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Cal McLish
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (Bus or Buster)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 13, 1944
Final Game July 14, 1964
Born December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 18 BRO NL   3  10  23  13   3   0   3  0   84.0  110   81   73  10   48   24   1   1   402       1  7.82  3.54   45 1.881
 1946 20 BRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    1    2    0   0    0    0   0   0     2       0 undef  0.00 undef   inf
 1947 21 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    2    2   0    0    0   1   0     6       0 18.00  4.23   24 2.000
 1948 22 PIT NL   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  0    5.0    8    5    5   0    2    1   0   1    22       0  9.00  4.07   45 2.000
 1949 23 CHC NL   1   1   8   2   0   0   5  0   23.0   31   21   15   5   12    6   0   0   107       0  5.87  4.04   69 1.870
 1951 25 CHC NL   4  10  30  17   5   1   6  0  145.7  159   76   72  16   52   46   3   2   628       1  4.45  4.08   92 1.449
 1956 30 CLE AL   2   4  37   2   0   0  17  1   61.7   67   36   34   5   32   27   0   1   276   5   0  4.96  4.20   85 1.605
 1957 31 CLE AL   9   7  42   7   2   0  19  1  144.3  118   55   44  11   67   88   2   8   616  10   0  2.74  3.75  137 1.282
 1958 32 CLE AL  16   8  39  30  13   0   1  1  225.7  214   92   75  25   70   97   1   4   941   4   0  2.99  3.69  123 1.258 MVP-14
 1959 33 CLE AL  19   8  35  32  13   0   1  1  235.3  253  110   95  26   72  113   5   4  1021   6   0  3.63  3.71  102 1.381 MVP-11,AS
 1960 34 CIN NL   4  14  37  21   2   1  11  0  151.3  170   85   70  16   48   56   7   5   663   8   1  4.16  3.84   92 1.441
 1961 35 CHW AL  10  13  31  27   4   0   3  1  162.3  178   87   79  21   47   80   1   4   701   1   0  4.38  3.90   89 1.386
 1962 36 PHI NL  11   5  32  24   5   1   3  1  154.7  184   84   73  15   45   71   2   4   682   6   0  4.25  3.86   91 1.481
 1963 37 PHI NL  13  11  32  32  10   2   0  0  209.7  184   85   76  14   56   98   4   4   847   3   0  3.26  3.26  100 1.145
 1964 38 PHI NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   0  0    5.3    6    3    2   0    1    6   0   0    24   1   0  3.38  3.46  103 1.313
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .500  92  92 352 209  57   5  70  6 1609.0 1685  824  715 164  552  713  27  38  6938  44   3  4.00  3.75   94 1.390
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  42  25   6   0   8  0  195.0  204   99   86  19   66   86   3   4   840   5   0  4.00  3.75   94 1.390
 Career High     19  14  42  32  13   2  19  1  235.3  253  110   95  26   72  113   7   8  1021  10   1  2.74  4.20  137 1.145
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 18 BRO NL  31   32    6    7   1  0   0    1   0      0  12  .219  .219  .250   33    8   1           0   1
 1948 22 PIT NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1949 23 CHC NL   9    9    4    3   0  0   1    1   0      0   3  .333  .333  .667  165    6   0           0   0
 1951 25 CHC NL  31   42    2    5   0  1   0    1   0  0   3  20  .119  .178  .167   -8    7   0           0   1
 1956 30 CLE AL  39    9    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   6   4  .111  .467  .222   87    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 31 CLE AL  44   43    7    8   0  0   2    7   0  0   7  17  .186  .300  .326   72   14   4   0   0   0   0
 1958 32 CLE AL  39   64    6    6   0  0   0    1   0  0  13  25  .094  .244  .094   -2    6   4   1   0   0   1 MVP-14
 1959 33 CLE AL  35   74    8   14   2  1   0    8   1  0   4  25  .189  .231  .243   32   18   9   0   0   0   1 MVP-11,AS
 1960 34 CIN NL  37   41    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .049  .070  .049  -67    2   1   1   0   0   1
 1961 35 CHW AL  31   54    2    9   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  24  .167  .182  .185   -1   10   3   0   0   0   1
 1962 36 PHI NL  32   51    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  24  .078  .161  .098  -27    5   1   0   0   0   2
 1963 37 PHI NL  33   69    7   14   3  0   0    3   0  0   5  28  .203  .257  .246   47   17   4   0   0   0   0
 1964 38 PHI NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     368  490   47   73   9  2   3   30   1  0  45 196  .149  .220  .194   15   95  27   2   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        216   21   32   4  1   1   13   0  0  20  86  .149  .220  .194   15   42  12   1   0   0   4
 Career High     44   74    8   14   3  1   2    8   1  0  13  28                          18   9   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 18 BRO NL   33   27    2   2.0    92| .219  .266| .219  .332| .250  .373| .469  .706|  33  .203  -2.9  -0.3     
 1948 22 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .271| .000  .346| .000  .401| .000  .747|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1949 23 CHC NL    9    6    2   8.9   101| .333  .267| .333  .340| .667  .399|1.000  .739| 165  .772   0.7   0.1     
 1951 25 CHC NL   45   38    1   0.7   105| .119  .270| .178  .344| .167  .409| .345  .753|  -8  .033  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1956 30 CLE AL   15    8    2   6.7   108| .111  .270| .467  .352| .222  .412| .689  .764|  87  .647   0.4   0.0   0%
 1957 31 CLE AL   54   39    5   3.5    99| .186  .263| .300  .335| .326  .397| .626  .732|  72  .393  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1958 32 CLE AL   82   64    3   1.2    97| .094  .260| .244  .329| .094  .396| .338  .725|  -2  .095  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1959 33 CLE AL   87   70    5   1.9    96| .189  .257| .231  .328| .243  .392| .474  .720|  32  .180  -7.0  -0.7 100%
 1960 34 CIN NL   44   42    0   0.0   101| .049  .265| .070  .332| .049  .407| .119  .739| -67  .000  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1961 35 CHW AL   58   49    2   1.1   103| .167  .263| .182  .338| .185  .409| .367  .747|  -1  .066  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1962 36 PHI NL   57   50    1   0.5   100| .078  .266| .161  .333| .098  .404| .259  .737| -27  .020  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1963 37 PHI NL   78   59    5   2.3    88| .203  .253| .257  .315| .246  .378| .503  .693|  47  .271  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1964 38 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .262| .000  .320| .000  .389| .000  .709|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      564  454   28   1.7    98| .149  .262| .220  .331| .194  .396| .414  .727|  15  .145 -57.9  -5.9     

* 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 ------+
 1944 18 BRO NL   P   23      3    9    0    0 1.000  .960  0.52  1.09  1.29  2.14   13   84.0
 1946 20 BRO NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00                        
 1947 21 PIT NL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.90 18.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1948 22 PIT NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.90  3.60  2.16    1    5.0
 1949 23 CHC NL   P    8      3    6    1    1  .900  .957  1.12  0.91  3.52  2.03    2   23.0
 1951 25 CHC NL   P   30     14   22    1    6  .973  .963  1.20  0.96  2.22  2.14   17  145.7
 1956 30 CLE AL   P   37      5   14    0    0 1.000  .950  0.51  0.82  2.80  1.92    2   61.0
 1957 31 CLE AL   P   42      6   27    1    2  .971  .962  0.79  0.86  2.06  1.99    7  144.3
 1958 32 CLE AL   P   39     15   38    1    4  .981  .964  1.36  0.82  2.11  1.95   30  225.7
 1959 33 CLE AL   P   35     25   49    2    4  .974  .955  2.11  0.85  2.83  2.05   32  235.3 AS
 1960 34 CIN NL   P   37     13   33    1    0  .979  .962  1.24  0.87  2.74  2.09   21  151.3
 1961 35 CHW AL   P   31     16   32    0    1 1.000  .954  1.55  0.83  2.66  2.05   27  162.3
 1962 36 PHI NL   P   32     17   20    0    2 1.000  .949  1.16  0.82  2.15  2.07   24  154.7
 1963 37 PHI NL   P   32     13   47    4    7  .938  .951  1.88  0.84  2.58  2.06   32  209.7
 1964 38 PHI NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.85  3.40  2.21    1    5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1944 18 BRO NL   P   23      3    9    0    0 1.000  .960  0.52  1.09  1.29  2.14   13   84.0
 1946 20 BRO NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00                        
 1947 21 PIT NL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.90 18.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1948 22 PIT NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.90  3.60  2.16    1    5.0
 1949 23 CHC NL   P    8      3    6    1    1  .900  .957  1.12  0.91  3.52  2.03    2   23.0
 1951 25 CHC NL   P   30     14   22    1    6  .973  .963  1.20  0.96  2.22  2.14   17  145.7
 1956 30 CLE AL   P   37      5   14    0    0 1.000  .950  0.51  0.82  2.80  1.92    2   61.0
 1957 31 CLE AL   P   42      6   27    1    2  .971  .962  0.79  0.86  2.06  1.99    7  144.3
 1958 32 CLE AL   P   39     15   38    1    4  .981  .964  1.36  0.82  2.11  1.95   30  225.7
 1959 33 CLE AL   P   35     25   49    2    4  .974  .955  2.11  0.85  2.83  2.05   32  235.3
 1960 34 CIN NL   P   37     13   33    1    0  .979  .962  1.24  0.87  2.74  2.09   21  151.3
 1961 35 CHW AL   P   31     16   32    0    1 1.000  .954  1.55  0.83  2.66  2.05   27  162.3
 1962 36 PHI NL   P   32     17   20    0    2 1.000  .949  1.16  0.82  2.15  2.07   24  154.7
 1963 37 PHI NL   P   32     13   47    4    7  .938  .951  1.88  0.84  2.58  2.06   32  209.7
 1964 38 PHI NL   P    2      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.85  3.40  2.21    1    5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 352    131  302   11   27  .975  .957  1.23  0.87              209 1608.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       352    131  302   11   27  .975  .957  1.23  0.87

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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1959-2 CLE AL      0  0  1   2     1   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-2 CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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
1959-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-AL-14-0.05
1959-AL-11-0.10
Car-778-0.15 shares

Sac. Hits
1959 AL-9-9

ERA
1958 AL-2.99-7

Wins
1958 AL-16-3
1959 AL-19-2

Won-Loss %
1958 AL-.667-3
1959 AL-.704-2
1962 NL-.688-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1958 AL-2.79-10
1961 AL-2.61-9

Innings
1958 AL-225.7-10
1959 AL-235.3-5

Games Started
1959 AL-32-6

Comp. Games
1958 AL-13-8
1959 AL-13-6

Home Runs Allow.
1958 AL-25-6
1959 AL-26-6

Hits Allowed
1958 AL-214-8
1959 AL-253-1

Losses
1960 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1959 AL-95-7

Wild Pitches
1957 AL-8-1

Hit Batsmen
1960 NL-7-4

Batters Faced
1959 AL-1021-3

Adjusted ERA+
1958 AL-124-5

Oldest Player
1963 NL-37-9
1964 NL-38-4

Youngest Player
1946 NL-20-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 36 (655) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (818) (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 1944 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
May 3, 1947: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Hank Behrman, Kirby Higbe, Dixie Howell, and Gene Mauch to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Al Gionfriddo and $100,000.
December 8, 1948: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Frankie Gustine to the Chicago Cubs for Clyde McCullough and Cliff Chambers.
April 27, 1955: Purchased by the San Diego (PCL) from the Chicago Cubs.
October 15, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
December 15, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Gordy Coleman and Billy Martin to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Johnny Temple.
December 15, 1960: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Juan Pizarro to the Chicago White Sox for Gene Freese.
March 24, 1962: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on December 15, 1961. The Chicago White Sox sent Andy Carey and Frank Barnes to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips. Andy Carey refused to report to his new team on March 24, 1962. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Lou Vassie (minors) (March 24, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. The Chicago White Sox sent Cal McLish (March 24, 1962) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
July 21, 1964: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
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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All-Star 1959-2 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1958-AL-14-0.05 1959-AL-11-0.10 Car-778-0.15 shares	Sac. Hits 1959 AL-9-9	ERA 1958 AL-2.99-7	Wins 1958 AL-16-3 1959 AL-19-2	Won-Loss % 1958 AL-.667-3 1959 AL-.704-2 1962 NL-.688-5
Bases on Balls/9IP 1958 AL-2.79-10 1961 AL-2.61-9	Innings 1958 AL-225.7-10 1959 AL-235.3-5	Games Started 1959 AL-32-6	Comp. Games 1958 AL-13-8 1959 AL-13-6	Home Runs Allow. 1958 AL-25-6 1959 AL-26-6	Hits Allowed 1958 AL-214-8 1959 AL-253-1
Losses 1960 NL-14-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1959 AL-95-7	Wild Pitches 1957 AL-8-1	Hit Batsmen 1960 NL-7-4	Batters Faced 1959 AL-1021-3	Adjusted ERA+ 1958 AL-124-5
Oldest Player 1963 NL-37-9 1964 NL-38-4	Youngest Player 1946 NL-20-10