Al McBean

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: May 15, 1938 in Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands vi

High School: Charlotte Amalie HS (St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands)

Debut: July 2, 1961 (Age 23-048d, 11,872nd in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 10, 1970 (Age 31-360d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Alvin O'Neal McBean

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

ERA

3.13

409

1072.1

575

WHIP

1.327

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1958	20	PIT-min	D-,D	7	5	.583	3.09	28	9		4	0		99.0	78	45	34	4	50		88	6	1	8				1.293	7.1	0.4	4.5	8.0	1.76	SAL,CLI APPY,MIDW
1959	21	PIT-min	B	7	7	.500	4.28	26	17		3	1		124.0	121	68	59	15	77	5	87	3	0	1				1.597	8.8	1.1	5.6	6.3	1.13	WLS CARL
1960	22	PIT-min	A	9	6	.600	3.93	30	9		4	2		116.2	116	63	51	10	54	4	53	5	2	2				1.457	8.9	0.8	4.2	4.1	0.98	SAV SALL
1961	23	PIT-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.14	19	3		0	0		59.0	47	19	14	2	19	2	25	3	0	4				1.119	7.2	0.3	2.9	3.8	1.32	CLB IL
1961	23	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	3.75	27	2	7	0	0	0	74.1	72	35	31	4	42	5	49	4	0	10	330	106	3.81	1.534	8.7	0.5	5.1	5.9	1.17
1962	24	PIT	NL	15	10	.600	3.70	33	29	0	6	2	0	189.2	212	93	78	11	65	2	119	7	0	4	823	107	3.25	1.460	10.1	0.5	3.1	5.6	1.83
1963	25	PIT	NL	13	3	.813	2.57	55	7	30	2	1	11	122.1	100	42	35	5	39	9	74	2	3	2	499	128	2.81	1.136	7.4	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.90
1964	26	PIT	NL	8	3	.727	1.91	58	0	49	0	0	21	89.2	76	23	19	4	17	8	41	4	0	3	355	184	2.97	1.037	7.6	0.4	1.7	4.1	2.41
1965	27	PIT	NL	6	6	.500	2.29	62	1	41	0	0	19	114.0	111	33	29	5	42	11	54	3	0	4	483	154	3.32	1.342	8.8	0.4	3.3	4.3	1.29
1966	28	PIT	NL	4	3	.571	3.22	47	0	17	0	0	3	86.2	95	38	31	9	24	6	54	2	1	1	369	111	3.56	1.373	9.9	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.25
1967	29	PIT	NL	7	4	.636	2.54	51	8	21	5	0	4	131.0	118	41	37	6	43	6	54	1	1	0	530	132	3.32	1.229	8.1	0.4	3.0	3.7	1.26
1968	30	PIT	NL	9	12	.429	3.58	36	28	0	9	2	0	198.1	204	88	79	10	63	5	100	5	1	5	839	81	3.06	1.346	9.3	0.5	2.9	4.5	1.59
1969	31	TOT	NL	2	7	.222	4.07	32	1	18	0	0	4	55.1	56	26	25	7	23	4	27	2	0	6	239	83	4.53	1.428	9.1	1.1	3.7	4.4	1.17
1969	31	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	31	73	4.94	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50
1969	31	LAD	NL	2	6	.250	3.91	31	0	18	0	0	4	48.1	46	22	21	6	21	4	26	2	0	4	208	85	4.47	1.386	8.6	1.1	3.9	4.8	1.24
1970	32	PHI-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.03	7	6		1	0	0	34.0	43	24	19	4	12	0	15	0	0	0				1.618	11.4	1.1	3.2	4.0	1.25	EUG PCL
1970	32	TOT	NL	0	0		7.36	8	0	4	0	0	1	11.0	14	11	9	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	51	57	6.37	1.909	11.5	1.6	5.7	2.5	0.43
1970	32	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.64	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1970	32	PIT	NL	0	0		8.10	7	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	13	11	9	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	48	50	6.74	2.000	11.7	1.8	6.3	2.7	0.43
1971	33	PHI-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.78	25	25		5	0	0	160.0	205	91	85	20	57	5	74	6	0	10				1.638	11.5	1.1	3.2	4.2	1.30	EUG PCL
10 Yrs				67	50	.573	3.13	409	76	187	22	5	63	1072.1	1058	430	373	63	365	56	575	30	6	35	4518	111	3.32	1.327	8.9	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.58
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.573	3.13	57	11	26	3	1	9	150	148	60	52	9	51	8	81	4	1	5	633	111	3.32	1.327	8.9	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.58

PIT (9 yrs)				65	43	.602	3.08	376	75	168	22	5	59	1016.0	1001	404	348	56	342	52	548	28	6	29	4276	113	3.25	1.322	8.9	0.5	3.0	4.9	1.60
LAD (2 yrs)				2	6	.250	3.83	32	0	19	0	0	4	49.1	47	22	21	6	21	4	26	2	0	4	211	88	4.44	1.378	8.6	1.1	3.8	4.7	1.24
SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	31	73	4.94	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50

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