Cal McLish

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 179lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK us

Died: August 26, 2010 in Edmond, OK

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: May 13, 1944 (Age 18-164d, 9,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 14, 1964 (Age 38-226d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish

Nicknames: Bus or Buster

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

4.01

352

209

1609.0

713

WHIP

1.390

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-29 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 13

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	66	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,6-7	6-6		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.37	5	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.010	.42	0.01%	0.53	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
2	67	5	Apr 22(1)	CLE		DET	L,4-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.87	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.020	.50	0.02%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
3	68	14	May 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	3-3		11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.70	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.064	2.06	0.12%	2.31	3b 123 0 out d4	3b 3 out d4
4	69	22	May 13(1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-5	3-7		8	5.0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.13	3.25	20	10	4	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.70	0.100	2.79	0.24%	2.01	3t 1-3 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
5	70	25	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	3.29	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.023	3.31	0.07%	0.55	7t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
6	71	33	May 27(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	13-GF(15)	L(0-1)	10	2.2	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.59	3.96	14	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.01	-0.072	11.36	-0.16%	0.13	13b --- 0 out tie	15b end d 1
7	72	36	May 30(1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	3.91	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.008	1.02	0.02%	0.45	9t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
8	73	37	May 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	8-8		-1	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.75	4.12	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.032	.64	-0.06%	-2.69	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-3 1 out d6
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
9	74	40	Jun 3(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	11-GF(12)	W(1-1)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.21	3.58	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.156	2.73	0.24%	1.00	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 4
10	75	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	4.0	7	4	2	1	2	0	0	3.50	3.26	20	4	6	1	0	7	37			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.264	3.48	-0.58%	-2.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
11	76	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-8	6-6		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.93	3.95	3	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.168	4.81	-0.52%	-1.02	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 1-- 1 out d1
12	77	49	Jun 11(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-6	W(2-2)	1	5.2	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.38	3.70	24	6	7	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.172	4.24	0.41%	1.68	1b start a 2	6b 123 2 out a3
13	78	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	3-4		1	1.1	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.62	4.11	10	1	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.235	5.41	-0.54%	-2.09	3b 1-- 0 out a1	4b 123 1 out a3
14	79	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.13	3.89	12	1	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.143	4.00	0.33%	1.75	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	80	55	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.84	4	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.020	1.31	0.05%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
16	81	56	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	7-7		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.15	4.25	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.037	.60	-0.08%	-1.12	7t 1-3 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
17	82	58	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	8-9		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.90	4.19	8	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.199	3.64	0.24%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out tie
18	83	61	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	4-5	H(1)	2	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.32	4.32	7	0	3	0	1	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.188	3.86	-0.27%	-2.05	4t 123 2 out a2	5t --3 2 out a1
19	84	64	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-11	3-3		3	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.35	4.39	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.176	2.79	-0.31%	-2.69	3t --- 0 out d2	3t 1-3 1 out d4
20	85	66	Jun 29(2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	5-GF		1	4.2	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.17	4.25	21	4	9	0	0	5		2	2	0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	.01	-0.002	.03	-0.01%	-0.65	5t 1-3 1 out d9	9t end d11
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
21	86	71	Jul 4(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	4.22	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	0.205	11.90	0.35%	0.94	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
22	87	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	3-4		0	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.31	4.41	9	4	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.070	.50	-0.15%	-2.53	3b 12- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d8
23	88	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	7-7		6	0.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.44	4.40	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.08	-0.008	.39	-0.02%	-1.27	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 123 2 out d6
24	89	78	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.53	4.35	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
25	90	81	Jul 15(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.38	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.018	.73	0.02%	0.59	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	91	83	Jul 18(1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	1-2		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.16	4.20	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.039	.55	0.03%	1.00	1b --- 0 out d4	2b 3 out d4
27	92	85	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	L(2-3)	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.28	4.46	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.363	3.42	-0.41%	-0.60	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
28	93	93	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	6-6		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	4.41	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.19	0.01%	0.53	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
29	94	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	6-GF		1	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.76	4.23	14	5	5	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.13	6t --- 0 out d11	9t end d10
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
30	95	100	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	8-GF		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.75	4.12	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.007	.22	-0.01%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
31	96	102	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	7-GF(7)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	4.09	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.059	2.29	0.11%	0.53	7t --- 0 out d1	7t end d 1
32	97	103	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.58	4.02	4	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.37	8b 123 0 out d7	8b end d 9
33	98	105	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	13-GF(14)	L(2-4)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.63	4.23	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	-0.214	7.35	-0.34%	-0.23	13b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
34	99	113	Aug 17	CLE		KCA	L,3-9	9-GF		8	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.02	4.22	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.23	-0.032	.24	-0.02%	-2.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
35	100	121	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	6-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	4.16	6	0	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.052	.52	0.05%	1.17	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d2
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
36	101	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	4-5		9	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.04	4.13	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.022	.57	0.01%	0.43	4b -2- 1 out d3	5b 123 2 out d2
37	102	143	Sep 16(1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	7-7		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	4.12	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.80	7t 123 2 out d9	7t 3 out d9
							7-29		W-L:2-4,Sv:1,Hld:1	2.4	61.0	67	36	34	32	27	5	0	5.02	4.12	276	0.90		3%	1%	67	46	27	41%	3	2	0	238	11	1	5	5	2	4	.81	-0.551	2.66	-1.15%	-0.89

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