Archie McKain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: May 12, 1911 in Delphos, KS us

Died: May 21, 1985 in Salina, KS

Buried: Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, KS

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-348d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 5, 1943 (Age 32-054d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Archie Richard McKain

Nicknames: Happy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.6

ERA

4.26

165

486.1

188

WHIP

1.515

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-19 / in Starts: 9-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 13

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	7-GF		99	3.0	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.87	17	10	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	3	.21	-0.045	.54	-0.07%	-1.10	7t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	13	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	7-8		14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.60	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.048	.90	0.09%	1.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
3	3	17	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	W(1-0)	5	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.98	14	10	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.677	5.70	1.06%	2.28	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
4	4	20	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,5-16	7-8		3	1.0	2	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.40	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.13	-0.006	.31	-0.01%	-0.86	7t -2- 2 out d5	8t 123 2 out d6
5	5	22	May 22	BOS		DET	W,11-9	5-6		1	2.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.20	8	4	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.29	-0.081	.55	-0.09%	-1.11	5t -2- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d6
6	6	23	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	10-10		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.20	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.044	2.98	-0.05%	-0.67	10t 12- 1 out d1	10t 123 1 out d1
7	7	28	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	7	2	1	3	1	0	0	2.37	3.57	31	9	11	0	4	7	55			0	1	0	28	1	2	1	0	0	1	1.12	0.182	2.69	0.26%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	37	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-8	GS-3		9	3.0	2	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.27	4.57	15	1	7	1	1	2	40			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.135	1.93	-0.18%	-1.26	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
9	9	38	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-12	7-GF(8)		0	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.24	4.62	8	3	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	.17	-0.015	.43	-0.02%	-2.02	7b --3 2 out d3	8b end d 6
10	10	47	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	7-8	W(3-0)	8	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.96	4.68	8	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.156	3.91	0.23%	1.40	7t -2- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	59	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	7-GF	S(1)	13	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	4.56	12	6	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.324	3.05	0.36%	2.28	7t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
12	12	61	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	8-9	BS(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.49	4.65	3	0	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.237	7.74	-0.32%	-0.91	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out a1
13	13	62	Jul 4(2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	8-GF(8)	S(2)	-1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.41	4.72	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	0.094	8.20	0.13%	0.63	8t 1-- 1 out a2	8t end a 2
14	14	64	Jul 5(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	4.62	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.014	.29	0.03%	1.21	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
15	15	65	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	8-8		3	0.0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.77	4.91	4	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.124	1.46	-0.13%	-2.47	8b -2- 2 out d1	8b 123 2 out d3
16	16	69	Jul 11(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(4-0)	1	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.38	4.45	37	9	12	1	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.409	2.02	0.57%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
17	17	75	Jul 18(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-1)	6	8.0	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	2.81	4.31	32	18	3	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0.297	2.52	0.44%	3.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
18	18	77	Jul 20	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	8-9		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.31	4.51	7	1	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.425	2.94	-0.36%	-2.17	8b 12- 2 out tie	9b 1-- 2 out tie
19	19	80	Jul 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-9	W(5-1)	2	8.2	11	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.12	4.26	37	5	17	1	9	11	56			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.211	.42	0.11%	2.75	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a4
20	20	85	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-1)	5	7.2	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.17	4.15	32	6	13	3	4	6	56			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.349	1.25	0.25%	1.57	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	91	Aug 4(1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	GS-4		5	3.2	4	5	4	4	1	0	0	3.52	4.25	20	7	4	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.174	1.36	-0.15%	-2.08	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
22	22	96	Aug 8(1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.1	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.20	18	2	9	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.299	1.83	-0.33%	-2.81	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d1
23	23	101	Aug 12(2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(6-2)	3	9.0	10	5	5	4	4	2	0	3.98	4.46	41	12	11	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	36	2	2	1	1	0	2	1.26	-0.087	2.53	-0.11%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
24	24	105	Aug 15(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-	L(6-3)	2	4.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.20	4.42	22						35						19					0
25	25	107	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	7-7		2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.29	4.45	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.037	.14	-0.01%	-1.41	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d4
26	26	112	Aug 25(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	6	7.2	7	2	2	0	7	0	0	4.13	4.19	31	17	0	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.434	.09	0.03%	2.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a5
27	27	117	Aug 29(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS-3	L(7-4)	3	2.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.30	4.30	14	5	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.172	.10	-0.01%	-1.78	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 2 out d1
28	28	118	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.30	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.049	.13	0.00%	0.56	7b 1-3 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	121	Sep 2(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS-3	L(7-5)	1	2.0	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.65	4.27	13	4	2	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.285	.04	-0.01%	-3.74	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d3
30	30	125	Sep 6(2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	GS-	L(7-6)	3	8.0	7	1	1	6	7	0	0	4.39	4.22	35						65						29					0
31	31	130	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	GS-6	W(8-6)	2	6.0	8	7	3	5	5	0	0	4.39	4.21	32	11	4	1	0	7	36			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.15	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-3.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
32	32	133	Sep 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	4.18	7	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.065	.00	0.00%	1.16	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
33	33	136	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	GS-8		5	7.1	9	5	4	3	3	1	0	4.35	4.25	34	8	11	2	3	9	42			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.05	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a3
34	34	143	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	GS-9	L(8-7)	5	8.1	7	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.35	4.18	36	5	14	3	2	7	55			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.206	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out tie
35	35	150	Sep 30(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-8)	5	6.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.41	4.17	29	12	7	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
36	36	153	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	5-6		1	0.2	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.59	4.30	6	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-2.52	5b 12- 2 out d4	6b 1-- 1 out d7
							17-19		W-L:8-8,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.0	137.1	152	83	70	64	66	7	0	4.59	4.30	630	1.22		5%	8%	134	47	19	26%	2	3	0	556	25	12	8	6	0	14	1.00	0.864	1.30	1.70%	-0.03

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