Max Macon
[edit] Biography
Born on October 14, 1915 in Pensacola, Florida, Max Macon (Max Cullen Macon) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves over the course of his 6 year career. Macon broke into the bigs on April 21, 1938 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 129.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Max Macon's best season was 1942, when he posted a 1.93 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 38
| 12
| 4
| 11
| 4.11
| 39
| 83
| 59
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 129.1
| 133
| 9
| 61
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 22.50
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 14
| 8
| 5
| 3
| 1.93
| 27
| 22
| 18
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 84
| 67
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 25
| 9
| 7
| 5
| 5.96
| 21
| 54
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 91
| 4
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.00
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 81
| 29
| 17
| 19
| 4.24
| 90
| 171
| 140
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 297.1
| 307
| 20
| 128
| 0
| 5
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| STL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 32
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 625
| 49
| 16
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 68
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 636
| 49
| 17
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 46
| 36
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .306
| .342
| .306
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 26
| 43
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .279
| .311
| .372
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 45
| 55
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 6
| .164
| .164
| .164
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 106
| 366
| 38
| 100
| 3
| 36
| .273
| .296
| .355
| 15
| 3
| 12
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 5
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 226
| 502
| 54
| 133
| 3
| 46
| .265
| .288
| .333
| 17
| 4
| 16
| 32
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Brooklyn Dodgers (September, 1939).
- Selected by Portland (PCL) from Pittsburgh Pirates in the minor league draft (December 5, 1949).
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