Ken McBride

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: August 12, 1935 in Huntsville, AL us

High School: West HS (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: August 4, 1959 (Age 23-357d, 11,663rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 7 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: August 15, 1965 (Age 30-003d)
vs. DET 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Kenneth Faye McBride

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

ERA

3.79

151

122

807.2

503

WHIP

1.337

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 75 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 27 go ahead

2 Tms
CAL/LAA	74
CHW	1

Platoon
vs LHB	39
vs RHB	36

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	32

Outs
0	32
1	22
2	21

9 Opps
DET	14
NYY	11
MIN/WSH	8
KCA	8
BAL	8
CHW	8
CLE	7
BOS	6
WSA	5

51 Batters
Yogi Berra	5
Willie Kirkland	4
Al Kaline	4
Bill Bruton	3
Earl Battey	3
Boog Powell	3
Carroll Hardy	2
Floyd Robinson	2
Jake Wood	2
Johnny Blanchard	2
Norm Cash	2
Juan Pizarro	2
Harmon Killebrew	2
Ron Hansen	2
Wayne Causey	1
Dave Nicholson	1
Ed Charles	1
Elston Howard	1
Norm Siebern	1
Lee Thomas	1
Dick Stuart	1
Manny Jiménez	1
Roger Maris	1
Chuck Hinton	1
Fred Valentine	1
Jimmie Hall	1
Charley Smith	1
Jim Lemon	1
Mickey Mantle	1
Jim Piersall	1
Dick Phillips	1
Jim Landis	1
Tito Francona	1
Tom Tresh	1
Leo Posada	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Claude Osteen	1
Gus Triandos	1
Jackie Brandt	1
Bobby Del Greco	1
George Alusik	1
Jim Gentile	1
Don Lock	1
Hector Martinez	1
Woodie Held	1
Dalton Jones	1
Rocky Colavito	1
Dick Brown	1
Zoilo Versalles	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1

12 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	24
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	19
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Munic. Stad (KAN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
RFK Stad (WAS)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	28
8	7
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	9
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	16
12-	6
-2-	5
-23	3
123	2
1-3	1

122 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	42
1 on	21
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	33

Inning
1	9
2	7
3	13
4	9
5	9
6	13
7	6
8	5
9	4

1-3	29
4-6	31
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	4
+1	11
Tied	15
-1	13
-2	14
-3	6
-4..	7

Ahead	20
Tied	15
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	16
LF	16
CF	11
C	8
1B	6
SS	5
3B	5
P	3
2B	3
PH	2

OrderPos
3rd	16
5th	13
6th	12
7th	10
4th	10
1st	5
9th	4
2nd	4
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1959-08-09 (1)	Harmon Killebrew	WSH		CHW	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	13%	41%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1961-04-23 (1)	Dick Brown	DET		LAA	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	15%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	1961-04-29	Earl Battey	MIN	@	LAA	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	2	10%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1961-05-04	Gus Triandos	BAL	@	LAA	behind 1-3	t 6	2	-2-	2	5	2	23%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gentile Scores
5	5	4	2	1961-05-04	Ron Hansen	BAL	@	LAA	behind 3-6	t 9	1	1--	2	6	6	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gentile Scores
6	6	5	1	1961-05-14	Jim Lemon	MIN		LAA	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	5	7	14%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1961-05-27	Bill Bruton	DET	@	LAA	behind 0-10	t 8	0	---	1	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	7	1	1961-06-02	Woodie Held	CLE		LAA	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	6	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	1961-06-11 (1)	Yogi Berra	NYY		LAA	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	9	2	1961-06-11 (1)	Yogi Berra	NYY		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	7	10%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
11	11	10	1	1961-06-26	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	LAA	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	10%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
12	12	11	2	1961-06-26	Johnny Blanchard	NYY	@	LAA	behind 3-5	t 8	1	1--	2	8	PH	30%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Skowron Scores
13	13	12	1	1961-06-30	Jim Landis	CHW	@	LAA	behind 1-3	t 3	0	1--	2	3	8	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Fox Scores
14	14	13	1	1961-07-04 (2)	Norm Siebern	KCA	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	4	3	13%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); G. Stephens Scores
15	15	14	1	1961-07-07	Al Kaline	DET		LAA	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	9	17%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores
16	16	15	1	1961-07-14	Willie Kirkland	CLE		LAA	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	14%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	16	1	1961-07-25	Bill Bruton	DET	@	LAA	behind 1-3	t 9	2	12-	3	2	8	71%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fernández Scores; J. Wood Scores
18	18	17	1	1961-07-29	Jim Piersall	CLE	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	9%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
19	19	18	2	1961-07-29	Willie Kirkland	CLE	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	9	9%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	19	3	1961-07-29	Tito Francona	CLE	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	-23	3	3	7	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); J. Temple Scores; J. Piersall Scores
21	21	20	4	1961-07-29	Willie Kirkland	CLE	@	LAA	ahead 5-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	9	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	21	1	1961-08-07	Yogi Berra	NYY		LAA	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	22	1	1961-08-22	Roger Maris	NYY	@	LAA	behind 0-3	t 6	1	1--	2	3	9	16%	31%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Gardner Scores
24	24	23	2	1961-08-22	Yogi Berra	NYY	@	LAA	behind 2-4	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	9%	18%		Home Run (Deep CF)
25	25	24	1	1961-08-31 (1)	Leo Posada	KCA	@	LAA	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	7	7	14%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Siebern Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
26	26	25	1	1961-09-02	Wayne Causey	KCA	@	LAA	behind 2-6	t 8	2	---	1	6	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	26	1	1961-09-05 (2)	Bobby Del Greco	KCA		LAA	behind 11-12	b 9	2	-2-	2	1	8	86%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hankins Scores
28	28	27	1	1961-09-23	Rocky Colavito	DET	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	28	1	1961-09-30	Willie Kirkland	CLE	@	LAA	behind 2-3	t 3	0	1--	2	4	9	17%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Francona Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1962-04-21	Zoilo Versalles	MIN	@	LAA	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2	7	6	53%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Allison Scores
31	31	2	1	1962-05-06	Brooks Robinson	BAL	@	LAA	behind 1-5	t 3	0	123	4	3	5	22%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Hoeft Scores; J. Temple Scores; W. Herzog Scores
32	32	3	1	1962-05-10	Jake Wood	DET	@	LAA	behind 0-3	t 5	1	12-	3	1	4	27%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fernández Scores; B. Osborne Scores
33	33	4	2	1962-05-10	Al Kaline	DET	@	LAA	tied 3-3	t 5	2	---	1	3	9	16%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1962-05-20 (1)	Carroll Hardy	BOS		LAA	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	7	9	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	6	2	1962-05-20 (1)	Carroll Hardy	BOS		LAA	behind 1-4	b 6	1	-2-	2	7	9	18%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pagliaroni Scores/unER
36	36	7	1	1962-05-25	Manny Jiménez	KCA		LAA	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	18%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1962-06-15	Charley Smith	CHW		LAA	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	7	5	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
38	38	9	1	1962-06-19	George Alusik	KCA		LAA	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---	1	9	PH
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1963-04-09	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	LAA	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	2	1	1963-04-18	Earl Battey	MIN		LAA	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1963-04-22	Chuck Hinton	WSA		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	1963-04-26	Jim Gentile	BAL		LAA	behind 0-3	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	9%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	5	1	1963-05-10	Juan Pizarro	CHW		LAA	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	6	1	1963-05-15 (2)	Dick Stuart	BOS		LAA	tied 3-3	b 3	2	12-	3	6	3	29%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Malzone Scores; L. Clinton Scores
45	45	7	1	1963-05-24	Hector Martinez	KCA	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	8	10%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	8	1	1963-05-28	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	1--	2	6	6	17%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Cash Scores
47	47	9	1	1963-06-05 (2)	Floyd Robinson	CHW	@	LAA	behind 0-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	4	9	35%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores
48	48	10	1	1963-06-09	Jimmie Hall	MIN	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	10%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	11	1	1963-06-15	Earl Battey	MIN		LAA	behind 2-5	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	10%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	12	1	1963-06-26 (2)	Boog Powell	BAL	@	LAA	behind 0-1	t 6	2	1--	2	5	7	36%	64%		Home Run; B. Johnson Scores/unER; B. Powell Scores/unER
51	51	13	1	1963-06-30	Norm Cash	DET		LAA	behind 0-4	b 4	1	1--	2	5	3	13%	27%		Home Run; R. Colavito Scores
52	52	14	2	1963-06-30	Bill Bruton	DET		LAA	behind 4-5	b 6	1	---	1	6	8	20%	54%		Home Run
53	53	15	1	1963-07-06	Dick Phillips	WSA		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	3	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	16	1	1963-07-12	Yogi Berra	NYY	@	LAA	behind 0-1	t 6	2	-23	3	5	2	44%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Richardson Scores; T. Tresh Scores
55	55	17	1	1963-07-20	Jake Wood	DET	@	LAA	behind 1-7	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	2%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	18	1	1963-08-07	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	LAA	behind 2-4	t 8	1	12-	3	3	7	56%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Rollins Scores; V. Power Scores
57	57	19	1	1963-08-27	Al Kaline	DET		LAA	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	20	1	1963-09-02 (2)	Floyd Robinson	CHW		LAA	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	2	3	9	21%	77%		Home Run; T. McCraw Scores
59	59	21	1	1963-09-07	Ed Charles	KCA	@	LAA	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	5	5	22%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Jiménez Scores
60	60	22	1	1963-09-18 (2)	Boog Powell	BAL	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	3	7	9%	81%		Home Run
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1964-04-18	Norm Cash	DET		LAA	behind 0-2	b 5	2	-23	3	3	3	39%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Wert Scores; D. McAuliffe Scores
62	62	2	1	1964-04-27	Fred Valentine	WSA	@	LAA	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	3	1	1964-05-03 (1)	Dave Nicholson	CHW		LAA	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	3	6	7	33%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Robinson Scores; J. Cunningham Scores/unER
64	64	4	1	1964-05-08	Ron Hansen	CHW	@	LAA	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	6	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	2	1964-05-08	Juan Pizarro	CHW	@	LAA	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	9	1	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	6	1	1964-05-17	Boog Powell	BAL		LAA	behind 2-4	b 4	0	1--	2	6	7	22%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores
67	67	7	1	1964-05-30	Jackie Brandt	BAL	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	1--	2	1	8	19%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Pappas Scores
68	68	8	1	1964-06-07	Tom Tresh	NYY	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	9	2	1964-06-07	Elston Howard	NYY	@	LAA	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	1--	2	7	2	12%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Pepitone Scores
70	70	10	1	1964-06-14 (1)	Al Kaline	DET		LAA	behind 0-1	b 1	0	12-	3	3	9	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lumpe Scores; G. Brown Scores
71	71	11	1	1964-07-04	Lee Thomas	BOS		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	123	4	5	9	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Conigliaro Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores; D. Stuart Scores
72	72	12	1	1964-08-15	Claude Osteen	WSA		LAA	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	9	1	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	13	1	1964-09-03	Johnny Blanchard	NYY	@	LAA	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	11%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
74	74	14	1	1964-09-07 (2)	Dalton Jones	BOS	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	1	4	19%	79%		Home Run; P. Charton Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1965-07-07	Don Lock	WSA	@	CAL	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	6	8	12%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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