finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1879 right 20 august 1926 san francisco , california montrose , iowa 1871 september 30 .346 555 448 first baseman/catcher/outfielder cincinnati reds batting average runs scored runs batted in may 5 30 august 1849 cal mcvey.jpg cal mcvey
 boston red stockings cal mcvey right
cal mcvey

calvin alexander mcvey -lrb- august 30 , 1849 -- august 20 , 1926 -rrb- was a professional baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s .
mcvey 's importance to the game stems from his play on two of the earliest professional baseball teams , the original cincinnati red stockings and the national association boston red stockings .
he also played on the inaugural national league pennant-winning team , the 1876 chicago white stockings .
he has the na record for most career rbis -lrb- 276 -rrb- cal mcvey was born in rural montrose , iowa and moved to indianapolis at eleven , where he learned baseball and soon excelled at the game , playing for the western and active clubs in the national association of base ball players -lrb- nabbp -rrb- .
with mcvey usually pitching , the actives in 1868 defeated local rivals , lost to the three strong eastern teams that toured the west , and won one game in six against cincinnati teams -lrb- wright 2000 : 211 -rrb- .
despite a lopsided 7 -- 54 defeat by the cincinnati red stockings , that club later hired him to play in 1869 for $ 700 and he served as the regular right fielder for both of its storied seasons .
