What years did Deacon McGuire play?

Deacon McGuire played in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1912.

Was Deacon McGuire a pitcher?

No. Deacon McGuire was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Deacon McGuire hit?

Deacon McGuire hit 45 career home runs with 1,750 hits.

What teams did Deacon McGuire play for?

Deacon McGuire played for 11 teams: the Toledo Blue Stockings (1884), the Detroit Wolverines (1885, 1888), the Philadelphia Quakers (1886–1888), the Cleveland Blues (1888), the Rochester Broncos (1890), the Washington Senators (1891–1899), the Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1901), the Detroit Tigers (1902–1903, 1912), the New York Highlanders (1904–1907), the Boston Red Sox (1907–1908), and the Cleveland Naps (1908, 1910).

What were Deacon McGuire's career stats?

In 1,781 games, Deacon McGuire had 1,750 hits, 45 home runs, 840 RBI, 770 runs, and 118 stolen bases, with a .278 batting average.

What position did Deacon McGuire play?

Deacon McGuire played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Deacon McGuire and how much did he weigh?

Deacon McGuire was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.

How many home runs did Deacon McGuire hit each season?

Deacon McGuire's home runs by season: 1 in 1884, 0 in 1885, 2 in 1886, 2 in 1887, 1 in 1888, 4 in 1890, 3 in 1891, 4 in 1892, 1 in 1893, 6 in 1894, 10 in 1895, 2 in 1896, 4 in 1897, 1 in 1898, 1 in 1899, 0 in 1900, 0 in 1901, 2 in 1902, 0 in 1903, 0 in 1904, 0 in 1905, 0 in 1906, 1 in 1907, 0 in 1908, 0 in 1910, and 0 in 1912. His most in one season was 10, in 1895.

What was Deacon McGuire's career batting average?

Deacon McGuire batted .278 over his career, with 1,750 hits in 6,291 at bats.

How many RBI did Deacon McGuire have?

Deacon McGuire drove in 840 runs in his career.

What was Deacon McGuire's career ERA?

Deacon McGuire finished with a 6.75 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.

Is Deacon McGuire in the Hall of Fame?

No. Deacon McGuire has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Deacon McGuire

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1884-1912)

Deacon McGuire was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1912 for 12 teams, including the Toledo Blue Stockings, a span of 29 seasons. In 1,781 career games, he hit .278 with 1,750 hits, 45 home runs, and 840 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 4,193.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 23, 2026

AVG .278

HR 45

RBI 840

H 1,750

OPS .713

PIV 4,193

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 11/18/1863 in Youngstown, OH, USA
Died: 10/31/1936 in Duck Lake, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 1884-06-21
Last Game: 1912-05-18

Full name: James Thomas McGuire

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Career Batting Statistics

Deacon McGuire — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,781	6,291	770	1,750	300	79	45	840	118	515	442	.278	.341	.372	.713	4,193

Career AVG .278 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — +6.6% above league average.

Career OBP .341 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — +5.9% above league average.

Career SLG .372 vs. league average .346 across their career seasons — +7.8% above league average.

Career OPS .713 vs. league average .667 across their career seasons — +6.9% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Deacon McGuire Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1884	TL1	AA	45	151	12	28	7	0	1	0	0	5	0	.185	.243 (-24%)	.278 (-22%)	.327 (-23%)	.606 (-23%)	-458.4
1885	DTN	NL	34	121	11	23	4	2	0	9	0	5	23	.190	.244 (-22%)	.287 (-23%)	.325 (-21%)	.613 (-22%)	-376.4
1886	PHI	NL	50	167	25	33	7	1	2	18	2	19	25	.198	.246 (-20%)	.302 (-8%)	.331 (-13%)	.634 (-11%)	-223.1
1887	PHI	NL	41	150	22	46	6	6	2	23	3	11	8	.307	.270 (+13%)	.331 (+9%)	.373 (+25%)	.705 (+17%)	410.8
1888	PHI	NL	12	51	7	17	4	2	0	11	0	4	9	.333	.238 (+40%)	.290 (+31%)	.319 (+53%)	.610 (+43%)	289.0
1888	DTN	NL	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	289.0
1888	CL3	AA	26	94	15	24	1	3	1	13	2	7	16	.255	.238 (+7%)	.290 (+15%)	.319 (+13%)	.610 (+14%)	289.0
1890	RC2	AA	87	331	46	99	16	4	4	53	8	21	0	.299	.260 (+15%)	.336 (+6%)	.351 (+16%)	.687 (+11%)	611.8
1891	WS9	AA	114	413	55	125	22	10	3	66	10	43	34	.303	.254 (+19%)	.331 (+15%)	.343 (+24%)	.675 (+20%)	1537.7
1892	WAS	NL	97	315	46	73	14	4	4	43	7	61	49	.232	.244 (-5%)	.316 (+14%)	.327 (+4%)	.644 (+9%)	690.8
1893	WAS	NL	63	237	29	61	14	3	1	26	3	26	12	.257	.279 (-8%)	.356 (-5%)	.379 (-7%)	.735 (-6%)	-232.2
1894	WAS	NL	104	425	67	130	18	6	6	78	11	33	19	.306	.309 (-1%)	.379 (-4%)	.435 (-4%)	.814 (-4%)	-274.6
1895	WAS	NL	133	538	89	181	30	8	10	97	17	40	18	.336	.296 (+14%)	.361 (+7%)	.399 (+20%)	.761 (+14%)	1509.7
1896	WAS	NL	108	389	60	125	25	3	2	70	12	30	14	.321	.290 (+11%)	.354 (+7%)	.387 (+7%)	.741 (+7%)	587.9
1897	WAS	NL	93	327	51	112	17	7	4	53	9	21	12	.343	.291 (+17%)	.354 (+9%)	.387 (+22%)	.741 (+16%)	948.6
1898	WAS	NL	131	489	59	131	18	3	1	57	10	24	19	.268	.270 (-1%)	.333 (-7%)	.347 (-7%)	.680 (-7%)	-563.4
1899	WAS	NL	58	195	25	54	3	1	1	12	3	16	7	.277	.282 (-2%)	.343 (-1%)	.366 (-13%)	.710 (-7%)	-178.8
1899	BRO	NL	46	157	22	50	12	4	0	23	4	12	5	.318	.282 (+13%)	.343 (+12%)	.366 (+22%)	.710 (+17%)	-178.8
1900	BRO	NL	71	241	20	69	15	2	0	34	2	19	17	.286	.279 (+3%)	.338 (+3%)	.366 (avg)	.705 (+1%)	68.2
1901	BRO	NL	85	301	28	89	16	4	0	40	4	18	34	.296	.271 (+9%)	.326 (+5%)	.359 (+4%)	.686 (+4%)	229.0
1902	DET	AL	73	229	27	52	14	1	2	23	0	24	8	.227	.266 (-15%)	.321 (-7%)	.343 (-6%)	.665 (-6%)	-206.4
1903	DET	AL	72	248	15	62	12	1	0	21	3	19	24	.250	.261 (-4%)	.316 (-3%)	.345 (-11%)	.662 (-8%)	-253.9
1904	NYA	AL	101	322	17	67	12	2	0	20	2	27	45	.208	.246 (-16%)	.300 (-8%)	.321 (-20%)	.622 (-14%)	-590.0
1905	NYA	AL	72	228	9	50	7	2	0	33	3	18	21	.219	.248 (-12%)	.307 (-5%)	.322 (-17%)	.629 (-11%)	-323.7
1906	NYA	AL	51	144	11	43	5	0	0	14	3	12	17	.299	.247 (+21%)	.307 (+19%)	.315 (+6%)	.622 (+12%)	326.5
1907	NYA	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1907	BOS	AL	6	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.750	—	—	—	—	0.0
1908	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1908	CLE	AL	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1910	CLE	AL	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1912	DET	AL	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 31 seasons			1,781	6,291	770	1,750	300	79	45	840	118	515	442	.278	—	—	—	—	3,928

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Deacon McGuire — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	3	0	1	1	6.75	0.0

Career ERA 6.75 vs. league average 3.88 across their career seasons — 73.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Deacon McGuire — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1890	RC2	AA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	3	1	1	6.75	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	3	1	1	6.75	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Deacon McGuire — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	358	1178	115	315	3	150	.267
Away	417	1399	118	359	2	134	.257

Last 10 Games — Batting

Deacon McGuire — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1912-05-18	DET	PHA	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1910-10-09	CLE	SLA	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1908-10-06	CLE	SLA	W	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1908-08-24	BOS	CHW	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-09-10	BOS	PHA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-08-28	BOS	NYY	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1907-08-21	BOS	DET	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-07-25	BOS	DET	L	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
1907-07-02	BOS	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-06-29	BOS	PHA	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Deacon McGuire — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	93	2	851	43	26	50
3B	5	0	4	9	7	0
C	1612	207	6856	1860	577	143
OF	33	0	28	5	8	0
P	1	0	1	1	0	0
SS	4	0	3	7	3	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Deacon McGuire — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1884	TL1	C	41	0	224	56	29	1
1884	TL1	OF	4	0	4	0	1	0
1884	TL1	SS	3	0	3	5	2	0
1885	DTN	C	31	0	249	52	26	2
1885	DTN	OF	3	0	3	0	0	0
1886	PHI	C	49	0	298	50	39	3
1886	PHI	OF	1	0	1	1	2	0
1887	PHI	C	41	0	214	52	35	6
1888	PHI	3B	2	0	0	2	1	0
1888	PHI	C	10	0	49	11	15	1
1888	DTN	C	3	0	13	4	4	0
1888	CL3	1B	6	0	56	1	1	0
1888	CL3	C	17	0	102	29	16	3
1888	CL3	OF	3	0	3	0	1	0
1890	RC2	1B	15	0	152	3	2	6
1890	RC2	C	71	0	386	99	32	9
1890	RC2	OF	3	0	4	0	1	0
1890	RC2	P	1	0	1	1	0	0
1891	WS9	1B	1	0	5	0	0	1
1891	WS9	3B	3	0	4	7	6	0
1891	WS9	C	98	0	442	130	56	8
1891	WS9	OF	18	0	12	3	3	0
1892	WAS	1B	8	0	71	0	0	2
1892	WAS	C	89	0	381	100	33	8
1892	WAS	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0
1893	WAS	1B	12	0	115	11	7	11
1893	WAS	C	50	0	172	45	27	3
1894	WAS	C	104	0	288	114	36	8
1895	WAS	C	133	0	412	180	40	12
1895	WAS	SS	1	0	0	2	1	0
1896	WAS	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0
1896	WAS	C	98	0	349	87	30	14
1897	WAS	1B	6	0	65	0	1	2
1897	WAS	C	73	0	290	88	21	6
1898	WAS	1B	37	0	336	27	13	26
1898	WAS	C	93	0	371	93	16	11
1899	WAS	C	56	0	178	71	7	3
1899	BRO	C	46	0	144	58	6	2
1900	BRO	C	69	0	218	77	15	7
1901	BRO	1B	3	0	24	0	0	2
1901	BRO	C	81	0	415	94	21	4
1902	DET	C	70	0	210	65	14	6
1903	DET	1B	1	0	1	0	1	0
1903	DET	C	69	0	330	73	17	9
1904	NYA	1B	1	0	6	0	0	0
1904	NYA	C	97	97	530	120	20	11
1905	NYA	C	71	65	366	69	11	4
1906	NYA	1B	1	1	8	0	1	0
1906	NYA	C	49	44	218	38	9	2
1907	NYA	C	1	0	3	1	0	0
1908	CLE	1B	1	1	10	0	0	0
1910	CLE	C	1	1	2	1	0	0
1912	DET	C	1	0	2	3	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Deacon McGuire Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
Catcher	1614
First Base	93
Third Base	5
Shortstop	4
Left Field	4
Center Field	4
Right Field	25

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Deacon McGuire: the record in brief

Deacon McGuire played a first major league game on June 21, 1884 and a last one on May 18, 1912. McGuire played for the Toledo Blue Stockings (1884), the Detroit Wolverines (1885 to 1888), the Philadelphia Quakers (1886 to 1888), the Cleveland Blues (1888), the Rochester Broncos (1890), the Washington Statesmen (1891), the Washington Senators (1892 to 1899), and the Brooklyn Superbas (1899 through 1901), with further stops in the season rows. Listed as a catcher, McGuire both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 1 inch and 185 pounds. The birth record reads November 18, 1863, in Youngstown, OH, USA. McGuire's death is recorded on October 31, 1936, in Duck Lake, MI, USA. The given name on file is James Thomas McGuire.

In 1,781 games and 6,291 at bats, McGuire batted .278 with 1,750 hits; the totals also include 45 homers, 840 RBI, and 118 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .341 and the slugging percentage .372, for an OPS of .713.

Frequently Asked Questions about Deacon McGuire

What years did Deacon McGuire play?: Deacon McGuire played in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1912.
Was Deacon McGuire a pitcher?: No. Deacon McGuire was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Deacon McGuire hit?: Deacon McGuire hit 45 career home runs with 1,750 hits.
What teams did Deacon McGuire play for?: Deacon McGuire played for 11 teams: the Toledo Blue Stockings (1884), the Detroit Wolverines (1885, 1888), the Philadelphia Quakers (1886–1888), the Cleveland Blues (1888), the Rochester Broncos (1890), the Washington Senators (1891–1899), the Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1901), the Detroit Tigers (1902–1903, 1912), the New York Highlanders (1904–1907), the Boston Red Sox (1907–1908), and the Cleveland Naps (1908, 1910).
What were Deacon McGuire's career stats?: In 1,781 games, Deacon McGuire had 1,750 hits, 45 home runs, 840 RBI, 770 runs, and 118 stolen bases, with a .278 batting average.
What position did Deacon McGuire play?: Deacon McGuire played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Deacon McGuire and how much did he weigh?: Deacon McGuire was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.
How many home runs did Deacon McGuire hit each season?: Deacon McGuire's home runs by season: 1 in 1884, 0 in 1885, 2 in 1886, 2 in 1887, 1 in 1888, 4 in 1890, 3 in 1891, 4 in 1892, 1 in 1893, 6 in 1894, 10 in 1895, 2 in 1896, 4 in 1897, 1 in 1898, 1 in 1899, 0 in 1900, 0 in 1901, 2 in 1902, 0 in 1903, 0 in 1904, 0 in 1905, 0 in 1906, 1 in 1907, 0 in 1908, 0 in 1910, and 0 in 1912. His most in one season was 10, in 1895.
What was Deacon McGuire's career batting average?: Deacon McGuire batted .278 over his career, with 1,750 hits in 6,291 at bats.
How many RBI did Deacon McGuire have?: Deacon McGuire drove in 840 runs in his career.
What was Deacon McGuire's career ERA?: Deacon McGuire finished with a 6.75 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.
Is Deacon McGuire in the Hall of Fame?: No. Deacon McGuire has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.