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 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
1944 BRO NL 18 P 23 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.52 .958 1.09
1946 BRO NL 20 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1947 PIT NL 21 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 0.90
1948 PIT NL 22 P 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 0.90
1949 CHC NL 23 P 8 10 3 6 1 1 .900 1.13 .960 0.91
1951 CHC NL 25 P 30 37 14 22 1 6 .973 1.20 .962 0.96
1956 CLE AL 30 P 37 2 61.0 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.80 0.51 .947 1.92 0.82
1957 CLE AL 31 P 42 7 144.1 34 6 27 1 2 .971 2.06 0.79 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 CLE AL 32 P 39 30 225.2 54 15 38 1 4 .981 2.11 1.36 .963 1.95 0.82 MVP-14
1959 CLE AL 33 P 35 32 235.1 76 25 49 2 4 .974 2.83 2.11 .954 2.05 0.85 AS,MVP-11
1960 CIN NL 34 P 37 21 151.1 47 13 33 1 0 .979 2.74 1.24 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CHW AL 35 P 31 27 162.1 48 16 32 0 1 1.000 2.66 1.55 .952 2.05 0.83
1962 PHI NL 36 P 32 24 154.2 37 17 20 0 2 1.000 2.15 1.16 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 PHI NL 37 P 32 32 209.2 64 13 47 4 7 .938 2.58 1.88 .952 2.06 0.84
1964 PHI NL 38 P 2 1 5.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 1.00 .950 2.19 0.85
15 Seasons P 352 176 1349.2 444 131 302 11 27 .975 2.89 1.23 .956 2.03 0.87
15 Seasons TOT 352 176 1349.2 444 131 302 11 27 .975 2.89 1.23 .931 2.03 0.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1944 BRO NL 18 31 31 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO NL 20 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PIT NL 21 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PIT NL 22 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 23 9 9 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 25 31 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 30 39 2 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 CLE AL 31 44 7 44 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 CLE AL 32 39 30 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CLE AL 33 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 34 37 21 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 35 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 36 32 24 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 37 33 32 33 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 PHI NL 38 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 368 176 368 368 352 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 CLE AL 30 282 79% 23% 15 100% 1 5 1 3 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1957 CLE AL 31 629 75% 30% 30 90% 0 7 1 5 27 21 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 100%
1958 CLE AL 32 936 83% 33% 45 87% 0 15 4 9 37 27 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 9 78%
1959 CLE AL 33 1038 82% 34% 57 89% 1 26 1 22 50 42 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 5 60%
1960 CIN NL 34 684 84% 33% 40 93% 0 13 1 9 34 33 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1961 CHW AL 35 719 82% 33% 38 87% 2 17 3 12 31 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 90%
1962 PHI NL 36 694 83% 29% 23 91% 2 19 2 13 20 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 67%
1963 PHI NL 37 867 82% 39% 49 94% 0 13 1 11 46 37 8 4 1 1 2 0 8 7 7 1 4 75%
1964 PHI NL 38 25 72% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5874 81% 33% 299 91% 6 115 14 84 260 212 28 9 1 5 3 4 20 12 16 4 52 83%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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.

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