John Joseph McCarthy (January 7, 1910 – September 13, 1973) was an American
professional baseball
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first baseman
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. He played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for all or parts of 11 seasons for the
Brooklyn Dodgers,
New York Giants and
Boston Braves between and . Born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, McCarthy threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed .
He helped the Giants win the 1937
National League
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pennant as their regular first baseman. His 65
runs batted in
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were third on the team. In the
1937 World Series, McCarthy started all five games against the cross-town
New York Yankees
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and collected four
hits, including a
double
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, in 19
at bats
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(
.211). The Yankees won the Series, four games to one.
In his 11 MLB seasons, McCarthy played in 542 games and had 1,557 at-bats, 182 runs, 432 hits, 72 doubles, 16 triples, 25 home runs, 209 RBI, 8 stolen bases, 90 walks, .277 batting average, .319 on-base percentage, .392 slugging percentage, 611 total bases and 19 sacrifice hits. Defensively, he recorded a .990
fielding percentage as a first baseman.
["Johnny McCarthy Statistics and History"](_blank)
"baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2017-05-12.
He died in
Mundelein, Illinois
Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and a northern suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 31,560. It is approximately thirty-five miles northwest of Chicago.
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at the age of 63.
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1910 births
1973 deaths
Baseball players from Illinois
Brooklyn Dodgers players
New York Giants (NL) players
Boston Braves players
Major League Baseball first basemen
Dayton Ducks players
Sacramento Senators players
Reading Brooks players
Allentown Brooks players
Newark Bears (International League) players
Jersey City Giants players
Indianapolis Indians players
Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players