Biz Mackey, baseball player, Final season: 1947

Biz Mackey

⭐ Hall of Fame 2006

Born: 7/27/1897 in Caldwell County, TX, USA

Died: 9/22/1965 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bats: B | Throws: R | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 235 lbs

Full name: James Raleigh Mackey

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Biography

Biz Mackey was a prominent figure in the history of baseball, known for his significant contributions to the game during a time when the sport was evolving. Born in 1897, Mackey played primarily as a position player throughout his career, which spanned from 1947 until his passing on September 7 of that year. Although his official statistics reflect no recorded games, hits, home runs, RBIs, or stolen bases, his impact on the game was felt beyond mere numbers. Mackey was an exceptional catcher and played a crucial role in the development of African American baseball during the early to mid-20th century, particularly in the Negro Leagues. His legacy was solidified when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, recognizing his influence and contributions to the sport. Mackey's playing style was characterized by his strong defensive skills and leadership behind the plate, traits that earned him respect among teammates and opponents alike. As the game transitioned through various eras, including the integration of baseball, Mackey's role became even more significant, as he helped pave the way for future generations of players. He remains a celebrated figure in baseball history, embodying the spirit and resilience of the game during a transformative period.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1531.0 1368.0 180.0 411.0 47.0 12.0 19.0 115.0 138.0 14.0 10.0 0.300 0.367 0.394 0.761

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 7.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1920 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1921 17.0 15.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1.0 0 0.133 0.235 0.133 0.368
1922 4.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1924 52.0 44.0 7.0 10.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 6.0 1.0 1.0 0.227 0.320 0.273 0.593
1925 107.0 93.0 18.0 33.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 16.0 10.0 3.0 2.0 0.355 0.410 0.570 0.980
1926 68.0 62.0 10.0 18.0 2.0 0 2.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 3.0 0.290 0.343 0.419 0.762
1927 40.0 36.0 5.0 9.0 1.0 0 0 2.0 4.0 0 0 0.250 0.325 0.278 0.603
1928 19.0 14.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 0 0 0 4.0 2.0 1.0 0.357 0.500 0.429 0.929
1929 28.0 24.0 5.0 7.0 0 0 2.0 0 2.0 0 0 0.292 0.370 0.542 0.912
1930 24.0 17.0 6.0 8.0 0 0 0 2.0 6.0 0 1.0 0.471 0.609 0.471 1.080
1933 3.0 3.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.666
1934 28.0 26.0 2.0 11.0 3.0 0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0.423 0.464 0.654 1.118
1935 35.0 29.0 4.0 5.0 0 0 0 1.0 5.0 1.0 0 0.172 0.294 0.172 0.466
1936 247.0 231.0 30.0 72.0 12.0 4.0 2.0 24.0 13.0 0 0 0.312 0.351 0.424 0.775
1937 106.0 97.0 10.0 27.0 5.0 0 1.0 13.0 8.0 1.0 0 0.278 0.340 0.361 0.701
1938 160.0 146.0 20.0 42.0 3.0 0 1.0 10.0 11.0 2.0 1.0 0.288 0.346 0.329 0.675
1939 129.0 113.0 16.0 40.0 5.0 0 3.0 13.0 14.0 0 1.0 0.354 0.425 0.478 0.903
1940 160.0 144.0 21.0 48.0 6.0 0 1.0 8.0 15.0 0 0 0.333 0.396 0.396 0.792
1941 102.0 88.0 10.0 22.0 4.0 2.0 0 4.0 13.0 0 0 0.250 0.347 0.341 0.688
1942 16.0 16.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250
1943 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 4.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.750 0.750 0.750 1.500
1945 88.0 80.0 8.0 25.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 10.0 8.0 0 0 0.312 0.375 0.438 0.813
1946 12.0 11.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.182 0.250 0.182 0.432
1947 81.0 71.0 3.0 19.0 0 0 1.0 5.0 9.0 0 0 0.268 0.350 0.310 0.660

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1925 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1941 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 5.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1946 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 5 7 3 1 0 0 21.7 30 18 3 6 15 7.48 0

Career ERA 7.48 vs. league average 3.75 across their career seasons — 99.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1920 ABC NNL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 7 6 2 5 16.20 — 0.0
1921 ABC NNL 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 13.3 16 9 4 8 6.07 4.02 (-51%) -742.4
1941 NE NN2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 0 1 6.00 — 0.0
1946 NE NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 4.50 — 0.0

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1031 3540 584 1165 202 64 64 698 73 361 18 0.329 0.394 0.477 0.871 11709.6

Career AVG .329 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — +18.7% above league average.

Career OBP .394 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — +15.5% above league average.

Career SLG .477 vs. league average .391 across their career seasons — +22.0% above league average.

Career OPS 0.871 vs. league average 0.732 across their career seasons — +18.9% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1920 ABC NNL 39 145 18 43 4 2 1 17 1 10 0 0.297 .271 (+9%) .331 (+3%) .363 (+3%) .694 (+3%) 62.9
1921 ABC NNL 76 283 43 85 13 9 9 54 4 15 2 0.300 .286 (+5%) .344 (+1%) .395 (+28%) .739 (+15%) 691.2
1922 ABC NNL 79 284 50 108 14 16 7 72 8 27 0 0.380 .285 (+33%) .345 (+26%) .397 (+55%) .743 (+42%) 2130.5
1923 HIL ECL 51 180 32 77 11 2 5 47 6 11 1 0.428 .282 (+51%) .344 (+35%) .390 (+52%) .734 (+44%) 1393.3
1924 HIL ECL 69 275 50 89 19 3 4 40 9 22 1 0.324 .283 (+14%) .345 (+9%) .389 (+18%) .734 (+14%) 679.0
1925 HIL ECL 62 210 49 73 17 5 6 54 12 29 0 0.348 .288 (+21%) .349 (+22%) .407 (+38%) .756 (+31%) 1217.4
1926 HIL ECL 85 312 59 102 25 3 10 76 13 34 9 0.327 .279 (+17%) .345 (+16%) .390 (+34%) .735 (+25%) 1502.8
1927 HIL ECL 30 101 25 36 4 3 1 24 1 13 0 0.356 .282 (+26%) .344 (+28%) .392 (+24%) .736 (+25%) 486.9
1928 HIL EAS 54 203 43 69 16 5 4 38 6 22 3 0.340 .280 (+21%) .342 (+19%) .395 (+33%) .737 (+27%) 960.5
1928 BBS ECL 2 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0.286 — — — — 960.5
1929 HIL ANL 52 186 35 67 12 3 2 38 6 30 0 0.360 .289 (+24%) .353 (+27%) .415 (+18%) .769 (+22%) 864.7
1930 HIL IND 30 108 26 48 10 3 4 34 2 10 0 0.444 .293 (+51%) .354 (+40%) .429 (+64%) .784 (+53%) 1038.8
1930 BBS IND 7 25 6 7 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0.280 — — — — 1038.8
1931 HIL IND 44 154 28 55 6 2 3 33 1 17 0 0.357 .276 (+29%) .338 (+25%) .388 (+24%) .726 (+24%) 687.2
1933 PS IND 26 91 10 25 5 0 0 14 1 11 0 0.275 .270 (+2%) .329 (+11%) .377 (-13%) .707 (-2%) 24.3
1933 PC NN2 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500 — — — — 24.3
1934 PS NN2 25 67 2 18 7 0 1 12 0 4 0 0.269 .278 (-3%) .340 (-9%) .392 (+6%) .733 (-1%) -29.4
1935 PS NN2 46 148 20 43 10 1 1 20 1 14 0 0.291 .279 (+4%) .342 (+4%) .399 (-2%) .742 (+1%) 33.0
1936 WEG NN2 43 170 20 49 8 3 0 30 0 11 0 0.288 .283 (+1%) .349 (-4%) .404 (-8%) .753 (-6%) -211.0
1937 WEG NN2 21 62 8 16 3 0 1 8 0 8 0 0.258 .276 (-7%) .342 (avg) .398 (-11%) .740 (-6%) -46.2
1938 BEG NN2 32 104 17 32 5 0 1 16 1 18 1 0.308 .272 (+13%) .341 (+20%) .392 (-2%) .734 (+8%) 220.0
1939 BEG NN2 15 45 4 11 2 0 1 8 0 5 0 0.244 — — — — -74.6
1939 NE NN2 12 32 3 11 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0.344 — — — — -74.6
1940 NE NN2 38 125 17 38 5 0 1 24 0 12 0 0.304 .267 (+14%) .335 (+10%) .387 (-5%) .722 (+2%) 81.0
1940 NYC NN2 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.500 — — — — 81.0
1941 NE NN2 32 78 10 21 3 2 0 11 0 11 0 0.269 .262 (+3%) .332 (+8%) .373 (-4%) .705 (+2%) 39.5
1945 NE NN2 19 58 5 16 1 1 1 8 0 9 1 0.276 .260 (+6%) .328 (+14%) .354 (+7%) .683 (+10%) 113.6
1946 NE NN2 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.200 — — — — 0.0
1947 NE NN2 30 69 2 18 0 0 0 9 0 8 0 0.261 .262 (-1%) .336 (avg) .376 (-31%) .712 (-16%) -155.6

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
25 95 15 30 3 2 2 7 10 2 0.316

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1946 NWS NE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1939 NLP1 NE 3 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
1934 NLC PS 5 16 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.312
1925 NWS HIL 6 25 4 9 3 1 1 3 3 1 0.360
1924 NWS HIL 10 41 7 10 0 1 0 1 6 1 0.244

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 62 50 518 23 7 15
2B 31 25 49 78 14 9
3B 63 49 73 78 11 7
C 733 641 3063 591 99 46
OF 43 34 51 3 1 1
P 7 3 0 2 0 0
SS 93 82 153 211 37 26

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1920 ABC 3B 5 5 6 7 1 0
1920 ABC C 24 21 102 33 3 2
1920 ABC OF 10 7 11 0 0 0
1920 ABC P 1 1 0 1 0 0
1921 ABC 2B 20 20 40 52 7 6
1921 ABC 3B 22 22 38 35 3 5
1921 ABC C 32 30 120 50 6 3
1921 ABC OF 2 2 3 0 0 0
1921 ABC P 4 1 0 1 0 0
1922 ABC 1B 2 1 15 0 0 0
1922 ABC 2B 7 2 5 15 5 2
1922 ABC 3B 1 1 2 2 0 0
1922 ABC C 44 42 177 53 6 6
1922 ABC OF 14 12 19 1 1 1
1922 ABC SS 14 14 28 31 2 6
1923 HIL 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
1923 HIL C 35 34 155 35 6 1
1923 HIL SS 17 11 24 37 3 3
1924 HIL 1B 23 23 262 12 1 2
1924 HIL 3B 11 6 11 14 3 0
1924 HIL C 6 4 16 5 1 0
1924 HIL SS 34 33 48 82 21 6
1925 HIL C 59 0 0 0 0 0
1926 HIL 1B 2 2 10 1 0 1
1926 HIL C 79 74 351 66 11 7
1926 HIL OF 4 4 8 0 0 0
1927 HIL C 30 29 122 28 5 2
1928 HIL 1B 2 0 12 1 0 1
1928 HIL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1928 HIL 3B 1 1 1 0 1 0
1928 HIL C 48 46 170 30 7 2
1928 HIL OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1928 HIL SS 7 5 13 13 3 3
1928 BBS 1B 1 0 4 0 0 1
1928 BBS C 1 1 2 0 0 0
1928 BBS SS 1 1 2 2 1 0
1929 HIL 2B 1 1 3 2 1 1
1929 HIL 3B 3 1 4 2 1 0
1929 HIL C 50 49 220 33 9 4
1929 HIL SS 3 1 3 6 0 2
1930 HIL 3B 6 6 5 8 1 0
1930 HIL C 7 7 27 5 0 2
1930 HIL OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1930 HIL SS 16 16 34 38 6 6
1930 BBS 3B 3 3 3 2 1 1
1930 BBS C 4 4 13 1 0 1
1931 HIL 1B 1 1 9 0 0 0
1931 HIL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0
1931 HIL C 41 41 189 26 6 3
1933 PS 2B 2 2 1 9 1 0
1933 PS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1933 PS C 23 21 100 23 5 1
1933 PS OF 2 2 2 0 0 0
1933 PS SS 1 1 1 2 1 0
1933 PC OF 1 1 0 1 0 0
1934 PS 1B 8 7 70 1 3 3
1934 PS C 11 9 76 12 0 0
1935 PS 1B 13 10 70 5 2 3
1935 PS 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0
1935 PS C 29 28 146 27 3 1
1935 PS OF 3 1 2 0 0 0
1936 WEG 1B 1 1 5 0 0 1
1936 WEG 3B 2 1 2 2 0 0
1936 WEG C 40 39 187 31 7 0
1936 WEG OF 1 1 3 1 0 0
1937 WEG C 20 19 112 20 5 2
1938 BEG 1B 1 1 8 0 0 0
1938 BEG 3B 1 0 1 2 0 0
1938 BEG C 30 30 147 25 5 1
1939 BEG C 15 14 63 7 1 1
1939 NE 1B 3 2 25 2 0 1
1939 NE 3B 1 1 0 2 0 1
1939 NE C 6 6 37 4 1 1
1940 NE C 38 37 210 28 6 2
1940 NE OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1940 NYC C 1 1 6 0 1 0
1941 NE 1B 1 0 4 1 0 0
1941 NE 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1941 NE C 22 21 134 17 2 1
1941 NE OF 3 2 2 0 0 0
1941 NE P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1945 NE 1B 3 2 22 0 1 2
1945 NE C 16 15 70 12 0 0
1946 NE C 1 0 3 1 0 0
1946 NE P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NE 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1947 NE C 21 19 108 19 3 3

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 7
Catcher 733
First Base 62
Second Base 31
Third Base 63
Shortstop 93
Left Field 19
Center Field 2
Right Field 22