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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 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
1946 25 PHA AL 1 1 .500 1.00 4 2 1 2 1 0 18.0 16 2 2 0 9 6 0 0 1 77 359 1.389 8.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
1947 26 PHA AL 10 5 .667 3.32 29 19 5 10 1 0 165.1 160 73 61 7 62 47 0 0 3 703 115 1.343 8.7 0.4 3.4 2.6 0.76 MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 4 7 .364 5.71 17 15 2 5 0 0 86.2 98 58 55 8 65 20 0 0 3 417 76 1.881 10.2 0.8 6.8 2.1 0.31
1949 28 PHA AL 1 1 .500 2.61 7 4 1 0 0 0 20.2 23 9 6 0 9 3 0 0 1 91 160 1.548 10.0 0.0 3.9 1.3 0.33
4 Yrs 16 14 .533 3.84 57 40 9 17 2 0 290.2 297 142 124 15 145 76 0 0 8 1288 104 1.521 9.2 0.5 4.5 2.4 0.52
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .533 3.84 40 28 6 12 1 0 204 208 100 87 11 102 53 0 0 6 903 104 1.521 9.2 0.5 4.5 2.4 0.52

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
1946 25 PHA AL 18.0 4 2 2 1.00 4.18 -0.27 0.00 94.8 4.22 6 0.8 1.0 -0.0 0.9 8 .701 .505 $
1947 26 PHA AL 165.1 29 19 73 3.97 4.11 0.26 0.00 103.7 3.99 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 13 .504 .501 $ MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 86.2 17 15 58 6.02 4.73 0.01 0.00 100.1 4.72 -13 -1.2 .5 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .430 .493 $
1949 28 PHA AL 20.2 7 4 9 3.92 4.73 0.18 0.00 96.4 4.39 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .516 .501 $
4 Seasons 290.2 57 40 142 4.40 4.34 0.15 0.00 101.6 4.25 -4 -0.2 .9 -0.1 1.7 19 .497 .500 $

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
1948 27 PHA AL 17 333 345 58 98 14 1 8 3 3 65 20 .284 .398 .400 .798 .284 138 8 0 6 0 4
1949 28 PHA AL 7 63 79 9 23 1 0 0 1 0 9 3 .291 .364 .304 .667 .303 24 1 0 3 0 2
2 Yrs 24 396 424 67 121 15 1 8 4 3 74 23 .285 .392 .382 .774 .288 162 9 0 9 0 6
162 Game Avg. 38 626 671 106 191 24 2 13 6 5 117 36 .285 .392 .382 .774 .288 256 14 0 14 0 9
MLB Averages .260 .337 .345 .682 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 27 PHA AL -11.5 -1.1 346 -0.7 4.3 -5.0 .80 -0.7 -0.2 -4.2 -0.4 0.80 -8.0 0 0 1
1949 28 PHA AL 2.7 0.3 66 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 1.06 0.0 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 1.06 0.1 1 1 1
4 Yrs 3.8 0.6 412 -1.0 5.3 -6.4 .84 -0.7 -0.5 -5.1 -0.5 0.84 -7.9 1 1 2

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1946 25 PHA AL 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 2 1 2 100% 60.0 62 58 1 1 1.9 7.0
1947 26 PHA AL 29 19 9 5 5 2 3 13 6 .684 0 0 10 1 12 63% 52.3 89 25 8 4 4.4 7.4
1948 27 PHA AL 17 15 4 7 4 1 0 7 8 .467 0 1 5 0 4 27% 40.8 69 18 5 3 1 9 4.4 4.1 5.3
1949 28 PHA AL 7 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 48.8 54 43 4 2 0 3 4.4 2.7 4.2
4 Yrs 57 40 15 14 11 3 4 24 16 .600 0 1 17 2 19 48% 48 89 18 9 5 10 17 4.3 3.9 6.3
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.4 4.8 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

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
1946 25 PHA AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1947 26 PHA AL 29 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 7.7
1948 27 PHA AL 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 10.0
1949 28 PHA AL 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 1.056 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.0
4 Yrs 57 17 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% .841 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 10 2 2 0 7.1

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1946 25 PHA AL 77 0.0% 7.8% 11.7% 2.6% 13% 77%
1947 26 PHA AL 703 1.0% 6.7% 8.8% 2.6% 11% 83%
1948 27 PHA AL 416 55% 2.4% 6.0% 19.5% 6.9% 24% 1.00 95% 80 8 10%
1949 28 PHA AL 91 48% 0.0% 4.8% 14.3% 1.6% 4% 0.81 121% 13 1 8%
4 Yrs 1287 54% 1.3% 6.5% 12.3% 3.7% 15% 0.97 88% 93 9 10%
MLB Averages 48% 1.9% 11.7% 11.9% 4.7% 17% 0.95 94% 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
1946 25 PHA AL 16 0 1
1947 26 PHA AL 160 7 3
1948 27 PHA AL 333 98 8 0 10 4 4 6 2 16 7 2 44% 4 3 2 150 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 83
1949 28 PHA AL 63 23 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 57% 2 1 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 28
4 Yrs 396 297 15 0 14 4 4 6 2 23 11 3 48% 6 8 2 172 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 111
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1946 25 1 1 .500 1.00 4 2 1 2 1 0 18.0 16 2 2 0 9 6 0 0 1 77 359 1.389 8.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67 359
1947 26 11 6 .647 3.09 33 21 6 12 2 0 183.1 176 75 63 7 71 53 0 0 4 780 123 1.347 8.6 0.3 3.5 2.6 0.75 123
1948 27 15 13 .536 3.93 50 36 8 17 2 0 270.0 274 133 118 15 136 73 0 0 7 1197 101 1.519 9.1 0.5 4.5 2.4 0.54 101
1949 28 16 14 .533 3.84 57 40 9 17 2 0 290.2 297 142 124 15 145 76 0 0 8 1288 104 1.521 9.2 0.5 4.5 2.4 0.52 104

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1946 25 1 0 1.000 1.00 18.0 17 2 2 0 10 6 0 1.500 8.5 5.0 3.0 0.60 0.0 4
1947 26 10 8 .556 3.60 165.0 169 73 66 7 65 47 0 1.418 9.2 3.5 2.6 0.72 0.4 29
1948 27 4 6 .400 5.24 91.0 98 59 53 8 65 21 0 1.791 9.7 6.4 2.1 0.32 0.8 17
1949 28 1 1 .500 2.57 21.0 24 7 6 0 9 3 0 1.571 10.3 3.9 1.3 0.33 0.0 7
4 Yrs 16 15 .516 3.87 295.0 308 141 127 15 149 77 0 1.549 9.4 2.3 0.52 0.5 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)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  0.381 (9th)

                           

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