Jack McMahan

Jack Wally McMahan

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
• School University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• High School Hot Springs High School
• Debut April 18, 1956
• Final Game September 23, 1956
• Born July 22, 1932 in Hot Springs, AR USA
• Died October 16, 2020 in Hot Springs, AR USA

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Biographical Information

Although he never appeared in the majors after 1956, Jack McMahan was still active in the minors, and he was involved in a big trade that took place between the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees while in the minors. On February 19, 1957, the Athletics - with players to be named later, Wayne Belardi, Art Ditmar, and Bobby Shantz - sent McMahan to the Yankees for a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter. The Yankees sent Jack Urban to the Athletics to complete the trade. The Athletics sent Curt Roberts and Clete Boyer to the Yankees to complete the trade.

McMahan's professional career stretched from 1952 through 1959. He had a 51-39 pitching record in the minor leagues.