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Joe McClain
Joseph Fred McClain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 183 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut April 14, 1961
  vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game June 1, 1962
Born May 5, 1933 in Johnson City, TN

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 28 WSA AL   8  18  33  29   7   2   3  1  212.0  221  105   91  22   48   76   4   4   893   7   0  3.86  3.90  101 1.269
 1962 29 WSA AL   0   4  10   4   0   0   2  0   24.0   33   25   25   8   11    6   2   0   117   1   0  9.38  4.05   43 1.833
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .267   8  22  43  33   7   2   5  1  236.0  254  130  116  30   59   82   6   4  1010   8   0  4.42  3.92   89 1.326
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  19  38  29   6   1   4  0  211.0  227  116  103  26   52   73   5   3   903   7   0  4.42  3.92   89 1.326
 Career High      8  18  33  29   7   2   3  1  212.0  221  105   91  22   48   76   4   4   893   7   0  3.86  3.90  101 1.269

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 28 WSA AL  33   68    4   14   4  0   0    4   0  0   1  16  .206  .214  .265   30   18   2   1   0   0   0
 1962 29 WSA AL  10    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .143  .143  .143  -23    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       43   75    4   15   4  0   0    4   0  0   1  16  .200  .208  .253   25   19   2   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        283   15   57  15  0   0   15   0  0   4  60  .200  .208  .253   25   72   8   4   0   0   0
 Career High     33   68    4   14   4  0   0    4   0  0   1  16                          18   2   1   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 28 WSA AL   72   57    4   1.9   100| .206  .258| .214  .332| .265  .401| .479  .734|  30  .159  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 1962 29 WSA AL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .143  .263| .143  .335| .143  .410| .286  .745| -23  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        79   63    4   1.7   100| .200  .258| .208  .332| .253  .402| .461  .735|  25  .137  -7.8  -0.7   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 ------+
1961 28 WSA AL P 33 15 24 1 0 .975 .954 1.18 0.83 1.66 2.05 29 212.0 1962 29 WSA AL P 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.79 2.25 2.06 4 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 28 WSA AL P 33 15 24 1 0 .975 .954 1.18 0.83 1.66 2.05 29 212.0 1962 29 WSA AL P 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.60 0.79 2.25 2.06 4 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 43 16 29 1 1 .978 .953 1.05 0.82 1.72 2.05 33 236.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 43 16 29 1 1 .978 .953 1.05 0.82 1.72 2.05 33 236
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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1961 AL-2.04-5

Losses
1961 AL-18-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2419) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

Before 1960 Season: Purchased by the Charleston (American Association) from the St. Louis Cardinals for $100.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Charleston (American Association) 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.
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