Jim McCormick

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Born: November 3, 1856 in Glasgow, United Kingdom gb

Died: March 10, 1918 in Paterson, NJ

Buried: Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ

Debut: May 20, 1878 (Age 21-198d, 384th in major league history)

Last Game: October 7, 1887 (Age 30-338d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1878 season

Full Name: James McCormick

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

76.2

265

214

ERA

2.43

492

485

4275.2

1704

WHIP

1.132

Summary of 82 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

4 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 82 lacking some details

5 Tms
CLV	40
CHC	26
PIT	12
COR	3
PRO	1

Platoon
vs RHB	52
vs LHB	27
vs ?HB	3

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	34

Outs
Unk	78
0	4

16 Opps
BSN	16
CHC	15
DTN	13
BUF	8
PHI	8
WOR	5
SLM	4
NYG	3
WHS	2
IND	2
TRO	1
PRO	1
CPI	1
BOS	1
KCN	1
WIL	1

50 Batters
Dan Brouthers	7
Harry Stovey	4
Ezra Sutton	4
Jerry Denny	4
King Kelly	3
George Wood	3
Cap Anson	3
Hardy Richardson	3
John Morrill	2
Sam Wise	2
Tom Burns	2
Billy Sunday	2
Fred Pfeffer	2
Charlie Bennett	2
Abner Dalrymple	2
Jim Whitney	2
Joe Hornung	2
Bill Crowley	1
Jack Manning	1
Mike Dorgan	1
Charlie Bastian	1
Ned Hanlon	1
Oscar Walker	1
Jack Rowe	1
Ed Daily	1
George Shoch	1
George Gore	1
Mox McQuery	1
Pop Snyder	1
Sam Thompson	1
Ed Williamson	1
Patrick Gillespie	1
Joe Mulvey	1
John Clapp	1
Walt Kinzie	1
Jack Farrell	1
Jack Glasscock	1
Frank Mountain	1
Roger Connor	1
George Weidman	1
Arthur Irwin	1
Ed Crane	1
Al Myers	1
Mickey Welch	1
Harry Wheeler	1
Ed Andrews	1
Fred Dunlap	1
Sid Farrar	1
Tom Poorman	1
Henry Boyle	1

18 Parks
WestSide Pk (CHI)	23
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	11
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	10
RecreationPk (DET)	9
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	9
AgCountyFG (WOR)	4
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	2
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	2
LakeFrontPk1 (CHI)	2
Wilmington G (WIL)	1
DartmouthGrd (BOS)	1
Troy BlClGnd (WAT)	1
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	1
BankSt Grnd (CIN)	1
RiversideGrd (BUF)	1
Swampoodle G (WAS)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1

Where Hit

14 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

126 Runs

Inning
1	14
2	5
3	10
4	13
5	9
6	9
7	8
8	5
9	9

1-3	29
4-6	31
7-end	22

RelScore
Unk	82

Unk	82

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	20
LF	12
RF	11
2B	8
P	7
SS	7
3B	7
CF	6
C	4

OrderPos
Unk	32
1st	13
2nd	12
3rd	8
4th	5
7th	3
5th	3
6th	3
9th	2
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1879	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1879-07-05	John Clapp	BUF		CLV		b 4		2	3	2	IPHR
2	2	2	1	1879-08-11	Oscar Walker	BUF	@	CLV		t 5		1		3
3	3	3	1	1879-09-17	Pop Snyder	BSN		CLV		b 4		2	7	2
1880	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
4	4	1	1	1880-05-22	George Gore	CHC		CLV		b 3		2		8	IPHR
5	5	2	1	1880-07-17	Harry Stovey	WOR		CLV		b 6		2	1	8	IPHR
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1881-05-06	Tom Burns	CHC	@	CLV		b 7		2	6	6
7	7	2	1	1881-08-02	George Wood	DTN		CLV		t 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
8	8	3	2	1881-08-02	Charlie Bennett	DTN		CLV		t 4		3	5	2
9	9	4	1	1881-08-09	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	CLV		t 4		1	2	7
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
10	10	1	1	1882-05-06	King Kelly	CHC	@	CLV		t 1		2	3	9
11	11	2	1	1882-06-09	Jim Whitney	BSN		CLV		b 7		1		1
12	12	3	1	1882-06-10	Jim Whitney	BSN		CLV		t 6		1		1
13	13	4	1	1882-06-14	Jerry Denny	PRO		CLV		t 5		2		5
14	14	5	1	1882-06-20	Ezra Sutton	BSN	@	CLV		b 6		1	4	5
15	15	6	1	1882-06-22	John Morrill	BSN	@	CLV		t 1		2	3	3
16	16	7	2	1882-06-22	Joe Hornung	BSN	@	CLV		t 7		3	2	7
17	17	8	1	1882-07-01	Harry Stovey	WOR	@	CLV		b 3		1	3	3
18	18	9	1	1882-07-18	Charlie Bennett	DTN		CLV		t 3		1	4	2	Bounced
19	19	10	1	1882-07-25	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		CLV		b 4		1		7	IPHR
20	20	11	1	1882-08-17	Harry Stovey	WOR		CLV		b 4		1	1	3	IPHR
21	21	12	2	1882-08-17	Harry Stovey	WOR		CLV		b 9		1	1	3	IPHR
22	22	13	1	1882-08-19	Frank Mountain	WOR		CLV		b 6		1		1	IPHR
23	23	14	1	1882-08-25	Roger Connor	TRO		CLV		b 1		1	2	3
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
24	24	1	1	1883-08-23	George Weidman	DTN		CLV		b 9		1		9
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
25	25	1	1	1884-05-03	Ezra Sutton	BSN		CLV		b 4		3		5
26	26	2	1	1884-06-02	George Wood	DTN		CLV		b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
27	27	3	2	1884-06-02	Ned Hanlon	DTN		CLV		b 8		2		8
28	28	4	1	1884-06-06	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		CLV		b 6				4
29	29	5	2	1884-06-06	Walt Kinzie	CHC		CLV		b 9		1	6	6
30	30	6	3	1884-06-06	Billy Sunday	CHC		CLV		b 9		1	8	9
31	31	7	1	1884-06-10	Billy Sunday	CHC		CLV		b 3		1	2	8
32	32	8	1	1884-07-07	Joe Hornung	BSN	@	CLV		t 3		1	1	7
33	33	9	1	1884-07-12	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	CLV		t 3		1	1	3
34	34	10	2	1884-07-12	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	CLV		t 9		2	1	3
35	35	11	1	1884-08-02	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		CLV		b 4		2		4
36	36	12	2	1884-08-02	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		CLV		b 7		2		7
37	37	13	1	1884-08-05	Cap Anson	CHC		CLV		b 4		1		3
38	38	14	2	1884-08-05	Cap Anson	CHC		CLV		b 8		1		1
39	39	15	3	1884-08-05	Ed Williamson	CHC		CLV		b 8		1	6	5
40	40	16	1	1884-08-07	Tom Burns	CHC		CLV		b 2		2	7	6
41	41	17	1	1884-08-19	Harry Wheeler	CPI	@	COR		t 1		1		8
42	42	18	1	1884-09-02	Charlie Bastian	WIL		COR		b 7		1		4
43	43	19	1	1884-09-16	Ed Crane	BOS		COR		b 1	0	1	1	9	Lead-Off,IPHR
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
44	44	1	1	1885-05-06	Ed Daily	PHI		PRO		b 7		3		1
45	45	2	1	1885-08-22	Fred Dunlap	SLM	@	CHC		t 5		1		4
46	46	3	1	1885-08-31	Sam Thompson	DTN	@	CHC		t 4		1	2	9
47	47	4	1	1885-09-02	Hardy Richardson	BUF	@	CHC		t 1	0	1	1	4	Lead-Off
48	48	5	2	1885-09-02	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	CHC		t 5		2		3
49	49	6	3	1885-09-02	Bill Crowley	BUF	@	CHC		t 6		3	7	7
50	50	7	1	1885-10-09	Joe Mulvey	PHI	@	CHC		t 1		2		5
51	51	8	2	1885-10-09	Al Myers	PHI	@	CHC		t 4		2		4
52	52	9	3	1885-10-09	Jack Manning	PHI	@	CHC		t 7		2		9
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
53	53	1	1	1886-05-13	Mike Dorgan	NYG	@	CHC		t 4		1	5	9
54	54	2	1	1886-05-24	Ed Andrews	PHI	@	CHC		t 5		2	1	8
55	55	3	1	1886-06-28	George Wood	PHI	@	CHC		t 9		1	2	7
56	56	4	1	1886-07-05 (2)	Sam Wise	BSN	@	CHC		t 1		1	3	3	IPHR
57	57	5	2	1886-07-05 (2)	Sam Wise	BSN	@	CHC		t 6		2	3	3
58	58	6	1	1886-07-22	Mox McQuery	KCN	@	CHC		t 2		1		3
59	59	7	1	1886-07-29	Tom Poorman	BSN		CHC		b 6		2		9
60	60	8	1	1886-08-13	Jerry Denny	SLM	@	CHC		t 2		1	4	3
61	61	9	2	1886-08-13	Jack Glasscock	SLM	@	CHC		t 3		1	2	6
62	62	10	3	1886-08-13	Jerry Denny	SLM	@	CHC		t 5		3	4	5
63	63	11	1	1886-08-21	Hardy Richardson	DTN		CHC		b 3		2	1	7	IPHR
64	64	12	2	1886-08-21	Hardy Richardson	DTN		CHC		b 4		1	1	7
65	65	13	3	1886-08-21	Jack Rowe	DTN		CHC		b 5		1	3	6	Cycle
66	66	14	1	1886-08-25	Ezra Sutton	BSN	@	CHC		t 3		1	2	6
67	67	15	1	1886-09-01	Jack Farrell	WHS	@	CHC		t 1		2	3	4
68	68	16	1	1886-09-10	Dan Brouthers	DTN	@	CHC		t 1		2		3
69	69	17	2	1886-09-10	Dan Brouthers	DTN	@	CHC		t 7		1		3	IPHR
70	70	18	3	1886-09-10	Dan Brouthers	DTN	@	CHC		t 9		2		3	IPHR
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
71	71	1	1	1887-05-16	John Morrill	BSN		PIT		b 5		1		3
72	72	2	1	1887-05-18	King Kelly	BSN		PIT		b 9		2	2	9
73	73	3	1	1887-05-20	Patrick Gillespie	NYG		PIT		b 1		2	5	7	IPHR
74	74	4	1	1887-05-23	Mickey Welch	NYG		PIT		b 2		2		1
75	75	5	1	1887-05-27	George Shoch	WHS		PIT		b 1		2	2	9
76	76	6	1	1887-06-04	Henry Boyle	IND		PIT		b 3		2	9	1
77	77	7	1	1887-06-16	Jerry Denny	IND		PIT		b 9		1	2	5
78	78	8	1	1887-07-07	King Kelly	BSN		PIT		b 2		1	2	9
79	79	9	2	1887-07-07	Ezra Sutton	BSN		PIT		b 6		3	9	4	IPHR
80	80	10	1	1887-07-20	Arthur Irwin	PHI		PIT		b 5		2		6
81	81	11	1	1887-08-30	Sid Farrar	PHI		PIT		b 8		1		3
82	82	12	1	1887-09-29 (1)	Cap Anson	CHC		PIT		b 8		2	4	3