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Ken McBride

Kenneth Faye McBride

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 12, 1935 in Huntsville, AL
High School: West HS (Cleveland, OH)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1959
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox 1959-1965

Final Game: August 15, 1965
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1954	18	BOS-min	D	18	8	.692	2.53	27	23					210.0	160	78	59	8	79								1.138	6.9	0.3	3.4			BLD · APPY
1955	19	BOS-min	D,B	10	10	.500	3.89	32	22					178.0	173	90	77	5	94								1.500	8.7	0.3	4.8			CRN,GBO · PONY,CARL
1956	20	BOS-min	B	9	7	.563	2.64	36	19					177.0	135	64	52	12	68								1.147	6.9	0.6	3.5			GBO · CARL
1957	21	BOS-min	AA	2	2	.500	4.70	19	2		1	0		44.0	44	23	23	4	21	3	24	0	1	0			1.477	9.0	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.14	OKC · TL
1958	22	BOS-min	AA	9	10	.474	3.58	31	21					156.0	125	66	62	15	101								1.449	7.2	0.9	5.8			MEM · SOUA
1959	23	CHW-min	AAA	11	5	.688	2.79	26	19		8	1		145.0	125	53	45	8	72	4	86	6	1	6			1.359	7.8	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.19	INA · AA
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	121	1.632	7.9	0.4	6.8	4.8	0.71
1960	24	CHW-min	AAA	11	14	.440	3.23	33	26					198.0	180	85	71	9	66								1.242	8.2	0.4	3.0			SDG · PCL
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	108	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	123	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	63	1.539	8.0	1.1	5.8	5.1	0.88
1965	29	ANA-min	A	0	1	.000	11.57	3	3					14.0	15	22	18	2	25								2.857	9.6	1.3	16.1			SJO · CALL
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	56	1.727	9.8	0.4	5.7	4.5	0.79
7 Yrs				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	119	1.683	8.6	0.3	6.6	5.3	0.80

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1959	23	CHW	AL	22.2	11	2	11	4.37	4.05	0.51	0.00	100.1	3.54	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.0	0.0	-0	.482	.499	$
1960	24	CHW	AL	4.2	5	0	2	3.86	4.39	0.32	-0.18	97.8	3.80	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.500	.500	$
1961	25	LAA	AL	241.2	38	36	114	4.25	4.71	0.07	0.07	112.6	5.30	30	3.3	1.2	-0.1	4.9	52	.586	.520	$	AS
1962	26	LAA	AL	149.1	24	23	66	3.98	4.51	-0.02	0.08	97.0	4.47	10	1.1	2.7	-0.1	2.1	22	.546	.507	$	AS
1963	27	LAA	AL	251.0	36	36	101	3.62	4.15	0.13	0.07	92.3	3.78	7	0.8		-0.1	2.5	26	.523	.505	$	AS
1964	28	LAA	AL	116.1	29	21	77	5.96	4.09	0.35	0.05	89.2	3.38	-32	-3.2	.9	-0.1	-2.4	-23	.389	.480	$
1965	29	CAL	AL	22.0	8	4	17	6.95	4.11	0.19	-0.01	98.9	3.86	-7	-0.8	.0	0.1	-0.5	-6	.402	.495	$
7 Seasons				807.2	151	122	388	4.32	4.38	0.13	0.06	99.2	4.30	6	1.0	.8	-0.3	6.6	71	.507	.501	$

CAL (5 yrs)				780.1	135	120	375	4.33	4.38	0.12	0.07	99.2	4.33	8	1.2	.8	-0.3	6.6	71	.509	.501	$
CHW (2 yrs)				27.1	16	2	13	4.28	4.10	0.48	-0.03	99.7	3.58	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.488	.499	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	ERA	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	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*

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	ROE
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	4
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	0
1961	25	LAA	AL	38	1042	913	114	229	39	4	28	16	3	102	180	.251	.329	.394	.723	.283	360	24	7	16	5	4	20
1962	26	LAA	AL	24	610	547	66	136	30	3	9	3	6	70	83	.249	.340	.364	.704	.275	199	15	9	9	6	3	8
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	19
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	9
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	2
7 Yrs				151	3440	2997	388	717	115	17	75	35	27	363	503	.239	.329	.364	.693	.263	1091	79	49	42	21	8	62
162 Game Avg.				38	857	747	97	179	29	4	19	9	7	90	125	.239	.329	.364	.693	.263	272	20	12	10	5	2	15
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.384	.703	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	23	CHW	AL	0.9	0.1	107	-0.4	1.6	-2.0	1.00	-0.3	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.00	-1.3	2	2	4
1960	24	CHW	AL	0.3	0.0	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.96	-0.1	-0.1	0.5	0.0	0.96	-0.7	1	1	3
1961	25	LAA	AL	19.8	2.0	1074	0.9	20.6	-19.7	1.09	0.7	0.1	19.7	1.9	1.09	11.4	1	1	0
1962	26	LAA	AL	5.8	0.6	628	1.4	12.5	-11.0	1.16	0.4	0.9	9.7	1.0	1.16	3.1	1	0	0
1963	27	LAA	AL	5.2	0.6	1051	0.6	17.3	-16.7	.97	1.5	-0.9	8.3	0.9	0.97	14.8	0	0	0
1964	28	LAA	AL	-28.8	-2.9	550	-2.9	8.4	-11.4	1.04	-2.3	-0.5	-27.0	-2.8	1.04	-22.9	2	1	3
1965	29	CAL	AL	-6.6	-0.7	110	-0.5	0.9	-1.5	.69	-0.5	-0.3	-4.3	-0.5	0.69	-5.3	0	0	4
7 Yrs				-3.5	-0.2	3545	-1.1	61.6	-62.7	1.04	-0.6	-0.5	6.2	0.6	1.04	-0.8	7	5	14

Starting Pitching*

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
1959	23	CHW	AL	11	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.500	1	1	0	0	1	50%	50.5	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	5	6	11	1	20	56%	53.6	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%	52.6	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	5	2	11	2	21	58%	57.3	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%	45.2	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%	39.0	51	28	5	5	0	4	3.0	1.2	3.5
6 Yrs				146	122	39	48	35	5	18	58	64	.475	13	17	28	7	63	52%	53	91	18	115	48	60	33	4.3	4.1	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	116	-14					4.2	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1959	23	CHW	AL	11	9	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	3	50%	7	1.005	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	.962	1	1	3	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	1.158	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	1.036	2	1	3	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	.685	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	6.0
6 Yrs				115	29	15	1	2	3	3	0	100%	5	2	16	5	31%		1.074	7	5	14	5	2	22	9	20	11	6	13	6	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	23	CHW	AL	103	48%	1.0%	11.7%	16.5%	2.9%	15%	1.70	70%	32	3	9%
1960	24	CHW	AL	24	79%	0.0%	16.7%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	0.43	63%	12	0	0%
1961	25	LAA	AL	1043	60%	2.7%	17.3%	9.8%	6.8%	31%	1.80	68%	202	24	12%
1962	26	LAA	AL	641	56%	1.5%	13.6%	11.5%	6.9%	31%	2.18	76%	102	15	15%
1963	27	LAA	AL	1022	52%	2.2%	14.4%	8.0%	5.2%	27%	2.01	73%	174	25	14%
1964	28	LAA	AL	533	49%	2.6%	12.4%	14.1%	5.6%	29%	1.73	67%	112	12	11%
1965	29	CAL	AL	106	71%	0.9%	10.4%	13.2%	7.6%	33%	1.30	74%	17	0	0%
7 Yrs				3472	56%	2.2%	14.6%	10.6%	6.0%	29%	1.88	71%	651	79	12%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.6%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.06	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	1	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	1	0	16	31
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	0	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	1	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 Yrs				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	3	0	66	32
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	2	105	121	1.632	7.9	0.4	6.8	4.8	0.71	121
1960	24	0	2	.000	3.29	16	2	7	0	0	1	27.1	26	13	10	1	20	0	16	1	2	129	119	1.683	8.6	0.3	6.6	5.3	0.80	119
1961	25	12	17	.414	3.61	54	38	9	11	1	2	269.0	255	127	108	29	122	4	196	8	10	1167	122	1.401	8.5	1.0	4.1	6.6	1.61	122
1962	26	23	22	.511	3.57	78	61	9	17	5	2	418.1	391	193	166	38	192	7	279	17	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	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	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	25	3467	101	1.337	8.0	0.8	4.0	5.6	1.39	101

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	3.38	24.0	21	10	9	1	18	13	0	1.625	7.9	6.8	4.9	0.72	0.4	11
1960	24	0	0		3.60	5.0	6	2	2	0	3	4	1	1.800	10.8	5.4	7.2	1.33	0.0	5
1961	25	16	10	.615	3.23	240.0	215	96	86	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	138	66	59	9	71	78	9	1.482	8.8	4.5	5.0	1.10	0.6	24
1963	27	13	13	.500	4.02	235.0	212	117	105	24	88	138	15	1.277	8.1	3.4	5.3	1.57	0.9	36
1964	28	3	8	.273	6.88	106.0	113	90	81	15	81	60	17	1.830	9.6	6.9	5.1	0.74	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 Yrs		41	41	.500	4.19	772.0	731	400	359	76	372	482	51	1.429	8.5		5.6	1.30	0.9	151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1961-2 1962-2 1963 (P)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1961 AL 4.9 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1962 AL .688 (3rd)	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 0.789 (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 1,038 (7th) 1963 AL 1,021 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1961 AL 124 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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