| 19th Century | Deacon McGuire | ||
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Full Name: James Thomas "Deacon" Mcguire Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'1" Weight: 185 lbs. Born: Nov 18, 1863 in Youngstown, OH Major League Debut: Jun 21, 1884 Died: Oct 31, 1936 in Duck Lake, MI |
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CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1888 1888 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1907 1908 1908 1910 1912 |
TM Tol Det Phi Phi Phi Det Cle Roc Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Bro Bro Bro Det Det NY NY NY NY Bos Bos Cle Cle Det |
LG AA NL NL NL NL NL AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 1B C C |
G 45 34 50 41 12 3 26 87 114 97 63 104 132 108 93 131 59 46 71 85 73 72 101 72 51 1 6 1 1 1 1 |
AB 151 121 167 150 51 13 94 331 413 315 237 425 533 389 327 489 199 157 241 301 229 248 322 228 144 1 4 1 4 3 2 |
R 12 11 25 22 7 0 15 46 55 46 29 67 89 60 51 59 25 22 20 28 27 15 17 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 |
H 28 23 33 46 17 0 24 99 125 73 61 130 179 125 112 131 54 50 69 89 52 62 67 50 43 0 3 0 1 1 1 |
2B 7 4 7 6 4 0 1 16 22 14 14 18 30 25 17 18 3 12 15 16 14 12 12 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 |
3B 0 2 1 6 2 0 3 4 10 4 3 6 8 3 7 3 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
HR 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 1 6 10 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 9 18 23 11 0 13 53 66 43 26 78 97 70 53 57 12 23 34 40 23 21 20 33 14 0 1 0 2 0 0 |
TB 38 31 48 70 25 0 34 135 176 107 84 178 255 162 155 158 62 70 88 113 74 76 83 61 48 0 6 0 2 1 1 |
BB 5 5 19 11 4 0 7 21 43 61 26 33 40 30 21 24 16 12 19 18 24 19 27 18 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 1781 |
AB 6290 |
R 770 |
H 1748 |
2B 300 |
3B 79 |
HR 45 |
RBI 840 |
TB 2341 |
BB 515 |
IBB 0 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1888 1888 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1907 1908 1908 1910 1912 |
TM Tol Det Phi Phi Phi Det Cle Roc Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Bro Bro Bro Det Det NY NY NY NY Bos Bos Cle Cle Det |
LG AA NL NL NL NL NL AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
K 0 23 25 8 9 4 0 0 34 48 12 19 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
HBP 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 10 2 3 7 5 6 2 6 3 5 4 3 0 1 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 |
SH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 1 10 1 1 1 4 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
GDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 8 10 7 3 11 16 12 9 10 3 4 2 4 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
CS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB% -.--- -.--- 1.000 1.000 -.--- -.--- 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
AVG .185 .190 .198 .307 .333 .000 .255 .299 .303 .232 .257 .306 .336 .321 .343 .268 .271 .318 .286 .296 .227 .250 .208 .219 .299 .000 .750 .000 .250 .333 .500 |
OBP .217 .222 .280 .362 .382 .000 .333 .356 .382 .360 .338 .366 .388 .379 .386 .310 .335 .385 .348 .342 .300 .306 .276 .291 .365 .000 .750 .000 .250 .500 .500 |
SLG .252 .256 .287 .467 .490 .000 .362 .408 .426 .340 .354 .419 .478 .416 .474 .323 .312 .446 .365 .375 .323 .306 .258 .268 .333 .000 1.500 .000 .500 .333 .500 |
AB/HR 151.0 --.- 83.5 75.0 --.- --.- 94.0 82.8 137.7 78.8 237.0 70.8 53.3 194.5 81.8 489.0 199.0 --.- --.- --.- 114.5 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- 4.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- 5.3 6.7 18.8 5.7 3.3 --.- --.- 12.1 6.6 19.8 22.4 29.6 27.8 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
| Totals | K 214 |
HBP 84 |
SH 47 |
SF 0 |
GDP 0 |
SB 117 |
CS 0 |
SB% 1.000 |
BAVG .278 |
OBP .341 |
SLG .372 |
AB/HR 139.8 |
AB/K 29.4 |
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19th CENT. WORLD SERIES
STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1900 |
TM Bro |
LG NL |
G 2 |
AB 8 |
R 1 |
H 3 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
TB 4 |
BB 0 |
K 1 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .375 |
SLG .500 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 8.0 |
| Totals | G 2 |
AB 8 |
R 1 |
H 3 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
TB 4 |
BB 0 |
K 1 |
SB 0 |
AVG .375 |
SLG .500 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 8.0 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1884 1884 1884 1885 1885 1886 1886 1887 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1890 1890 1890 1890 1891 1891 1891 1891 1892 1892 1892 1893 1893 1894 1895 1895 1896 1896 1897 1897 1898 1898 1899 1899 1899 1900 1901 1901 1902 1903 1903 1904 1904 1905 1906 1906 1907 1908 1910 1912 |
Tol Tol Tol Det Det Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Det Cle Cle Cle Roc Roc Roc Roc Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Bro Bro Bro Bro Det Det Det NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA Cle Cle Det |
AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
SS OF C OF C OF C C 3B C C OF 1B C P OF 1B C 1B 3B OF C OF 1B C 1B C C SS C 1B C 1B C 1B C 1B C C C 1B C C 1B C 1B C C 1B C C 1B C C |
3 4 41 3 31 1 49 41 2 10 3 3 6 17 1 3 15 71 1 3 18 98 1 8 89 12 50 104 1 132 1 98 6 73 37 93 1 56 46 69 3 81 70 1 69 1 97 71 1 49 1 1 1 1 |
10 5 309 3 327 4 387 301 3 75 21 4 58 147 2 5 157 517 5 17 18 628 2 71 514 133 244 438 3 627 3 466 66 399 376 480 13 256 208 310 24 530 289 2 420 6 670 446 9 266 4 10 2 7 |
3 4 224 3 249 1 298 214 0 49 13 3 56 102 1 4 152 386 5 4 12 442 1 71 381 115 172 288 0 408 2 349 65 290 336 371 12 178 144 218 24 415 210 1 330 6 530 366 8 218 3 10 2 2 |
5 0 56 0 52 1 50 52 2 11 4 0 1 29 1 0 3 99 0 7 3 130 1 0 100 11 45 114 2 179 1 87 0 88 27 93 0 71 58 77 0 94 65 0 73 0 120 69 0 38 1 0 0 3 |
2 1 29 0 26 2 39 35 1 15 4 1 1 16 0 1 2 32 0 6 3 56 0 0 33 7 27 36 1 40 0 30 1 21 13 16 1 7 6 15 0 21 14 1 17 0 20 11 1 10 0 0 0 2 |
0 0 1 0 2 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 9 0 0 0 8 0 2 8 11 3 8 0 11 0 14 2 6 26 11 0 3 2 7 2 4 6 0 9 0 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
0.800 0.800 0.906 1.000 0.920 0.500 0.899 0.884 0.667 0.800 0.810 0.750 0.983 0.891 1.000 0.800 0.987 0.938 1.000 0.647 0.833 0.911 1.000 1.000 0.936 0.947 0.889 0.918 0.667 0.936 1.000 0.936 0.985 0.947 0.965 0.967 0.923 0.973 0.971 0.952 1.000 0.960 0.952 0.500 0.960 1.000 0.970 0.975 0.889 0.962 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.714 |
| Totals | G 1748 |
Ch 10297 |
PO 7751 |
A 1923 |
E 623 |
DP 191 |
FPCT 0.939 |
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CAREER STATISTICS - PITCHING
TOTALS
| HOW MUCH HE PITCHED | WHAT HE GAVE UP | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1890 |
TM Roc |
LG AA |
G 1 |
GS 0 |
CG 0 |
GF 1 |
IP 4.0 |
BF/9 0 |
H 10 |
R 5 |
ER 3 |
HR 0 |
SH 0 |
BB 1 |
| Totals | G 1 |
GS 0 |
CG 0 |
GF 1 |
IP 4.0 |
BF/9 0 |
H 10 |
R 5 |
ER 3 |
HR 0 |
SH 0 |
BB 1 |
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| WHAT HE GAVE UP (cont.) | THE RESULTS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1890 |
TM Roc |
LG AA |
HB 0 |
IBB 0 |
K 1 |
WP 1 |
BK 0 |
BAVG A ###### |
W 0 |
L 0 |
ShO 0 |
Sv 0 |
ERA 6.75 |
| Totals | HB 0 |
IBB 0 |
K 1 |
WP 1 |
Bk 0 |
AVG A -.--- |
W 0 |
L 0 |
ShO 0 |
Sv 0 |
ERA 6.75 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1884 1885-1888 1886-1888 1888 1890 1891 1892-1899 1899-1901 1902-1903 1904-1907 1907-1908 1908-1910 1912 |
TM Tol Det Phi Cle Roc Was Was Bro Det NY Bos Cle Det |
LG AA NL NL AA AA AA NL NL AL AL AL AL AL |
TEAM NAME Toledo Blue Stockings Detroit Wolverines Philadelphia Quakers Cleveland Blues Rochester Hop Bitters Washington Statesmen Washington Senators Brooklyn Superbas Detroit Tigers New York Highlanders Boston Red Sox Cleveland Naps Detroit Tigers |
LEAGUE NAME American Assoc. National League National League Ameircan Assoc. American Assoc. American Assoc. National League National League American League American League American League American League American League |
McGuire appeared in more major league seasons than any catcher in baseball history - 26. He caught 1,611 games, most coming during the 19th century. He reached his peak with the National League Washington club, topping the .300 mark each year from 1894 through 1897, and never again. At a time when pinch hitters were rarely used, he was a good one (14-for-41 lifetime). Though he managed in six different years, only the 1910 Indians were his for an entire season, and he never had a winning record [See McGuire As A Manager].
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From the Albion Michigan Morning Star, July 16, 1995, pg. 20
This week we are featuring information about the most famous of the brothers, James “Deacon” McGuire (1863-1936). Originally a native of Youngstown, Ohio, James came to Albion to live in 1893.
James was a professional ball player for 265 years from 1883 to 1909. He would help his brother operate the business during the off season, while the rest of the time he was making major-league history holding the record for most consecutive games by a catcher.
James McGuire began his career in 1883 with the Cleveland Nationals. In 1885 he joined the Detroit Nationals, and then from 1886 to 1888 caught for the Philadelphia Nationals. In 1895 McGuire set a major league record for catching in every inning of 132 consecutive games played by the Washington Nationals. In 1903 he played for the Detroit Tigers and from 1904 through 1906 he caught for New York. James managed the Boston Red Sox in 1907-08, and also appeared as a pinch hitter. From 1909 to 1912 he managed the Cleveland Indians.
He returned to the Tigers organization as a coach in 1912, where he played his last major league game after Ty Cobb was thrown out of a game. McGuire had to field a team when the regular players walked off in a dispute and ended up getting a hit, although Detroit lost 24-2. James retired from the Tigers organization in 1924. He coached the Albion College baseball team in 1926.
“Deacon Jim” as he was known, held the major-league catching record, and caught virtually bare handed with a fingerless glove. This was quite evident by his gnarled, broken, bent, split and crooked fingers. His wife May (Husford) McGuire once remarked, “The only precaution I ever saw Jim take, was to put a piece of beefsteak in the glove when he caught the powerful balls. At game’s end it would be hamburger.” Such was the type of catching in those days.
The [above] photograph is “Deacon” Jim McGuire in his Detroit Tigers uniform, 1906. This is part of a lifesize photo of McGuire which hung in the saloon here in Albion [Michigan].
