Bill McGee

Full Name: William Henry McGee	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/215	First Game: September 29, 1935
Birthdate: November 16, 1909	Final Game: September 22, 1942
Birthplace: Batchtown, Illinois	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: February 11, 1987
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 16, 1909 in Batchtown, Illinois, Bill McGee (William Henry McGee) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants over the course of his 8 year career. McGee broke into the bigs on September 29, 1935 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.21 ERA in 216 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill McGee's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1940, when he posted a 3.80 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 78 batters. However, others believe that it was 1938, when he posted a 3.21 ERA and struck out 104 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1935	STL	N	1	1	1	0	1.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9	3	0	1	0	0
1936	STL	N	7	2	1	1	7.88	8	14	14	0	0	0	16	23	3	4	2	0
1937	STL	N	4	1	1	0	2.57	9	4	4	1	0	0	14	13	1	4	0	1
1938	STL	N	47	25	7	12	3.21	104	100	77	10	1	5	216	216	4	78	2	1
1939	STL	N	43	17	12	5	3.81	56	68	66	5	4	0	156	155	14	59	2	0
1940	STL	N	38	31	16	10	3.80	78	108	92	11	3	0	218	222	13	96	9	2
1941	STL	N	4	3	0	1	5.14	2	9	8	0	0	0	14	17	1	13	0	1
1941	NY	N	22	14	2	9	4.92	41	68	58	1	0	0	106	117	9	54	1	0
1941	TOT	N	26	17	2	10	4.95	43	77	66	1	0	0	120	134	10	67	1	1
1942	NY	N	31	8	6	3	2.94	40	50	34	2	1	1	104	95	8	46	0	1
Total			197	102	46	41	3.74	340	422	354	31	9	6	853	861	53	355	16	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1935	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1936	STL	N	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000
1937	STL	N	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000
1938	STL	N	P	47	11	39	3	2	.943
1939	STL	N	P	43	3	33	0	3	1.000
1940	STL	N	P	38	8	33	2	1	.953
1941	STL	N	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000
1941	NY	N	P	22	3	14	0	0	1.000
1941	TOT	N	P	26	3	17	0	0	1.000
1942	NY	N	P	31	6	16	1	1	.957
Total			P	197	31	147	6	7	.967

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1935	STL	N	1	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936	STL	N	7	4	1	1	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
1937	STL	N	4	5	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0
1938	STL	N	47	67	4	14	2	.209	.254	.239	2	3	7	1	4	1
1939	STL	N	43	55	2	8	2	.145	.161	.164	1	1	13	0	2	0
1940	STL	N	38	73	5	13	11	.178	.189	.219	3	1	17	0	10	3
1941	STL	N	4	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	1	0
1941	NY	N	22	31	0	5	3	.161	.161	.161	0	0	5	0	1	2
1941	TOT	N	26	35	0	5	3	.143	.143	.143	0	0	7	0	2	2
1942	NY	N	31	29	1	3	2	.103	.103	.103	0	0	11	0	2	1
Total			197	271	13	46	20	.170	.188	.192	6	5	56	1	20	7

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Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for Harry Gumbert, Paul Dean and cash (May 14, 1941).

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