Gavvy Cravath Stats

Gavvy Cravath was born on Wednesday, March 23, 1881, in Poway, California. Cravath was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1908, with the Boston Red 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 Gavvy Cravath baseball stats page.

"Short singles are like left-hand jabs in the boxing ring, but a home run is a knock-out punch. It is the clean-up man of the club that does the heavy scoring work even if he is wide in the shoulders and slow on his feet. There is no advice I can give in batting, except to hammer the ball. Some players steal bases with hook slides and speed. I steal bases with my bat." - Cravath, Gavvy. Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players. Westcott, Rich. Author. University of Nebraska Publishers. 1 May 2013. Page 69.

Birth Name:	Clifford Carlton Cravath
Nickname:	Cactus or Gavy or Gavvy
Born On:	03-23-1881 (Aries)
Born In:	Poway, California
Died On:	05-23-1963 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Laguna Beach, California
Cemetery:	Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, California

High School:	Escondido High School (Escondido, CA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	186
First Game:	04-18-1908 (Age 27)
Last Game:	10-02-1920
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1908	27	Red Sox	94	277	43	71	10	11	1	0	34	38	-	52	8	0	4	-	.256	.354	.383
1909	28	White Sox	19	50	7	9	0	0	1	0	8	19	-	8	1	0	0	-	.180	.406	.240
1909	28	Senators	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	4	0	0	0	-	.000	.143	.000
1912	31	Phillies	130	436	63	124	30	9	11	0	70	47	-	77	16	0	3	-	.284	.358	.470
1913	32	Phillies	147	525	78	179	34	14	19	0	128	55	-	63	11	0	3	-	.341	.407	.568
1914	33	Phillies	149	499	76	149	27	8	19	0	100	83	-	72	19	0	3	-	.299	.402	.499
1915	34	Phillies	150	522	89	149	31	7	24	1	115	86	12	77	7	0	6	11	.285	.393	.510
1916	35	Phillies	137	448	70	127	21	8	11	0	70	64	3	89	15	0	5	3	.283	.379	.440
1917	36	Phillies	140	503	70	141	29	16	12	0	83	70	2	57	16	0	1	5	.280	.369	.473
1918	37	Phillies	121	426	43	99	27	5	8	0	54	54	5	46	8	0	1	7	.232	.320	.376
1919	38	Phillies	83	214	34	73	18	5	12	0	45	35	2	21	4	0	2	2	.341	.438	.640
1920	39	Phillies	46	45	2	13	5	0	1	0	11	9	2	12	0	0	0	0	.289	.407	.467
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
11 Years			1,220	3,951	575	1,134	232	83	119	1	719	561	26	578	105	0	28	28	.287	.380	.478

Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1908 Red Sox	1B	3	1	23	8	2.7	6	6	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	7.04
1908 Red Sox	LF	65	61	1,637	146	2.2	135	104	5	9	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.924	1.80
1908 Red Sox	RF	15	15	404	29	1.9	27	25	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.931	1.80
1909 White Sox	CF	17	17	453	34	2.0	33	33	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	1.97
1909 White Sox	LF	1	1	25	2	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	1.08
1909 Senators	RF	1	1	24	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.25
1912 Phillies	CF	14	10	307	29	2.1	29	26	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.55
1912 Phillies	LF	28	26	671	59	2.1	57	50	7	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	2.29
1912 Phillies	RF	76	76	1,935	146	1.9	140	124	16	6	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.959	1.95
1913 Phillies	CF	6	4	99	14	2.3	14	14	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.82
1913 Phillies	LF	3	1	27	3	1.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1913 Phillies	RF	134	133	3,567	221	1.6	211	191	20	10	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.60
1914 Phillies	LF	1	0	5	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	10.80
1914 Phillies	RF	142	140	3,767	255	1.8	237	203	34	18	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	1.70
1915 Phillies	RF	149	149	3,983	276	1.9	261	233	28	15	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	1.77
1916 Phillies	RF	130	130	3,340	206	1.6	199	182	17	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	1.61
1917 Phillies	RF	140	139	3,690	239	1.7	226	209	17	13	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	1.65
1918 Phillies	LF	6	5	139	6	1.0	6	5	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.17
1918 Phillies	RF	113	113	3,051	213	1.9	198	180	18	15	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.930	1.75
1919 Phillies	CF	1	0	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1919 Phillies	LF	2	1	27	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1919 Phillies	RF	53	53	1,398	103	1.9	96	89	7	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	1.85
1920 Phillies	LF	3	2	24	2	0.7	1	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	1.13
1920 Phillies	RF	2	1	27	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		955	950	25,186	1,691	1.8	1,598	1,438	160	93	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.945	1.71
LF Totals		109	97	2,555	222	2.0	205	166	13	15	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	1.89
CF Totals		38	31	868	77	2.0	76	73	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.36
1B Totals		3	1	23	8	2.7	6	6	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	7.04
11 Years		1,105	1,079	28,632	1,998	1.8	1,885	1,683	176	111	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	1.75

Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath Miscellaneous Stats
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
1908 Red Sox	6	-	-	0	0	n/a	277.0	5.3	8.1	-	-	-
1909 White Sox	3	-	-	0	0	n/a	50.0	6.3	6.3	-	-	-
1909 Senators	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.5	6.0	-	-	-
1912 Phillies	15	-	-	0	0	n/a	39.6	5.7	6.2	-	-	-
1913 Phillies	10	11	.476	0	0	n/a	27.6	8.3	4.1	-	-	-
1914 Phillies	14	4	.778	6	0	n/a	26.3	6.9	5.0	-	-	-
1915 Phillies	11	9	.550	1	0	n/a	21.8	6.8	4.5	-	-	-
1916 Phillies	9	0	1.000	7	0	n/a	40.7	5.0	6.4	-	-	-
1917 Phillies	6	3	.667	1	0	n/a	41.9	8.8	6.1	-	-	-
1918 Phillies	7	2	.778	3	0	n/a	53.3	9.3	7.9	-	-	-
1919 Phillies	8	0	1.000	27	0	n/a	17.8	10.2	4.8	-	-	-
1920 Phillies	0	0	.000	41	0	n/a	45.0	3.8	4.1	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
11 Years	89	29	.754	86	0	n/a	33.2	6.8	5.5	-	-	-

Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1908 Boston Red Sox	n/a	$1,900.00	n/a	-
1909 Chicago White Sox	n/a	$2,400.00	n/a	-
1909 Washington Senators	n/a	" "	n/a	-
1912 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1913 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1914 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1915 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1916 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1917 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	$3,000.00	n/a	-
1918 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	$4,000.00	n/a	-
1919 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	$8,014.00	n/a	-
1920 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
Gavvy Cravath Stats by Baseball Almanac

Clifford Carlton Cravath was a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox (1908), Chicago White Sox (1909), Washington Senators (1909), and Philadelphia Phillies (1912�1920). Did you know that when Gavvy, his nickname, made his big league debut on April 18, 1908, he became the first Escondido High School (Escondido, CA) graduate to play in the majors?

Did you know that Gavvy Cravath was a six-time National League home run champion (1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919), a two time National League RBI champion (1913, 1915), and once tied the still-standing Major League record for doubles in a game on August 8, 1915?

Historian / Author Bill James commented, "A lot of people think that Cravath was the first great power hitter, or the Babe Ruth of his era or something. But Cravath played in a park, the Baker Bowl, which was by far the easiest place in baseball to hit a home run. In 1914, when Cravath led the National League with 19 home runs, he never homered in any other park; all 19 were hit in the Baker Bowl. In 1918, same thing; Cravath led the National League in home runs with 8, but all of them were at home. Cravath in his career actually hit fewer home runs in road games (26) than Nellie Fox (30)."

Gsvvy Cravath Baseball Card

Gavvy Cravath | Philadelphia Phillies Playing Card (10 of Clubs)
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On June 22, 1912, Gavvy Cravath hit a triple in the fourth inning off the Brooklyn Dodgers starting pitcher, Eddie Stack. After a call to the bullpen, Cactus Cravath came to the plate again, still in the fourth inning, tripled again (off reliever Earl Yingling), and became the first Philadelphia Phillies player to hit two triples in the same inning — a hitting feat that has not yet been matched in franchise history through today!

Gsvvy Cravath Newspaper Clipping

Gavvy Cravath (2 Triple Inning) | The Brooklyn Daily Eagle | June 23, 1912 | Page 1
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