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Bill McCahan

William Glenn McCahan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 7, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
School: Duke University (Durham, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1946
Team: Athletics 1946-1949

Final Game: June 19, 1949
Died: July 3, 1986 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, 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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 25 PHA AL 4 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 155 2 0 0 0 /1
1947 26 PHA AL 29 61 55 8 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .164 .207 .200 .407 13 11 1 0 3 1 MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 17 33 31 4 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .258 .303 .290 .593 57 9 0 0 0 1
1949 28 PHA AL 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 57 105 96 12 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 11 .208 .255 .240 .494 35 23 1 0 3
162 Game Avg. 162 298 273 34 57 9 0 0 26 0 0 17 31 .208 .255 .240 .494 35 65 3 0 9

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 Awards
1946 25 PHA AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .527 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1947 26 PHA AL 29 61 -6 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1 MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 17 33 -2 -0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1949 28 PHA AL 7 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
4 Seasons 57 105 -9 -0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 -0.0 5 $

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
1946 25 PHA AL 6 3 1 8.9 94 .667 .400 .261 .500 .335 .400 .376 .900 .711 155 .801 0.5 0.0 1.000 .200 .000
1947 26 PHA AL 61 50 2 1.1 98 .180 .164 .264 .207 .344 .200 .379 .407 .723 13 .077 -6.7 -0.7 .298 .091 .036
1948 27 PHA AL 33 23 3 3.5 106 .276 .258 .274 .303 .360 .290 .396 .593 .756 57 .373 -2.0 -0.2 .478 .097 .032
1949 28 PHA AL 5 4 0 0.0 104 .333 .200 .267 .200 .358 .200 .388 .400 .746 7 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
4 Yrs 105 80 6 2.0 101 .235 .208 .267 .255 .349 .240 .385 .494 .734 35 .196 -8.8 -0.9 .377 .094 .031
162 Game Avg. 298 227 17 2.0 101 .235 .208 .267 .255 .349 .240 .385 .494 .734 35 .196 -8.8 -0.9 .377 .094 .031

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1946 25 PHA AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 50%
1947 26 PHA AL 61 0.0% 8.2% 4.9% 3.3% 22% 1.67 11.0 55.0 82%
1948 27 PHA AL 33 0.0% 6.1% 6.1% 3.0% 13% 1.00 15.5 3.9 1.43 88%
1949 28 PHA AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 1.00 60%
4 Yrs 105 0.0% 10.5% 5.7% 2.9% 15% 1.83 8.7 10.7 1.38 81%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.9% 6.2% 27% 0.98 9.2 55.9 8.3 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 25 PHA AL 0.5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 PHA AL -6.7 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 PHA AL -2.0 -0.2 27 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 .80 -0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 1.05 -1.9 0
1949 28 PHA AL -0.7 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .92 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.01 -1.0 0
4 Yrs -8.9 -0.9 30 -0.2 0.3 -0.4 .81 -0.2 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.05 -2.9 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 27 PHA AL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1949 28 PHA AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 46% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

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 27 PHA AL 33 7% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 24 6 25% 4 3 75% 0 0 0
1949 28 PHA AL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 38 7% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 300% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 26 6 23% 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 52% 252% 29% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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 SF IBB
1946 25 4 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 155 2 0 0 0
1947 26 33 67 60 8 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .183 .234 .217 .451 25 13 1 0 3
1948 27 50 100 91 12 19 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .209 .258 .242 .499 37 22 1 0 3
1949 28 57 105 96 12 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 11 .208 .255 .240 .494 35 23 1 0 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 25 4 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 1 4
1947 26 30 63 57 7 9 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 .158 .200 .193 .393 2 29
1948 27 18 35 33 5 9 1 0 0 9 0 2 2 .273 .314 .303 .617 3 17
1949 28 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
4 Yrs 59 109 100 12 20 3 0 0 10 0 6 11 .200 .245 .230 .475 6 57
162 Game Avg. 162 299 275 33 55 8 0 0 27 0 16 30 .200 .245 .230 .475 16 57

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (26, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

                                          

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