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 Pitching

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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
1948 22 BOS AL 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 22 5.250 40.5 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00
1949 23 BOS AL 0 0 11.57 5 0 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 12 12 2 10 8 0 0 2 49 38 2.464 12.5 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80
1950 24 PIT NL 0 0 9.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 7 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 35 46 2.400 16.2 2.7 5.4 6.8 1.25
1954 28 NYG NL 2 5 .286 3.25 33 4 9 0 0 2 61.0 50 26 22 5 29 38 3 0 1 264 125 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.3 5.6 1.31
1955 29 NYG NL 6 5 .545 3.69 42 6 9 4 0 3 95.0 86 45 39 8 37 6 50 6 0 2 400 110 1.295 8.1 0.8 3.5 4.7 1.35
1956 30 NYG NL 3 4 .429 3.61 46 4 20 0 0 7 77.1 74 36 31 7 20 5 41 1 0 1 321 104 1.216 8.6 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.05
1957 31 NYG NL 0 0 15.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 19 26 3.333 24.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
7 Seasons 11 15 .423 4.22 134 15 41 4 0 12 253.2 249 134 119 26 103 11 144 11 0 6 1099 95 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .423 4.22 61 7 19 2 0 5 116 114 61 54 12 47 66 5 0 3 502 95 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40
NYG (4 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.69 126 14 40 4 0 12 236.1 218 112 97 21 88 11 131 11 0 4 1004 108 1.295 8.3 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.49
BOS (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 34 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 7 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 35 46 2.400 16.2 2.7 5.4 6.8 1.25
NL (5 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.85 128 14 40 4 0 12 243.0 230 119 104 23 92 11 136 11 0 4 1039 103 1.325 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.48
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 34 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 28 NYG NL 33 265 226 26 50 5 3 5 1 2 29 38 .221 .315 .336 .652 .243 76 1 3 5 2
1955 29 NYG NL 42 400 353 45 86 9 3 8 2 0 37 50 .244 .325 .354 .679 .264 125 7 6 3 1 6
1956 30 NYG NL 46 325 298 36 74 3 3 7 0 0 20 41 .248 .297 .349 .646 .267 104 1 1 5 1 5
1957 31 NYG NL 5 19 15 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .533 .579 .800 1.379 .538 12 0 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 126 1009 892 112 218 18 9 21 3 2 88 131 .244 .318 .355 .674 .264 317 9 11 13 5 11
162 Game Avg. 61 490 433 54 106 9 4 10 1 1 43 64 .244 .318 .355 .674 .264 154 4 5 6 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 28 NYG NL 33 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0% 43 55 35 19 9 0 3 3.6 3.5 2.8
1955 29 NYG NL 42 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 4 0 3 50% 55 73 37 15 4 3 2 4.6 4.3 7.0
1956 30 NYG NL 46 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 1 0 0 1 25% 35 54 19 8 2 2 1 3.1 3.3 4.6
3 Seasons 121 14 3 7 4 0 0 5 9 .357 2 1 4 0 4 29% 46 73 19 42 15 5 6 3.8 3.8 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 28 NYG NL 33 29 9 2 3 1 2 0 200% 2 1 21 3 14% 6 1.014 4 10 11 4 1 20 10 15 15 8 15 7 5.2
1955 29 NYG NL 42 36 9 3 3 2 3 0 150% 2 0 18 5 28% 1.123 8 6 10 2 7 16 10 15 18 15 13 9 4.4
1956 30 NYG NL 46 42 20 3 1 4 7 0 175% 6 1 36 7 19% 1.011 12 4 15 6 5 21 19 13 21 15 14 10 4.2
1957 31 NYG NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 0.732 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 0 1.8
4 Seasons 126 112 40 8 7 7 12 0 171% 10 2 81 21 26% 1.042 25 21 38 12 13 61 42 44 54 42 42 26 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1948 22 BOS AL
1949 23 BOS AL
1950 24 PIT NL
1954 28 NYG NL 265 66% 1.9% 14.3% 10.9% 4.9% 26% 0.45 70% 52 1 2%
1955 29 NYG NL 400 62% 2.0% 12.5% 9.3% 5.0% 23% 0.88 74% 44 7 16%
1956 30 NYG NL 325 59% 2.2% 12.6% 6.2% 4.0% 18% 0.64 77% 36 1 3%
1957 31 NYG NL 19 40% 5.3% 10.5% 10.5% 10.5% 25% 0.50 68% 8 0 0%
7 Seasons 1009 62% 2.6% 14.3% 10.2% 4.8% 19% 0.63 74% 140 9 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1948 22 BOS AL 6 1 0
1949 23 BOS AL 13 2 2
1950 24 PIT NL 12 2 0
1954 28 NYG NL 247 50 5 0 10 2 2 4 0 17 5 2 29% 6 1 0 87 1 2 33% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 18
1955 29 NYG NL 229 86 8 0 7 2 1 1 2 11 4 0 36% 2 2 1 95 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 171
1956 30 NYG NL 220 74 7 0 11 2 1 2 1 14 5 2 36% 4 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 105
1957 31 NYG NL 15 8 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Seasons 711 249 26 0 32 7 5 9 3 46 17 4 37% 12 6 1 265 3 2 60% 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 13 298
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1948 22 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 22 5.250 40.5 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00 22
1949 23 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 34 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73 34
1950 24 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 38 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 38
1951 25 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 38 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 38
1952 26 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 38 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 38
1953 27 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 38 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 38
1954 28 2 6 .250 5.06 41 5 10 0 0 2 78.1 81 48 44 10 44 51 3 0 3 359 82 1.596 9.3 1.1 5.1 5.9 1.16 82
1955 29 8 11 .421 4.31 83 11 19 4 0 5 173.1 167 93 83 18 81 6 101 9 0 5 759 95 1.431 8.7 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.25 95
1956 30 11 15 .423 4.09 129 15 39 4 0 12 250.2 241 129 114 25 101 11 142 10 0 6 1080 98 1.364 8.7 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.41 98
1957 31 11 15 .423 4.22 134 15 41 4 0 12 253.2 249 134 119 26 103 11 144 11 0 6 1099 95 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1948 22 0 0 27.00 1.0 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 7.000 54.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
1949 23 0 1 .000 11.00 9.0 13 12 11 2 10 8 0 2.556 13.0 10.0 8.0 0.80 2.0 5
1950 24 0 0 9.00 7.0 12 8 7 2 4 5 0 2.286 15.4 5.1 6.4 1.25 2.6 2
1954 28 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 52 24 22 5 30 40 3 1.281 7.3 4.2 5.6 1.33 0.7 33
1955 29 5 5 .500 3.75 96.0 89 44 40 8 38 51 6 1.323 8.3 3.6 4.8 1.34 0.8 42
1956 30 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 79 38 34 7 21 41 1 1.282 9.1 2.4 4.7 1.95 0.8 46
1957 31 0 0 15.00 3.0 8 6 5 1 2 2 1 3.333 24.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 5
7 Seasons 13 13 .500 4.26 258.0 259 135 122 26 106 147 11 1.415 9.0 5.1 1.39 0.9 134

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--46--10th

Saves s c a p y
1956 NL--7--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL--6--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1956 NL--20--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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