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Archie McKain
Archie Richard McKain (Happy)
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1911 in Delphos, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1937
Final Game: July 5, 1943
Died: May 21, 1985 in Salina, KS
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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
1937 26 BOS AL 8 8 .500 4.66 36 18 6 3 0 2 137.0 152 84 71 7 64 66 0 0 1 630 102 1.577 10.0 0.5 4.2 4.3 1.03
1938 27 BOS AL 5 4 .556 4.52 37 5 16 1 0 6 99.2 119 60 50 6 44 27 2 0 0 453 109 1.635 10.7 0.5 4.0 2.4 0.61
1939 28 DET AL 5 6 .455 3.68 32 11 12 4 1 4 129.2 120 66 53 6 54 49 0 0 1 554 133 1.342 8.3 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.91
1940 29 DET AL 5 0 1.000 2.82 27 0 17 0 0 3 51.0 48 18 16 2 25 24 0 0 1 224 168 1.431 8.5 0.4 4.4 4.2 0.96
1941 30 TOT AL 2 2 .500 5.60 23 0 14 0 0 1 53.0 74 33 33 5 15 16 1 0 2 242 80 1.679 12.6 0.8 2.5 2.7 1.07
1941 30 DET AL 2 1 .667 5.02 15 0 9 0 0 0 43.0 58 24 24 3 11 14 0 0 2 193 90 1.605 12.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.27
1941 30 SLB AL 0 1 .000 8.10 8 0 5 0 0 1 10.0 16 9 9 2 4 2 1 0 0 49 53 2.000 14.4 1.8 3.6 1.8 0.50
1943 32 SLB AL 1 1 .500 3.94 10 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 16 9 7 0 6 6 0 0 1 72 85 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
6 Seasons 26 21 .553 4.26 165 34 70 8 1 16 486.1 529 270 230 26 208 188 3 0 6 2175 112 1.515 9.8 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.90
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .553 4.26 56 12 24 3 0 5 166 181 92 79 9 71 64 1 0 2 743 112 1.515 9.8 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.90
DET (3 yrs) 12 7 .632 3.74 74 11 38 4 1 7 223.2 226 108 93 11 90 87 0 0 4 971 128 1.413 9.1 0.4 3.6 3.5 0.97
BOS (2 yrs) 13 12 .520 4.60 73 23 22 4 0 8 236.2 271 144 121 13 108 93 2 0 1 1083 105 1.601 10.3 0.5 4.1 3.5 0.86
SLB (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.54 18 0 10 0 0 1 26.0 32 18 16 2 10 8 1 0 1 121 67 1.615 11.1 0.7 3.5 2.8 0.80

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1940 29 DET AL WS L CIN 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1937 26 BOS AL 38 53 49 5 13 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .265 .308 .367 .675 67 18 2 1 1
1938 27 BOS AL 37 36 31 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .065 .147 .097 .244 -39 3 0 2 1
1939 28 DET AL 32 49 41 7 9 2 1 2 5 0 0 8 12 .220 .347 .463 .810 100 19 1 0 0 1
1940 29 DET AL 27 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .143 .333 .143 .476 24 1 0 0 1 1
1941 30 TOT AL 23 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .071 .000 .071 -80 0 0 0 0 1
1941 30 DET AL 15 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 -77 0 0 0 0 1
1941 30 SLB AL 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1943 32 SLB AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 167 163 142 19 25 8 1 2 9 0 0 15 48 .176 .264 .289 .553 37 41 1 2 4
162 Game Avg. 162 158 138 18 24 8 1 2 9 0 0 15 47 .176 .264 .289 .553 37 40 2 4
DET (3 yrs) 74 71 59 11 10 2 1 2 5 0 0 11 21 .169 .300 .339 .639 59 20 1 0 1
BOS (2 yrs) 75 89 80 8 15 6 0 0 4 0 0 4 25 .188 .244 .263 .507 25 21 2 3
SLB (2 yrs) 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1940 29 DET AL WS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1937 BOS AL 26 P 36 34 4 27 3 0 .912 0.86 .956 1.09
1938 BOS AL 27 P 37 38 10 26 2 1 .947 0.97 .953 1.12
1939 DET AL 28 P 32 18 1 15 2 0 .889 0.50 .956 0.98
1940 DET AL 29 P 27 18 2 16 0 0 1.000 0.67 .956 1.05
1941 TOT AL 30 P 23 26 2 24 0 2 1.000 1.13 .958 1.16
1941 DET AL 30 P 15 21 2 19 0 2 1.000 1.40 .957 1.16
1941 SLB AL 30 P 8 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.63 .960 1.16
1943 SLB AL 32 P 10 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.50 .967 1.27
6 Seasons P 165 140 20 112 8 3 .943 0.80 .956 1.09
6 Seasons TOT 165 140 20 112 8 3 .943 0.80 .899 1.09

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1938 AL  6 (2nd)
1939 AL  4 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1940 AL  17 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

September 8, 1936: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Pinky Higgins to the Detroit Tigers for Elden Auker, Chet Morgan and Jake Wade.

August 4, 1941: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Detroit Tigers.

July 15, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Fritz Ostermueller to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bobo Newsom.

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