Cal McLish

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 179lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK us

Died: August 26, 2010 in Edmond, OK

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 18-164d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 14, 1964 (Age 38-226d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish

Nicknames: Bus or Buster

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

4.01

352

209

1609.0

713

WHIP

1.390

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-13 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 2

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	184	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(1-0)	99	10.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	0	0.90	2.24	39	18	11	4	4	6	72			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.561	4.77	0.99%	3.73	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
2	185	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	0.47	2.07	33	13	6	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.139	.97	0.29%	3.65	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a13
3	186	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	1.38	2.74	27	13	9	1	5	3	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.054	4.76	-0.15%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
4	187	15	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG(10)	W(3-0)	5	10.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.50	2.57	38	20	9	2	1	2	73			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.042	5.38	0.10%	2.73	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
5	188	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.40	2.79	30	18	4	1	0	4	75			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.462	5.49	1.23%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	189	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-7	W(5-0)	3	7.0	10	6	6	4	3	3	0	2.25	3.62	34	12	7	1	0	8	32			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.151	5.44	-0.37%	-2.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
7	190	28	May 17(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-10		4	10.0	11	7	3	3	4	1	0	2.32	3.67	44	17	12	0	1	8	51			0	0	0	41	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.25	-0.376	6.33	-1.14%	-2.27	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
8	191	34	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-6	L(5-1)	5	5.0	7	6	6	2	1	4	0	2.96	4.42	24	5	9	1	3	7	28			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.193	3.66	-0.53%	-3.64	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d6
9	192	41	May 30(2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-2)	6	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.04	4.26	31	8	10	3	2	6	52			0	0	0	28	4	0	1	1	0	2	1.28	-0.097	6.52	-0.30%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
10	193	49	Jun 7(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS-2	L(5-3)	7	1.2	4	4	3	2	1	2	0	3.33	4.62	12	6	1	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.317	3.35	-0.76%	-3.80	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
11	194	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	6-6		1	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.52	4.76	6	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.094	1.13	-0.22%	-1.53	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
12	195	57	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(6-3)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	1	3.26	4.64	35	13	7	1	1	6	75			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.453	6.01	1.28%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	196	61	Jun 21(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	11	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.14	4.44	42	15	7	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.426	7.62	1.33%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	197	66	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,11-5	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	11	5	5	3	5	2	0	3.30	4.52	41	12	10	2	1	11	47			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	1	.53	0.012	2.65	0.04%	-0.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	198	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.04	4.33	32	16	10	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.440	7.58	1.80%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
16	199	74	Jul 4(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	1	2.88	4.15	33	11	9	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.80	0.317	5.09	1.21%	3.65	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
17	200	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	W(11-3)	5	7.2	9	4	4	5	6	0	0	2.99	4.07	36	11	6	0	0	8	46			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.036	11.31	-0.18%	-0.56	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a1
18	201	83	Jul 16(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-6		5	6.0	9	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.06	4.04	30	13	4	1	0	8	39			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	-0.277	9.70	-1.06%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	202	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	13-GF(13)	S(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.05	4.06	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.015	14.05	0.05%	-1.56	13b 12- 2 out a4	13b end a 2
20	203	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(12-3)	2	9.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.92	3.91	30	12	12	2	1	2	81			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.409	4.25	1.67%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	204	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(13-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.81	3.86	34	13	9	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.220	2.86	0.79%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
22	205	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(13-4)	3	8.0	8	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.78	3.86	35	9	11	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.142	7.56	0.52%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
23	206	103	Aug 2(1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	13	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.86	3.80	36	13	8	1	2	10	41			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.80	-0.276	11.41	-1.05%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	207	107	Aug 5(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-5	L(13-5)	2	4.1	11	8	6	2	3	1	0	3.10	3.84	25	7	5	0	1	8	14			0	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.245	5.81	-0.89%	-5.08	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d7
25	208	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(14-5)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.08	3.80	32	6	11	0	2	8	55			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.294	5.16	0.96%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
26	209	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS-3	L(14-6)	3	2.1	7	7	6	1	2	1	0	3.34	3.85	15	5	0	0	0	7	18			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.309	4.71	-1.10%	-4.87	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out d5
27	210	119	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	W(15-6)	4	7.0	7	4	4	5	1	2	0	3.40	4.00	32	7	12	1	3	7	43			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.036	4.57	-0.10%	-0.69	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
28	211	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(16-6)	5	9.0	12	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.39	4.04	39	15	13	4	0	8	54			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.173	5.35	0.71%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	212	129	Aug 30(1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	L(16-7)	4	5.1	5	5	5	2	3	1	1	3.52	4.08	24	6	7	1	0	5	39			1	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	-0.374	14.37	-2.45%	-2.70	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
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
30	213	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-6	W(17-7)	5	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.52	4.05	23	6	6	0	0	5	46			3	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.126	4.34	-0.24%	-0.57	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a1
31	214	135	Sep 7(1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	2-2		1	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.51	4.07	4	0	1	0	1	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.170	7.38	-0.39%	-2.24	2t 123 0 out tie	2t 123 1 out d3
32	215	139	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(17-8)	2	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.56	4.03	20	11	1	0	0	3	46			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.120	3.77	-0.27%	-0.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
33	216	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-9	W(18-8)	3	8.1	12	5	4	2	8	1	0	3.59	3.99	40	13	8	2	0	9	47			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	1	1	.61	0.201	.68	0.14%	-1.29	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a3
34	217	149	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	W(19-8)	5	9.0	7	3	2	4	4	1	0	3.53	4.01	40	15	10	0	2	7	63			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.49	0.397	1.75	0.28%	1.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
35	218	152	Sep 25(2)	CLE		KCA	W,8-7	GS-3		4	3.0	8	6	4	1	0	0	0	3.63	4.00	19	6	4	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-4.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
							22-13		W-L:19-8,Sv:1	3.8	235.1	253	110	95	72	113	26	5	3.63	4.00	1018	1.45		5%	5%	210	52	5	100%	11	3	0	933	29	7	7	18	3	15	1.10	1.070	5.50	2.21%	-1.59

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