Bill McGee
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| STL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.00
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| N
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 7.88
| 8
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 23
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2.57
| 9
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 13
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 47
| 25
| 7
| 12
| 3.21
| 104
| 100
| 77
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 216
| 216
| 4
| 78
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1939
| STL
| N
| 43
| 17
| 12
| 5
| 3.81
| 56
| 68
| 66
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 156
| 155
| 14
| 59
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1940
| STL
| N
| 38
| 31
| 16
| 10
| 3.80
| 78
| 108
| 92
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 218
| 222
| 13
| 96
| 0
| 9
| 2
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5.14
| 2
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 17
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| NY
| N
| 22
| 14
| 2
| 9
| 4.92
| 41
| 68
| 58
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 117
| 9
| 54
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 17
| 2
| 10
| 4.95
| 43
| 77
| 66
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 120
| 134
| 10
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| 31
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 2.94
| 40
| 50
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 104
| 95
| 8
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 197
| 102
| 46
| 41
| 3.74
| 340
| 422
| 354
| 31
| 9
| 6
| 853
| 861
| 53
| 355
| 0
| 16
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1936
| STL
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 39
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1939
| STL
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| STL
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| NY
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 197
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 147
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| STL
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| N
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| N
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 47
| 67
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 2
| .209
| .254
| .239
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| STL
| N
| 43
| 55
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .145
| .161
| .164
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| STL
| N
| 38
| 73
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 11
| .178
| .189
| .219
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NY
| N
| 22
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .161
| .161
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 35
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| 31
| 29
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .103
| .103
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 197
| 271
| 13
| 46
| 0
| 20
| .170
| .188
| .192
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 56
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- 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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