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Mickey McDermott
Maurice Joseph McDermott (Maury)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 24, 1948
Final Game August 10, 1961
Born April 29, 1929 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Died August 7, 2003 in Phoenix, AZ

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 19 BOS AL   0   0   7   0   0   0   5  0   23.3   16   18   16   2   35   17   1   3   114       1  6.17  4.37   71 2.186
 1949 20 BOS AL   5   4  12  12   6   2   0  0   80.0   63   37   36   5   52   50   3   2   349       0  4.05  4.37  108 1.438
 1950 21 BOS AL   7   3  38  15   4   0  16  5  130.0  119   80   75   8  124   96   2   4   609       4  5.19  4.90   94 1.869
 1951 22 BOS AL   8   8  34  19   9   1  10  3  172.0  141   72   64  10   92  127   5   2   729       0  3.35  4.45  133 1.355
 1952 23 BOS AL  10   9  30  21   7   2   4  0  162.0  139   70   67  14   92  117   3   2   693       0  3.72  3.93  106 1.426
 1953 24 BOS AL  18  10  32  30   8   4   1  0  206.3  169   82   69   9  109   92   2   5   876       1  3.01  4.20  139 1.347
 1954 25 WSH AL   7  15  30  26  11   1   4  1  196.3  172   95   75   8  110   95   3   4   851       0  3.44  3.57  104 1.436
 1955 26 WSH AL  10  10  31  20   8   1   7  1  156.0  140   75   65   9  100   78   9   4   700   2   0  3.75  3.96  106 1.538
 1956 27 NYY AL   2   6  23   9   1   0  11  0   87.0   85   46   41  10   47   38   0   2   384   2   0  4.24  3.87   91 1.517
 1957 28 KCA AL   1   4  29   4   0   0  14  0   69.0   68   47   42   9   50   29   0   5   316   2   0  5.48  3.94   72 1.710
 1958 29 DET AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    6    4    2   0    2    0   0   1    14   0   0  9.00  4.03   45 4.000
 1961 32 TOT      1   0  23   0   0   0  14  4   32.7   43   29   20   3   25   18   0   5   166   2   1  5.51  4.38   80 2.082
         STL NL   1   0  19   0   0   0  13  4   27.0   29   17   11   3   15   15   0   2   125   2   0  3.67  4.43  121 1.630
         KCA AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    5.7   14   12    9   0   10    3   0   3    41   0   1 14.29  4.15   29 4.235
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .500  69  69 291 156  54  11  86 14 1316.7 1161  655  572  87  838  757  28  39  5801   8   7  3.91  4.13  106 1.518
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  44  23   8   1  13  2  200.0  176   99   87  13  127  115   4   5   882   1   1  3.91  4.13  106 1.518
 Career High     18  15  38  30  11   4  16  5  206.3  172   95   75  14  124  127   9   5   876   2   4  3.01  4.90  139 1.347

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 19 BOS AL   7    8    2    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .375  .375  .500  127    4   0           0   0
 1949 20 BOS AL  12   33    3    7   3  0   0    6   0  0   3   6  .212  .278  .303   49   10   0           0   0
 1950 21 BOS AL  39   44   11   16   5  0   0   12   0  0   9   3  .364  .472  .477  134   21   0           0   1
 1951 22 BOS AL  43   66    8   18   1  1   1    6   0  1   3  14  .273  .314  .364   76   24   1           1   3
 1952 23 BOS AL  36   62   10   14   1  1   1    7   0  0   4  11  .226  .273  .323   60   20   3           0   0
 1953 24 BOS AL  45   93    9   28   8  0   1   13   0  1   2  13  .301  .316  .419   93   39   0           0   2
 1954 25 WSH AL  54   95    7   19   3  0   0    4   0  0   7  12  .200  .255  .232   37   22   2   0       0   4
 1955 26 WSH AL  70   95   10   25   4  0   1   10   1  0   6  16  .263  .311  .337   77   32   1   1   0   1   1
 1956 27 NYY AL  46   52    4   11   0  0   1    4   0  0   8  13  .212  .317  .269   59   14   1   0   0   0   4
 1957 28 KCA AL  58   49    6   12   1  0   4    7   0  0   9  16  .245  .362  .510  136   25   0   0   2   0   2
 1958 29 DET AL   4    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   80    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 32 TOT     29   19    1    2   2  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .105  .150  .211   -8    4   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  22   14    1    1   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   4  .071  .071  .143  -47    2   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL   7    5    0    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .200  .333  .400   95    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     443  619   71  156  29  2   9   74   1  2  52 112  .252  .312  .349   76  216   8   1   2   2  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        226   26   57  11  1   3   27   0  1  19  41  .252  .312  .349   76   79   3   0   1   1   6
 Career High     70   95   11   28   8  1   4   13   1  1   9  16                          39   3   1   2   1   4

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 19 BOS AL    8    5    2  10.6   110| .375  .279| .375  .365| .500  .403| .875  .768| 127  .822   0.3   0.0   0%
 1949 20 BOS AL   36   26    3   3.1   112| .212  .279| .278  .372| .303  .405| .581  .778|  49  .324  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1950 21 BOS AL   53   29   10   9.1   122| .364  .290| .472  .379| .477  .435| .949  .814| 134  .754   3.2   0.3   0%
 1951 22 BOS AL   71   53    7   3.6   109| .273  .278| .314  .361| .364  .407| .678  .768|  76  .392  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1952 23 BOS AL   69   51    5   2.6   103| .226  .269| .273  .350| .323  .393| .596  .743|  60  .306  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1953 24 BOS AL   95   68   12   4.7   107| .301  .276| .316  .352| .419  .405| .735  .758|  93  .528  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1954 25 WSH AL  104   82    6   2.0    95| .200  .259| .255  .334| .232  .379| .487  .713|  37  .195  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1955 26 WSH AL  104   73   11   4.0   100| .263  .263| .311  .342| .337  .391| .648  .733|  77  .442  -3.1  -0.3 100%
 1956 27 NYY AL   61   46    4   2.3   104| .212  .264| .317  .345| .269  .402| .586  .748|  59  .210  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1957 28 KCA AL   58   39    9   6.2   100| .245  .264| .362  .336| .510  .399| .872  .735| 136  .655   2.4   0.2   0%
 1958 29 DET AL    3    2    0   0.0   104| .333  .269| .333  .339| .333  .409| .666  .749|  80  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1961 32 TOT      20   17    1   1.6   111| .105  .277| .150  .347| .211  .432| .361  .778|  -8  .120  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         STL NL   14   13    0   0.0   114| .071  .282| .071  .350| .143  .438| .214  .788| -47  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         KCA AL    6    4    1   6.7   105| .200  .265| .333  .340| .400  .412| .733  .753|  95  .659   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      682  491   70   3.8   104| .252  .270| .312  .350| .349  .400| .661  .750|  76  .426 -21.8  -2.3  33%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 19 BOS AL   P    7      1    8    0    0 1.000  .968  1.29  0.91  3.48  2.01    0   23.3
 1949 20 BOS AL   P   12      2   14    1    0  .941  .964  1.33  1.01  1.80  2.12   12   80.0
 1950 21 BOS AL   P   38      5   25    2    1  .938  .949  0.79  0.96  2.08  2.03   15  130.0
 1951 22 BOS AL   P   34      4   34    2    5  .950  .952  1.12  0.99  1.99  2.07   19  172.0
 1952 23 BOS AL   P   30     10   24    2    1  .944  .966  1.13  1.03  1.89  2.10   21  162.0
 1953 24 BOS AL   P   32      5   40    2    3  .957  .957  1.41  0.88  1.96  1.95   30  206.3
 1954 25 WSH AL   P   30      3   39    2    2  .955  .959  1.40  0.93  1.93  2.01   26  196.3
 1955 26 WSH AL   P   31      3   30    2    1  .943  .957  1.06  0.83  1.90  1.99   20  156.0
 1956 27 NYY AL   P   23      2   13    0    2 1.000  .949  0.65  0.82  1.55  1.92    9   87.0
 1957 28 KCA AL   P   29      7   17    1    0  .960  .964  0.83  0.86  3.13  2.00    4   69.0
                 1B    2      5    0    1    0  .833 1.000  2.50  8.35  9.00  9.72    2    5.0
 1958 29 DET AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1961 32 TOT      P   23      2    3    1    0  .833  .962  0.22  0.87  1.38  2.15    0   32.7
         STL NL   P   19      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.21  0.88  1.33  2.17    0   27.0
         KCA AL   P    4      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  0.25  0.82  1.58  2.05    0    5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1957 28 KCA AL  1B    2      5    0    1    0  .833 1.000  2.50  8.35  9.00  9.72    2    5.0

 1948 19 BOS AL   P    7      1    8    0    0 1.000  .968  1.29  0.91  3.48  2.01    0   23.3
 1949 20 BOS AL   P   12      2   14    1    0  .941  .964  1.33  1.01  1.80  2.12   12   80.0
 1950 21 BOS AL   P   38      5   25    2    1  .938  .949  0.79  0.96  2.08  2.03   15  130.0
 1951 22 BOS AL   P   34      4   34    2    5  .950  .952  1.12  0.99  1.99  2.07   19  172.0
 1952 23 BOS AL   P   30     10   24    2    1  .944  .966  1.13  1.03  1.89  2.10   21  162.0
 1953 24 BOS AL   P   32      5   40    2    3  .957  .957  1.41  0.88  1.96  1.95   30  206.3
 1954 25 WSH AL   P   30      3   39    2    2  .955  .959  1.40  0.93  1.93  2.01   26  196.3
 1955 26 WSH AL   P   31      3   30    2    1  .943  .957  1.06  0.83  1.90  1.99   20  156.0
 1956 27 NYY AL   P   23      2   13    0    2 1.000  .949  0.65  0.82  1.55  1.92    9   87.0
 1957 28 KCA AL   P   29      7   17    1    0  .960  .964  0.83  0.86  3.13  2.00    4   69.0
 1958 29 DET AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    2.0
 1961 32 TOT      P   23      2    3    1    0  .833  .962  0.22  0.87  1.38  2.15    0   32.7
         STL NL   P   19      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.21  0.88  1.33  2.17    0   27.0
         KCA AL   P    4      1    0    1    0  .500 1.000  0.25  0.82  1.58  2.05    0    5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 291     44  247   15   15  .951  .958  1.00  0.92  1.99  2.02  156 1316.7
                 1B*   2      5    0    1    0  .833 1.000  2.50  8.35  9.00  9.72    2    5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       293     49  247   16   15  .949  .959  1.01  0.97  2.02  2.05  158   1322

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   1   3   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

ERA
1951 AL-3.35-9
1953 AL-3.01-6

Wins
1953 AL-18-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1951 AL-7.38-2
1952 AL-7.72-9
1953 AL-7.37-2
1954 AL-7.88-8
1955 AL-8.08-9
Car-7.94-97

Strikeouts/9IP
1951 AL-6.65-1
1952 AL-6.50-1
1955 AL-4.50-10

Saves
1950 AL-5-6

Strikeouts
1951 AL-127-5

Games Started
1953 AL-30-9

Shutouts
1953 AL-4-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1950 AL-124-5
1952 AL-92-7
1953 AL-109-5
1954 AL-110-3
1955 AL-100-5

SO to Walk
1951 AL-1.38-5

Losses
1954 AL-15-6

Wild Pitches
1957 AL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1951 AL-5-9
1955 AL-9-2

Games Finished
1950 AL-16-10

Adjusted ERA+
1951 AL-133-4
1953 AL-139-4

Youngest Player
1948 AL-19-2
1949 AL-20-3
1950 AL-21-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 31 (752) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3866) Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1211) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
December 9, 1953: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Tom Umphlett to the Washington Senators for Jackie Jensen.
February 8, 1956: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bobby Kline to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, and Dick Tettelbach. The New York Yankees sent Whitey Herzog (April 2, 1956) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.
February 19, 1957: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later, Rip Coleman, Milt Graff, Billy Hunter, Tom Morgan, and Irv Noren to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
November 20, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, and Kent Hadley. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.
Before 1961 Season: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
April 10, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 21, 1961: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 15, 1961: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1951 AL-3.35-9 1953 AL-3.01-6	Wins 1953 AL-18-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1951 AL-7.38-2 1952 AL-7.72-9 1953 AL-7.37-2 1954 AL-7.88-8 1955 AL-8.08-9 Car-7.94-97	Strikeouts/9IP 1951 AL-6.65-1 1952 AL-6.50-1 1955 AL-4.50-10	Saves 1950 AL-5-6	Strikeouts 1951 AL-127-5
Games Started 1953 AL-30-9	Shutouts 1953 AL-4-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1950 AL-124-5 1952 AL-92-7 1953 AL-109-5 1954 AL-110-3 1955 AL-100-5	SO to Walk 1951 AL-1.38-5	Losses 1954 AL-15-6	Wild Pitches 1957 AL-5-8
Hit Batsmen 1951 AL-5-9 1955 AL-9-2	Games Finished 1950 AL-16-10	Adjusted ERA+ 1951 AL-133-4 1953 AL-139-4	Youngest Player 1948 AL-19-2 1949 AL-20-3 1950 AL-21-8