Tim McCarver Stats

Tim McCarver was born on Thursday, October 16, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee. McCarver was 17 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1959, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tim McCarver baseball stats page.
"I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was it was hard to hit." - Tim McCarver (1972)

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Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#27)

Tim McCarver Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#27)
 

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Birth Name:   James Timothy McCarver
Nickname:   Old Second Inning or Tim
Born On:   10-16-1941  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Memphis, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Christian Brothers High School (Memphis, TN)
College:   Memphis State University (DNP)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-10-1959 (Age 17)
Last Game:   10-05-1980
Draft:   Not Applicable
Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1959 18 Cardinals 8 24 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .208
1960 19 Cardinals 10 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200
1961 20 Cardinals 22 67 5 16 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 .239 .239 .343
1963 22 Cardinals 127 405 39 117 12 7 4 1 51 27 5 43 5 4 2 4 .289 .333 .383
1964 23 Cardinals 143 465 53 134 19 3 9 0 52 40 15 44 5 4 1 8 .288 .343 .400
1965 24 Cardinals 113 409 48 113 17 2 11 1 48 31 11 26 0 3 1 6 .276 .327 .408
1966 25 Cardinals 150 543 50 149 19 13 12 0 68 36 10 38 0 5 2 10 .274 .319 .424
1967 26 Cardinals 138 471 68 139 26 3 14 1 69 54 19 32 4 6 5 9 .295 .369 .452
1968 27 Cardinals 128 434 35 110 15 6 5 0 48 26 8 31 2 4 1 6 .253 .295 .350
1969 28 Cardinals 138 515 46 134 27 3 7 1 51 49 9 26 4 6 2 9 .260 .323 .365
1970 29 Phillies 44 164 16 47 11 1 4 0 14 14 4 10 1 0 1 3 .287 .346 .439
1971 30 Phillies 134 474 51 132 20 5 8 0 46 43 7 26 3 4 1 11 .278 .337 .392
1972 31 Phillies 45 152 14 36 8 0 2 0 14 17 2 15 0 2 2 2 .237 .318 .329
1972 31 Expos 77 239 19 60 5 1 5 0 20 19 3 14 0 0 1 7 .251 .309 .343
1973 32 Cardinals 130 331 30 88 16 4 3 1 49 38 6 31 4 7 2 4 .266 .339 .366
1974 33 Cardinals 74 106 13 23 0 1 0 0 11 22 0 6 0 5 3 2 .217 .353 .236
1974 33 Red Sox 11 28 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .344 .286
1975 34 Red Sox 12 21 1 8 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .381 .409 .571
1975 34 Phillies 47 59 6 15 2 0 1 0 7 14 3 7 0 0 0 0 .254 .397 .339
1976 35 Phillies 90 155 26 43 11 2 3 0 29 35 2 14 1 2 1 1 .277 .409 .432
1977 36 Phillies 93 169 28 54 13 2 6 1 30 28 1 11 0 6 2 4 .320 .410 .527
1978 37 Phillies 90 146 18 36 9 1 1 0 14 28 6 24 0 4 2 3 .247 .367 .342
1979 38 Phillies 79 137 13 33 5 1 1 0 12 19 5 12 2 2 1 7 .241 .333 .314
1980 39 Phillies 6 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .333 .400
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
21 Years 1,909 5,529 590 1,501 242 57 97 6 645 548 119 422 35 64 30 99 .271 .337 .388
Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1959 Cardinals C 6 6 153 35 5.8 34 32 2 1 0 3 2 0 .971 6.00
1960 Cardinals C 5 1 48 9 1.8 9 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 5.06
1961 Cardinals C 20 17 440 98 4.9 95 86 9 3 0 2 7 6 .969 5.83
1963 Cardinals C 126 108 2,994 782 6.2 777 722 55 5 7 16 45 28 .994 7.01
1964 Cardinals C 137 126 366 816 6.0 805 762 43 11 9 16 0 16 .987 59.39
1965 Cardinals C 111 107 2,885 734 6.6 730 687 43 4 4 18 45 19 .995 6.83
1966 Cardinals C 148 138 3,784 910 6.1 903 841 62 7 7 9 51 35 .992 6.44
1967 Cardinals C 130 126 3,435 889 6.8 886 819 67 3 10 4 30 37 .997 6.96
1968 Cardinals C 109 108 2,931 773 7.1 762 708 54 11 6 8 38 22 .986 7.02
1969 Cardinals C 136 136 3,674 1,005 7.4 991 925 66 14 10 15 64 32 .986 7.28
1970 Phillies C 44 44 1,166 335 7.6 332 314 18 3 2 2 34 8 .991 7.69
1971 Phillies C 125 118 3,158 735 5.9 724 673 51 11 8 18 91 36 .985 6.19
1972 Phillies C 40 38 1,025 268 6.7 265 245 20 3 0 6 21 7 .989 6.98
1972 Expos LF 14 13 297 28 2.0 26 26 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.36
1972 Expos 3B 6 5 105 8 1.3 7 4 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.80
1972 Expos C 45 42 1,095 312 6.9 309 285 24 3 2 6 21 15 .990 7.62
1973 Cardinals 1B 77 68 1,728 583 7.6 575 545 30 8 47 n/a n/a n/a .986 8.98
1973 Cardinals C 11 10 285 68 6.2 67 63 4 1 1 2 9 3 .985 6.35
1974 Cardinals 1B 6 4 105 43 7.2 42 40 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 10.80
1974 Cardinals C 21 16 432 98 4.7 95 86 9 3 0 2 19 7 .969 5.94
1974 Red Sox C 8 6 180 42 5.3 42 37 5 0 0 1 6 2 1.000 6.30
1975 Red Sox 1B 1 0 15 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1975 Red Sox C 7 3 90 23 3.3 22 18 4 1 1 0 4 1 .957 6.60
1975 Phillies 1B 1 0 9 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1975 Phillies C 10 9 222 64 6.4 63 58 5 1 1 1 8 3 .984 7.66
1976 Phillies 1B 2 1 27 11 5.5 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.00
1976 Phillies C 41 37 922 263 6.4 263 254 9 0 1 1 31 8 1.000 7.70
1977 Phillies 1B 3 0 12 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
1977 Phillies C 42 39 988 250 6.0 247 233 14 3 3 1 35 17 .988 6.75
1978 Phillies 1B 11 2 105 43 3.9 42 40 2 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .977 10.80
1978 Phillies C 34 34 761 188 5.5 187 175 12 1 1 1 14 16 .995 6.63
1979 Phillies C 31 31 733 188 6.1 186 174 12 2 0 0 14 13 .989 6.85
1979 Phillies LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1980 Phillies 1B 2 0 24 8 4.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 1,387 1,300 31,767 8,885 6.4 8,794 8,206 588 91 73 132 592 331 .990 7.47
1B Totals 103 75 2,025 700 6.8 690 656 34 10 54 n/a n/a n/a .986 9.20
LF Totals 15 13 300 28 1.9 26 26 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.34
3B Totals 6 5 105 8 1.3 7 4 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.80
21 Years 1,513 1,393 34,197 9,621 6.4 9,517 8,892 625 104 128 132 592 331 .989 7.51
Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1959 Cardinals 0 0 .000 1 1 n/a 0.0 24.0 0.0 - - -
1960 Cardinals 0 0 .000 4 4 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 - - -
1961 Cardinals 0 0 .000 2 3 n/a 67.0 13.4 11.2 - - -
1963 Cardinals 5 2 .714 5 3 n/a 101.3 9.4 7.9 - - -
1964 Cardinals 2 0 1.000 11 1 n/a 51.7 10.6 8.9 - - -
1965 Cardinals 5 1 .833 6 0 n/a 37.2 15.7 8.5 - - -
1966 Cardinals 9 6 .600 9 2 n/a 45.3 14.3 8.0 - - -
1967 Cardinals 8 8 .500 12 0 n/a 33.6 14.7 6.8 - - -
1968 Cardinals 4 3 .571 20 0 n/a 86.8 14.0 9.0 - - -
1969 Cardinals 4 9 .308 1 1 n/a 73.6 19.8 10.1 - - -
1970 Phillies 2 2 .500 0 0 n/a 41.0 16.4 11.7 - - -
1971 Phillies 5 3 .625 16 0 n/a 59.3 18.2 10.3 - - -
1972 Phillies 1 2 .333 6 0 n/a 76.0 10.1 10.9 - - -
1972 Expos 4 4 .500 15 1 n/a 47.8 17.1 12.0 - - -
1973 Cardinals 2 0 1.000 47 0 n/a 110.3 10.7 6.8 - - -
1974 Cardinals 0 1 .000 53 0 n/a 0.0 17.7 9.6 - - -
1974 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 4 0 2 0.0 28.0 28.0 - - -
1975 Red Sox 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0.0 7.0 7.0 - - -
1975 Phillies 0 0 .000 38 0 n/a 59.0 8.4 8.4 - - -
1976 Phillies 2 1 .667 49 0 n/a 51.7 11.1 5.3 - - -
1977 Phillies 3 5 .375 53 0 n/a 28.2 15.4 5.6 - - -
1978 Phillies 2 2 .500 53 0 n/a 146.0 6.1 10.4 - - -
1979 Phillies 2 0 1.000 48 0 n/a 137.0 11.4 11.4 - - -
1980 Phillies 0 0 .000 4 1 n/a 0.0 0.0 2.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
21 Years 61 49 .555 465 17 2 57.0 13.1 8.6 - - -
Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1959 St. Louis Cardinals 51 Undetermined - -
1960 St. Louis Cardinals 9 Undetermined - -
1961 St. Louis Cardinals 20 Undetermined - -
1963 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1964 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - Stats
1965 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1966 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined Stats -
1967 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined Stats Stats
1968 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $60,000.00 - Stats
1969 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1970 Philadelphia Phillies 6 Undetermined - -
1971 Philadelphia Phillies 6 Undetermined - -
1972 Philadelphia Phillies 6 Undetermined - -
1972 Montreal Expos 2 Undetermined - -
1973 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1974 St. Louis Cardinals 15 Undetermined - -
1974 Boston Red Sox 33 Undetermined - -
1975 Boston Red Sox 33 $65,000.00 - -
1975 Philadelphia Phillies 11 Undetermined - -
1976 Philadelphia Phillies 11 $50,000.00 - -
1977 Philadelphia Phillies 11 $81,000.00 - -
1978 Philadelphia Phillies 11 Undetermined - -
1979 Philadelphia Phillies 11 Undetermined - -
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 11 Undetermined - -




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