Cal McLish

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 179lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK us

Died: August 26, 2010 in Edmond, OK

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 18-164d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 14, 1964 (Age 38-226d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish

Nicknames: Bus or Buster

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

4.01

352

209

1609.0

713

WHIP

1.390

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-13 / in Starts: 20-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	52 (32-14-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (28-16-8)

Most Driven In
R Nixon	3
J Baxes	1
J Piersall	1
W Held	1
G Strickland	1
V Power	1

Most Driven In By
V Power	3
J Piersall	1
R Colavito	1
M MiÃ±oso	1
W Held	1
R Webster	1
G Strickland	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	199	4 (3)	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.14	-0.062	3.35	-0.11%	-0.44	P
2	200	8 (3)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.12	0.006	.44	0.01%	1.78	P
3	201	12 (3)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	1.08	-0.054	4.90	-0.15%	-0.45	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	202	15 (2)	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	1.10	-0.082	4.29	-0.19%	-0.47	P
5	203	21 (5)	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	9	.44	-0.008	1.95	-0.02%	-0.08	P
6	204	25 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9	.58	0.040	2.33	0.10%	0.21	P
7	205	28 (2)	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-11	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	9	.92	0.122	4.65	0.37%	1.06	P
8	206	34 (5)	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9	.77	-0.019	3.49	-0.05%	-0.15	P
9	207	41 (6)	May 30 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	9	.92	-0.048	4.68	-0.15%	-0.50	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	208	49 (7)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	9						P
11	209	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	9						P
12	210	57 (6)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	9	.61	-0.054	2.86	-0.15%	-0.77	P
13	211	61 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354	9	.83	-0.083	4.30	-0.26%	-0.93	P
14	212	66 (4)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,11-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.229	.212	.441	9	.21	0.001	1.03	0.00%	0.23	P
15	213	70 (3)	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.194	.405	9	.79	-0.092	5.39	-0.38%	-0.84	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	214	74 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.214	.225	.439	9	.54	-0.032	3.45	-0.12%	-0.29	P
17	215	78 (3)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.190	.244	.238	.483	9	.62	0.021	5.10	0.10%	0.11	P
18	216	83 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.227	.461	9	.56	-0.028	3.53	-0.11%	-0.32	P
19	217	86 (2)	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.234	.227	.461	9						P
20	218	89 (2)	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.240	.234	.474	9	.59	-0.022	4.03	-0.09%	0.44	P
21	219	93 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.245	.240	.485	9	.68	0.171	4.09	0.62%	1.12	P
22	220	99 (5)	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.241	.235	.476	9	1.31	-0.041	7.98	-0.15%	-0.34	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	221	103 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.232	.226	.459	9	.90	-0.049	5.70	-0.19%	-0.50	P
24	222	107 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.228	.222	.450	9	1.46	-0.040	8.82	-0.15%	-0.35	P
25	223	111 (3)	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.193	.233	.228	.461	9	1.33	-0.197	7.23	-0.64%	-2.38	P
26	224	115 (3)	Aug 14	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.230	.224	.454	9	1.44	-0.021	8.53	-0.07%	-0.21	P
27	225	119 (3)	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.226	.220	.446	9	.64	-0.027	2.87	-0.07%	-0.61	P
28	226	125 (5)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.215	.210	.425	9	.38	-0.029	2.59	-0.12%	-0.67	P
29	227	129 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.212	.206	.418	9	1.49	-0.050	16.28	-0.33%	-0.54	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	228	133 (3)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.206	.200	.406	9	1.25	-0.066	3.99	-0.13%	-0.54	P
31	229	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.206	.200	.406	9						P
32	230	139 (3)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.203	.197	.400	9	1.41	-0.034	5.33	-0.08%	-0.31	P
33	231	144 (4)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.219	.243	.462	9	.65	0.033	.73	0.02%	2.67	P
34	232	149 (4)	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.221	.243	.464	9	.61	-0.022	.72	-0.02%	-0.60	P
35	233	152 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,8-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.231	.243	.474	9	.73	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
							22-13		87	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	4	0	25	0	9	0	2	1	1	0	.189	.231	.243	.474		.75	-0.746	3.82	-2.49%	-4.47

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