Cal McLish

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Full Name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/179	First Game: May 13, 1944
Birthdate: December 1, 1925	Final Game: July 14, 1964
Birthplace: Anadarko, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, Cal McLish (Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career. McLish broke into the bigs on May 13, 1944 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 7.82 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cal McLish's best season was 1959, when he posted a 3.63 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 113 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1944	BRO	N	23	13	3	10	7.82	24	81	73	3	0	0	84	110	10	48	0	1	1
1946	BRO	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1947	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	18.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1948	PIT	N	2	1	0	0	9.00	1	5	5	0	0	0	5	8	0	2	0	1	0
1949	CHI	N	8	2	1	1	5.87	6	21	15	0	0	0	23	31	5	12	0	0	0
1951	CHI	N	30	17	4	10	4.45	46	76	72	5	1	0	145.2	159	16	52	0	2	3
1956	CLE	A	37	2	2	4	4.96	27	36	34	0	0	1	61.2	67	5	32	5	1	0
1957	CLE	A	42	7	9	7	2.74	88	55	44	2	0	1	144.1	118	11	67	10	8	2
1958	CLE	A	39	30	16	8	2.99	97	92	75	13	0	1	225.2	214	25	70	4	4	1
1959	CLE	A	35	32	19	8	3.63	113	110	95	13	0	1	235.1	253	26	72	6	4	5
1960	CIN	N	37	21	4	14	4.16	56	85	70	2	1	0	151.1	170	16	48	8	5	7
1961	CHI	A	31	27	10	13	4.38	80	87	79	4	0	1	162.1	178	21	47	1	4	1
1962	PHI	N	32	24	11	5	4.25	71	84	73	5	1	1	154.2	184	15	45	6	4	2
1963	PHI	N	32	32	13	11	3.26	98	85	76	10	2	0	209.2	184	14	56	3	4	4
1964	PHI	N	2	1	0	1	3.38	6	3	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	0	1	1	0	0
Total	NL		168	111	36	52	4.50	308	444	390	25	5	1	779.2	855	76	264	18	17	18
Total	AL		184	98	56	40	3.55	405	380	327	32	0	5	829.1	830	88	288	26	21	9
Total			352	209	92	92	4.01	713	824	717	57	5	6	1609	1685	164	552	44	38	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1944	BRO	N	P	23	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	BRO	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1947	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	PIT	N	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	N	P	8	0	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1951	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	14	22	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1956	CLE	A	P	37	0	0	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CLE	A	P	42	7	144.1	6	27	1	2	0	3	4	2	0	.971
1958	CLE	A	P	39	30	225.2	15	38	1	4	0	1	9	6	0	.981
1959	CLE	A	P	35	32	235.1	25	49	2	4	0	0	11	3	0	.974
1960	CIN	N	P	36	21	151.1	13	33	1	0	0	2	10	4	0	.979
1961	CHI	A	P	31	27	162.1	16	32	0	1	0	1	7	7	1	1.000
1962	PHI	N	P	32	24	154.2	17	20	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	1.000
1963	PHI	N	P	32	32	209.2	13	47	4	7	0	0	10	4	0	.938
1964	PHI	N	P	2	1	5.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	351	174	1288.2	131	302	11	27	0	7	58	30	1	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1944	BRO	N	31	32	6	7	0	1	.219	.219	.250	1	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	1
1946	BRO	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	PIT	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	CHI	N	9	9	4	3	1	1	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	CHI	N	31	42	2	5	0	1	.119	.178	.167	0	1	3	20	0	0	0	0	1
1956	CLE	A	39	9	2	1	0	2	.111	.467	.222	1	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CLE	A	44	43	7	8	2	7	.186	.300	.326	0	0	7	17	0	4	0	0	0
1958	CLE	A	39	64	6	6	0	1	.094	.244	.094	0	0	13	25	0	4	0	0	1
1959	CLE	A	35	74	8	14	0	8	.189	.231	.243	2	1	4	25	0	9	1	0	1
1960	CIN	N	37	41	1	2	0	1	.049	.070	.049	0	0	1	14	0	1	0	0	1
1961	CHI	A	31	54	2	9	0	5	.167	.182	.185	1	0	1	24	0	3	0	0	1
1962	PHI	N	32	51	2	4	0	0	.078	.161	.098	1	0	5	24	0	1	0	0	2
1963	PHI	N	33	69	7	14	0	3	.203	.257	.246	3	0	5	28	0	4	0	0	0
1964	PHI	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		180	246	22	35	1	7	.142	.188	.183	5	1	14	101	0	7	0	0	5
Total	AL		188	244	25	38	2	23	.156	.250	.205	4	1	31	95	0	20	1	0	3
Total			368	490	47	73	3	30	.149	.220	.194	9	2	45	196	0	27	1	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1944).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Kirby Higbe, Hank Behrman, Gene Mauch and Dixie Howell to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Al Gionfriddo and $100000 (May 3, 1947).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Frankie Gustine to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Clyde McCullough and Cliff Chambers (December 8, 1948).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to San Diego (PCL) (April 27, 1955).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (October 15, 1955).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Billy Martin and Gordy Coleman to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Johnny Temple (December 15, 1959).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Juan Pizarro to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gene Freese (December 15, 1960).
Sent by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies and Lou Vassie sent by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (March 24, 1962) to complete trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Andy Carey and Frank Barnes (December 15, 1961) when Andy Carey refused to report. Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 21, 1964).

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