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Ken McBride
Kenneth Faye McBride

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut August 4, 1959
vs. BAL 7.3 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, 1 ER, L
Final Game August 15, 1965
Born August 12, 1935 in Huntsville, AL

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 23 CHW AL   0   1  11   2   0   0   4  1   22.7   20   11    8   1   17   12   0   2   105   0   0  3.18  3.78  119 1.632
 1960 24 CHW AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   3  0    4.7    6    2    2   0    3    4   1   0    24   0   0  3.86  3.79   98 1.929
 1961 25 LAA AL  12  15  38  36  11   1   2  1  241.7  229  114   98  28  102  180   7   8  1038   4   0  3.65  4.51  124 1.370 AS
 1962 26 LAA AL  11   5  24  23   6   4   0  0  149.3  136   66   58   9   70   83   9   5   640   3   0  3.50  3.85  110 1.379 AS
 1963 27 LAA AL  13  12  36  36  11   2   0  0  251.0  198  101   91  22   82  147  14   6  1021   1   0  3.26  3.41  105 1.116 AS
 1964 28 LAA AL   4  13  29  21   0   0   3  1  116.3  104   77   68  14   75   66  16   3   533   0   0  5.26  3.26   62 1.539
 1965 29 CAL AL   0   3   8   4   0   0   3  0   22.0   24   17   15   1   14   11   2   1   106   0   0  6.14  3.39   55 1.727
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .444  40  50 151 122  28   7  15  3  807.7  717  388  340  75  363  503  49  25  3467   8   0  3.79  3.81  101 1.337
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  37  30   6   1   3  0  201.0  178   96   84  18   90  125  12   6   863   1   0  3.79  3.81  101 1.337
 Career High     13  15  38  36  11   4   4  1  251.0  229  114   98  28  102  180  16   8  1038   4   0  3.26  4.51  124 1.116

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 23 CHW AL  11    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -7    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 25 LAA AL  45   83    5    7   3  0   0    2   0  0   3  35  .084  .116  .120  -39   10   6   0   0   0   1 AS
 1962 26 LAA AL  24   55    6    9   2  0   1    2   0  0   0  23  .164  .164  .255   12   14   0   0   0   0   1 AS
 1963 27 LAA AL  38   87    9   15   6  1   0    6   0  0   1  32  .172  .176  .264   25   23   5   3   0   0   2 AS
 1964 28 LAA AL  29   28    0    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   6   7  .214  .371  .214   76    6   2   0   0   1   0
 1965 29 CAL AL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .167  .000  -47    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      160  264   20   38  11  1   1   12   0  0  11 102  .144  .179  .205    5   54  13   3   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        267   20   38  11  1   1   12   0  0  11 103  .144  .179  .205    5   55  13   3   0   1   4
 Career High     45   87    9   15   6  1   1    6   0  0   6  35                          23   6   3   0   1   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 23 CHW AL    6    5    0   0.0    98| .167  .259| .167  .330| .167  .396| .334  .726|  -7  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1961 25 LAA AL   92   83    1   0.3   113| .084  .276| .116  .353| .120  .430| .236  .783| -39  .007 -17.5  -1.7   0%
 1962 26 LAA AL   55   47    2   1.2   100| .164  .259| .164  .331| .255  .404| .419  .735|  12  .073  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1963 27 LAA AL   96   82    4   1.3    89| .172  .248| .176  .314| .264  .383| .440  .697|  25  .107  -8.3  -0.9   0%
 1964 28 LAA AL   37   24    3   3.4    87| .214  .244| .371  .311| .214  .379| .585  .690|  76  .396  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1965 29 CAL AL    6    5    0   0.0    89| .000  .247| .167  .317| .000  .379| .167  .696| -47  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       292  246   10   1.1    99| .144  .259| .179  .329| .205  .402| .384  .732|   5  .072 -34.9  -3.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1959 23 CHW AL   P   11      0    9    1    0  .900  .957  0.82  0.85  3.57  2.06    2   22.7
 1960 24 CHW AL   P    5      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.78  1.91  1.91    0    4.7
 1961 25 LAA AL   P   38     19   53    2    5  .973  .954  1.89  0.83  2.68  2.05   36  241.7 AS
 1962 26 LAA AL   P   24     20   41    2    7  .968  .958  2.54  0.79  3.68  2.08   23  149.3 AS
 1963 27 LAA AL   P   36     22   52    3    3  .961  .955  2.06  0.79  2.65  1.99   36  251.0 AS
 1964 28 LAA AL   P   29     13   29    1    4  .977  .957  1.45  0.72  3.25  1.90   21  116.3
 1965 29 CAL AL   P    8      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.75  1.64  2.05    4   22.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1959 23 CHW AL   P   11      0    9    1    0  .900  .957  0.82  0.85  3.57  2.06    2   22.7
 1960 24 CHW AL   P    5      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.78  1.91  1.91    0    4.7
 1961 25 LAA AL   P   38     19   53    2    5  .973  .954  1.89  0.83  2.68  2.05   36  241.7
 1962 26 LAA AL   P   24     20   41    2    7  .968  .958  2.54  0.79  3.68  2.08   23  149.3
 1963 27 LAA AL   P   36     22   52    3    3  .961  .955  2.06  0.79  2.65  1.99   36  251.0
 1964 28 LAA AL   P   29     13   29    1    4  .977  .957  1.45  0.72  3.25  1.90   21  116.3
 1965 29 CAL AL   P    8      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.75  1.64  2.05    4   22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 151     78  185    9   19  .967  .956  1.74  0.79  2.93  2.02  122  807.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       151     78  185    9   19  .967  .956  1.74  0.79  2.93  2.01  122    808

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1961-2 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1963   LAA AL   *  0  0  0   3     4   3   3   2   1  0   0  0   2  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-2 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1963   LAA AL   *   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/3      1   1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1961-2
1962-2
1963 (P)

Won-Loss %
1962 AL-.688-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1963 AL-1.116-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1963 AL-7.10-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1961 AL-6.70-4

Innings
1961 AL-241.7-9
1963 AL-251.0-6

Strikeouts
1961 AL-180-5

Games Started
1961 AL-36-3
1963 AL-36-3

Comp. Games
1961 AL-11-9
1963 AL-11-10

Shutouts
1962 AL-4-4

Home Runs Allow.
1961 AL-28-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1961 AL-102-6
1963 AL-82-7
1964 AL-75-10

Losses
1961 AL-15-8
1964 AL-13-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1963 AL-91-9

Wild Pitches
1961 AL-8-6

Hit Batsmen
1961 AL-7-8
1962 AL-9-7
1963 AL-14-1
1964 AL-16-1

Batters Faced
1961 AL-1038-7
1963 AL-1021-7

Adjusted ERA+
1961 AL-124-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (987) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (955) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
August 1, 1959: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.
December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Chicago White Sox in the 1960 expansion draft.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Ken McBride's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1961-2 1962-2 1963 (P)	Won-Loss % 1962 AL-.688-4	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1963 AL-1.116-8	Hits Allowed/9IP 1963 AL-7.10-5	Strikeouts/9IP 1961 AL-6.70-4	Innings 1961 AL-241.7-9 1963 AL-251.0-6
Strikeouts 1961 AL-180-5	Games Started 1961 AL-36-3 1963 AL-36-3	Comp. Games 1961 AL-11-9 1963 AL-11-10	Shutouts 1962 AL-4-4	Home Runs Allow. 1961 AL-28-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1961 AL-102-6 1963 AL-82-7 1964 AL-75-10
Losses 1961 AL-15-8 1964 AL-13-9	Earned Runs Allow. 1963 AL-91-9	Wild Pitches 1961 AL-8-6	Hit Batsmen 1961 AL-7-8 1962 AL-9-7 1963 AL-14-1 1964 AL-16-1	Batters Faced 1961 AL-1038-7 1963 AL-1021-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1961 AL-124-10