Tommy McCraw
Chicago White Sox 1963–1970; Washington Senators 1971; Cleveland Indians 1972; California Angels 1973–1974; Cleveland Indians 1974–1975
Percentile snapshot
1968 season — qualified batters
of 89 qualified 1968 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 102 | 309 | 280 | 38 | 71 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 4 | .254 | .309 | .379 | .688 | 95.3 | 95.6 | .310 | 0.0 |
| 1964 | 125 | 413 | 368 | 47 | 96 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 65 | 15 | 7 | .261 | .325 | .367 | .692 | 96.6 | 97.1 | .313 | 0.2 |
| 1965 | 133 | 306 | 273 | 38 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 7 | .238 | .309 | .344 | .653 | 91.7 | 92.8 | .299 | -0.1 |
| 1966 | 151 | 437 | 389 | 49 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 40 | 20 | 11 | .229 | .288 | .329 | .617 | 79.6 | 84.3 | .277 | -1.0 |
| 1967 | 125 | 491 | 453 | 55 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 33 | 55 | 24 | 10 | .236 | .288 | .362 | .650 | 95.0 | 96.2 | .299 | 0.2 |
| 1968 | 136 | 530 | 477 | 51 | 112 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 36 | 58 | 20 | 5 | .235 | .293 | .375 | .668 | 96.5 | 101.2 | .304 | 0.2 |
| 1969 | 93 | 265 | 240 | 21 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .258 | .326 | .350 | .676 | 80.0 | 84.6 | .310 | -0.3 |
| 1970 | 129 | 361 | 332 | 39 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 3 | .220 | .273 | .319 | .592 | 53.9 | 59.9 | .272 | -1.6 |
| 1971 | 122 | 234 | 207 | 33 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .213 | .291 | .382 | .672 | 87.5 | 90.5 | .308 | -0.2 |
| 1972 | 129 | 442 | 391 | 43 | 101 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 12 | 10 | .258 | .333 | .368 | .701 | 107.5 | 105.6 | .329 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 99 | 297 | 264 | 25 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .265 | .343 | .326 | .669 | 100.3 | 96.4 | .320 | 0.5 |
| 1974 | 101 | 252 | 231 | 38 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .294 | .343 | .442 | .784 | 127.1 | 127.8 | .358 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 23 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .275 | .362 | .451 | .813 | 124.5 | 129.3 | .364 | 0.2 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-04-29 | LAA @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 1967-05-24 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 1972-10-03 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1963-06-19 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1965-10-03 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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.