Archie McKain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: May 12, 1911 in Delphos, KS us

Died: May 21, 1985 in Salina, KS

Buried: Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, KS

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-348d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 5, 1943 (Age 32-054d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Archie Richard McKain

Nicknames: Happy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.6

ERA

4.26

165

486.1

188

WHIP

1.515

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 4-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 19

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	37	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.72	10	4	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.094	1.29	0.16%	1.93	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
2	38	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-4	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.13	4	2	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.022	.55	0.04%	1.42	8b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 6
3	39	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	3	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	5.87	2.79	18	7	1	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.277	2.83	-0.55%	-3.05	1b start a 1	4b --- 1 out d4
4	40	11	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	5-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	3.18	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.026	3.32	0.05%	0.57	5b 1-3 2 out d3	5b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	41	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	7-7		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	3.17	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	-0.154	8.59	-0.25%	-1.13	7t 123 2 out d1	7t 3 out d3
6	42	16	May 5	BOS		DET	L,5-7	7-8	L(0-2)	3	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.30	4.45	7	2	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.195	4.08	-0.31%	-0.71	7t 1-- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d2
7	43	23	May 14	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	5-8		8	3.2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.61	4.00	15	8	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.036	4.40	0.09%	1.28	5t --- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d2
8	44	30	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		10	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.92	6	2	2	2	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.023	2.43	-0.07%	0.16	7b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
9	45	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.94	3.61	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	1.84	0.09%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
10	46	34	May 30(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	4-7		1	3.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	4.58	3.81	17	8	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.036	.31	-0.08%	-0.14	4b 12- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	47	42	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	9-GF		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.80	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.022	2.90	0.05%	0.42	9t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 2
12	48	43	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	8-GF	W(1-2)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.15	3.88	6	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.350	9.12	0.76%	1.44	8t -2- 1 out tie	9t end a 1
13	49	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	8-GF	S(3)	5	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.80	3.85	10	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.67	0.221	7.75	0.39%	1.21	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
14	50	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	5-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.80	3.98	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.044	7.74	-0.09%	-0.35	5b 12- 2 out a2	5b 123 2 out a2
15	51	56	Jun 21(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	3-6		4	4.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.58	4.10	17	10	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	14	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.02	-0.040	4.82	-0.11%	0.66	3b 12- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d3
16	52	59	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	3-GF(8)	L(1-3)	2	6.0	8	5	5	1	6	1	1	4.28	4.12	28	7	5	0	2	8		1	0	1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.330	8.61	-1.07%	-1.00	3b 1-- 0 out a2	8b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	53	65	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	4-7		8	3.0	6	4	3	4	0	0	0	4.66	4.36	20	9	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.067	5.17	-0.19%	-2.85	4b --- 1 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d5
18	54	71	Jul 13(1)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	9-GF	S(4)	9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.34	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	0.104	8.88	0.24%	1.32	9t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end a 3
19	55	74	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	4-GF	W(2-3)	1	6.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.36	4.55	26	8	9	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.215	4.32	0.49%	1.86	4t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
20	56	83	Jul 28(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-5		12	4.2	8	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.88	4.70	25	5	5	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.063	2.63	-0.14%	-1.35	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out a3
21	57	85	Jul 31(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7		L(2-4)	2	0.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.84	4.75	4												3					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	58	87	Aug 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	4-7		1	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	4.62	14	3	8	0	3	3		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.067	1.08	0.17%	2.75	4b 1-3 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
23	59	95	Aug 11	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	3-5		8	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.91	4.89	13	5	1	0	1	5		0	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.142	2.29	-0.19%	-2.36	3b --- 0 out d1	5b --- 2 out d5
24	60	96	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-13	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.89	4.89	12	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	7b --- 0 out d12	8b end d13
25	61	100	Aug 17(1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	4.86	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.84	0.193	1.33	0.04%	0.64	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
26	62	104	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	W,10-7	GS-6	W(3-4)	2	5.2	10	5	3	4	0	0	0	4.81	4.89	29	9	6	0	0	10	29			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.053	.65	-0.02%	-1.56	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out a4
27	63	108	Aug 23(2)	BOS		CLE	W,14-12	2-2		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.86	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.042	.24	-0.01%	-0.72	2t -2- 0 out d4	2t 3 out d6
28	64	109	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	6-8		0	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	4.78	12	4	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	.38	0.057	.21	0.02%	1.93	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
29	65	112	Aug 26(1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-12	6-GF		1	4.0	7	6	5	2	1	0	0	5.02	4.74	20	6	4	0	0	7		1	0	0	1	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	.17	-0.026	.07	-0.01%	-3.02	6t 1-- 0 out d4	9t end d10
30	66	117	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,1-15	5-6		2	1.2	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.74	11	5	1	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	.23	-0.042	.04	0.00%	-3.31	5t 12- 1 out d6	6t 3 out d10
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	67	123	Sep 4(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,11-12	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.35	4.73	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.32	8b --- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
32	68	126	Sep 5(2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	1-8	W(4-4)	0	7.0	9	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.22	4.67	33	19	1	1	0	9		1	0	1	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.126	.08	0.01%	0.85	1b 1-- 2 out d3	8b -2- 2 out a2
33	69	131	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	L,7-15	3-4		4	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.36	4.80	6	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.77	3t 1-3 2 out d6	4t 3 out d8
34	70	137	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.93	4.68	35	19	5	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.92	0.725	.00	0.00%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
35	71	139	Sep 20(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	4.71	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.37	7b -2- 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
36	72	140	Sep 20(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	6-GF(8)	S(6)	-1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.66	10	8	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.82	6b --- 0 out a5	8b end a 5
37	73	143	Sep 25(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-6		4	5.0	6	3	1	4	1	1	0	4.61	4.81	23	10	2	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	17	2	0	1	3	0	1	1.21	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
							17-20		W-L:5-4,Sv:6	3.0	99.2	119	60	51	44	27	7	2	4.61	4.81	453	2.46		3%	3%	114	40	32	22%	3	2	0	401	28	4	3	13	0	10	.99	0.694	2.31	-0.51%	2.43

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