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Tom McBride

Thomas Raymond McBride

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: November 2, 1914 in Bonham, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1943
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators 1943-1948

Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: December 26, 2001 in Wichita Falls, TX
Buried: Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, TX
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	21	CHW-min	C	147	574	574		179	30	21	7						.312	.312	.474	.786		272					LGV · ETXL
1937	22	NYY-CHW-min	D,B,A1	169	671	671		197	33	9	7						.294	.294	.401	.694		269					COO,JAC,DAL · NCSL,SEAL,TL
1938	23	NYY-CHW-min	B,A1	128	466	466		115	17	9	1						.247	.247	.328	.575		153					JAC,SHV,DAL · SEAL,TL
1939	24	JAC	B	140	559	559		166	39	9	12						.297	.297	.463	.760		259					JAC · SEAL
1940	25	JAC	B	149	614	614		194	47	16	4						.316	.316	.464	.780		285					JAC · SEAL
1941	26	JAC,LRK	B,A1	158	626	626		210	53	9	1						.335	.335	.454	.789		284					JAC,LRK · SEAL,SOUA
1942	27	LRK	A1	146	554	554		182	18	11	1						.329	.329	.406	.735		225					LRK · SOUA
1943	28	BOS-min	AA	128	502	465	42	143	19	6	0	59	15		27	22	.308	.346	.374	.720		174	11	0	10		LOU · AA
1943	28	BOS	AL	26	105	96	11	23	3	1	0	7	2	0	7	3	.240	.291	.292	.583	69	28	6	0	2	O8/9
1944	29	BOS	AL	71	230	216	29	53	7	3	0	24	4	0	8	13	.245	.276	.306	.581	66	66	7	1	5	O798/3
1945	30	BOS	AL	100	375	344	38	105	11	7	1	47	2	2	26	17	.305	.354	.387	.741	113	133	8	0	4	O8973
1946	31	BOS	AL	61	165	153	21	46	5	2	0	19	0	1	9	6	.301	.340	.359	.699	91	55	5	0	3	O97/8
1947	32	TOT	AL	58	186	171	19	46	4	2	0	15	3	1	15	9	.269	.328	.316	.644	81	54	9	0	0	O7/985
1947	32	BOS	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	1	0	0	/O9
1947	32	WSH	AL	56	181	166	19	45	4	2	0	15	3	1	15	9	.271	.331	.319	.651	84	53	8	0	0	O7/985
1948	33	WSH	AL	92	238	206	22	53	9	1	1	29	2	2	28	15	.257	.346	.325	.671	81	67	11	0	4	O97
1949	34	MIN-min	AA,D	247	918	918		265	49	8	18						.289	.289	.418	.707		384					CNG,OZA,GVA · SOUA,ALSL
1950	35	JEN	D	101	376	376		104	14	2	10						.277	.277	.404	.681		152					JEN · MTSS
1951	36	JEN	D	105	380	380		101	15	2	9						.266	.266	.387	.653		147					JEN · MTSS
6 Yrs				408	1299	1186	140	326	39	16	2	141	13	6	93	63	.275	.328	.340	.668	88	403	46	1	18
162 Game Avg.				162	516	471	56	129	15	6	1	56	5	2	37	25	.275	.328	.340	.668	88	160	18	0	7

BOS (5 yrs)				260	880	814	99	228	26	13	1	97	8	3	50	39	.280	.323	.348	.670	91	283	27	1	14
WSH (2 yrs)				148	419	372	41	98	13	3	1	44	5	3	43	24	.263	.340	.323	.662	82	120	19	0	4

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	28	BOS	AL	26	105	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	O8/9
1944	29	BOS	AL	71	230	-9	1	0	0	-2	-11	-1.2	5	-6	-0.7	.483	.493	-0.7	-0.3	-6	$	O798/3
1945	30	BOS	AL	100	375	5	0	0	0	-3	2	0.2	8	10	1.0	.503	.502	1.0	-0.3	10	$	O8973
1946	31	BOS	AL	61	165	-2	-0	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.2	.489	.496	0.0	-0.4	0	$	O97/8
1947	32	BOS	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.466	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/O9
1947	32	WSH	AL	56	181	-3	0	0	-2	-2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$	O7/985
1948	33	WSH	AL	92	238	-4	0	-1	0	-3	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.491	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	O97
6 Seasons				408	1299	-17	2	-1	-4	-12	-33	-3.7	30	-3	-0.7	.491	.497	-0.3	-1.8	1	$

BOS (5 yrs)				260	880	-10	1	0	-2	-7	-18	-2.1	19	1	-0.2	.492	.498	0.0	-1.1	3	$
WSH (2 yrs)				148	419	-8	1	-1	-2	-5	-15	-1.6	11	-4	-0.5	.489	.495	-0.3	-0.8	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	28	BOS	AL	105	81	8	2.7	89	.247	.240	.258	.291	.333	.292	.357	.583	.690	69	.349	-4.0	-0.4	.468	.146	.052	.0
1944	29	BOS	AL	230	175	19	2.9	91	.261	.245	.267	.276	.334	.306	.364	.581	.698	66	.359	-10.3	-1.1	.465	.116	.060	.0
1945	30	BOS	AL	375	253	47	5.0	90	.319	.305	.264	.354	.336	.387	.359	.741	.695	113	.614	4.6	0.5	.639	.157	.081	1.3
1946	31	BOS	AL	165	116	18	4.2	101	.313	.301	.271	.340	.346	.359	.389	.699	.735	91	.499	-2.4	-0.2	.558	.111	.059
1947	32	TOT	AL	186	135	18	3.6	94	.284	.269	.259	.328	.339	.316	.373	.644	.712	81	.428	-4.4	-0.5	.526	.146	.047	.0
1947	32	BOS	AL	5	5	0	0.0	102	.200	.200	.271	.200	.352	.200	.389	.400	.741	8	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1947	32	WSH	AL	181	130	18	3.7	94	.287	.271	.259	.331	.338	.319	.373	.651	.711	84	.444	-3.7	-0.4	.538	.151	.048	.0
1948	33	WSH	AL	238	170	23	3.6	103	.274	.257	.269	.346	.354	.325	.389	.671	.743	81	.389	-4.8	-0.5	.572	.204	.068	1.3
6 Yrs				1299	930	133	3.8	94	.289	.275	.265	.328	.340	.340	.371	.668	.711	88	.469	-21.2	-2.2	.553	.149	.065	3.5
162 Game Avg.				516	369	53	3.8	94	.289	.275	.265	.328	.340	.340	.371	.668	.711	88	.469	-21.2	-2.2	.553	.149	.065	1

BOS (5 yrs)				880	630	92	3.9	92	.293	.280	.265	.323	.337	.348	.366	.670	.703	91	.497	-12.7	-1.4	.550	.135	.068	1.8
WSH (2 yrs)				419	300	41	3.6	99	.280	.263	.265	.340	.347	.323	.382	.662	.729	82	.412	-8.5	-0.9	.557	.180	.059	1.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	31	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	28	BOS	AL	105	0.0%	2.9%	6.7%	3.8%	17%	0.43	32.0		13.7		89%
1944	29	BOS	AL	230	0.0%	5.7%	3.5%	4.4%	19%	1.63	16.6		9.0		88%
1945	30	BOS	AL	375	0.3%	4.5%	6.9%	5.1%	18%	0.65	20.2	344.0	7.3		87%
1946	31	BOS	AL	165	0.0%	3.6%	5.5%	4.2%	15%	0.67	25.5		8.1		89%
1947	32	TOT	AL	186	0.0%	4.8%	8.1%	3.2%	13%	0.60	19.0		11.4		87%
1947	32	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1947	32	WSH	AL	181	0.0%	5.0%	8.3%	3.3%	13%	0.60	18.4		11.1		87%
1948	33	WSH	AL	238	0.4%	6.3%	11.8%	4.6%	21%	0.54	13.7	206.0	7.1	1.46	80%
6 Yrs				1299	0.2%	4.9%	7.2%	4.4%	18%	0.68	18.8	593.0	8.4	1.46	86%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	28	BOS	AL	-4.0	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	29	BOS	AL	-10.3	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	30	BOS	AL	4.3	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	31	BOS	AL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	TOT	AL	-4.4	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	BOS	AL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	WSH	AL	-3.7	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	WSH	AL	-4.8	-0.5	216	-0.1	4.7	-4.7	1.27	-0.4	0.4	-5.5	-0.6	1.09	-7.1	2.21	30
6 Yrs				-21.5	-2.3	216	-0.1	4.7	-4.7	1.27	-0.4	0.4	-5.5	-0.6	1.09	-7.1	2.21	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	33	WSH	AL	2	0	26%	68	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	40%	12	8	4	5	3	2	8	3	4
6 Yrs				2	0	33%	68	13	6	68%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	40%	12	8	4	5	3	2	8	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	33	WSH	AL	238	77%	53			30	5	0	4	2.21	1	1	10	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	133%	51	11	22%	24	8	33%	188	27	14%	19	7	37%	10	6	60%	0
6 Yrs				238	77%	326			30	5	0	4	2.21	2	1	10	0	1	1	0	0	3	18	600%	51	46	90%	24	8	33%	188	27	14%	19	7	37%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	28	26	105	96	11	23	3	1	0	7	2	0	7	3	.240	.291	.292	.583	69	28	6	0	2
1944	29	97	335	312	40	76	10	4	0	31	6	0	15	16	.244	.280	.301	.582	67	94	13	1	7
1945	30	197	710	656	78	181	21	11	1	78	8	2	41	33	.276	.319	.346	.666	91	227	21	1	11
1946	31	258	875	809	99	227	26	13	1	97	8	3	50	39	.281	.323	.349	.672	91	282	26	1	14
1947	32	316	1061	980	118	273	30	15	1	112	11	4	65	48	.279	.324	.343	.667	89	336	35	1	14
1948	33	408	1299	1186	140	326	39	16	2	141	13	6	93	63	.275	.328	.340	.668	88	403	46	1	18

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	28	27	113	103	13	26	3	1	0	8	2	8	3	.252	.306	.301	.607	9	26
1944	29	74	244	229	34	59	8	3	0	28	4	9	14	.258	.289	.319	.607	21	71
1945	30	106	404	371	44	118	12	8	1	55	2	29	18	.318	.368	.402	.769	55	100
1946	31	64	174	161	22	49	5	2	0	20	0	10	6	.304	.345	.360	.705	20	61
1947	32	60	196	180	21	50	4	2	0	17	3	16	9	.278	.337	.322	.659	20	58
1948	33	96	247	214	22	54	9	1	1	29	2	29	16	.252	.342	.318	.659	23	92
6 Yrs		427	1378	1258	156	356	41	17	2	157	13	101	66	.283	.337	.347	.684	148	408
162 Game Avg.		162	523	477	59	135	16	6	1	60	5	38	25	.283	.337	.347	.684	56	408

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1945 AL 7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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