Archie McKain
[edit] Biography
Born on May 12, 1911 in Delphos, Kansas, Archie McKain (Archie Richard McKain) played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 6 year career. McKain broke into the bigs on April 25, 1937 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.66 ERA in 137 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Archie McKain's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1937, when he posted a 4.66 ERA and struck out 66 batters. However, others believe that it was 1940, when he posted a 2.82 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1937
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 18
| 8
| 8
| 4.66
| 66
| 84
| 71
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 137
| 152
| 7
| 64
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1938
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 5
| 5
| 4
| 4.52
| 27
| 60
| 50
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 99.2
| 119
| 6
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 32
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 3.68
| 49
| 66
| 53
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 129.2
| 120
| 6
| 54
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 27
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2.82
| 24
| 18
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 51
| 48
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.10
| 2
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 16
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 5.02
| 14
| 24
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 58
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 5.60
| 16
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 74
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3.94
| 6
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 165
| 34
| 26
| 21
| 4.26
| 188
| 270
| 230
| 8
| 1
| 16
| 486.1
| 529
| 26
| 208
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1937
| BOS
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 27
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1938
| BOS
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 165
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 112
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1937
| BOS
| A
| 38
| 49
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .265
| .308
| .367
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .065
| .147
| .097
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 32
| 41
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 5
| .220
| .347
| .463
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 27
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .333
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 15
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .083
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .071
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 167
| 142
| 19
| 25
| 2
| 9
| .176
| .264
| .289
| 8
| 1
| 15
| 48
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox (September 8, 1936).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Pinky Higgins to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Elden Auker, Jake Wade and Chet Morgan (December 15, 1938).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns (August 4, 1941).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Fritz Ostermueller to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Bobo Newsom (July 15, 1943).
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