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Biography
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Boston Reds (UA)|Boston Reds (By|1884)
Atlanta Braves|Boston Beaneaters (By|1885)
Philadelphia Phillies|Philadelphia Quakers (By|1886–By|1887)
St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns (By|1888–By|1891)
Atlanta Braves|Boston Beaneaters (By|1892–By|1895)
Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Bridegrooms (By|1896)
As Manager
St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns (By|1890)
|highlights= |hofdate= Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946|1946 |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee Thomas Francis Michael "Tommy" McCarthy (July 24, 1863 – August 5, 1922) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Career
McCarthy was born on July 24, 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts , the eldest son of Daniel and Sarah McCarthy. http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm? a=v& v=l& bid=3728& pid=9104 SABR Biography McCarthy joined the Boston Reds (UA)|Boston Reds in the Union Association in By|1884 as a starting pitcher and outfielder . In limited innings and at-bats, he played poorly, batting average|batting at a paltry .215 average, and lost all seven of his pitching appearances. McCarthy moved to the National League and played with the Atlanta Braves|Boston Beaneaters the following season and the Philadelphia Phillies|Philadelphia Quakers the following two years but failed to bat higher than .200 in any season, although in limited at-bats.
Setting aside aspirations of being a star pitcher, McCarthy finally settled into an everyday position in a lineup in By|1888 with the St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns in the American Association (19th century)|American Association . With the Browns until By|1891, McCarthy scored over 100 runs (baseball statistics)|runs each season and grew increasingly productive at the plate. He batted .350 in By|1890 and runs batted in|drove in 95 runs in 1891. Although the shoddy record-keeping of the time prevents an accurate tally, he also asserted himself as a daring presence on the base-paths, by some accounts stolen base|stealing over 100 bases in 1888 and approaching the mark in 1890.
image:Tommy McCarthy Baseball Card.jpg|100px|thumb|left| McCarthy moved back to the National League to play for the Atlanta Braves|Boston Beaneaters in By|1892 and enjoyed his most productive seasons over the next few years. In By|1893 he drove in over 100 runs for the first time in his career, a feat that he repeated in By|1894 while hitting 13 home run s. The press of the day called McCarthy and teammate Hugh Duffy the "Heavenly Twins". Their Boston team was one of the most successful clubs of the era. McCarthy played for the Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Bridegrooms in By|1896 before retiring. He finished his career with a .292 batting average, 44 home runs and roughly 500 stolen bases.
Hall of Fame selection
McCarthy's selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946|1946 has always been a controversial one due to his less than spectacular statistics, especially when compared to those of his fellow inductees and some players who have not yet been honored.
In his The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract|Historical Baseball Abstract , Sabermetrics|Sabermetrician Bill James makes the point that McCarthy was held in such high esteem because of his introduction of the " Hit and run (baseball)|hit and run " play into the game. This play, among other novel strategies (such as batter to baserunner signals, etc.) that he and his Boston teammates utilized, were a clever and gentlemanly counter to the rough and tumble "Baltimore" style of play which was, at the time, giving baseball a bad name. Nevertheless, in the same book, James also said that McCarthy is the worst player in the Hall of Fame.James, Bill. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract , 2000.
See also
List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
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