Deacon McGuire
Deacon McGuire
Full name: James Thomas McGuire
Born: November 18, 1863, Youngstown, Ohio
Died October 31, 1936, Duck Lake, Michigan
Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Michigan
First Game: June 21, 1884; Final Game: May 18, 1912
Managed First Game: June 24, 1898; Managed Final Game: May 1, 1911
Umpired First Game: May 21, 1886; Umpired Final Game: August 15, 1905
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
Deacon McGuire
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1884 TOL a 45 151 12 28 7 0 1 0 5 1 .185 .217 .252 -1.0 1884 TOL a
1885 DET N 34 121 11 23 4 2 0 9 5 23 .190 .222 .256 0.5 1885 DET N
1886 PHI N 50 167 25 33 7 1 2 18 19 25 2 .198 .280 .287 -0.6 1886 PHI N
1887 PHI N 41 150 22 46 6 6 2 23 11 8 2 3 .307 .362 .467 0.5 1887 PHI N
1888 PHI N 12 51 7 17 4 2 0 11 4 9 0 0 .333 .382 .490 0.0 1888 PHI N
1888 DET N 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 1888 DET N
1888 CLE a 26 94 15 24 1 3 1 13 7 4 2 .255 .333 .362 0.2 1888 CLE a
1888 TOT N 15 64 7 17 4 2 0 11 4 13 0 0 .266 .309 .391 -0.5 1888 TOT N
1888 Total 41 158 22 41 5 5 1 24 11 13i 4 2 .259 .324 .373 -0.3 1888 Total
1890 ROC a 87 331 46 99 16 4 4 53 21 8 8 .299 .356 .408 2.6 1890 ROC a
1891 WAS a 114 413 55 125 22 10 3 66 43 34 10 10 .303 .382 .426 1.3 1891 WAS a
1892 WAS N 97 315 46 73 14 4 4 43 61 48 2 7 .232 .360 .340 0.2 1892 WAS N
1893 WAS N 63 237 29 61 14 3 1 26 26 12 3 3 .257 .338 .354 -0.7 1893 WAS N
1894 WAS N 104 425 67 130 18 6 6 78 33 19 7 4 11 .306 .366 .419 -1.1 1894 WAS N
1895 WAS N 132 533 89 179 30 8 10 97 40 18 5 5 16 .336 .388 .478 2.3 1895 WAS N
1896 WAS N 108 389 60 125 25 3 2 70 30 14 6 6 12 .321 .379 .416 0.8 1896 WAS N
1897 WAS N 93 327 51 112 17 7 4 53 21 2 1 9 .343 .386 .474 1.5 1897 WAS N
1898 WAS N 131 489 59 131 18 3 1 57 24 6 10 10 .268 .310 .323 -1.2 1898 WAS N
1899 WAS N 59 199 25 54 3 1 1 12 16 3 1 3 .271 .335 .312 -0.8 1899 WAS N
1899 BRO N 46 157 22 50 12 4 0 23 12 5 1 4 .318 .385 .446 1.0 1899 BRO N
1899 TOT N 105 356 47 104 15 5 1 35 28 8 2 7 .292 .357 .371 0.2 1899 TOT N
1900 BRO N 71 241 20 69 15 2 0 34 19 4 1 2 .286 .348 .365 -0.1 1900 BRO N
1901 BRO N 85 301 28 89 16 4 0 40 18 3 4 4 .296 .342 .375 0.1 1901 BRO N
1902 DET A 73 229 27 52 14 1 2 23 24 0 5 0 .227 .300 .323 -0.8 1902 DET A
1903 DET A 72 248 15 62 12 1 0 21 19 1 1 3 .250 .306 .306 -0.5 1903 DET A
1904 NY A 101 322 17 67 12 2 0 20 27 3 5 2 .208 .276 .258 0.5 1904 NY A
1905 NY A 72 228 9 50 7 2 0 33 18 5 3 3 .219 .291 .268 -0.3 1905 NY A
1906 NY A 51 144 11 43 5 0 0 14 12 3 0 3 .299 .365 .333 0.7 1906 NY A
1907 NY A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1907 NY A
1907 BOS A 6 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 0.2 1907 BOS A
1907 TOT A 7 5 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.200 0.2 1907 TOT A
1908 BOS A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1908 BOS A
1908 CLE A 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 0.0 1908 CLE A
1908 TOT A 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 0.0 1908 TOT A
1910 CLE A 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 0.0 1910 CLE A
1912 DET A 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1912 DET A
Total NL 1129 4115 561 1192 203 56 33 594 339 180i 48i 33i 86i .290 .351 .390 1.9 Total NL
Total AA 272 989 128 276 46 17 9 132 76 34i 23 20i .279 .345 .387 3.1 Total AA
Total AL 380 1186 81 280 51 6 3 114 100 13 14 11 .236 .303 .297 -0.2 Total AL
Total 1781 6290 770 1748 300 79 45 840 515 214i 84i 47i 117i .278 .341 .372 4.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO WP HBP W L ERA PW Year Team
1890 ROC a 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 -0.1 1890 ROC a
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1884 TOL a C 41 224 56 29 1 66 .906
1884 TOL a OF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1 3 0
1884 TOL a SS 3 3 5 2 0 .800
1885 DET N C 31 249 52 26 2 21 .920
1885 DET N OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
1886 PHI N C 49 298 50 39 3 44 .899
1886 PHI N OF 1 1 1 2 0 .500 0 0 1
1887 PHI N C 41 214 52 35 6 33 .884
1888 PHI N C 10 49 11 15 1 10 .800
1888 PHI N 3B 2 0 2 1 0 .667
1888 DET N C 3 13 4 4 0 3 .810
1888 CLE a C 17 102 29 16 3 21 .891
1888 CLE a 1B 6 56 1 1 0 .983
1888 CLE a OF 3 3 0 1 0 .750 0 0 3
1888 TOT N C 13 62 15 19 1 13 .802
1888 Total C 30 164 44 35 4 34 .856
1890 ROC a C 71 386 99 32 9 27 .938
1890 ROC a 1B 15 152 3 2 6 .987
1890 ROC a OF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 0 1 2
1890 ROC a P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1891 WAS a C 98 442 130 56 8 39 .911
1891 WAS a OF 18 12 3 3 0 .833 0 0 18
1891 WAS a 3B 3 4 7 6 0 .647
1891 WAS a 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1892 WAS N C 89 381 100 33 8 33 .936
1892 WAS N 1B 8 71 0 0 2 1.000
1892 WAS N OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1893 WAS N C 50 172 45 27 3 17 .889
1893 WAS N 1B 12 115 11 7 11 .947
1894 WAS N C 104 288 114 36 8 27 .918
1895 WAS N C 132 408 179 40 11 28 .936
1895 WAS N SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667
1896 WAS N C 98 349 87 30 14 17 .936
1896 WAS N 1B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000
1897 WAS N C 73 290 88 21 6 11 .947
1897 WAS N 1B 6 65 0 1 2 .985
1898 WAS N C 93 371 93 16 11 11 .967
1898 WAS N 1B 37 336 27 13 26 .965
1899 WAS N C 56 178 71 7 3 8 .973
1899 WAS N 1B 1 12 0 1 0 .923
1899 BRO N C 46 144 58 6 2 9 .971
1899 TOT N C 102 322 129 13 5 17 .972
1900 BRO N C 69 218 77 15 7 15 .952
1901 BRO N C 81 415 94 21 4 15 .960
1901 BRO N 1B 3 24 0 0 2 1.000
1902 DET A C 70 210 65 14 6 7 .952
1903 DET A C 69 330 73 17 9 9 .960
1903 DET A 1B 1 1 0 1 0 .500
1904 NY A C 97 530 120 20 11 12 .970
1904 NY A 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000
1905 NY A C 71 366 69 11 4 8 .975
1906 NY A C 49 218 38 9 2 4 .966
1906 NY A 1B 1 8 0 1 0 .889
1907 NY A C 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1908 CLE A 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000
1910 CLE A C 1 2 1 0 0 1 1.000
1912 DET A C 1 2 3 2 0 0 .714
Total C 1611 6852 1859 577 142 496 .938
Total 1B 94 863 43 27 49 .971
Total OF 33 28 5 8 0 .805 4 4 25
Total 3B 5 4 9 7 0 .650
Total SS 4 3 7 3 0 .769
Total P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1898 WAS N 70 21 47 .309 282 367 6-24 9-12 10 11 11
1907 BOS A 112 45 61 .425 357 399 6-10 8 7
1908 BOS A 115 53 62 .461 409 417 8-27 6 5
1909 CLE A 41 14 25 .359 122 166 8-23 4 6
1910 CLE A 161 71 81 .467 548 657 5
1911 CLE A 17 6 11 .353 65 91 5- 1 7 3
Total 516 210 287 .423 1783 2097
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1886 NL
1887 NL
1894 NL
1896 NL
1897 NL
1901 NL
1905 AL
Transactions Transactions
Granted to league by Detroit Wolverines with Dan Casey , Mox McQuery , Stump Wiedman
and George Wood (November 19, 1885 ).
Obtained from league by Philadelphia Phillies with Dan Casey , Jack Farrell and
George Wood (@January, 1886).
Traded by Washington Senators to Brooklyn Superbas in exchange for Dan McGann and
Aleck Smith (July 14, 1899 ).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Highlanders (February 21, 1904 ).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Americans from New York Highlanders (June 7, 1907 ).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Naps (August, 1908).
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