Harvey McClellan

Hervey McDowell McClellan
(Little Mac)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9½", Weight 143 lb.
• High School Cynthiana High School
• Debut May 31, 1919
• Final Game September 29, 1924
• Born December 22, 1894 in Cynthiana, KY USA
• Died November 6, 1925 in Cynthiana, KY USA

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Harvey "Little Mac" McClellan was not one of the Chicago White Sox players involved in the Black Sox Scandal in the 1919 World Series. He had just made his debut in 1919 and did not appear in post-season play that year.

He played six years with the White Sox, getting 550 at-bats in 1923. Although most of his appearances were at shortstop, in some years he played more third base or second base. McClellan and others claimed that some of the "Black Sox" threw games in the 1920 season, too, according to the book Blackball, the Black Sox, and the Babe. McClellan may have been one of the earliest people to use the actual term "black sox".

McClellan died young as a result of gall bladder troubles.

Further Reading

• Jack Morris: "Hervey McClellan", in Jacob Pomrenke, ed.: Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 Chicago White Sox, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015, pp. 125-129. ISBN 978-1-933599-95-3

Related Sites

• Hervey McClellan at the SABR Bio Project