Lew McCarty
1913–1921 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
532G
.266AVG
.318OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
393H
5HR
137RBI
20SB
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 · Caught stealing | 4 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 109 | 108 |
| Batting · Runs | 113 | 114 |
| Batting · RBI | 137 | 140 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 532 | 1,642 | 1,479 | 113 | 393 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 137 | 102 | 109 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 495 | .266 | .318 | .335 | .653 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1917-05-19 to 1917-05-30
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1918-04-24 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1914-07-10 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1919-05-02 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 263 | 783 | 198 | 5 | 87 | 50 | 50 | .283 | .317 | .376 |
| Away | 269 | 859 | 195 | 0 | 53 | 52 | 58 | .250 | .288 | .297 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 135 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 8 | .274 | .326 | .359 |
| May | 90 | 266 | 74 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 11 | .314 | .331 | .445 |
| June | 90 | 269 | 58 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 21 | .235 | .268 | .291 |
| July | 93 | 285 | 71 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 24 | .280 | .323 | .331 |
| August | 106 | 339 | 82 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 27 | .268 | .304 | .297 |
| September | 97 | 307 | 67 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 17 | .240 | .280 | .312 |
| October | 12 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .244 | .350 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 81 | 256 | 53 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 21 | .222 | .254 | .251 |
| cincinnati-reds | 79 | 248 | 65 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 13 | .294 | .327 | .367 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 73 | 222 | 47 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 15 | .237 | .275 | .308 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 72 | 232 | 62 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | .291 | .306 | .380 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 71 | 225 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 11 | .231 | .289 | .286 |
| boston-braves | 68 | 213 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 17 | .264 | .300 | .373 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 55 | 150 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 9 | .349 | .407 | .434 |
| new-york-giants | 33 | 96 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .276 | .281 | .310 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 9 | 26 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 90 | 285 | 72 | 1 | 30 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 276 | 66 | – | 19 | 7 | .239 | – | – |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants | 80 | 218 | 74 | – | 23 | 4 | .339 | – | – |
| 1917 |  New York Giants | 56 | 161 | 40 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .248 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Giants | 86 | 257 | 69 | – | 21 | 3 | .268 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Giants | 85 | 210 | 59 | 2 | 25 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1920 | New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 45 | 7 | – | – | 2 | .156 | – | – |
| 1921 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |