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Bill McCahan
William Glenn McCahan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.
School Duke University

Debut September 15, 1946
Final Game June 19, 1949
Born June 7, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
Died July 3, 1986 in Fort Worth, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 25 PHA AL   1   1   4   2   2   1   1  0   18.0   16    2    2   0    9    6   0   1    77       0  1.00  3.54  354 1.389
 1947 26 PHA AL  10   5  29  19  10   1   5  0  165.3  160   73   61   7   62   47   0   3   703       0  3.32  3.82  115 1.343 MVP-26
 1948 27 PHA AL   4   7  17  15   5   0   2  0   86.7   98   58   55   8   65   20   0   3   417       0  5.71  4.28   75 1.881
 1949 28 PHA AL   1   1   7   4   0   0   1  0   20.7   23    9    6   0    9    3   0   1    91       0  2.61  4.11  157 1.548
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .533  16  14  57  40  17   2   9  0  290.7  297  142  124  15  145   76   0   8  1288       0  3.84  3.96  103 1.521
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  39  28  11   1   6  0  203.7  208   99   86  10  101   53   0   5   902   0   0  3.84  3.96  103 1.521
 Career High     10   7  29  19  10   1   5  0  165.3  160   73   61   8   65   47   0   3   703   0   0  3.32  4.28  115 1.343

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 25 PHA AL   4    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .400  .500  .400  154    2   0           0   0
 1947 26 PHA AL  29   55    8    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   3   5  .164  .207  .200   12   11   3           0   1 MVP-26
 1948 27 PHA AL  17   31    4    8   1  0   0    8   0  0   2   2  .258  .303  .290   58    9   0           0   0
 1949 28 PHA AL   7    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    7    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       57   96   12   20   3  0   0    9   0  0   6  11  .208  .255  .240   35   23   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        273   34   57   9  0   0   26   0  0  17  31  .208  .255  .240   35   65   9   0   0   0   3
 Career High     29   55    8    9   2  0   0    8   0  0   3   5                          11   3   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 25 PHA AL    6    3    1   8.9    95| .400  .262| .500  .337| .400  .378| .900  .714| 154  .801   0.5   0.0   0%
 1947 26 PHA AL   61   50    2   1.1    98| .164  .265| .207  .345| .200  .381| .407  .726|  12  .077  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1948 27 PHA AL   33   23    3   3.5   105| .258  .273| .303  .358| .290  .394| .593  .752|  58  .373  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1949 28 PHA AL    5    4    0   0.0   104| .200  .267| .200  .358| .200  .388| .400  .746|   7  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       105   80    6   2.0   101| .208  .267| .255  .350| .240  .385| .495  .735|  35  .196  -8.8  -1.0   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 ------+
1946 25 PHA AL P 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2 18.0 1947 26 PHA AL P 29 7 33 1 4 .976 .955 1.38 0.95 2.18 1.92 19 165.3 1948 27 PHA AL P 17 6 10 1 0 .941 .964 0.94 0.91 1.66 2.02 15 86.7 1949 28 PHA AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.01 1.30 2.13 4 20.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 25 PHA AL P 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2 18.0 1947 26 PHA AL P 29 7 33 1 4 .976 .955 1.38 0.95 2.18 1.92 19 165.3 1948 27 PHA AL P 17 6 10 1 0 .941 .964 0.94 0.91 1.66 2.02 15 86.7 1949 28 PHA AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.01 1.30 2.13 4 20.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 57 14 49 2 4 .969 .957 1.11 0.95 1.95 1.97 40 290.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 57 14 49 2 4 .969 .957 1.11 0.95 1.95 1.97 40 291
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-AL-26-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Won-Loss %
1947 AL-.667-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

September 28, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with $25,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Kermit Wahl.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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