Jack McCarthy
1898–1907 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,091G
.287AVG
.333OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
1,203H
7HR
474RBI
145SB
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 | 1,091 | 1,003 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,195 | 3,834 |
| Batting · Doubles | 171 | 153 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,203 | 1,105 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 24 | 21 |
| Batting · Home runs | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 13 | 127 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,644 | 4,240 |
| Batting · Runs | 550 | 495 |
| Batting · RBI | 474 | 408 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 145 | 135 |
| Batting · Triples | 66 | 62 |
| Batting · Walks | 268 | 229 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,091 | 4,644 | 4,195 | 550 | 1,203 | 171 | 66 | 7 | 474 | 268 | 13 | 145 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1,527 | .287 | .333 | .364 | .697 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1900-09-01 to 1900-09-12
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1902-05-06 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1899-06-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1899-06-03 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 555 | 2316 | 621 | 4 | 240 | 122 | 74 | .296 | .321 | .382 |
| Away | 448 | 1924 | 484 | 4 | 168 | 107 | 53 | .279 | .307 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 93 | 394 | 97 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 8 | .275 | .312 | .385 |
| May | 176 | 743 | 178 | 2 | 65 | 46 | 21 | .269 | .301 | .357 |
| June | 124 | 543 | 154 | 1 | 59 | 30 | 18 | .312 | .339 | .402 |
| July | 191 | 816 | 219 | 0 | 89 | 42 | 29 | .296 | .320 | .375 |
| August | 192 | 793 | 216 | 2 | 76 | 30 | 26 | .291 | .310 | .367 |
| September | 194 | 812 | 205 | 0 | 65 | 48 | 23 | .283 | .312 | .334 |
| October | 33 | 139 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .295 | .309 | .369 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 101 | 413 | 105 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 6 | .276 | .310 | .337 |
| cincinnati-reds | 98 | 407 | 81 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 20 | .220 | .251 | .293 |
| new-york-giants | 82 | 350 | 85 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 18 | .264 | .291 | .320 |
| boston-braves | 82 | 341 | 85 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 12 | .272 | .302 | .314 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 80 | 329 | 85 | 0 | 38 | 27 | 5 | .291 | .340 | .342 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 66 | 259 | 71 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | .300 | .309 | .342 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 62 | 270 | 92 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 7 | .379 | .389 | .481 |
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 206 | 47 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 5 | .264 | .286 | .303 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 137 | 537 | 155 | 4 | 78 | 7 | .289 | – | – |
| 1899 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 139 | 564 | 173 | 4 | 69 | 28 | .307 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 124 | 502 | 148 | – | 48 | 21 | .295 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Cleveland Guardians | 86 | 343 | 110 | – | 32 | 9 | .321 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cleveland Guardians | 95 | 358 | 102 | – | 41 | 12 | .285 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 516 | 138 | – | 51 | 23 | .267 | – | – |
| 1904 | Chicago Cubs | 115 | 431 | 114 | – | 33 | 14 | .265 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 59 | 171 | 47 | – | 15 | 8 | .275 | – | – |
| 1906 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 91 | 322 | 98 | – | 34 | 9 | .304 | – | – |
| 1907 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 25 | 90 | 20 | – | 7 | 4 | .222 | – | – |