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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: 14-18 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 10

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	74	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.59	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.037	1.30	0.06%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
2	75	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	4-GF		10	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.57	1.74	23	12	0	0	0	4		2	1	3	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.016	.54	0.02%	2.12	4t 1-3 0 out d4	9t end d 5
3	76	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	5-7		3	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.79	1.77	10	4	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.014	.61	0.01%	0.60	5t --- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
4	77	23	May 14(1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.38	2.86	36	24	0	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.063	.38	-0.03%	1.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
5	78	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.36	2.93	30	6	17	3	3	4	71			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.36	0.528	1.25	0.29%	3.34	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
6	79	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	6	6.2	4	5	1	4	1	0	0	2.16	3.16	29	11	10	0	4	3	51			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	2	1.48	-0.237	1.14	-0.11%	-1.32	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d3
7	80	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	GS-5		3	4.0	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.13	22	5	7	1	2	8	24			0	0	0	19	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.14	-0.237	.51	-0.06%	-2.12	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out tie
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
8	81	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	4-7		5	3.2	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.85	3.06	16	5	4	0	0	4		2	1	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	2	.32	-0.017	.17	-0.01%	0.43	4t -23 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
9	82	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	2-7		14	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.87	3.21	25	5	9	2	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.043	.26	0.03%	2.14	2b -2- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
10	83	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4		S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	3.25	5												4					0
11	84	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-5		1	4.0	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.08	3.28	21	6	4	0	1	8	29			0	2	0	17	2	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.331	.32	-0.07%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out a1
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
12	85	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	7	8.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.26	3.32	32	10	11	1	2	6	55			0	1	0	31	0	3	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.040	.39	-0.01%	1.04	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
13	86	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.31	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.013	.06	0.00%	-0.40	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
14	87	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	9-9		5	0.2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.61	3.41	7	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.037	.10	-0.01%	-2.23	9t --- 0 out a6	9t 123 2 out a4
15	88	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	2-7		1	5.1	5	5	1	4	2	0	0	3.46	3.46	27	9	7	0	0	5		1	0	2	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	3	.31	-0.086	.11	-0.02%	-1.57	2t 1-- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d6
16	89	82	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,11-0	4-GF		3	5.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.21	3.50	18	13	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.12	0.064	.00	0.00%	3.53	4t -2- 2 out a3	9t end a11
17	90	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	7-8	BL(1-3)	0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.48	6	4	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.64	-0.071	.06	0.00%	-0.11	7t 1-- 1 out a1	8t -2- 2 out tie
18	91	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	9-9		8	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.48	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	-0.182	.02	0.00%	-0.62	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a1
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
19	92	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.35	3.42	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.103	.03	0.00%	0.99	9b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	93	107	Aug 14(1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG(10)	L(1-4)	12	10.0	10	8	5	3	5	2	0	3.48	3.61	43	9	17	3	2	9	48			2	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	10t 3 out d4
21	94	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(2-4)	11	9.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.43	3.53	36	22	1	0	1	6	64			2	0	0	32	1	2	0	0	1	0	.87	0.323	.00	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	95	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	9-GF	W(3-4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	3.52	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --3 2 out tie	9t end tie
23	96	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6			0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.40	3.55	3												2					0
Sep/Oct				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
24	97	124	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10		S(3)	1	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	3.56	10												9					0
25	98	126	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	3.58	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
26	99	131	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-4)	2	9.0	9	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.01	3.55	38	8	14	2	3	9	68			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.678	.00	0.00%	5.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	100	134	Sep 10(2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	8-GF	L(4-5)	3	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.12	3.57	11	1	4	0	2	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.70	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-0.74	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
28	101	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	3-7		4	4.1	5	5	5	7	2	0	0	3.39	3.68	26	4	8	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	2	0	1	0	.39	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-2.31	3b -2- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d7
29	102	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2		W(5-5)	1	2.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	3.68	9												8					0
30	103	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.42	3.60	30	17	0	0	0	9	45			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a1
31	104	152	Sep 29(1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	GS-	L(5-6)	6	5.0	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.57	3.70	24						40						21					0
32	105	154	Oct 1(1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.69	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.63	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
							14-18		W-L:5-6,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.1	129.2	120	66	51	54	49	6	0	3.54	3.69	557	1.44		4%	7%	107	50	12	17%	12	7	0	490	21	9	5	7	7	10	.93	-0.072	.30	0.11%	10.13

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