Eric McNair

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 160lb (173cm, 72kg)

Born: April 12, 1909 in Meridian, MS us

Died: March 11, 1949 in Meridian, MS

Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, MS

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, MS)

Debut: September 20, 1929 (Age 20-161d, 6,969th in major league history)
vs. DET 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1942 (Age 33-160d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Donald Eric McNair

Nicknames: Boob

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1930 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

4519

1240

.274

592

RBI

633

OBP

.318

SLG

.392

OPS

.710

OPS+

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 82 Home Runs

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

3 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 21 go ahead

4 Tms
PHA	51
BOS	16
CHW	14
DET	1

Platoon
vs RHP	66
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	47
Away	35

Outs
0	31
1	27
2	24

8 Opps
SLB	17
BOS	14
DET	14
NYY	10
CLE	9
CHW	9
WSH	5
PHA	4

55 Pitchers
Vic Sorrell	4
Tommy Bridges	3
Bump Hadley	3
Joe Heving	3
Red Ruffing	3
Earl Whitehill	3
Wes Ferrell	3
Lefty Gomez	3
Phil Gallivan	2
Oral Hildebrand	2
Hugo Klaerner	2
Gordon Rhodes	2
Jack Wilson	2
George Blaeholder	2
Bob Weiland	2
Vern Kennedy	2
Elden Auker	2
Jimmie DeShong	2
Roxie Lawson	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Henry Coppola	1
Jack Knott	1
Mel Harder	1
Sad Sam Jones	1
George Earnshaw	1
Lefty Stewart	1
Harry Eisenstat	1
Fay Thomas	1
Harry Kelley	1
Johnny Marcum	1
Lou Koupal	1
Dick Coffman	1
Gordon McNaughton	1
Woody Rich	1
Johnny Welch	1
Jim Walkup	1
Chubby Dean	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Marius Russo	1
Pete Appleton	1
Horace Lisenbee	1
General Crowder	1
Bill Dietrich	1
Larry Boerner	1
Nels Potter	1
Jake Wade	1
Bob Kline	1
Kemp Wicker	1
Milt Gaston	1
Willis Hudlin	1
Jack Kramer	1
Steve Sundra	1
Elon Hogsett	1
Al Hollingsworth	1
Bob Cooney	1

8 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	32
Fenway Pk (BOS)	14
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	13
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	8
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	74
8	2
9	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	21
12-	8
-2-	4
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

130 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	45
1 on	27
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	37

Inning
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	8
5	11
6	14
7	6
8	13
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	21
4-6	33
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	6
+2	7
+1	13
Tied	16
-1	6
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	10

Ahead	35
Tied	16
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	48
2B	24
3B	9
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	33
7th	27
5th	12
1st	9
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1931-05-21	PHA	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1--	2	7	5	0.116	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); B. Miller Scores
2	2	2	1	1931-05-31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	Horace Lisenbee	ahead 6-2	t 5	2	---	1	7	5	0.047	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1931-07-27	PHA		SLB	George Blaeholder	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---	1	7	5	0.405	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1931-08-11	PHA	@	DET	Vic Sorrell	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.077	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1931-09-16	PHA		CLE	Wes Ferrell	tied 5-5	b 6	1	1--	2	1	4	0.231	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Williams Scores
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1932-05-05	PHA		CLE	Pete Appleton	ahead 13-3	b 8	2	1--	2	7	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
7	7	2	1	1932-06-11	PHA	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	123	4	7	6	0.235	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Cochrane Scores/unER; J. Foxx Scores/unER; M. Haas Scores/unER; E. McNair Scores/unER
8	8	3	1	1932-06-12	PHA	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	6	0.101	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	1932-06-15	PHA	@	SLB	Bump Hadley	ahead 7-6	t 7	0	---	1	7	6	0.120	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1932-07-02 (2)	PHA		WSH	Dick Coffman	behind 2-3	b 4	2	-2-	2	7	6	0.217	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
11	11	6	1	1932-07-13	PHA		CLE	Oral Hildebrand	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	6	6	0.097	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	7	1	1932-07-19 (2)	PHA		SLB	Bump Hadley	behind 0-1	b 2	2	--3	2	7	6	0.173	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Simmons Scores
13	13	8	1	1932-07-27 (1)	PHA	@	DET	Earl Whitehill	behind 0-3	t 2	2	---	1	6	6	0.072	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1932-08-23	PHA		CHW	Milt Gaston	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	6	0.095	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	10	1	1932-08-24	PHA		SLB	Lefty Stewart	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	1	6	6	0.077	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	11	1	1932-08-25	PHA		SLB	Bob Cooney	ahead 13-5	b 8	0	---	1	6	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1932-08-29 (1)	PHA		DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 0-3	b 7	1	1--	2	6	6	0.187	34%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
18	18	13	1	1932-09-02 (1)	PHA		BOS	Larry Boerner	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	1--	2	6	6	0.053	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Foxx Scores
19	19	14	1	1932-09-02 (2)	PHA		BOS	Bob Kline	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	1--	2	6	6	0.077	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Simmons Scores
20	20	15	2	1932-09-02 (2)	PHA		BOS	Gordon McNaughton	ahead 6-0	b 6	2	1--	2	6	6	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
21	21	16	1	1932-09-03	PHA		BOS	Gordon Rhodes	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	1	6	6	0.343	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	17	1	1932-09-21	PHA		NYY	Red Ruffing	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	12-	3	6	6	0.108	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Cochrane Scores; A. Simmons Scores
23	23	18	1	1932-09-22	PHA		NYY	Lefty Gomez	ahead 5-2	b 3	1	---	1	6	6	0.059	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1933-06-23	PHA	@	CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	---	1	1	4	0.114	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1933-07-05	PHA		BOS	Bob Weiland	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.093	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1933-08-14	PHA	@	CLE	Willis Hudlin	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.089	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	4	1	1933-08-22	PHA	@	SLB	Jack Knott	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	12-	3	5	6	0.108	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cramer Scores; J. Foxx Scores
28	28	5	1	1933-09-02 (2)	PHA		WSH	General Crowder	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	1	5	6	0.054	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	6	1	1933-09-11 (2)	PHA		CHW	Joe Heving	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1--	2	5	6	0.085	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
30	30	7	1	1933-09-30 (1)	PHA		BOS	Bob Weiland	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	6	0.098	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1934-04-17	PHA		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 1-2	b 6	0	1--	2	5	6	0.265	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
32	32	2	1	1934-05-05	PHA		CHW	George Earnshaw	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	6	0.134	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1934-05-17	PHA	@	CHW	Sad Sam Jones	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	6	0.108	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	4	1	1934-05-20	PHA	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	ahead 4-3	t 3	1	--3	2	6	6	0.114	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
35	35	5	1	1934-05-21	PHA	@	SLB	Bump Hadley	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	6	0.064	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
36	36	6	1	1934-05-25	PHA	@	DET	Elon Hogsett	ahead 8-7	t 9	1	---	1	6	6	0.104	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	1934-06-03	PHA		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 2-5	b 9	1	---	1	5	6	0.030	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	8	1	1934-06-21 (1)	PHA		SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 1-7	b 5	2	---	1	1	6	0.025	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	9	1	1934-06-25	PHA		DET	Tommy Bridges	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.093	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	1934-06-30	PHA		BOS	Wes Ferrell	tied 2-2	b 4	2	12-	3	1	6	0.280	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Coleman Scores; C. Berry Scores
41	41	11	1	1934-07-06	PHA	@	BOS	Wes Ferrell	behind 4-18	t 9	1	1--	2	1	6	0.000	0%		Home Run; C. Moss Scores
42	42	12	1	1934-07-15 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	Phil Gallivan	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	2	1	6	0.149	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Marcum Scores
43	43	13	1	1934-07-29	PHA		NYY	Red Ruffing	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	12-	3	7	6	0.164	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores/unER; P. Higgins Scores/unER; E. McNair Scores/unER
44	44	14	1	1934-09-01	PHA		BOS	Johnny Welch	behind 2-5	b 6	1	---	1	6	6	0.091	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	15	1	1934-09-17	PHA	@	CHW	Hugo Klaerner	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	6	0.207	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores; P. Higgins Scores
46	46	16	2	1934-09-17	PHA	@	CHW	Hugo Klaerner	ahead 6-4	t 9	2	12-	3	6	6	0.082	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Williams Scores; P. Higgins Scores
47	47	17	1	1934-09-19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	Phil Gallivan	tied 3-3	t 10	1	---	1	6	6	0.363	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1935-06-03	PHA	@	NYY	Jimmie DeShong	behind 2-7	t 8	1	---	1	6	6	0.013	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	2	1	1935-07-11 (1)	PHA		SLB	Fay Thomas	tied 2-2	b 1	2	-2-	2	6	6	0.164	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
50	50	3	1	1935-08-13	PHA	@	SLB	Jim Walkup	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	12-	3	6	6	0.016	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores; P. Higgins Scores
51	51	4	1	1935-08-27 (1)	PHA	@	DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 4-5	t 5	0	---	1	6	6	0.133	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1936-04-21	BOS		WSH	Henry Coppola	ahead 6-1	b 6	2	-2-	2	5	6	0.028	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
53	53	2	1	1936-05-02	BOS		CLE	Oral Hildebrand	behind 2-4	b 8	1	---	1	7	6	0.133	30%		Home Run (LF-CF)
54	54	3	1	1936-08-15	BOS		WSH	Jimmie DeShong	behind 3-8	b 6	1	---	1	5	6	0.044	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	4	1	1936-08-18	BOS	@	PHA	Gordon Rhodes	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	1--	2	5	6	0.208	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Kroner Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1937-05-22	BOS		DET	Vic Sorrell	behind 3-8	b 6	2	---	1	6	4	0.036	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	2	1	1937-06-17 (1)	BOS		CHW	Bill Dietrich	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1	6	4	0.038	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	3	1	1937-06-20 (2)	BOS		CLE	Joe Heving	behind 5-6	b 8	2	1--	2	7	4	0.557	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Higgins Scores/unER; E. McNair Scores/unER
59	59	4	1	1937-07-20	BOS	@	DET	Elden Auker	tied 2-2	t 4	1	1--	2	7	4	0.188	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Mills Scores
60	60	5	1	1937-07-25	BOS	@	CLE	Earl Whitehill	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	4	0.134	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Higgins Scores
61	61	6	1	1937-07-27	BOS		SLB	Lou Koupal	behind 4-8	b 6	1	---	1	6	4	0.063	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	7	1	1937-08-01 (2)	BOS		DET	Elden Auker	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	6	4	0.131	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	8	1	1937-08-11 (1)	BOS		NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	1	6	4	0.099	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	9	1	1937-08-12 (1)	BOS		NYY	Kemp Wicker	ahead 13-9	b 7	0	---	1	6	4	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	10	1	1937-08-19	BOS	@	PHA	Harry Kelley	behind 2-4	t 8	0	1-3	3	8	PH	0.367	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Chapman Scores; O. Melillo Scores/unER
66	66	11	1	1937-08-26	BOS	@	DET	Roxie Lawson	behind 2-5	t 7	1	12-	3	6	4	0.286	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores; P. Higgins Scores
67	67	12	1	1937-08-27	BOS	@	DET	Jake Wade	behind 0-4	t 4	1	1--	2	6	4	0.117	26%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1939-04-23	CHW		SLB	Johnny Marcum	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	4	0.149	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
69	69	2	1	1939-05-09	CHW		NYY	Steve Sundra	behind 2-4	b 4	0	-2-	2	5	4	0.157	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
70	70	3	1	1939-06-29 (2)	CHW		SLB	Vern Kennedy	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	1--	2	7	5	0.089	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
71	71	4	1	1939-07-04 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.101	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	5	1	1939-07-05	CHW		CLE	Harry Eisenstat	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	5	0.212	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	6	1	1939-07-15	CHW		PHA	Nels Potter	ahead 6-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	5	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	7	1	1939-08-22	CHW		NYY	Marius Russo	behind 3-5	b 4	2	1--	2	7	5	0.214	51%		Home Run; L. Appling Scores
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1940-04-30	CHW	@	BOS	Woody Rich	ahead 8-1	t 6	0	---	1	7	4	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	2	1	1940-05-05	CHW	@	PHA	Chubby Dean	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	1	7	4	0.133	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	3	1	1940-05-19	CHW		WSH	Dutch Leonard	behind 5-12	b 9	1	1--	2	7	4	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
78	78	4	1	1940-05-28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	Vern Kennedy	behind 0-7	t 5	0	---	1	7	4	0.018	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	5	1	1940-06-02 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	Joe Heving	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	---	1	7	4	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
80	80	6	1	1940-06-02 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	Jack Wilson	tied 4-4	t 6	0	1--	2	7	4	0.211	76%		Home Run; L. Rosenthal Scores
81	81	7	1	1940-06-16 (2)	CHW		BOS	Jack Wilson	behind 2-10	b 4	0	---	1	7	4	0.017	4%		Home Run
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
82	82	1	1	1942-05-26	DET	@	SLB	Al Hollingsworth	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	6	0.115	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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