Marty Kavanagh

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 187lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: June 13, 1891 in Harrison, NJ us

Died: July 28, 1960 in Eloise, MI

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI

Debut: April 18, 1914 (Age 22-309d, 4,086th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 8, 1918 (Age 27-056d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: Martin Joseph Kavanagh

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

1033

257

.249

137

RBI

121

OBP

.331

SLG

.362

OPS

.693

OPS+

105

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 20-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 153 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	107 (45-34-28)
Avg. MLBer w/ 153 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (45-31-17)

Most Driven In
B Veach	5
B Jones	4
W Cruise	3
T Speaker	2
R Smyth	2
R Chapman	2
B Roth	2
Self	1

Most Driven In By
S O'Neill	2
J Smith	1
D Baird	1
Self	1
J Graney	1
S Coveleski	1
R Ames	1
S Wood	1

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	333	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.52	-0.099	4.01	-0.16%	-0.80	1B
2	334	2	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.333	.200	.533	6	1.14	-0.014	3.22	-0.02%	0.04	1B
3	335	3	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.545	.429	.974	6	.78	0.104	2.31	0.19%	1.55	1B
4	336	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		0		.222	.533	.333	.867	6	.95	0.082	2.71	0.14%	0.83	1B
5	337	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.500	.429	.929	5	.77	0.059	2.37	0.11%	1.03	1B
6	338	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.313	.522	.438	.959	5	.99	0.001	3.30	0.00%	0.08	1B
7	339	9 (2)	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.300	.481	.400	.881	6	1.00	0.008	3.54	0.02%	0.01	1B
8	340	10	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.292	.452	.375	.827	6	.32	0.000	1.05	0.00%	-0.52	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	341	11	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0		0		.259	.412	.333	.745	6	1.01	-0.085	2.99	-0.15%	-1.18	1B
10	342	12	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.395	.300	.695	6	.67	-0.041	2.15	-0.08%	-0.43	1B
11	343	13	May 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.381	.294	.675	6	1.32	0.218	4.48	0.45%	1.12	1B
12	344	14	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.216	.356	.270	.626	6	1.75	-0.158	6.62	-0.36%	-1.32	1B
13	345	16 (1)	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.211	.348	.263	.611	9	1.88	-0.042	6.59	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals
14	346	32	May 25	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.233	.353	.302	.655	7	2.38	0.636	.67	0.11%	0.97	RF
15	347	33	May 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.239	.352	.304	.656	7	.97	-0.030	.35	-0.01%	-0.42	RF
16	348	34	May 27	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.333	.286	.619	7	2.14	-0.158	.87	-0.04%	-0.68	RF
17	349	35	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.317	.269	.586	7	1.33	-0.126	.73	-0.04%	-1.03	RF
18	350	36	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.297	.250	.547	7	.26	-0.025	.09	-0.01%	-0.69	RF
19	351	37	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.294	.250	.544	7	.51	0.013	.20	0.00%	-0.33	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	352	38	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		1		0		.197	.310	.246	.556	7	.56	0.029	.17	0.01%	0.40	RF
21	353	39	Jun 4	STL	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG(13)	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.209	.312	.299	.610	7	1.97	0.187	.66	0.04%	2.49	2B
22	354	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.300	.286	.586	7	2.00	-0.136	.73	-0.03%	-0.70	2B
23	355	41	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,12-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.192	.298	.274	.572	7	.92	0.012	.29	0.00%	-0.03	2B
24	356	42	Jun 8 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.284	.260	.544	7	.73	-0.072	.35	-0.02%	-0.89	2B
25	357	43	Jun 8 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.195	.290	.268	.559	7	1.39	0.067	.44	0.01%	0.16	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Detroit Tigers
26	358	89	Jul 25	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0		2		.224	.320	.294	.614	4	1.09	0.278	.01	0.00%	3.11	1B
27	359	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0		.216	.324	.284	.608	4	1.47	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1B
28	360	91	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.321	.283	.603	4	1.48	-0.008	.01	0.00%	0.31	1B
29	361	92	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.336	.313	.649	4	.61	0.195	.00	0.00%	2.83	1B
30	362	93	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.351	.327	.677	4	.87	0.148	.00	0.00%	1.11	1B
31	363	94	Jul 29	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.240	.356	.320	.676	4	1.08	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.50	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	364	98 (3)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.344	.308	.652	5	.23	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1B
33	365	99	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.357	.333	.690	5	.80	0.131	.00	0.00%	1.07	1B
34	366	100	Aug 3	DET		WSH	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.241	.346	.321	.668	5	1.03	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.29	1B
35	367	101	Aug 4 (1)	DET		WSH	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.343	.313	.656	5	.57	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.81	1B
36	368	102	Aug 4 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG(18)	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.345	.306	.651	5	1.50	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1B
37	369	103	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.224	.340	.296	.636	5	.77	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1B
38	370	105 (1)	Aug 8	DET		BOS	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.338	.294	.631	9	.53	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
							20-18		153	126	12	28	6	0	1	23	21	2	14	1	3		1		4		.222	.338	.294	.631		1.08	0.823	1.12	0.07%	4.03

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