Archibald Joseph McCarthy (born January 21, 1881 in Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti...

, Michigan

Michigan

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) was a pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 in Major League Baseball

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. His career was short, and he only played for six weeks for the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

 in 1902 and did not return for the following season. He debuted on August 14, 1902 at the age of 21 and played through the end of the 1902 Detroit Tigers season

1902 Detroit Tigers season

was the second year for the Detroit Tigers in the newly formed American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 58-77 , 30½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1902 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 657 runs to 566. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was...

 until September 18. Nothing is known of Arch McCarthy's life before or after his professional career, and his date of death is unknown.

McCarthy pitched

Games pitched

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 in 10 games during his six weeks for the Detroit Tigers, and he accumulated a win-loss record

Win (baseball)

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 of 2–7 and a fairly high earned run average

Earned run average

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 of 6.13. He had only 10 strikeout

Strikeout

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s in 72 innings pitched

Innings pitched

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. His batting statistics were also very poor. He had only two hits

Hit (baseball)

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 in 28 at bat

At bat

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s for a batting average

Batting average

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 of .071. That year, teammates Pete LePine

Pete LePine

Louis Joseph "Pete" LePine was a Major League Baseball player...

, Lew Post

Lew Post

Lewis George Post , was a Major League Baseball player who briefly played for the Detroit Tigers in 1902. Post played in 3 games over a two-day span, September 21–22. He had 1 hit in 12 at-bats for a .083 career batting average, and playing the outfield made one error in five chances...

, Lou Schiappacasse

Lou Schiappacasse

Louis Joseph Schiappacasse played two games as a Major League Baseball player with the Detroit Tigers in 1902. Schiappacasse was born and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his two major league games, he did not get a hit but received a base on balls in 6 plate appearances for a .167 on base...

, and Ed Fisher

Ed Fisher

Edward Fredrick Fisher was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Detroit Tigers near the end of the 1902 season...

 also played their whole professional careers within the last few weeks of the Tigers' 1902 season. Jack Cronin

Jack Cronin

John J. Cronin was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1895-1904. He is buried in Oceanview, Cemetery, Section L, formerly known as Vallhalla Cemetery in Staten Island, New York.-External links:*...

 was the only of the 12 pitchers on the Tigers roster that year to finish with a higher earned run average than McCarthy, although Cronin had a win-loss record of 0–0 as a relief pitcher

Relief pitcher

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. The Tigers struggled immensely in their second season in the American League

American League

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 and were constantly changing their roster, which was largely filled with young and inexperienced rookies. The Tigers finished the season with a record of 52–82–2 (.385) at 30½ games out of first place, which remains one of the team's worst seasons in history.

External links

• Baseball Almanac statistics
• Arch McCarthy profile at Sports Illustrated
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