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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Team Record in Appearances: 23-16 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 4

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	145	1	Apr 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-5	6-7		99	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.00	2.48	10	1	4	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.058	.85	-0.09%	-1.07	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
2	146	2	Apr 16	CLE		KCA	L,4-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	2.48	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
3	147	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	3-4		2	1.2	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	9.64	5.26	8	5	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.075	1.06	-0.12%	-1.98	3b 1-- 1 out d3	4b 3 out d6
4	148	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	3-4		2	2.0	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	8.10	6.83	10	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	-0.086	.66	-0.13%	-2.05	3b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d6
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
5	149	17	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-6		10	5.1	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	6.00	5.89	22	9	6	0	1	3	50			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.005	3.14	-0.01%	-0.21	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
6	150	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	5.26	7	1	4	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.002	.36	0.00%	0.98	6b 12- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
7	151	21	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	4-5		3	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.17	4.84	8	3	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.007	.65	-0.01%	-0.05	4b 1-- 1 out d4	5b 3 out d5
8	152	23	May 11(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.34	4.40	14	4	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	0.241	4.57	0.31%	1.39	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
9	153	25	May 13	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	4-4		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	4.53	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.043	1.12	-0.06%	-0.68	4b -2- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d4
10	154	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.26	4.84	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.022	.65	-0.03%	-0.99	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 0 out d2
11	155	29	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	2	7.0	6	3	3	4	2	2	0	4.15	5.51	30	7	12	2	0	5	51			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.036	2.21	-0.05%	0.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
12	156	35	May 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.34	4.79	31	15	9	3	0	3	77			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.607	2.94	0.78%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	157	40	May 28	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.86	4.09	34	13	10	2	2	6	74			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.278	1.50	0.26%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
14	158	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-6	GS-1	L(2-2)	3	1.0	4	5	0	2	1	0	0	2.80	4.14	10	2	1	0	0	4	34			1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.18	-0.354	2.42	-0.44%	-4.52	1b start tie	1b 3 out d5
15	159	52	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-3	L(2-3)	7	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.38	4.35	17	3	3	0	1	7	29			0	1	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.316	1.42	-0.29%	-2.68	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d2
16	160	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.33	4.25	24	10	5	2	2	3	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.118	.61	0.09%	0.75	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a8
17	161	63	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	GS-2	L(3-4)	6	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.88	4.45	11	3	1	0	1	5	27			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.299	1.33	-0.24%	-3.29	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
18	162	67	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(3-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	2	0	3.62	4.39	35	11	7	2	0	6	74			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.022	1.48	0.02%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	163	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	3	7.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.64	4.39	28	11	10	3	1	7	47			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.023	.71	0.01%	-0.37	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
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
20	164	74	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.35	4.15	35	12	10	2	0	7	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	4	0	0	.66	0.196	.30	0.05%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	165	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-2	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.18	3.99	27	11	6	3	0	4	66			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.12	0.290	.94	0.15%	2.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
22	166	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	4	3	6	3	0	0	3.17	3.98	37	13	9	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.52	0.088	.09	0.01%	0.46	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
23	167	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.15	3.93	35	14	11	3	1	8	61			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	1	0	.97	0.075	.09	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	168	91	Jul 22(1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG(12)	L(8-6)	4	12.0	11	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.14	3.99	45	17	16	3	0	11	65			0	1	0	43	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.53	0.160	.12	0.01%	1.56	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
25	169	97	Jul 27(1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.06	4.05	36	19	5	1	0	7	66			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	.53	0.208	.01	0.00%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
26	170	101	Aug 1(1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	8	0	0	2.92	3.93	36	11	8	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.353	.02	0.01%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
27	171	106	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	1	0	2.80	3.97	33	18	6	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.48	0.206	.00	0.00%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	172	109	Aug 10(1)	CLE		KCA	W,11-2	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	3	2	0	2.75	4.09	37	16	7	0	2	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.102	.01	0.00%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
29	173	115	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GS-6		3	6.0	11	7	7	1	2	1	0	3.04	4.10	30	11	6	2	0	10	23			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.502	.00	0.00%	-4.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
30	174	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS-4		4	3.1	2	6	3	5	3	0	0	3.15	4.13	19	8	3	0	0	0	36			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.19	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-3.71	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out d1
31	175	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	9	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.03	4.01	38	5	14	2	0	9	69			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	2	.64	0.169	.00	0.00%	3.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
32	176	127	Aug 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS-9	W(14-6)	3	8.0	11	5	5	1	7	0	0	3.15	3.88	37	11	7	3	0	11	46			1	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1b start a 2	9b 123 0 out a4
33	177	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.13	3.87	27	9	8	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.063	.00	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Sept				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
34	178	134	Sep 4	CLE		KCA	L,1-2	GS-7	L(14-7)	3	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.11	3.88	25	10	8	1	0	4	62			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
35	179	138	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	GS-3		4	3.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.15	3.95	14	2	5	1	0	4	40			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
36	180	141	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.06	3.93	34	14	9	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.345	.00	0.00%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	181	145	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-7	W(16-7)	5	7.0	9	1	1	5	2	1	0	3.00	4.00	36	13	9	5	0	7	52			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	1	0	2	1.74	0.316	.00	0.00%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
38	182	149	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS-		3	5.0	5	5	0	3	1	1	0	2.93	4.05	22						45						18		0	0		1
39	183	152	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-5	GS-8	L(16-8)	3	7.2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.99	4.02	28	12	10	2	0	3	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.065	.00	0.00%	1.29	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
							23-16		W-L:16-8,Sv:1	3.2	225.2	214	92	75	70	95	25	1	2.99	4.02	939	1.36		8%	2%	187	56	5	40%	9	6	0	853	23	3	4	18	5	15	.94	1.367	.64	0.24%	15.04

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