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Bake McBride

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: February 3, 1949 in Fulton, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 37th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westminster College (Fulton, MO).

School: Westminster College (Fulton, MO)

Debut: July 26, 1973 (Age 24-173d, 13,405th in major league history)
vs. NYM 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1983 (Age 34-240d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Arnold Ray McBride

Nicknames: Shake n' Bake or Callaway Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.7

3853

1153

.299

548

RBI

430

183

OBP

.345

SLG

.420

OPS

.765

OPS+

109

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1970	21	STL-min	A,Rk	43	179	156	32	55	6	6	2	20	14	3	16	33	.353	.430	.506	.937		79		6	0	1			MOD,CDS · CALL,GULF
1971	22	STL-min	A	118	536	468	85	142	19	5	8	54	40	4	64	84	.303	.390	.417	.807		195		3	0	1			MOD · CALL
1972	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	127	569	518	92	167	24	9	17	58	42	12	43	111	.322	.380	.502	.882		260		6	1	1			ARK,TUL · TL,AA
1973	24	STL-min	AAA	58	246	225	45	65	15	2	6	34	23	3	19	25	.289	.341	.453	.795		102		0	0	2			TUL · AA
1973	24	STL	NL	40	71	63	8	19	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	10	.302	.352	.349	.701	96	22	0	2	0	2	0	H8/7
1974	25	STL	NL	150	625	559	81	173	19	5	6	56	30	11	43	57	.309	.369	.394	.763	114	220	7	13	5	5	9	*8/H	MVP-21,RoY-1
1975	26	STL	NL	116	455	413	70	124	10	9	5	36	26	8	34	52	.300	.354	.404	.758	107	167	6	1	6	1	1	8H
1976	27	STL	NL	72	299	272	40	91	13	4	3	24	10	5	18	28	.335	.386	.445	.831	135	121	2	6	1	2	0	8/H	AS
1977	28	TOT	NL	128	446	402	76	127	25	6	15	61	36	7	32	44	.316	.364	.520	.884	132	209	5	3	1	8	4	98H
1977	28	STL	NL	43	132	122	21	32	5	1	4	20	9	3	7	19	.262	.298	.418	.716	91	51	1	0	1	2	2	8H
1977	28	PHI	NL	85	314	280	55	95	20	5	11	41	27	4	25	25	.339	.392	.564	.956	149	158	4	3	0	6	2	98H
1978	29	PHI	NL	122	510	472	68	127	20	4	10	49	28	3	28	68	.269	.315	.392	.707	96	185	4	5	2	3	3	*9/H8
1979	30	PHI	NL	151	637	582	82	163	16	12	12	60	25	14	41	77	.280	.328	.411	.739	99	239	6	4	3	7	3	*9H
1980	31	PHI	NL	137	593	554	68	171	33	10	9	87	13	10	26	58	.309	.342	.453	.795	116	251	17	5	2	6	4	*9/H8	MVP-10
1981	32	PHI	NL	58	235	221	26	60	17	1	2	21	5	0	11	25	.271	.303	.385	.688	91	85	6	0	1	2	1	9/H
1982	33	CLE	AL	27	88	85	8	31	3	3	0	13	2	2	2	12	.365	.375	.471	.846	131	40	2	0	0	1	1	9/H
1983	34	CLE	AL	70	243	230	21	67	8	1	1	18	8	2	9	26	.291	.318	.348	.666	81	80	9	1	1	2	2	9DH
1984	35	TEX-min	AAA	32	112	108	13	32	5	3	2	12	1	2	4	12	.296	.321	.454	.775		49		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
11 Yrs				1071	4202	3853	548	1153	167	55	63	430	183	63	248	457	.299	.345	.420	.765	109	1619	64	40	22	39	28
162 Game Avg.				162	636	583	83	174	25	8	10	65	28	10	38	69	.299	.345	.420	.765	109	245	10	6	3	6	4

PHI (5 yrs)				553	2289	2109	299	616	106	32	44	258	98	31	131	253	.292	.335	.435	.770	109	918	37	17	8	24	13
STL (5 yrs)				421	1582	1429	220	439	50	19	18	141	75	28	106	166	.307	.361	.407	.768	113	581	16	22	13	12	12
CLE (2 yrs)				97	331	315	29	98	11	4	1	31	10	4	11	38	.311	.333	.381	.714	94	120	11	1	1	3	3

NL (9 yrs)				974	3871	3538	519	1055	156	51	62	399	173	59	237	419	.298	.346	.424	.769	111	1499	53	39	21	36	25
AL (2 yrs)				97	331	315	29	98	11	4	1	31	10	4	11	38	.311	.333	.381	.714	94	120	11	1	1	3	3