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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:52AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1946 25 PHA AL 18.0 2 2 10 0 1.0 8 0.9 $
1947 26 PHA AL 165.1 19 73 90 3 1.0 17 1.7 $ MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 86.2 15 58 54 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
1949 28 PHA AL 20.2 4 9 13 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
4 Seasons 290.2 40 142 167 3 1.0 25 2.4 $

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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 12 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 25 PHA AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1947 26 PHA AL 61 -6 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-26
1948 27 PHA AL 33 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1949 28 PHA AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
4 Seasons 105 -9 1 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1946 PHA AL 25 P 4 2 2 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.00 .950 2.00 2.00
1947 PHA AL 26 P 29 19 10 165.1 41 7 33 1 4 .976 2.18 1.38 .955 1.92 1.90 MVP-26
1948 PHA AL 27 P 17 15 5 86.2 17 6 10 1 0 .941 1.66 0.94 .963 2.02 1.99
1949 PHA AL 28 P 7 4 0 20.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.43 .963 2.13 2.09
4 Seasons P 57 40 17 290.2 65 14 49 2 4 .969 1.95 1.11 .957 1.97 1.96
4 Seasons TOT 57 40 17 290.2 65 14 49 2 4 .969 1.95 1.11 .957 1.97 1.96
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1498th)

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

                           

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