Ken McBride

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Full Name: Kenneth Faye McBride	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: August 4, 1959
Birthdate: August 12, 1935	Final Game: August 15, 1965
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 12, 1935 in Huntsville, Alabama, Ken McBride (Kenneth Faye McBride) played for the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and California Angels over the course of his 7 year career. McBride broke into the bigs on August 4, 1959 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 241.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Ken McBride's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1963, when he posted a 3.26 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 147 batters. However, others believe that it was 1961, when he posted a 3.65 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 180 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
1959	CHI	A	11	2	0	1	3.18	12	11	8	0	0	1	22.2	20	1	17	0	2	0
1960	CHI	A	5	0	0	1	3.86	4	2	2	0	0	0	4.2	6	0	3	0	0	1
1961	LA	A	38	36	12	15	3.65	180	114	98	11	1	1	241.2	229	28	102	4	8	7
1962	LA	A	24	23	11	5	3.50	83	66	58	6	4	0	149.1	136	9	70	3	5	9
1963	LA	A	36	36	13	12	3.26	147	101	91	11	2	0	251	198	22	82	1	6	14
1964	LA	A	29	21	4	13	5.26	66	77	68	0	0	1	116.1	104	14	75	0	3	16
1965	CAL	A	8	4	0	3	6.14	11	17	15	0	0	0	22	24	1	14	0	1	2
Total			151	122	40	50	3.79	503	388	340	28	7	3	807.2	717	75	363	8	25	49

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1959	CHI	A	P	11	2	22.2	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.900
1960	CHI	A	P	5	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	P	38	36	241.2	19	53	2	5	0	2	16	3	1	.973
1962	LA	A	P	24	23	149.1	20	41	2	7	0	1	3	6	0	.968
1963	LA	A	P	36	36	251	22	52	3	3	0	1	6	11	0	.961
1964	LA	A	P	29	21	116.1	13	29	1	4	0	1	7	3	1	.977
1965	CAL	A	P	8	4	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
Total			P	151	122	807.2	78	185	9	19	0	5	35	27	2	.967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1959	CHI	A	11	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1960	CHI	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	LA	A	45	83	5	7	0	2	.084	.116	.120	3	0	3	35	0	6	0	0	1
1962	LA	A	24	55	6	9	1	2	.164	.164	.255	2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1
1963	LA	A	38	87	9	15	0	6	.172	.176	.264	6	1	1	32	0	5	0	0	2
1964	LA	A	29	28	0	6	0	2	.214	.371	.214	0	0	6	7	1	2	0	0	0
1965	CAL	A	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			160	264	20	38	1	12	.144	.179	.205	11	1	11	102	1	13	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1954).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox (August 1, 1959).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Chicago White Sox in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).

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