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Cal McVey

Manager

Calvin Alexander McVey

157 Games

91-64 Record

0.587 Win%

3 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats R

Throws R

Born 8/30/1849
Montrose, IA, USA

Died 8/20/1926
San Francisco, CA, USA

MLB Debut 1871-05-05

Final Game 1879-09-30

📊 Career Record

157 Games Managed

91 Wins

64 Losses

                        0.587
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

3 seasons

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Cal McVey — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1873	BL1		33	20	13	0.606	3	Y
1878	CN1	NL	61	37	23	0.617	2	Y
1879	CN1	NL	63	34	28	0.548	5	Y

Cal McVey as a manager

Cal McVey's clubs went 91-64 in the 157 games McVey managed between 1873 and 1879. McVey's 1873 Baltimore Canaries played 33 games and went 20-13, finishing 3rd. For 1878, the table shows the Cincinnati Reds at 37-23 over 61 games, finishing 2nd in the NL. The 1879 row: Cincinnati Reds, 63 games, 34 wins and 28 losses, finishing 5th. League play for McVey's teams: the National League.

In 1879, McVey took over a club already in progress that season. The P-M column marks 1873, 1878, and 1879 as player-manager seasons. McVey's birth date on file is August 30, 1849, in Montrose, IA, USA. McVey died on August 20, 1926. As a player, McVey appears from 1871 to 1879; the player page has that record.

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