League Leaders Who Led?
Cal McVey

Cal McVey

1871–1879  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 170 lb  ·  b. 1849 Montrose, IA

Career 530 G · 869 H · 11 HR · 449 RBI · .346 AVG · 10–12 · 3.83 ERA · 37 SO · 176.1 IP

Seasons leading his league
11
11 best in baseball
48 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1875 Best season

Spanning 1871–1877, peaking at 5 titles in 1875.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 144th League titles 11
  • 60th Best in baseball 11
  • 109th Top-5 finishes 48

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Total Bases 2 1st 2 yrs (1874–1875) 1874 165 1875 201 1871 #3 1877 #2
Hits 2 1st — 1871 66 1874 123 1875 #2 1877 #2
Runs Batted In 2 1st 2 yrs (1874–1875) 1874 71 1875 87 1871 #2
Doubles 1 1st — 1875 36 1874 #2
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1875 .517
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 1875 .873
Runs 1 1st — 1874 91 1877 #2
Saves 1 1st — 1877 2 1875 #3 1876 #2
On-Base Percentage — #3 — 1871 #3 1875 #3 1877 #3
Home Runs — #2 — 1874 #2 1878 #3
Batting Average — #2 — 1871 #2 1874 #2 1875 #3 1877 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1877 1 SV 2
1875 5 RBI 87 OPS .873 SLG .517 2B 36 TB 201
1874 4 RBI 71 H 123 R 91 TB 165
1871 1 H 66

Batting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 BS1 NA 29 153 43 66 9 5 0 43 1 2 6 .431 .435 .556 .991
1872 BS1 NA 46 237 56 76 10 2 0 41 1 1 6 .321 .324 .380 .703
1873 BL1 NA 38 192 49 73 5 5 2 35 3 2 2 .380 .390 .490 .879
1874 BS1 NA 70 343 91 123 21 6 3 71 1 3 5 .359 .361 .481 .842
1875 BS1 NA 82 389 89 138 36 9 3 87 1 5 7 .355 .356 .517 .873
1876 CHN NL 63 308 62 107 15 0 1 53 2 4 0 .347 .352 .406 .757
1877 CHN NL 60 266 58 98 9 7 0 36 8 11 0 .368 .387 .455 .842
1878 CN1 NL 61 271 43 83 10 4 2 28 5 10 0 .306 .319 .395 .714
1879 CN1 NL 81 354 64 105 18 6 0 55 8 13 0 .297 .312 .381 .694
Career — — 530 2,513 555 869 133 44 11 449 30 51 26 .346 .354 .447 .800

Pitching

4 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1875 BS1 NA 1 0 4.91 3 2 1 11.0 15 6 0 1 1 1.46
1876 CHN NL 5 2 1.52 11 6 2 59.1 57 10 0 2 9 0.99
1877 CHN NL 4 8 4.50 17 10 2 92.0 129 46 2 11 20 1.52
1879 CN1 NL 0 2 8.36 3 1 0 14.0 34 13 1 2 7 2.57
Career — — 10 12 3.83 34 19 5 176.1 235 75 3 16 37 1.42

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
1B 186 1,783 28 95 84 .950
C 182 641 123 110 7 .874
OF 110 130 9 40 0 .777
3B 84 104 132 55 6 .811
P 34 8 32 10 0 .800
2B 5 13 9 6 1 .786
SS 5 11 18 4 0 .879