Hervey McClellan was born on Saturday, December 22, 1894, in Cynthiana, Kentucky. McClellan was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 31, 1919, with the Chicago White Sox. 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 Hervey McClellan baseball stats page.
"There probably hasn't been a man on a Chicago ball team in many, many seasons who was as popular as Little Mac. He was one of those sunny little fellows, always smiling and willing to take the good with the bad." - Sports Writer Irving Vaughan in The Sporting News (November 13, 1925)
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Hervey McClellanHervey McClellan Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Hervey McClellanHervey McClellan Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1919 | 25 | White Sox | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .333 |
1920 | 26 | White Sox | 10 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .455 | .500 |
1921 | 27 | White Sox | 63 | 196 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .179 | .237 | .224 |
1922 | 28 | White Sox | 91 | 301 | 28 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .226 | .272 | .322 |
1923 | 29 | White Sox | 141 | 550 | 67 | 129 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 44 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .235 | .270 | .304 |
1924 | 30 | White Sox | 32 | 85 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .176 | .239 | .212 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
6 Years | 344 | 1,162 | 130 | 257 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 68 | 0 | 103 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .221 | .267 | .292 |
Hervey McClellanHervey McClellan Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1919 White Sox | 3B | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.54 |
1919 White Sox | SS | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 9.00 |
1920 White Sox | 3B | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1920 White Sox | SS | 4 | 3 | 75 | 12 | 3.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 3.96 |
1921 White Sox | 2B | 21 | 18 | 462 | 125 | 6.0 | 121 | 52 | 69 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 7.07 |
1921 White Sox | 3B | 7 | 4 | 134 | 14 | 2.0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 2.62 |
1921 White Sox | RF | 14 | 12 | 360 | 34 | 2.4 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.48 |
1921 White Sox | SS | 14 | 13 | 342 | 86 | 6.1 | 84 | 24 | 60 | 2 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 6.63 |
1922 White Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 13.50 |
1922 White Sox | 3B | 71 | 71 | 1,901 | 243 | 3.4 | 236 | 77 | 159 | 7 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 3.35 |
1922 White Sox | CF | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1922 White Sox | SS | 8 | 7 | 188 | 41 | 5.1 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .878 | 5.17 |
1923 White Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 54.00 |
1923 White Sox | SS | 139 | 137 | 3,672 | 638 | 4.6 | 611 | 217 | 394 | 27 | 64 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 4.49 |
1924 White Sox | 2B | 7 | 5 | 108 | 30 | 4.3 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 7.25 |
1924 White Sox | 3B | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.00 |
1924 White Sox | RF | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
1924 White Sox | SS | 21 | 21 | 501 | 97 | 4.6 | 91 | 26 | 65 | 6 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 4.90 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
SS Totals | 188 | 181 | 4,793 | 880 | 4.7 | 838 | 293 | 545 | 42 | 89 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 4.72 | |
3B Totals | 84 | 76 | 2,095 | 269 | 3.2 | 261 | 85 | 176 | 8 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 3.36 | |
2B Totals | 30 | 23 | 582 | 170 | 5.7 | 165 | 66 | 99 | 5 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 7.65 | |
RF Totals | 15 | 12 | 372 | 35 | 2.3 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.47 | |
CF Totals | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
6 Years | 318 | 292 | 7,847 | 1,354 | 4.3 | 1,298 | 475 | 823 | 56 | 112 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 4.47 |
Hervey McClellanHervey McClellan Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1919 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - |
1920 White Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.0 | 3.6 | - | - | - |
1921 White Sox | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 5 | n/a | 196.0 | 10.9 | 14.0 | - | - | - |
1922 White Sox | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 5 | n/a | 150.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
1923 White Sox | 14 | 11 | .560 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 550.0 | 12.5 | 13.4 | - | - | - |
1924 White Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 12.1 | 9.4 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
6 Years | 23 | 16 | .590 | 15 | 12 | n/a | 290.5 | 11.3 | 11.9 | - | - | - |
Hervey McClellanHervey McClellan Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1919 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $1,500.00 | n/a | - |
1920 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $2,500.00 | n/a | - |
1921 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $3,500.00 | n/a | - |
1922 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $3,500.00 | n/a | - |
1923 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $4,000.00 | n/a | - |
1924 Chicago White Sox | n/a | $4,500.00 | n/a | - |
Hervey McClellan Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Hervey McDowell McClellan was a Major League Baseball player with the Chicago White Sox (1919-1924). Hervey, whose name was often written Harvey McClellan, and he was frequently called Harvey, was the first and only big leaguer whose name was actually Hervey, not Harvey!
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