Hervey McClellan
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 143 lb
BornDecember 22, 1894 · Cynthiana, KY, USA
MLB debutMay 31, 1919
Final gameSeptember 29, 1924
Seasons6 (1919–1924)
Chicago White Sox 1919–1924
Percentile snapshot
1923 season — qualified batters
of 180 qualified 1923 batters (min 483 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 106.3 | 103.0 | .351 | 0.1 |
| 1920 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .455 | .500 | .955 | 156.9 | 153.7 | .447 | 0.3 |
| 1921 | 63 | 215 | 196 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .179 | .237 | .224 | .461 | 16.7 | 19.1 | .225 | -1.5 |
| 1922 | 91 | 338 | 301 | 28 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .226 | .272 | .322 | .594 | 49.7 | 54.5 | .277 | -0.8 |
| 1923 | 141 | 613 | 550 | 67 | 129 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 27 | 44 | 14 | 11 | .235 | .270 | .304 | .574 | 46.0 | 51.4 | .272 | -1.4 |
| 1924 | 32 | 100 | 85 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .176 | .239 | .212 | .451 | 15.0 | 17.6 | .225 | -0.6 |
Career totals
G
344
PA
1,301
AB
1,162
R
130
H
257
2B
54
3B
8
HR
4
RBI
98
BB
68
SO
103
SB
23
BA
.2212
OBP
.2672
SLG
.2917
OPS
.5589
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-05-16 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1923-05-13 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1922-04-28 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1923-08-22 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1921-07-30 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919-04-23 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919-04-24 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919-04-25 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919-04-26 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919-04-27 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.