Archie McKain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: May 12, 1911 in Delphos, KS us

Died: May 21, 1985 in Salina, KS

Buried: Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, KS

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-348d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 5, 1943 (Age 32-054d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Archie Richard McKain

Nicknames: Happy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.6

ERA

4.26

165

486.1

188

WHIP

1.515

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-16

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 10

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	106	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	2-2		99	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	27.00	3.00	4	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.171	3.37	-0.34%	-2.43	2t 1-3 2 out d2	2t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	107	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	4-9	W(1-0)	6	4.2	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.40	3.00	20	4	7	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.095	4.98	0.17%	0.27	4b 123 2 out a3	9b 1-3 1 out a2
3	108	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5			2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.00	7												7					0
4	109	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	7-8		13	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.00	2.77	10	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.003	.11	-0.01%	0.22	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d8
5	110	33	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.27	2.91	10	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.13	0.011	.48	0.03%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	111	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	6-7		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.77	3.38	9	2	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.034	1.23	0.07%	1.09	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
7	112	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	3.20	7	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.058	1.74	0.16%	1.47	7b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
8	113	50	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,8-7	8-GF	W(2-0)	3	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.18	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.146	6.45	0.36%	-0.12	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
9	114	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.05	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.048	1.49	0.12%	1.22	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	115	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	9-GF	S(1)	11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	3.05	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.51	0.151	27.04	0.45%	0.50	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
11	116	76	Jul 14(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	3.05	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.10	-0.01%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
12	117	80	Jul 17(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.18	2.90	5	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.21	0.01%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
13	118	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	3-6		0	4.0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.19	3.32	18	7	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.043	2.60	-0.19%	0.36	3b 12- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
14	119	85	Jul 21(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	3-8	W(3-0)	2	6.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.76	3.00	21	7	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.117	2.11	0.48%	3.24	3b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d3
15	120	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.60	3.20	12	5	2	2	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.00	0.359	11.60	1.25%	2.86	7t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
16	121	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9			2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	3.20	3												3					0
17	122	96	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	10-GF(11)	W(4-0)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	3.13	6	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.319	12.95	1.26%	1.22	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	123	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12			1	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.88	3.41	9												9					0
19	124	104	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2		S(3)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	3.36	1												1					0
20	125	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.85	3.51	4	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	-0.247	21.72	-0.95%	-1.68	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b 123 1 out a2
21	126	112	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	7-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.80	3.65	6	2	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.109	7.76	-0.40%	-0.54	7t 123 0 out tie	7t 3 out d3
22	127	117	Aug 20(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	3.69	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.042	2.12	0.15%	1.08	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	128	118	Aug 20(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.64	3.72	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.042	1.98	0.14%	1.08	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	129	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	7-7		11	1.0	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.00	3.69	8	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.24	-0.055	1.60	-0.22%	-2.43	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
25	130	137	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7		W(5-0)	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.88	3.68	13												11					0
26	131	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	5-6		2	1.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	2.57	3.85	9	1	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.186	12.86	-1.28%	-3.70	5t -2- 2 out d3	6t -23 2 out d6
27	132	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	8-GF		7	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.65	4.08	8	4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.014	2.04	-0.19%	0.22	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
							11-16		W-L:5-0,Sv:3,Hld:1	3.4	51.0	48	17	15	25	23	2	0	2.65	4.08	224	1.06		7%	0%	42		18	44%	1	3	0	194	5	2	1	3	0	4	.79	0.593	4.38	1.05%	5.17

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