Marty Kavanagh
1914–1918 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
370G
.249AVG
.330OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
257H
10HR
122RBI
26SB
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 · At bats | 1,033 | 1,031 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 22 | 25 |
| Batting · Doubles | 47 | 46 |
| Batting · Hits | 257 | 258 |
| Batting · RBI | 122 | 118 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 26 | 27 |
| Batting · Walks | 118 | 119 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | 1,192 | 1,033 | 138 | 257 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 122 | 118 | 122 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 374 | .249 | .330 | .362 | .692 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1915-04-28 to 1915-05-11
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1915-06-09 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1914-06-05 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1914-04-24 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 190 | 595 | 131 | 6 | 68 | 69 | 55 | .261 | .336 | .384 |
| Away | 180 | 597 | 127 | 4 | 50 | 50 | 67 | .240 | .296 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 56 | 196 | 44 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 19 | .263 | .337 | .365 |
| May | 80 | 271 | 57 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 28 | .242 | .284 | .318 |
| June | 74 | 265 | 51 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 30 | .228 | .302 | .371 |
| July | 66 | 230 | 53 | 3 | 29 | 28 | 20 | .269 | .352 | .391 |
| August | 42 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 15 | .257 | .339 | .347 |
| September | 48 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | .266 | .310 | .426 |
| October | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 65 | 202 | 50 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 26 | .267 | .292 | .380 |
| st-louis-browns | 57 | 201 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 17 | .233 | .303 | .312 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 145 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 17 | .229 | .331 | .398 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 50 | 153 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | .223 | .307 | .292 |
| cleveland-guardians | 44 | 162 | 38 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 13 | .266 | .321 | .371 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 39 | 139 | 40 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 17 | .377 | .468 | .538 |
| new-york-yankees | 37 | 110 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | .190 | .236 | .330 |
| detroit-tigers | 12 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .267 | .296 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Detroit Tigers | 128 | 437 | 109 | 4 | 33 | 15 | .249 | – | – |
| 1915 | Detroit Tigers | 113 | 332 | 99 | 4 | 47 | 8 | .298 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 77 | 122 | 22 | 1 | 15 | – | .180 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Cleveland Guardians | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1918 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 126 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 4 | .222 | – | – |