MLB / Players

Tom McLaughlin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

BornMarch 28, 1860 · Louisville, KY, USA

MLB debutJuly 17, 1883

Final gameOctober 3, 1891

Seasons5 (1883–1891)

Louisville Eclipse 1883–1884; Louisville Colonels 1885; New York Metropolitans 1886; Washington Statesmen 1891

Percentile snapshot

1885 season — qualified batters

112

429

36.8

411

44.2

17.9

14.7

37.9

64.2

48.4

RBI

24.2

49.5

.212

10.5

OBP

.245

6.3

SLG

.302

22.1

OPS

.546

11.6

wRC+

78.6

10.5

OPS+

71.8

10.5

wOBA

.255

11.6

sWAR

0.5

16.8

of 96 qualified 1885 batters (min 347 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.7

61.2

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1883	42	151	146	16	28	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	.192	.219	.226	.445	60.9	42.9	.207	-0.2
1884	98	363	335	41	67	11	6	0	21	22	0	0	.200	.262	.269	.530	83.2	73.2	.250	0.9
1885	112	429	411	49	87	13	9	2	41	15	0	0	.212	.245	.302	.546	78.6	71.8	.255	0.5
1886	74	277	250	27	34	3	1	0	16	26	0	13	.136	.220	.156	.376	46.3	19.0	.198	-0.7
1891	14	50	41	9	11	0	1	0	3	7	6	3	.268	.400	.317	.717	111.3	105.1	.369	0.3

Career totals

340

1,270

1,183

142

227

RBI

.1919

OBP

.2472

SLG

.2527

OPS

.4999

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.