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Mike McCormick
Michael Francis McCormick
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 29, 1938 in Pasadena, CA
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1956
Final Game: May 22, 1971
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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
1956 17 NYG NL 0 1 .000 9.45 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 7 7 1 10 0 4 0 1 0 36 40 2.550 9.5 1.4 13.5 5.4 0.40
1957 18 NYG NL 3 1 .750 4.10 24 5 7 1 0 0 74.2 79 37 34 7 32 2 50 3 1 4 321 96 1.487 9.5 0.8 3.9 6.0 1.56
1958 19 SFG NL 11 8 .579 4.59 42 28 5 8 2 1 178.1 192 103 91 19 60 6 82 3 0 6 773 83 1.413 9.7 1.0 3.0 4.1 1.37
1959 20 SFG NL 12 16 .429 3.99 47 31 9 7 3 4 225.2 213 117 100 24 86 13 151 1 0 9 972 95 1.325 8.5 1.0 3.4 6.0 1.76
1960 21 SFG NL 15 12 .556 2.70 40 34 6 15 4 3 253.0 228 87 76 15 65 12 154 1 0 12 1033 129 1.158 8.1 0.5 2.3 5.5 2.37 AS
1961 22 SFG NL 13 16 .448 3.20 40 35 3 13 3 0 250.0 235 99 89 33 75 3 163 2 0 4 1033 120 1.240 8.5 1.2 2.7 5.9 2.17 AS
1962 23 SFG NL 5 5 .500 5.38 28 15 4 1 0 0 98.2 112 64 59 18 45 2 42 1 0 1 447 70 1.591 10.2 1.6 4.1 3.8 0.93
1963 24 BAL AL 6 8 .429 4.30 25 21 0 2 0 0 136.0 132 70 65 18 66 4 75 0 0 3 591 80 1.456 8.7 1.2 4.4 5.0 1.14
1964 25 BAL AL 0 2 .000 5.19 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.1 21 10 10 1 8 0 13 0 0 1 81 69 1.673 10.9 0.5 4.2 6.8 1.63
1965 26 WSA AL 8 8 .500 3.36 44 21 8 3 1 1 158.0 158 64 59 17 36 4 88 0 1 1 654 103 1.228 9.0 1.0 2.1 5.0 2.44
1966 27 WSA AL 11 14 .440 3.46 41 32 5 8 3 0 216.0 193 98 83 23 51 8 101 2 1 6 884 100 1.130 8.0 1.0 2.1 4.2 1.98
1967 28 SFG NL 22 10 .688 2.85 40 35 3 14 5 0 262.1 220 88 83 25 81 18 150 5 0 9 1073 117 1.147 7.5 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.85 CYA-1,MVP-6
1968 29 SFG NL 12 14 .462 3.58 38 28 5 9 2 1 198.1 196 92 79 17 49 13 121 2 0 9 838 83 1.235 8.9 0.8 2.2 5.5 2.47
1969 30 SFG NL 11 9 .550 3.34 32 28 2 9 0 0 196.2 175 81 73 20 77 8 76 1 2 6 824 106 1.281 8.0 0.9 3.5 3.5 0.99
1970 31 TOT MLB 5 4 .556 6.18 32 15 10 1 0 2 99.0 106 73 68 17 49 8 49 3 0 4 452 63 1.566 9.6 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1970 31 SFG NL 3 4 .429 6.20 23 11 7 1 0 2 78.1 80 58 54 15 36 7 37 3 0 4 351 65 1.481 9.2 1.7 4.1 4.3 1.03
1970 31 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 6.10 9 4 3 0 0 0 20.2 26 15 14 2 13 1 12 0 0 0 101 58 1.887 11.3 0.9 5.7 5.2 0.92
1971 32 KCR AL 0 0 9.31 4 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 10 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 46 37 1.966 13.0 0.0 4.7 1.9 0.40
16 Seasons 134 128 .511 3.73 484 333 69 91 23 12 2380.1 2281 1100 986 255 795 101 1321 24 6 75 10058 96 1.292 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.66
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .511 3.73 40 28 6 8 2 1 198 190 92 82 21 66 8 110 2 0 6 837 96 1.292 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.66
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
SFG (11 yrs) 107 96 .527 3.68 357 252 52 78 19 11 1822.2 1737 833 745 194 616 84 1030 22 4 64 7701 98 1.291 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.1 1.67
WSA (2 yrs) 19 22 .463 3.42 85 53 13 11 4 1 374.0 351 162 142 40 87 12 189 2 2 7 1538 101 1.171 8.4 1.0 2.1 4.5 2.17
BAL (2 yrs) 6 10 .375 4.40 29 23 0 2 0 0 153.1 153 80 75 19 74 4 88 0 0 4 672 79 1.480 9.0 1.1 4.3 5.2 1.19
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 9.31 4 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 10 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 46 37 1.966 13.0 0.0 4.7 1.9 0.40
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 6.10 9 4 3 0 0 0 20.2 26 15 14 2 13 1 12 0 0 0 101 58 1.887 11.3 0.9 5.7 5.2 0.92
NL (11 yrs) 107 96 .527 3.68 357 252 52 78 19 11 1822.2 1737 833 745 194 616 84 1030 22 4 64 7701 98 1.291 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.1 1.67
AL (6 yrs) 27 32 .458 3.89 127 81 17 13 4 1 557.2 544 267 241 61 179 17 291 2 2 11 2357 89 1.296 8.8 1.0 2.9 4.7 1.63

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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
1956 17 NYG NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 18 NYG NL 24 24 22 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .273 .261 .273 .534 45 6 0 0 1 1 0 1
1958 19 SFG NL 42 59 54 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .222 .250 .241 .491 32 13 1 0 3 0 0 1
1959 20 SFG NL 47 82 66 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 22 .106 .155 .121 .276 -24 8 0 0 11 1 0 1
1960 21 SFG NL 40 95 88 4 16 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 35 .182 .200 .227 .427 20 20 1 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1961 22 SFG NL 40 89 80 3 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 25 .188 .226 .213 .439 19 17 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1962 23 SFG NL 29 30 28 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 11 .107 .167 .214 .381 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 24 BAL AL 25 51 46 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 16 .174 .208 .239 .447 28 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1964 25 BAL AL 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 26 WSA AL 45 51 41 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 15 .073 .191 .073 .265 -21 3 1 0 4 0 0 1
1966 27 WSA AL 41 74 66 5 14 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 23 .212 .246 .303 .549 58 20 0 0 5 0 0 1
1967 28 SFG NL 41 95 84 8 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 32 .119 .157 .179 .336 -4 15 5 0 6 1 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
1968 29 SFG NL 38 72 58 4 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 6 25 .103 .194 .190 .384 15 11 0 1 5 2 0 1
1969 30 SFG NL 32 75 66 6 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 31 .136 .186 .197 .383 8 13 0 0 5 0 0 1
1970 31 TOT MLB 32 33 30 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .167 .194 .200 .394 7 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1970 31 SFG NL 23 28 25 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .160 .192 .200 .392 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1970 31 NYY AL 9 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 32 KCR AL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 487 839 738 54 115 12 1 7 39 0 2 40 275 .156 .199 .203 .402 13 150 8 1 55 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 279 245 18 38 4 0 2 13 0 1 13 91 .156 .199 .203 .402 13 50 3 0 18 2 0
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
SFG (11 yrs) 359 650 572 41 88 12 1 4 32 0 1 29 216 .154 .194 .199 .394 10 114 7 1 43 5 0
WSA (2 yrs) 86 125 107 7 17 0 0 2 6 0 0 9 38 .159 .224 .215 .439 28 23 1 0 9 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 29 57 52 5 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 18 .173 .204 .231 .434 24 12 0 0 3 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 9 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 359 650 572 41 88 12 1 4 32 0 1 29 216 .154 .194 .199 .394 10 114 7 1 43 5 0
AL (6 yrs) 128 189 166 13 27 0 0 3 7 0 1 11 59 .163 .215 .217 .432 24 36 1 0 12 0 0

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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
1956 NYG NL 17 P 3 2 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.33 1.000 2.02 0.83
1957 NYG NL 18 P 24 5 74.2 13 3 9 1 2 .923 1.45 0.50 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 SFG NL 19 P 42 28 178.1 50 11 37 2 5 .960 2.42 1.14 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 SFG NL 20 P 47 31 225.2 57 12 42 3 1 .947 2.15 1.15 .954 1.99 0.82
1960 SFG NL 21 P 40 34 253.0 69 12 55 2 7 .971 2.38 1.68 .962 2.09 0.87 AS
1961 SFG NL 22 P 40 35 250.0 49 12 37 0 1 1.000 1.76 1.23 .957 2.18 0.88 AS
1962 SFG NL 23 P 28 15 98.2 20 1 18 1 1 .950 1.73 0.68 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 BAL AL 24 P 25 21 136.0 32 9 21 2 0 .938 1.99 1.20 .956 1.99 0.79
1964 BAL AL 25 P 4 2 17.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.75 .967 1.92 0.72
1965 WSA AL 26 P 44 21 158.0 30 8 22 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.68 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 WSA AL 27 P 41 32 216.0 39 5 34 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.95 .949 1.99 0.75
1967 SFG NL 28 P 40 35 262.1 46 10 36 0 2 1.000 1.58 1.15 .959 2.00 0.78 CYA-1,MVP-6
1968 SFG NL 29 P 38 28 198.1 33 9 23 1 0 .970 1.45 0.84 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 SFG NL 30 P 32 28 196.2 36 3 33 0 3 1.000 1.65 1.13 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 TOT MLB 31 P 32 15 99.0 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 1.91 0.66 .948 1.85 0.70
1970 SFG NL 31 P 23 11 78.1 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 2.18 0.83 .947 1.85 0.71
1970 NYY AL 31 P 9 4 20.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.22 .950 1.87 0.67
1971 KCR AL 32 P 4 1 9.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 8.38 2.25 .956 1.96 0.78
16 Seasons P 484 333 2380.1 508 102 394 12 26 .976 1.88 1.02 .956 2.02 0.80
16 Seasons TOT 484 333 2380.1 508 102 394 12 26 .976 1.88 1.02 .932 2.02 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1967-NL-Cy Young
1967-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1967-NL-6-26%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1967-NL--1--90%
1 Cy Young
0.90 Career Shares (55th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1960 NL--2.704--1st
1961 NL--3.204--4th

Wins s c a p y
1967 NL--22--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL--.579--8th
1967 NL--.688--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1960 NL--1.158--6th
1961 NL--1.240--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL--8.111--7th
1967 NL--7.548--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL--2.312--10th
1966 AL--2.125--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL--6.022--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL--47--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 NL--253.0--8th
1961 NL--250.0--6th
1967 NL--262.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 NL--151--5th
1960 NL--154--9th
1961 NL--163--6th
Career--1321--237th

Games Started s c a p y
1960 NL--34--7th
1961 NL--35--4th
1967 NL--35--7th
Career--333--209th

Complete Games s c a p y
1960 NL--15--6th
1961 NL--13--5th
1967 NL--14--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL--2--6th
1959 NL--3--8th
1960 NL--4--3rd
1961 NL--3--3rd
1966 AL--3--7th
1967 NL--5--2nd
Career--23--204th

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--24--10th
1961 NL--33--1st
1966 AL--23--8th
1967 NL--25--2nd
1968 NL--17--7th
Career--255--88th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL--86--7th
1967 NL--81--4th
Career--795--245th

Hits s c a p y
1960 NL--228--9th
1961 NL--235--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1960 NL--2.369--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL--.534--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1959 NL--16--4th
1961 NL--16--4th
1966 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 NL--91--10th
1959 NL--100--7th
1967 NL--83--9th
Career--986--235th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1959 NL--9--2nd
1960 NL--12--2nd
1967 NL--9--8th
1968 NL--9--7th
Career--75--186th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1960 NL--1033--9th
1961 NL--1033--7th
1967 NL--1073--7th
Career--10058--227th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 NL--129--5th
1961 NL--120--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL--11--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1956 NL--born 1938-09-29--1st
1957 NL--born 1938-09-29--9th
1958 NL--born 1938-09-29--5th
1959 NL--born 1938-09-29--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (290), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 63 (399), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (435), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (601), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 31, 1956: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

December 15, 1962: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Stu Miller and John Orsino to the Baltimore Orioles for Jimmie Coker, Jack Fisher and Billy Hoeft.

April 4, 1965: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Washington Senators for Steve Herman (minors) and $20,000.

December 13, 1966: Traded by the Washington Senators to the San Francisco Giants for Cap Peterson and Bob Priddy.

July 20, 1970: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for John Cumberland.

March 25, 1971: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

June 2, 1971: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

Before 1972 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

June 16, 1972: Retired from the San Francisco Giants.

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