Gavvy Cravath | Baseball Prospectus

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
11	4645	.287	.380	.478	.000	0

Birth Date	3-23-1881
Height	5' 11"
Weight	186 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1908	BOS	27	94	327	277	43	71	10	11	1	106	38	52	4		8	34	6		.256	.354	.383	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	CHA	28	19	70	50	7	9	0	0	1	12	19	9	0		1	8	3		.180	.406	.240	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	WS1	28	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		0	1	0		.000	.143	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1912	PHI	31	130	502	436	63	124	30	9	11	205	47	77	3		16	70	15		.284	.358	.470	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1913	PHI	32	147	594	525	78	179	34	14	19	298	55	63	3		11	128	10	11	.341	.407	.568	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1914	PHI	33	149	604	499	76	149	27	8	19	249	83	72	3		19	100	14		.299	.402	.499	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1915	PHI	34	150	621	522	89	149	31	7	24	266	86	77	6		7	115	11	9	.285	.393	.510	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1916	PHI	35	137	532	448	70	127	21	8	11	197	64	89	5		15	70	9		.283	.379	.440	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1917	PHI	36	140	590	503	70	141	29	16	12	238	70	57	1		16	83	6		.280	.369	.473	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1918	PHI	37	121	489	426	43	99	27	5	8	160	54	46	1		8	54	7		.232	.320	.376	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1919	PHI	38	83	255	214	34	73	18	5	12	137	35	21	2		4	45	8		.341	.438	.640	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1920	PHI	39	46	54	45	2	13	5	0	1	21	9	12	0		0	11	0	0	.289	.407	.467	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			1220	4645	3951	575	1134	232	83	119	1889	561	579	28		105	719	89	20	.287	.380	.478	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1908	BOS	MLB	94	327	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	CHA	MLB	19	70	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	WS1	MLB	4	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1912	PHI	MLB	130	502	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1913	PHI	MLB	147	594	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1914	PHI	MLB	149	604	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1915	PHI	MLB	150	621	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1916	PHI	MLB	137	532	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1917	PHI	MLB	140	590	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1918	PHI	MLB	121	489	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1919	PHI	MLB	83	255	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1920	PHI	MLB	46	54	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		4645	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1908	BOS	MLB	327	43	71	10	11	1	34	38	52	6		.256	.354	.383	.126	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	CHA	MLB	70	7	9	0	0	1	8	19	9	3		.180	.406	.240	.060	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1909	WS1	MLB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0		.000	.143	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1912	PHI	MLB	502	63	124	30	9	11	70	47	77	15		.284	.358	.470	.186	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1913	PHI	MLB	594	78	179	34	14	19	128	55	63	10	11	.341	.407	.568	.227	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1914	PHI	MLB	604	76	149	27	8	19	100	83	72	14		.299	.402	.499	.200	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1915	PHI	MLB	621	89	149	31	7	24	115	86	77	11	9	.285	.393	.510	.224	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1916	PHI	MLB	532	70	127	21	8	11	70	64	89	9		.283	.379	.440	.156	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1917	PHI	MLB	590	70	141	29	16	12	83	70	57	6		.280	.369	.473	.193	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1918	PHI	MLB	489	43	99	27	5	8	54	54	46	7		.232	.320	.376	.143	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1919	PHI	MLB	255	34	73	18	5	12	45	35	21	8		.341	.438	.640	.299	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1920	PHI	MLB	54	2	13	5	0	1	11	9	12	0	0	.289	.407	.467	.178	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Gavvy Cravath is referenced in the following articles.

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	Title	Author	Date
	Prospectus Hit and Run: Sizzling Starts	Jay Jaffe	2012-04-18
	You Could Look It Up: A Nationals Disgrace?	Steven Goldman	2009-07-21
	Prospectus Q&A: Bill Nowlin	David Laurila	2009-02-22
	You Could Look It Up: 1915, the Year of Nothing	Steven Goldman	2008-10-24
	Prospectus Q&A: Dan Levitt	David Laurila	2007-04-29
	Prospectus Today: Bookish	Joe Sheehan	2003-06-26

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-10-20 13:00:00	The Phillies' biggest power threat in the 1915 World Series was Gavvy Cravath. Is it fair to say that he was a far superior hitter to Ryan Howard? (Cambridge from BP Northeast)	I love my readers. I mean that sincerely. Let's take the question seriously and take a look at the translated stats at BP provided by Clay Davenport III. Clay fixes Cravath's 1915, by far his best season at 10.6 WARP, at .278/.399/.628 with 55 HR, 104 BB, 124 Ks. Howard's numbers, subject to the same translation, come out to .250/.340/.559. Now, what you have to keep in mind is that Howard is a giant of a man even by our meat-eating standards today, whereas Cravath had the smaller stature of a man born in 1881 (perspective: FDR was born in 1882). As such, I doubt there's any real comparison, but in context, yes, Cravath was the man. (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-21 17:00:00	NLCS Game 5	Bringing up Gavvy Cravath led to my missing most of that last half-inning while discussing another former Phillie--Ed Delahanty--with my wife. (Steven Goldman)