Danny MacFayden
[edit] Biography
Born on June 10, 1905 in North Truro, Massachusetts, Danny MacFayden (Daniel Knowles MacFayden) played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators over the course of his 17 year career. MacFayden broke into the bigs on August 25, 1926 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.27 ERA in 160.1 innings pitched in 1927, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Danny MacFayden's best season was 1936, when he posted a 2.87 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 86 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.85
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 16
| 5
| 8
| 4.27
| 42
| 88
| 76
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 160.1
| 176
| 9
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 28
| 9
| 15
| 4.75
| 61
| 123
| 103
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 195
| 215
| 12
| 78
| 0
| 1
| 7
|
| 1929
| BOS
| A
| 32
| 27
| 10
| 18
| 3.62
| 61
| 108
| 89
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 221
| 225
| 8
| 81
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1930
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 33
| 11
| 14
| 4.21
| 76
| 141
| 126
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 269.1
| 293
| 9
| 93
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| 35
| 32
| 16
| 12
| 4.02
| 74
| 121
| 103
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 230.2
| 263
| 4
| 79
| 0
| 1
| 7
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 17
| 15
| 7
| 5
| 3.93
| 33
| 69
| 53
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 121.1
| 137
| 11
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 12
| 11
| 1
| 10
| 5.10
| 29
| 55
| 44
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 77.2
| 91
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| 29
| 26
| 8
| 15
| 4.39
| 62
| 124
| 97
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 199
| 228
| 14
| 70
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 25
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 5.88
| 28
| 62
| 59
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 90.1
| 120
| 8
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 22
| 11
| 4
| 3
| 4.50
| 41
| 57
| 48
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 110
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 4.75
| 13
| 22
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 39
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| BOS
| N
| 28
| 20
| 5
| 13
| 5.10
| 46
| 96
| 86
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 151.2
| 200
| 8
| 34
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1935
| TOT
| N
| 35
| 24
| 6
| 15
| 5.04
| 59
| 118
| 105
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 187.2
| 239
| 9
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| 37
| 32
| 17
| 13
| 2.87
| 86
| 97
| 85
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 266.2
| 268
| 5
| 66
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 32
| 32
| 14
| 14
| 2.93
| 70
| 96
| 80
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 246
| 250
| 5
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| 29
| 29
| 14
| 9
| 2.95
| 58
| 83
| 72
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 219.2
| 208
| 6
| 64
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 28
| 8
| 14
| 3.90
| 46
| 100
| 83
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 191.2
| 221
| 11
| 59
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 8
| 5
| 4
| 3.55
| 24
| 47
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 91.1
| 112
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.29
| 3
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 5.91
| 5
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.1
| 31
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 211
| 154
| 66
| 70
| 3.49
| 348
| 555
| 475
| 72
| 10
| 4
| 1224.1
| 1329
| 42
| 332
| 0
| 10
| 26
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 254
| 180
| 66
| 89
| 4.35
| 449
| 840
| 716
| 86
| 8
| 5
| 1481.2
| 1652
| 70
| 540
| 0
| 10
| 38
|
| Total
|
|
| 465
| 334
| 132
| 159
| 3.96
| 797
| 1395
| 1191
| 158
| 18
| 9
| 2706
| 2981
| 112
| 872
| 0
| 20
| 64
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 35
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 40
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1929
| BOS
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 60
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1930
| BOS
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 60
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 56
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 35
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1935
| BOS
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 42
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1935
| TOT
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 55
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 75
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 62
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 41
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 47
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 465
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 635
| 39
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1926
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 46
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 6
| .283
| .365
| .413
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| A
| 35
| 63
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .143
| .229
| .206
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| A
| 32
| 74
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .176
| .197
| .203
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 92
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .141
| .202
| .207
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 32
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| 35
| 81
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .123
| .155
| .148
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 17
| 49
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .102
| .137
| .163
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 12
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .120
| .120
| .160
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| 29
| 74
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 5
| .108
| .132
| .162
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 25
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .029
| .057
| .029
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| NY
| A
| 22
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .103
| .103
| .179
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| BOS
| N
| 28
| 51
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .157
| .157
| .216
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| TOT
| N
| 35
| 62
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .145
| .145
| .194
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| 37
| 83
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .096
| .157
| .108
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 32
| 83
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .157
| .195
| .157
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 30
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| 29
| 77
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .117
| .128
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 67
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 6
| .179
| .203
| .194
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .179
| .207
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 211
| 404
| 26
| 57
| 0
| 17
| .141
| .170
| .156
| 6
| 0
| 14
| 123
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 259
| 506
| 40
| 72
| 1
| 30
| .142
| .187
| .196
| 16
| 4
| 27
| 186
| 1
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 470
| 910
| 66
| 129
| 1
| 47
| .142
| .180
| .178
| 22
| 4
| 41
| 309
| 1
| 55
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Ivy Andrews, Hank Johnson and $50000 (June 5, 1932).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds (November 22, 1934).
- Returned to New York Yankees (June 2, 1935).
- Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from New York Yankees (June 4, 1935).
- Traded by Boston Bees to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bill Swift and cash (December 8, 1939).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 8, 1940).
- Signed by Washington Senators (December 5, 1940).
- Released by Washington Senators (May 15, 1941).
- Released by Boston Braves (April 1, 1944).
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