 4 25 65 .324 .345 .544 .873 43.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1254 137 352 60 9 9 169 11 6 56 112 .281 .309 .364 .673 135.0
vs LH   313 47 65 10 3 6 32 2 0 17 39 .208 .248 .316 .565 24.3
Home 414 760 94 204 33 5 9 99 7 3 44 63 .268 .307 .361 .668 82.3
Away 437 807 90 213 37 7 6 102 6 3 29 88 .264 .286 .349 .636 77.0
RISP   451 0 124 23 2 3 175 0 0 23 41 .275 .302 .355 .657 47.4
Pinch Hitting   470 48 135 23 4 5 93 3 0 24 35 .287 .318 .385 .703 56.0
Close/Late   338 46 90 18 1 3 48 0 0 11 25 .266 .287 .352 .639 32.3
Mar/Apr 145 275 26 79 13 3 2 29 0 1 13 28 .287 .317 .378 .695 31.1
May 141 234 19 66 12 4 4 34 3 0 18 19 .282 .331 .419 .750 32.1
June 131 249 32 66 7 1 2 40 4 1 11 25 .265 .294 .325 .619 23.5
July 139 251 26 57 11 1 2 33 2 0 9 26 .227 .252 .303 .555 18.1
August 151 292 41 76 14 2 2 39 2 3 11 23 .260 .284 .342 .627 26.4
Sep/Oct 144 266 40 73 13 1 3 26 2 1 11 30 .274 .302 .365 .667 28.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 28 CLE AL 1B 13 2 56.0 81 6 1 9 .989 13.98   0.1
    RF 13 2 40.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.99   0.2
    LF 9 2 39.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    CF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 29 CLE AL RF 25 17 148.0 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   1.3
    1B 25 13 125.0 170 13 1 14 .995 13.18   0.2
    LF 14 10 102.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1940 30 CLE AL 1B 17 8 82.0 96 7 2 8 .981 11.30   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1941 31 CLE AL 1B 9 3 50.3 59 9 0 5 1.000 12.16   0.1
    LF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    SS 3 0 7.7 1 3 1 1 .800 4.70   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 32 CLE AL 1B 22 11 103.0 133 12 1 11 .993 12.67   0.3
    LF 12 9 84.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.4
    RF 9 0 13.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1943 33 CLE AL RF 6 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.1
    1B 6 2 23.0 29 2 0 3 1.000 12.13   0.0
    LF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1944 34 CLE AL LF 5 3 29.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.41   0.2
    RF 4 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 1 9.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 13.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1945 35 STL NL RF 138 134 1151.3 306 2 3 1 .990 2.41   2.6
    1B 13 13 111.0 125 12 4 13 .972 11.11   0.2
1946 36 STL NL LF 29 22 199.3 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.3
    1B 19 14 131.7 165 9 0 14 1.000 11.89   0.4
    RF 5 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77    
  RF 203 156 1413.0 376 2 3 1 .992 2.41   4.2
  1B 126 67 691.0 869 72 9 77 .991 12.26   1.5
  LF 74 49 484.0 109 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.9
  CF 6 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  SS 7 0 14.7 2 4 1 2 .857 3.68   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   417 272 2620.6 1360 81 13 80 .991 4.95   6.7
Career Highs   151 147 1262.3 431 15 7 14 1.000 10.99    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 33 CLE AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1945-1-157
 Strikeouts
1945-10-65
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Traded from New York (G) to Cleveland on 7/31/1934 (Going to NYG: 1B Sam Leslie. Going to CLE: 1B Johnny Mccarthy)
Injured on 4/24/1936 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1938, off Red Ruffing (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1938, off Tex Carleton (MIN)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/11/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/25/1947 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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