Mickey McDermott

Full Name: Maurice Joseph McDermott	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/170	First Game: April 24, 1948
Birthdate: April 29, 1929	Final Game: August 10, 1961
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: August 7, 2003
Deathplace: Phoenix, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on April 29, 1929 in Poughkeepsie, New York, Mickey McDermott (Maurice Joseph McDermott) played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career. McDermott broke into the bigs on April 24, 1948 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.05 ERA in 80 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Mickey McDermott's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1953, when he posted a 3.01 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 92 batters. However, others believe that it was 1951, when he posted a 3.35 ERA and struck out 127 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	BOS	A	7	0	0	0	6.17	17	18	16	0	0	0	23.1	16	2	35	0	3	1
1949	BOS	A	12	12	5	4	4.05	50	37	36	6	2	0	80	63	5	52	0	2	3
1950	BOS	A	38	15	7	3	5.19	96	80	75	4	0	5	130	119	8	124	0	4	2
1951	BOS	A	34	19	8	8	3.35	127	72	64	9	1	3	172	141	10	92	0	2	5
1952	BOS	A	30	21	10	9	3.72	117	70	67	7	2	0	162	139	14	92	0	2	3
1953	BOS	A	32	30	18	10	3.01	92	82	69	8	4	0	206.1	169	9	109	0	5	2
1954	WAS	A	30	26	7	15	3.44	95	95	75	11	1	1	196.1	172	8	110	0	4	3
1955	WAS	A	31	20	10	10	3.75	78	75	65	8	1	1	156	140	9	100	2	4	9
1956	NY	A	23	9	2	6	4.24	38	46	41	1	0	0	87	85	10	47	2	2	0
1957	KC	A	29	4	1	4	5.48	29	47	42	0	0	0	69	68	9	50	2	5	0
1958	DET	A	2	0	0	0	9.00	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	6	0	2	0	1	0
1961	STL	N	19	0	1	0	3.67	15	17	11	0	0	4	27	29	3	15	2	2	0
1961	KC	A	4	0	0	0	14.29	3	12	9	0	0	0	5.2	14	0	10	0	3	0
1961	Total		23	0	1	0	5.51	18	29	20	0	0	4	32.2	43	3	25	2	5	0
Total	NL		19	0	1	0	3.67	15	17	11	0	0	4	27	29	3	15	2	2	0
Total	AL		272	156	68	69	3.91	742	638	561	54	11	10	1289.2	1132	84	823	6	37	28
Total			291	156	69	69	3.91	757	655	572	54	11	14	1316.2	1161	87	838	8	39	28

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	BOS	A	P	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	BOS	A	P	12	0	0	2	14	1	0	0	0	0	.941
1950	BOS	A	P	38	0	0	5	25	2	1	0	0	0	.938
1951	BOS	A	P	34	0	0	4	34	2	5	0	0	0	.950
1952	BOS	A	P	30	0	0	10	24	2	1	0	0	0	.944
1953	BOS	A	P	32	0	0	5	40	2	3	0	0	0	.957
1954	WAS	A	P	30	0	0	3	39	2	2	0	0	0	.955
1955	WAS	A	P	31	0	0	3	30	2	1	0	0	0	.943
1956	NY	A	P	23	0	0	2	13	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1957	KC	A	1B	2	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.833
1957	KC	A	P	29	4	69	7	17	1	0	1	0	1	.960
1958	DET	A	P	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	STL	N	P	19	0	27	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1961	KC	A	P	4	0	5.2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
1961	Total		P	23	0	32.2	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	.833
Total			P	291	4	103.2	44	247	15	15	2	1	1	.951
Total			1B	2	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.833

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	BOS	A	7	8	2	3	0	0	.375	.375	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	BOS	A	12	33	3	7	0	6	.212	.278	.303	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
1950	BOS	A	39	44	11	16	0	12	.364	.472	.477	5	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	1
1951	BOS	A	43	66	8	18	1	6	.273	.314	.364	1	1	3	14	1	1	0	0	3
1952	BOS	A	36	62	10	14	1	7	.226	.273	.323	1	1	4	11	0	3	0	0	0
1953	BOS	A	45	93	9	28	1	13	.301	.316	.419	8	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	2
1954	WAS	A	54	95	7	19	0	4	.200	.255	.232	3	0	7	12	0	2	0	0	4
1955	WAS	A	70	95	10	25	1	10	.263	.311	.337	4	0	6	16	1	1	1	0	1
1956	NY	A	46	52	4	11	1	4	.212	.317	.269	0	0	8	13	0	1	0	0	4
1957	KC	A	58	49	6	12	4	7	.245	.362	.510	1	0	9	16	0	0	0	2	2
1958	DET	A	4	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	STL	N	22	14	1	1	0	3	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1961	KC	A	7	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.333	.400	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Total		29	19	1	2	0	4	.105	.150	.211	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		22	14	1	1	0	3	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		421	605	70	155	9	71	.256	.317	.354	28	2	52	108	2	8	1	2	17
Total			443	619	71	156	9	74	.252	.312	.349	29	2	52	112	2	8	1	2	17

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1945).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Tom Umphlett to Washington Senators in exchange for Jackie Jensen (December 9, 1953).
Traded by Washington Senators with Bobby Kline to New York Yankees in exchange for Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach and a player to be named later (February 8, 1956); Washington Senators received Whitey Herzog (April 2, 1956).
Traded by New York Yankees with Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas and Tim Thompson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
Released by Detroit Tigers (1961).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (April 10, 1961).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Kansas City Athletics (July 21, 1961).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (August 15, 1961).

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