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Ed McFarland

Edward William McFarland

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 3, 1873 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1893 (Age 19.338, 1,728th in MLB history)
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Phillies/WhiteSox/Browns/RedSox/Spiders 1893-1908

Last Game: June 26, 1908 (Age 34.328)
Died: November 28, 1959 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1893 19 CLV NL 8 24 22 5 9 2 1 0 6 0 1 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 172 13 1 /O52
1896 22 STL NL 83 316 290 48 70 13 4 3 36 7 15 17 .241 .281 .345 .626 67 100 1 10 2/O
1897 23 TOT NL 69 275 237 32 64 8 7 2 33 4 22 12 .270 .337 .388 .725 93 92 2 14 2/3O4
1897 23 STL NL 31 120 107 14 35 5 2 1 17 2 8 2 .327 .374 .439 .813 117 47 0 5 2/3O4
1897 23 PHI NL 38 155 130 18 29 3 5 1 16 2 14 10 .223 .308 .346 .654 75 45 2 9 2
1898 24 PHI NL 121 484 429 65 121 21 5 3 71 4 44 23 .282 .352 .375 .727 112 161 2 9 *2
1899 25 PHI NL 96 371 324 59 108 22 9 2 57 9 36 9 .333 .403 .475 .879 144 154 2 9 2
1900 26 PHI NL 94 387 344 50 105 14 8 0 38 9 29 18 .305 .364 .392 .757 110 135 3 11 2/5
1901 27 PHI NL 74 316 295 33 84 14 2 1 32 11 18 24 .285 .326 .356 .682 96 105 0 3 2
1902 28 CHW AL 75 274 246 29 56 9 2 1 25 8 19 15 .228 .291 .293 .584 65 72 3 6 2/3
1903 29 CHW AL 61 222 201 15 42 7 2 1 19 3 14 12 .209 .264 .279 .542 66 56 1 6 2/3
1904 30 CHW AL 50 183 160 22 44 11 3 0 20 2 17 9 .275 .348 .381 .730 134 61 1 5 2
1905 31 CHW AL 80 281 250 24 70 13 4 0 31 5 23 21 .280 .345 .364 .709 129 91 2 6 2
1906 32 CHW AL 12 29 23 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 .174 .269 .217 .487 55 5 0 3 /2
1907 33 CHW AL 52 152 138 11 39 9 1 0 8 3 12 6 .283 .340 .362 .702 127 50 0 2 2
1908 34 BOS AL 19 50 48 5 10 2 1 0 4 0 1 5 .208 .224 .292 .516 66 14 0 1 2
14 Yrs 894 3364 3007 398 826 146 49 13 383 65 254 174 .275 .335 .369 .704 103 1109 18 85
162 Game Avg. 162 610 545 72 150 26 9 2 69 12 46 32 .275 .335 .369 .704 103 201 3
CHW (6 yrs) 330 1141 1018 101 255 50 12 2 106 21 88 64 .250 .314 .329 .644 98 335 7 28
PHI (5 yrs) 423 1713 1522 225 447 74 29 7 214 35 141 84 .294 .357 .394 .751 112 600 9 41
STL (2 yrs) 114 436 397 62 105 18 6 4 53 9 23 19 .264 .306 .370 .677 81 147 1 15
BOS (1 yr) 19 50 48 5 10 2 1 0 4 0 1 5 .208 .224 .292 .516 66 14 0 1
CLV (1 yr) 8 24 22 5 9 2 1 0 6 0 1 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 172 13 1
NL (7 yrs) 545 2173 1941 292 561 94 36 11 273 44 165 105 .289 .348 .392 .740 106 760 11 56
AL (7 yrs) 349 1191 1066 106 265 52 13 2 110 21 89 69 .249 .311 .327 .638 97 349 7 29
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1893 19 CLV NL 8 24 2 0 0 -2 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.2 -0.2 3 /O52
1896 22 STL NL 83 316 -16 -1 0 0 5 -12 -1.0 11 -1 0.1 .488 .494 0.1 0.4 -1 2/O
1897 23 STL NL 31 120 3 -0 0 -1 1 3 0.2 4 7 0.6 .508 .502 0.7 0.0 8 2/3O4
1897 23 PHI NL 38 155 -6 -0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .490 .498 0.2 0.1 2 2
1898 24 PHI NL 121 484 8 0 0 0 8 16 1.5 17 33 3.2 .513 .510 3.3 0.8 33 *2
1899 25 PHI NL 96 371 21 -1 0 0 6 26 2.3 13 39 3.6 .525 .515 3.7 0.5 39 2
1900 26 PHI NL 94 387 6 -1 0 2 6 14 1.2 13 27 2.5 .513 .508 2.4 0.7 25 2/5
1901 27 PHI NL 74 316 -1 -0 0 -2 5 1 0.1 10 11 1.2 .502 .501 1.5 0.3 13 $2,850 2
1902 28 CHW AL 75 274 -10 -0 0 1 4 -5 -0.5 10 5 0.4 .493 .497 0.4 0.5 4 2/3
1903 29 CHW AL 61 222 -7 -0 0 1 4 -2 -0.3 8 6 0.6 .496 .499 0.5 0.4 5 2/3
1904 30 CHW AL 50 183 7 -0 0 -1 3 8 1.0 7 15 1.7 .520 .506 1.9 0.2 16 2
1905 31 CHW AL 80 281 8 -0 0 2 5 15 1.7 10 25 2.8 .521 .511 2.5 0.8 23 2
1906 32 CHW AL 12 29 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 1 0 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 0.1 1 /2
1907 33 CHW AL 52 152 4 -0 0 0 3 7 0.8 5 12 1.4 .515 .505 1.3 0.3 12 2
1908 34 BOS AL 19 50 -2 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 1 2
14 Seasons 894 3364 17 -4 0 0 54 67 6.5 116 183 18.7 .508 .504 18.8 5.2 183 $2,850
CHW (6 yrs) 330 1141 1 -1 0 3 19 22 2.5 41 63 6.9 .508 .503 6.7 2.3 60
PHI (5 yrs) 423 1713 28 -2 0 -1 28 53 4.7 58 111 10.7 .512 .508 11.0 2.4 112 $2,850
STL (2 yrs) 114 436 -13 -1 0 -1 6 -9 -0.8 15 6 0.7 .493 .496 0.8 0.4 7
BOS (1 yr) 19 50 -2 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 1
CLV (1 yr) 8 24 2 0 0 -2 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.2 -0.2 3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 ❍ 32 CHW AL WS CHC W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1893 CLV NL 19 OF 5 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.80 .915 2.23 2.18 0-5-0
1893 CLV NL 19 3B 2 15.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.40 2.00 .892 3.84 3.80
1893 CLV NL 19 C 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.80 1 0 0
1896 STL NL 22 C 80 680.0 409 276 117 16 6 .961 5.20 4.91 .943 4.76 4.59 19 182 132 42% 37%
1896 STL NL 22 OF 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.15 0-0-2
1897 TOT NL 23 C 60 519.0 278 197 69 12 4 .957 4.61 4.43 .948 4.94 4.74 19 120 65 35% 37%
1897 STL NL 23 C 23 210.0 115 80 31 4 3 .965 4.76 4.83 .948 4.94 4.74 7 61 30 33% 37%
1897 STL NL 23 1B 3 22.0 29 21 5 3 0 .897 10.64 8.67 .980 10.68 10.27
1897 STL NL 23 OF 3 23.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.35 2.00 .936 2.19 2.10 3-0-0
1897 STL NL 23 2B 1 11.0 9 4 3 2 0 .778 5.73 7.00 .936 5.89 5.60
1897 PHI NL 23 C 37 309.0 163 117 38 8 1 .951 4.51 4.19 .948 4.94 4.74 12 59 35 37% 37%
1898 PHI NL 24 C 121 1013.0 579 420 136 23 7 .960 4.94 4.60 .953 5.01 4.82 23 119 107 47% 44%
1899 PHI NL 25 C 94 801.0 444 305 125 14 14 .968 4.83 4.57 .952 4.81 4.60 32 124 111 47% 44%
1900 PHI NL 26 C 93 784.0 431 278 137 16 9 .963 4.76 4.46 .949 5.15 4.98 25 171 120 41% 45%
1900 PHI NL 26 3B 1 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.00 .895 4.05 3.80
1901 PHI NL 27 C 74 649.0 431 316 102 13 2 .970 5.80 5.65 .971 6.27 6.20 16 90 81 47% 44%
1902 CHW AL 28 C 69 610.0 365 282 71 12 7 .967 5.21 5.12 .957 5.01 4.90 13 59 54 48% 44%
1902 CHW AL 28 1B 1 8.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 9.00 .980 11.14 10.90
1903 CHW AL 29 C 56 515.0 315 240 65 10 7 .968 5.33 5.45 .971 6.19 6.07 7 54 48 47% 44%
1903 CHW AL 29 1B 1 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 4.00 .980 11.10 10.80
1904 CHW AL 30 C 49 400.0 240 195 39 6 2 .975 5.26 4.78 .969 6.25 6.15 8 35 25 42% 44%
1905 CHW AL 31 C 70 627.0 443 343 88 12 8 .973 6.19 6.16 .971 6.48 6.40 6 57 57 50% 45%
1906 CHW AL 32 C 7 58.0 37 32 4 1 0 .973 5.59 5.14 .961 6.08 5.99 1 5 3 38% 44%
1907 CHW AL 33 C 43 352.0 246 192 47 7 4 .972 6.11 5.56 .968 6.18 6.11 6 38 33 46% 44%
1908 BOS AL 34 C 13 114.0 89 63 24 2 3 .978 6.87 6.69 .969 6.32 6.28 0 14 15 52% 45%
14 Seasons C 830 7124.0 4307 3139 1024 144 73 .967 5.26 5.02 .959 5.46 5.31 176 1068 851 44% 43%
3 Seasons OF 10 46.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.96 1.00 .928 2.21 2.15 3-5-2
3 Seasons 1B 5 33.0 42 34 5 3 0 .929 10.64 7.80 .980 10.83 10.50
2 Seasons 3B 3 19.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 2.84 2.00 .893 3.88 3.80
1 Season 2B 1 11.0 9 4 3 2 0 .778 5.73 7.00 .936 5.89 5.60
14 Seasons TOT 849 7233.0 4376 3189 1036 151 73 .965 5.26 4.98 .959 5.46 5.30 3-5-2 176 1068 851 44% 43%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† †s c a p y
1900 NL  0.7 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1899 NL  .475 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1899 NL  .879 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1899 NL  144 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1899 NL  .715 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  17.3 (186th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1896 NL  80 (3rd)
1898 NL  121 (2nd)
1899 NL  94 (3rd)
1900 NL  93 (1st)
1901 NL  74 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1896 NL  276 (4th)
1898 NL  420 (4th)
1899 NL  305 (4th)
1900 NL  278 (4th)
1902 AL  282 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1896 NL  117 (1st)
1898 NL  136 (2nd)
1899 NL  125 (3rd)
1900 NL  137 (1st)
1901 NL  102 (4th)
Career  1,024 (42nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1898 NL  23 (3rd)
Career  144 (84th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1899 NL  14 (1st)
1900 NL  9 (4th)
1902 AL  7 (5th)
1903 AL  7 (5th)
1905 AL  8 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1896 NL  19 (4th)
1897 NL  19 (5th)
1898 NL  23 (3rd)
1899 NL  32 (1st)
1900 NL  25 (3rd)
1901 NL  16 (3rd)
1902 AL  13 (3rd)
Career  176 (55th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1896 NL  182 (2nd)
1898 NL  119 (4th)
1900 NL  171 (1st)
1901 NL  90 (5th)
Career  1,068 (27th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1896 NL  132 (1st)
1898 NL  107 (1st)
1899 NL  111 (2nd)
1900 NL  120 (1st)
1901 NL  81 (4th)
Career  851 (20th)

Caught Stealing %† †s c a p y
1905 AL  50.0 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† †s c a p y
1896 NL  5.20 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1896 NL  4.91 (5th)
1902 AL  5.12 (5th)
1905 AL  6.16 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1896 NL  .961 (3rd)
1899 NL  .968 (4th)
1900 NL  .963 (1st)
1901 NL  .970 (3rd)
1902 AL  .967 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1893 NL  born 1873-08-03 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2139), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2297), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (89th), 18.7 career WAR/16.4 7yr-peak WAR/17.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 52.7 career WAR/34.2 7yr-peak WAR/43.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Chief Meyers (943)
  2. Al Todd (939)
  3. Buddy Rosar (932)
  4. Ossee Schrecongost (931)
  5. Pop Schriver (929)
  6. Hank Gowdy (929)
  7. Clint Courtney (928)
  8. Glenn Myatt (927)
  9. Frankie Pytlak (925)
  10. Val Picinich (920)
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  1. Ed Whiting (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rollie Hemsley (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmie Wilson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmie Wilson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rick Ferrell (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rollie Hemsley (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rollie Hemsley (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rollie Hemsley (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Kling (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Kling (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Kling (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chief Zimmer (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1901 27 Philadelphia Phillies $2,850 ? 5/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,850
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.
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