Cal McLish
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (Bus and Buster)
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK
High School: Central (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1944
Final Game: July 14, 1964
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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
1944 18 BRO NL 31 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1 1
1946 20 BRO NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1947 21 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1948 22 PIT NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1949 23 CHC NL 9 9 9 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .333 .333 .667 1.000 165 6 0 0 0 /1
1951 25 CHC NL 31 45 42 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 20 .119 .178 .167 .344 -8 7 1 0 0 1
1956 30 CLE AL 39 15 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 .111 .467 .222 .689 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 31 CLE AL 44 54 43 7 8 0 0 2 7 0 0 7 17 .186 .300 .326 .626 72 14 0 0 4 0 0 1
1958 32 CLE AL 39 82 64 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 25 .094 .244 .094 .337 -2 6 1 0 4 1 0 1 MVP-14
1959 33 CLE AL 35 87 74 8 14 2 1 0 8 1 0 4 25 .189 .231 .243 .474 32 18 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,MVP-11
1960 34 CIN NL 37 44 41 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .049 .070 .049 .119 -67 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1961 35 CHW AL 31 58 54 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .167 .182 .185 .367 -1 10 1 0 3 0 0 1
1962 36 PHI NL 32 57 51 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 .078 .161 .098 .259 -27 5 2 0 1 0 0 1
1963 37 PHI NL 33 78 69 7 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 28 .203 .257 .246 .503 47 17 0 0 4 0 0 1
1964 38 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 368 564 490 47 73 9 2 3 30 1 0 45 196 .149 .220 .194 .414 15 95 8 0 27 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 248 216 21 32 4 1 1 13 0 20 86 .149 .220 .194 .414 15 42 4 0 12
CLE (4 yrs) 157 238 190 23 29 3 1 2 18 1 0 30 71 .153 .267 .211 .477 34 40 2 0 17 1 0
PHI (3 yrs) 67 136 121 9 18 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 52 .149 .214 .182 .396 13 22 2 0 5 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRO (2 yrs) 32 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 40 54 51 6 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 23 .157 .204 .255 .459 22 13 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 37 44 41 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .049 .070 .049 .119 -67 2 1 0 1 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 31 58 54 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 24 .167 .182 .185 .367 -1 10 1 0 3 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 180 268 246 22 35 5 1 1 7 0 0 14 101 .142 .188 .183 .371 3 45 5 0 7 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 188 296 244 25 38 4 1 2 23 1 0 31 95 .156 .250 .205 .455 27 50 3 0 20 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1944 18 BRO NL 33 27 2 2.0 92 .350 .219 .266 .219 .332 .250 .373 .469 .706 33 .203 -2.9 -0.3 .308 .031 .031
1948 22 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .401 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1949 23 CHC NL 9 6 2 8.9 101 .400 .333 .267 .333 .340 .667 .399 1.000 .739 165 .772 0.7 0.1 1.000 .333 .333 .0
1951 25 CHC NL 45 38 1 0.7 105 .227 .119 .270 .178 .344 .167 .409 .344 .753 -8 .033 -6.7 -0.7 .263 .119 .048
1956 30 CLE AL 15 8 2 6.7 109 .200 .111 .271 .467 .353 .222 .413 .689 .767 86 .646 0.4 0.0 1.000 .778 .111
1957 31 CLE AL 54 39 5 3.5 99 .250 .186 .263 .300 .335 .326 .397 .626 .732 72 .393 -1.8 -0.2 .600 .302 .140 .0
1958 32 CLE AL 82 64 3 1.2 97 .150 .094 .260 .244 .329 .094 .396 .337 .725 -2 .095 -8.7 -0.9 .322 .203 .000
1959 33 CLE AL 87 70 5 1.9 96 .286 .189 .257 .231 .328 .243 .392 .474 .720 32 .180 -7.0 -0.7 .377 .122 .054 .0
1960 34 CIN NL 44 42 0 0.0 101 .071 .049 .265 .070 .332 .049 .407 .119 .739 -67 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .075 .024 .000
1961 35 CHW AL 58 49 2 1.1 103 .300 .167 .263 .182 .338 .185 .409 .367 .747 -1 .066 -7.9 -0.8 .239 .037 .019
1962 36 PHI NL 57 50 1 0.5 100 .148 .078 .266 .161 .333 .098 .404 .259 .737 -27 .020 -9.2 -0.9 .204 .118 .020
1963 37 PHI NL 78 59 5 2.3 88 .341 .203 .253 .257 .315 .246 .378 .503 .693 47 .272 -4.7 -0.5 .400 .116 .043
1964 38 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .262 .000 .320 .000 .389 .000 .709 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
15 Seasons 564 454 28 1.7 98 .239 .149 .262 .220 .331 .194 .396 .414 .727 15 .145 -58.0 -5.9 .332 .139 .045 1.5
162 Game Avg. 248 200 12 1.7 98 .239 .149 .262 .220 .331 .194 .396 .414 .727 15 .145 -58.0 -5.9 .332 .139 .045 1
CLE (4 yrs) 238 181 15 2.2 98 .229 .153 .260 .267 .332 .211 .396 .477 .727 34 .224 -17.1 -1.8 .436 .221 .058 1.3
PHI (3 yrs) 136 110 6 1.5 94 .261 .149 .259 .214 .323 .182 .389 .396 .712 13 .128 -14.1 -1.5 .305 .116 .033
CHC (2 yrs) 54 44 3 1.8 104 .259 .157 .269 .204 .343 .255 .407 .459 .750 22 .160 -6.1 -0.6 .364 .157 .098 .0
PIT (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .401 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
BRO (2 yrs) 33 27 2 2.0 92 .350 .219 .266 .219 .332 .250 .373 .469 .706 33 .203 -2.9 -0.3 .308 .031 .031
CIN (1 yr) 44 42 0 0.0 101 .071 .049 .265 .070 .332 .049 .407 .119 .739 -67 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .075 .024 .000
CHW (1 yr) 58 49 2 1.1 103 .300 .167 .263 .182 .338 .185 .409 .367 .747 -1 .066 -7.9 -0.8 .239 .037 .019
NL (10 yrs) 268 224 11 1.3 97 .234 .142 .263 .188 .330 .183 .394 .371 .724 3 .104 -33.0 -3.4 .273 .098 .041 .0
AL (5 yrs) 296 230 17 2.0 99 .243 .156 .261 .250 .333 .205 .399 .455 .731 27 .186 -25.0 -2.5 .392 .180 .049 1.3

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1944 18 BRO NL 33 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 3.0% 14% 2.7 32.0 61%
1948 22 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1949 23 CHC NL 9 11.1% 33.3% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 3.0 9.0 9.0 56%
1951 25 CHC NL 45 0.0% 44.4% 6.7% 2.2% 20% 6.67 2.1 42.0 49%
1956 30 CLE AL 15 0.0% 26.7% 40.0% 6.7% 100% 0.67 2.3 4.5 0.33 33%
1957 31 CLE AL 54 3.7% 31.5% 13.0% 3.7% 25% 2.43 2.5 21.5 6.1 3.00 44%
1958 32 CLE AL 82 0.0% 30.5% 15.9% 0.0% 0% 1.92 2.6 64.0 0.95 49%
1959 33 CLE AL 87 0.0% 28.7% 4.6% 3.5% 21% 6.25 3.0 9.3 1.93 56%
1960 34 CIN NL 44 0.0% 31.8% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 14.00 2.9 41.0 1.00 64%
1961 35 CHW AL 58 0.0% 41.4% 1.7% 1.7% 11% 24.00 2.3 10.8 1.00 52%
1962 36 PHI NL 57 0.0% 42.1% 8.8% 1.8% 25% 4.80 2.1 0.87 47%
1963 37 PHI NL 78 0.0% 35.9% 6.4% 3.9% 21% 5.60 2.5 23.0 2.33 53%
1964 38 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
15 Seasons 564 0.5% 34.8% 8.0% 2.5% 19% 4.36 2.5 163.3 16.3 1.32 52%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 30 CLE AL 0 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1957 31 CLE AL 2 0 39% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0% 7 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1958 32 CLE AL 1 0 32% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1959 33 CLE AL 2 0 44% 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 34 CIN NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 35 CHW AL 1 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 36 PHI NL 0 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1963 37 PHI NL 1 0 37% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 0 2
1964 38 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 7 0 38% 143 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 15% 25 25 0 6 6 0 10 2 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 30 CLE AL 15 100% 1 1 0 0 1 2.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 13 2 15% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1957 31 CLE AL 54 100% 8 3 0 0 0 1.77 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 4 80% 12 0 0% 11 5 45% 38 5 13% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1958 32 CLE AL 81 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 13 1 8% 18 2 11% 32 1 3% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 1
1959 33 CLE AL 87 100% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 19 1 5% 20 7 35% 52 8 15% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
1960 34 CIN NL 45 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 9 2 22% 23 1 4% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1961 35 CHW AL 58 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 15 1 7% 17 2 12% 47 6 13% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 0
1962 36 PHI NL 57 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 10 1 10% 38 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
1963 37 PHI NL 78 100% 14 1 0 0 0 0.27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 14 0 0% 12 2 17% 37 3 8% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1964 38 PHI NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 476 100% 73 5 0 0 1 1.51 3 0 13 1 1 1 1 0 35 27 77% 90 8 9% 100 21 21% 280 26 9% 22 8 36% 26 5 19% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 18 31 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1
1945 19 31 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1
1946 20 32 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1 0 0
1947 21 33 33 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .219 .219 .250 .469 33 8 1 0 1 0 0
1948 22 36 34 33 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .212 .212 .242 .455 29 8 1 0 1 0 0
1949 23 45 43 42 10 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 15 .238 .238 .333 .571 59 14 1 0 1 0 0
1950 24 45 43 42 10 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 15 .238 .238 .333 .571 59 14 1 0 1 0 0
1951 25 76 88 84 12 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 35 .179 .207 .250 .457 24 21 2 0 1 0 0
1952 26 76 88 84 12 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 35 .179 .207 .250 .457 24 21 2 0 1 0 0
1953 27 76 88 84 12 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 35 .179 .207 .250 .457 24 21 2 0 1 0 0
1954 28 76 88 84 12 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 35 .179 .207 .250 .457 24 21 2 0 1 0 0
1955 29 76 88 84 12 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 35 .179 .207 .250 .457 24 21 2 0 1 0 0
1956 30 115 103 93 14 16 2 1 1 5 0 0 9 39 .172 .245 .247 .492 34 23 2 0 1 0 0
1957 31 159 157 136 21 24 2 1 3 12 0 0 16 56 .176 .263 .272 .535 46 37 2 0 5 0 0
1958 32 198 239 200 27 30 2 1 3 13 0 0 29 81 .150 .257 .215 .472 31 43 3 0 9 1 0
1959 33 233 326 274 35 44 4 2 3 21 1 0 33 106 .161 .250 .223 .473 31 61 4 0 18 1 0
1960 34 270 370 315 36 46 4 2 3 22 1 0 34 120 .146 .228 .200 .428 19 63 5 0 19 2 0
1961 35 301 428 369 38 55 5 2 3 27 1 0 35 144 .149 .222 .198 .420 16 73 6 0 22 2 0
1962 36 333 485 420 40 59 6 2 3 27 1 0 40 168 .140 .214 .186 .400 11 78 8 0 23 2 0
1963 37 366 563 489 47 73 9 2 3 30 1 0 45 196 .149 .220 .194 .414 15 95 8 0 27 2 0
1964 38 368 564 490 47 73 9 2 3 30 1 0 45 196 .149 .220 .194 .414 15 95 8 0 27 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1944 18 32 33 33 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 31
1948 22 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1949 23 9 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 9
1951 25 32 46 43 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 21 .116 .174 .163 .337 1 31
1956 30 41 22 10 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 12 4 .200 .636 .400 1.036 2 39
1957 31 46 54 46 7 9 0 0 2 7 0 8 18 .196 .315 .326 .641 5 44
1958 32 41 91 70 7 9 0 0 0 1 0 20 26 .129 .319 .129 .447 3 39
1959 33 37 84 79 9 16 2 1 0 9 1 5 26 .203 .250 .253 .503 5 35
1960 34 39 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .022 .000 .022 0 37
1961 35 31 55 54 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 24 .167 .182 .185 .367 2 31
1962 36 32 58 52 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 24 .096 .190 .115 .305 1 32
1963 37 33 78 72 8 17 4 0 0 4 0 6 28 .236 .295 .292 .587 6 33
1964 38 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
13 Seasons 378 577 513 51 72 10 2 2 32 1 62 201 .140 .232 .179 .412 29 366
162 Game Avg. 162 247 220 22 31 4 1 1 14 0 27 86 .140 .232 .179 .412 12 366

* 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

All-Star Games
1959-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 AL (14, 5%)
1959 AL (11, 10%)
0.15 Career Shares (795th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  9 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1925-12-01 (9th)
1964 NL  born 1925-12-01 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1925-12-01 (10th)

                                         

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