Alex McCarthy
1910–1917 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
434G
.229AVG
.295OBP
.282SLG
More career statistics
306H
5HR
122RBI
23SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 434 | 432 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,335 | 1,340 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 21 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 20 | 19 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 123 | 128 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,519 | 1,523 |
| Batting · Runs | 136 | 135 |
| Batting · Walks | 104 | 103 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 434 | 1,519 | 1,335 | 136 | 306 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 122 | 104 | 123 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 377 | .229 | .295 | .282 | .577 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1912-04-13 to 1912-04-27
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1916-08-23 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1912-10-06 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1911-09-30 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 230 | 785 | 158 | 4 | 70 | 48 | 64 | .229 | .262 | .284 |
| Away | 202 | 738 | 148 | 1 | 52 | 55 | 64 | .228 | .275 | .279 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 137 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 16 | .261 | .292 | .311 |
| May | 64 | 222 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 18 | .244 | .275 | .313 |
| June | 72 | 264 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 16 | .218 | .273 | .235 |
| July | 70 | 250 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 23 | .219 | .264 | .269 |
| August | 73 | 258 | 47 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 20 | .214 | .256 | .259 |
| September | 98 | 334 | 69 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 30 | .232 | .263 | .293 |
| October | 14 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .220 | .276 | .380 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 74 | 279 | 61 | 1 | 24 | 30 | 23 | .265 | .326 | .348 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 64 | 230 | 47 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 24 | .235 | .278 | .330 |
| new-york-giants | 64 | 230 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 26 | .224 | .248 | .271 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 189 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 19 | .188 | .212 | .224 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 58 | 216 | 47 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 18 | .249 | .287 | .296 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 58 | 206 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 9 | .215 | .257 | .227 |
| boston-braves | 51 | 172 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | .205 | .244 | .244 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | – | – |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 150 | 36 | 2 | 32 | 4 | .240 | – | – |
| 1912 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 111 | 401 | 111 | 1 | 39 | 8 | .277 | – | – |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 74 | 15 | – | 10 | 1 | .203 | – | – |
| 1914 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 55 | 173 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .150 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 45 | 125 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .232 | – | – |
| 1916 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 254 | 55 | – | 9 | 4 | .217 | – | – |
| 1917 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 151 | 33 | – | 7 | 1 | .219 | – | – |