Ken McBride
Kenneth Faye McBride
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 12, 1935 in Huntsville, AL
High School: West (Cleveland, OH)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1959
Final Game: August 15, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1959 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3.18 11 2 4 0 0 1 22.2 20 11 8 1 17 0 12 0 0 2 105 119 1.632 7.9 0.4 6.8 4.8 0.71
1960 24 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3.86 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 2 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 24 98 1.929 11.6 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33
1961 25 LAA AL 12 15 .444 3.65 38 36 2 11 1 1 241.2 229 114 98 28 102 4 180 7 0 8 1038 124 1.370 8.5 1.0 3.8 6.7 1.76 AS
1962 26 LAA AL 11 5 .688 3.50 24 23 0 6 4 0 149.1 136 66 58 9 70 3 83 9 0 5 640 110 1.379 8.2 0.5 4.2 5.0 1.19 AS
1963 27 LAA AL 13 12 .520 3.26 36 36 0 11 2 0 251.0 198 101 91 22 82 1 147 14 0 6 1021 105 1.116 7.1 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.79 AS
1964 28 LAA AL 4 13 .235 5.26 29 21 3 0 0 1 116.1 104 77 68 14 75 0 66 16 0 3 533 62 1.539 8.0 1.1 5.8 5.1 0.88
1965 29 CAL AL 0 3 .000 6.14 8 4 3 0 0 0 22.0 24 17 15 1 14 0 11 2 0 1 106 55 1.727 9.8 0.4 5.7 4.5 0.79
7 Seasons 40 50 .444 3.79 151 122 15 28 7 3 807.2 717 388 340 75 363 8 503 49 0 25 3467 101 1.337 8.0 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.39
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .444 3.79 38 30 4 7 2 1 201 179 97 85 19 90 2 125 12 0 6 864 101 1.337 8.0 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.39
CAL (5 yrs) 40 48 .455 3.81 135 120 8 28 7 2 780.1 691 375 330 74 343 8 487 48 0 23 3338 100 1.325 8.0 0.9 4.0 5.6 1.42
CHW (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 3.29 16 2 7 0 0 1 27.1 26 13 10 1 20 0 16 1 0 2 129 115 1.683 8.6 0.3 6.6 5.3 0.80

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1961 LAA AL 25
1962 LAA AL 26
1963 LAA AL 27 1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 23 CHW AL 11 103 85 11 20 2 0 1 1 2 17 12 .235 .363 .294 .657 .264 25 3 0 1 0 0
1960 24 CHW AL 5 24 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 .333 .435 .333 .768 .400 6 0 1 1 1 0
1961 25 LAA AL 38 1043 913 114 229 39 4 28 16 3 102 180 .251 .329 .394 .723 .283 360 24 7 16 5 4
1962 26 LAA AL 24 617 523 66 136 30 3 9 3 6 70 83 .260 .354 .380 .734 .291 199 15 9 9 6 3
1963 27 LAA AL 36 1022 909 101 198 25 6 22 6 11 82 147 .218 .291 .331 .622 .236 301 25 14 11 6 1
1964 28 LAA AL 29 533 436 77 104 14 2 14 7 3 75 66 .239 .369 .376 .745 .251 164 12 16 4 2 0
1965 29 CAL AL 8 106 89 17 24 5 2 1 2 1 14 11 .270 .377 .404 .782 .295 36 0 2 0 1 0
7 Seasons 151 3448 2973 388 717 115 17 75 35 27 363 503 .241 .331 .367 .698 .266 1091 79 49 42 21 8
162 Game Avg. 38 859 741 97 179 29 4 19 9 7 90 125 .241 .331 .367 .698 .266 272 20 12 10 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1959 23 CHW AL 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 1 1 0 0 1 50% 51 56 45 9 4 0 1 3.0 2.8 5.7
1961 25 LAA AL 38 36 12 14 10 2 6 16 20 .444 4 6 11 1 20 56% 54 81 22 23 10 18 8 4.3 4.1 6.6
1962 26 LAA AL 24 23 11 5 7 1 1 15 8 .652 2 4 6 4 12 52% 53 84 22 17 9 10 7 4.9 4.2 6.4
1963 27 LAA AL 36 36 13 12 11 1 4 19 17 .528 4 2 11 2 21 58% 57 91 18 33 11 22 7 4.3 4.7 7.0
1964 28 LAA AL 29 21 3 13 5 1 5 7 14 .333 0 3 0 0 7 33% 45 76 25 28 9 10 6 3.8 3.0 4.9
1965 29 CAL AL 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 39 51 28 5 5 0 4 3.0 1.2 3.5
6 Seasons 146 122 39 48 35 5 18 58 64 .475 11 17 28 7 63 52% 53 91 18 115 48 60 33 4.3 4.1 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1959 23 CHW AL 11 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 7 1.015 2 2 4 1 0 8 3 6 4 3 5 2 3.8
1960 24 CHW AL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1.002 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 2 2.8
1961 25 LAA AL 38 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.093 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1962 26 LAA AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 1.160 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.0
1964 28 LAA AL 29 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 6 2 33% 9 1.045 2 1 5 2 1 5 3 5 4 2 4 1 4.9
1965 29 CAL AL 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.691 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 6.0
6 Seasons 115 29 15 1 2 3 3 0 100% 5 2 16 5 31% 1.077 7 6 15 5 2 22 9 20 11 6 13 6 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1959 23 CHW AL 103 52% 1.0% 11.7% 16.5% 2.9% 15% 1.70 70% 32 3 9%
1960 24 CHW AL 24 21% 0.0% 16.7% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.43 63% 12 0 0%
1961 25 LAA AL 1043 40% 2.7% 17.3% 9.8% 6.8% 31% 1.80 68% 202 24 12%
1962 26 LAA AL 610 44% 1.5% 13.5% 11.4% 6.8% 31% 2.18 71% 102 15 15%
1963 27 LAA AL 1022 48% 2.2% 14.4% 8.0% 5.2% 27% 2.01 73% 174 25 14%
1964 28 LAA AL 533 51% 2.6% 12.4% 14.1% 5.6% 29% 1.73 67% 112 12 11%
1965 29 CAL AL 106 29% 0.9% 10.4% 13.2% 7.6% 33% 1.30 74% 17 0 0%
7 Seasons 3441 44% 2.2% 14.6% 10.5% 6.0% 29% 1.88 70% 651 79 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1959 23 CHW AL 103 20 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 4 0 67% 4 2 0 48 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 24 CHW AL 24 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 25 LAA AL 1042 229 28 0 15 12 16 19 9 36 22 8 61% 20 8 2 406 16 3 84% 14 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 17 1
1962 26 LAA AL 610 136 9 1 14 7 1 4 4 29 18 3 62% 8 5 1 225 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 16 0
1963 27 LAA AL 1022 198 22 0 7 9 13 11 11 56 30 6 54% 19 6 1 340 6 11 35% 6 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1964 28 LAA AL 533 104 14 1 16 5 9 8 6 27 13 4 48% 9 3 1 204 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1965 29 CAL AL 106 24 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 10 5 1 50% 2 1 0 37 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 3440 717 75 2 59 35 39 43 31 166 94 22 57% 62 25 5 1275 35 27 56% 33 25 2 2 0 0 10 0 66 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1959 23 0 1 .000 3.18 11 2 4 0 0 1 22.2 20 11 8 1 17 0 12 0 0 2 105 119 1.632 7.9 0.4 6.8 4.8 0.71 119
1960 24 0 2 .000 3.29 16 2 7 0 0 1 27.1 26 13 10 1 20 0 16 1 0 2 129 115 1.683 8.6 0.3 6.6 5.3 0.80 115
1961 25 12 17 .414 3.61 54 38 9 11 1 2 269.0 255 127 108 29 122 4 196 8 0 10 1167 123 1.401 8.5 1.0 4.1 6.6 1.61 123
1962 26 23 22 .511 3.57 78 61 9 17 5 2 418.1 391 193 166 38 192 7 279 17 0 15 1807 118 1.394 8.4 0.8 4.1 6.0 1.45 118
1963 27 36 34 .514 3.46 114 97 9 28 7 2 669.1 589 294 257 60 274 8 426 31 0 21 2828 113 1.289 7.9 0.8 3.7 5.7 1.55 113
1964 28 40 47 .460 3.72 143 118 12 28 7 3 785.2 693 371 325 74 349 8 492 47 0 24 3361 103 1.326 7.9 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.41 103
1965 29 40 50 .444 3.79 151 122 15 28 7 3 807.2 717 388 340 75 363 8 503 49 0 25 3467 101 1.337 8.0 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.39 101

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1959 23 1 1 .500 3.00 24.0 21 9 8 1 18 13 0 1.625 7.9 6.8 4.9 0.72 0.4 11
1960 24 0 0 4.50 4.0 7 2 2 0 4 3 1 2.750 15.8 9.0 6.8 0.75 0.0 5
1961 25 16 10 .615 3.19 240.0 215 94 85 26 96 179 7 1.296 8.1 3.6 6.7 1.86 1.0 38
1962 26 8 7 .533 3.77 141.0 137 66 59 9 71 78 9 1.475 8.7 4.5 5.0 1.10 0.6 24
1963 27 13 13 .500 4.02 235.0 213 117 105 24 88 138 15 1.281 8.2 3.4 5.3 1.57 0.9 36
1964 28 3 8 .273 7.03 105.0 115 91 82 15 83 60 18 1.886 9.9 7.1 5.1 0.72 1.3 29
1965 29 0 2 .000 7.29 21.0 26 19 17 1 15 10 2 1.952 11.1 6.4 4.3 0.67 0.4 8
7 Seasons 41 41 .500 4.18 770.0 734 398 358 76 375 481 52 1.440 8.6 5.6 1.28 0.9 151

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-2
1962-2
1963 (P)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1963 AL  1.116 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL  7.100 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  6.703 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 AL  241.7 (9th)
1963 AL  251.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL  180 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1961 AL  36 (3rd)
1963 AL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL  11 (9th)
1963 AL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  28 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  102 (6th)
1963 AL  82 (7th)
1964 AL  75 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL  .789 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1961 AL  15 (8th)
1964 AL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1963 AL  91 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (8th)
1962 AL  9 (7th)
1963 AL  14 (1st)
1964 AL  16 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 AL  1038 (7th)
1963 AL  1021 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 AL  124 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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