Doc McJames
1897–1901 · bats ? / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators (1897-99)
178G
.162AVG
.188OBP
.201SLG
More career statistics
87H
0HR
39RBI
5SB
79–80W–L
1,361.1IP
593K
3.43ERA
162GS
4SV
11Rare feats
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 | 178 | 139 |
| Batting · At bats | 537 | 419 |
| Batting · Doubles | 13 | 12 |
| Batting · Hits | 87 | 68 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 19 | 66 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 558 | 437 |
| Batting · Runs | 42 | 33 |
| Batting · RBI | 39 | 33 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 5 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 17 | 14 |
| Pitching · Games | 178 | 139 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,933 | 4,480 |
| Pitching · p cg | 137 | 106 |
| Pitching · p er | 519 | 392 |
| Pitching · p gs | 162 | 127 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,414 | 1,087 |
| Pitching · p hr | 19 | 16 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,084 | 3,193 |
| Pitching · p k | 593 | 483 |
| Pitching · p r | 816 | 597 |
| Pitching · p w | 563 | 416 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | 558 | 537 | 42 | 87 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | .162 | .188 | .201 | .389 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,361.3 | 178 | 162 | 137 | 79 | 80 | 4 | 1,414 | 816 | 519 | 19 | 563 | 593 | 0 | 0 | 3.43 | 1.452 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1897-08-25 to 1897-09-13
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1898-08-20 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-07-24 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1897-04-30 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 74 | 226 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 40 | .167 | .204 | .205 |
| Away | 65 | 211 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 26 | .157 | .171 | .216 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .226 | .294 | .355 |
| May | 21 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | .115 | .115 | .164 |
| June | 25 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | .113 | .170 | .125 |
| July | 29 | 93 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | .135 | .172 | .169 |
| August | 24 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | .185 | .182 | .292 |
| September | 24 | 78 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .247 | .256 | .273 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .118 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 17 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .156 | .204 | .267 |
| cincinnati-reds | 15 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .182 | .167 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 14 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .149 | .167 | .191 |
| boston-braves | 13 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .119 | .159 | .167 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 13 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .049 | .071 | .073 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 13 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .282 | .300 | .359 |
| cleveland-spiders | 12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .139 | .139 | .167 |
| louisville-colonels | 12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .147 | .167 | .206 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 44 | 124 | 21 | – | 13 | 1 | .169 | 323 | 158 |
| 1898 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 45 | 149 | 27 | – | 14 | – | .181 | 374 | 178 |
| 1899 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 37 | 112 | 19 | – | 6 | 1 | .170 | 275 | 106 |
| 1901 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 34 | 1 | – | – | – | .029 | 91 | 41 |