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John McHale

John Joseph McHale

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 21, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Detroit Catholic Central HS (Novi, MI)
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1943 (Age 21)
Team: Tigers 1943-1948

Final Game: April 23, 1948 (Age 26)
Died: January 17, 2008 in Stuart, FL
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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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
1943 21 DET AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0
1944 22 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 23 DET AL 19 16 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 2 0 1 0 /3
1947 25 DET AL 39 103 95 10 20 1 0 3 11 1 1 7 24 .211 .265 .316 .580 58 30 0 0 1 3
1948 26 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 64 125 114 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .193 .258 .281 .539 48 32 0 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 316 289 25 56 3 0 8 30 3 3 23 73 .193 .258 .281 .539 48 81 0 3 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 21 DET AL 4 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .487 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
1944 22 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .473 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
1945 23 DET AL 19 16 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /3
1947 25 DET AL 39 103 -6 -0 0 0 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .480 .495 -0.5 -0.1 -4 3
1948 26 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .472 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
5 Seasons 64 125 -8 -0 0 0 -1 -9 -1.1 4 -6 -0.7 .483 .499 -0.7 -0.2 -6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 23 DET AL WS CHC W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1945 DET AL 23 1B 3 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .988 10.10
1947 DET AL 25 1B 25 21 20 208 195 12 1 12 .995 8.28 .990 9.64
2 Seasons 1B 28 21 20 214 200 13 1 12 .995 7.61 .990 9.69
5 Seasons TOT 28 21 20 214 200 13 1 12 .995 7.61 .990 9.69
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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