Windy McCall
John William McCall
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 18, 1925 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Balboa (San Francisco, CA)
School: University of San Francisco
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1948
Final Game: May 3, 1957
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 BOS AL 22 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 0.90
1949 BOS AL 23 P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1950 PIT NL 24 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 0.95
1954 NYG NL 28 P 33 4 61.0 11 3 5 3 0 .727 1.18 0.24 .973 2.07 0.87
1955 NYG NL 29 P 42 6 95.0 22 6 16 0 4 1.000 2.08 0.52 .945 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 30 P 46 4 77.1 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.16 0.22 .964 2.05 0.83
1957 NYG NL 31 P 5 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.82
7 Seasons P 134 14 236.1 47 14 29 4 4 .915 1.64 0.32 .957 2.05 0.85
7 Seasons TOT 134 14 236.1 47 14 29 4 4 .915 1.64 0.32 .872 2.05 0.85

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 BOS AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 23 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PIT NL 24 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 28 33 4 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 29 42 6 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 30 46 4 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 31 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 134 14 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 28 250 73% 16% 10 60% 0 3 0 1 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1955 NYG NL 29 234 77% 23% 13 85% 0 3 0 1 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 50%
1956 NYG NL 30 222 82% 23% 7 100% 0 3 0 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1957 NYG NL 31 16 81% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 722 77% 20% 30 80% 0 9 0 4 22 16 3 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 11 64%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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