Don McMahon

Q: When was Don McMahon born?

Don McMahon was born on January 4, 1930.

Q: Where was Don McMahon born?

Don McMahon was born in Brooklyn, NY .

Q: How tall was Don McMahon?

Don McMahon was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Don McMahon weigh when playing?

Don McMahon weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Don McMahon in the Hall of Fame?

Don McMahon has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Don McMahon have?

Don McMahon had 1,003 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Don McMahon played for?

Don McMahon played for 7 teams; the Milwaukee Braves, Houston Colt .45s, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants.

Q: How many World Series has Don McMahon won?

Don McMahon won 2 World Series.

Q: When did Don McMahon retire?

Don McMahon last played in 1974.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: January 4, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: July 22, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, CA

High School: Erasmus Hall HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: June 30, 1957 (Age 27-177d, 11,459th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 2 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 29, 1974 (Age 44-176d)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Donald John McMahon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.5

ERA

2.96

874

152

1310.2

1003

WHIP

1.246

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
1950	20	BSN-min	D	20	9	.690	2.72	33						218.0	211	104	66		119									1.514	8.7		4.9			OWN KITL
1952			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	MLN-min	B	6	5	.545	4.50	26	12		3	0		114.0	113	69	57	5	77		91	6	0	2				1.667	8.9	0.4	6.1	7.2	1.18	EVN IIIL
1954	24	MLN-min	AA	8	5	.615	3.56	46	1		0	0		91.0	87	39	36	5	64		90	5	1	4				1.659	8.6	0.5	6.3	8.9	1.41	ATA SOUA
1955	25	MLN-min	AAA	2	13	.133	5.01	42	17		3	0		142.0	149	88	79	11	95	7	93	6	0	7				1.718	9.4	0.7	6.0	5.9	0.98	TOL AA
1956	26	MLN-min	AAA,AA	8	6	.571	3.67	54	7		1	1		125.0	109	57	51	8	57	6	112	2	0	6				1.328	7.8	0.6	4.1	8.1	1.96	WCH,ATA AA,SOUA
1957	27	MLN-min	AAA	6	2	.750	2.92	21	1		0	0		71.0	59	25	23	5	38	7	65	1	0	3				1.366	7.5	0.6	4.8	8.2	1.71	WCH AA
1957	27	MLN	NL	2	3	.400	1.54	32	0	19	0	0	8	46.2	33	13	8	0	29	4	46	0	0	0	200	228	2.35	1.329	6.4	0.0	5.6	8.9	1.59
1958	28	MLN	NL	7	2	.778	3.68	38	0	28	0	0	8	58.2	50	25	24	4	29	5	37	2	0	1	250	97	3.69	1.347	7.7	0.6	4.4	5.7	1.28	AS
1959	29	MLN	NL	5	3	.625	2.57	60	0	49	0	0	15	80.2	81	26	23	5	37	5	55	1	1	3	359	138	3.40	1.463	9.0	0.6	4.1	6.1	1.49
1960	30	MLN	NL	3	6	.333	5.94	48	0	26	0	0	10	63.2	66	48	42	9	32	4	50	2	1	2	288	58	4.40	1.539	9.3	1.3	4.5	7.1	1.56
1961	31	MLN	NL	6	4	.600	2.84	53	0	32	0	0	8	92.0	84	35	29	4	51	6	55	2	0	4	402	130	3.67	1.467	8.2	0.4	5.0	5.4	1.08
1962	32	TOT	NL	5	6	.455	1.69	53	0	42	0	0	8	79.2	56	16	15	5	33	1	72	1	0	8	318	223	2.91	1.117	6.3	0.6	3.7	8.1	2.18
1962	32	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	72	4.95	1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	9.0
1962	32	HOU	NL	5	5	.500	1.53	51	0	40	0	0	8	76.2	53	14	13	4	33	1	69	1	0	8	306	247	2.83	1.122	6.2	0.5	3.9	8.1	2.09
1963	33	HOU	NL	1	5	.167	4.05	49	2	26	0	0	5	80.0	83	38	36	10	26	2	51	0	3	2	344	78	3.80	1.363	9.3	1.1	2.9	5.7	1.96
1964	34	CLE	AL	6	4	.600	2.41	70	0	39	0	0	16	101.0	67	31	27	7	52	5	92	2	0	12	418	151	3.29	1.178	6.0	0.6	4.6	8.2	1.77
1965	35	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	3.28	58	0	31	0	0	11	85.0	79	36	31	8	37	7	60	1	0	8	361	107	3.67	1.365	8.4	0.8	3.9	6.4	1.62
1966	36	TOT	AL	9	8	.529	2.69	61	0	31	0	0	10	90.1	73	33	27	8	44	8	62	3	0	5	384	141	3.89	1.295	7.3	0.8	4.4	6.2	1.41
1966	36	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	2.92	12	0	5	0	0	1	12.1	8	4	4	1	6	0	5	0	0	1	50	122	4.26	1.135	5.8	0.7	4.4	3.6	0.83
1966	36	BOS	AL	8	7	.533	2.65	49	0	26	0	0	9	78.0	65	29	23	7	38	8	57	3	0	4	334	144	3.84	1.321	7.5	0.8	4.4	6.6	1.50
1967	37	TOT	AL	6	2	.750	1.98	63	0	20	0	0	5	109.1	68	29	24	8	40	4	84	6	0	6	432	158	3.22	0.988	5.6	0.7	3.3	6.9	2.10
1967	37	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	3.57	11	0	6	0	0	2	17.2	14	8	7	3	13	0	10	0	0	1	79	101	5.82	1.528	7.1	1.5	6.6	5.1	0.77
1967	37	CHW	AL	5	0	1.000	1.67	52	0	14	0	0	3	91.2	54	21	17	5	27	4	74	6	0	5	353	181	2.71	0.884	5.3	0.5	2.7	7.3	2.74
1968	38	TOT	AL	5	2	.714	1.98	45	0	14	0	0	1	81.2	53	18	18	4	30	7	65	3	0	5	325	159	2.64	1.016	5.8	0.4	3.3	7.2	2.17
1968	38	CHW	AL	2	1	.667	1.96	25	0	5	0	0	0	46.0	31	10	10	2	20	6	32	3	0	2	190	165	3.06	1.109	6.1	0.4	3.9	6.3	1.60
1968	38	DET	AL	3	1	.750	2.02	20	0	9	0	0	1	35.2	22	8	8	2	10	1	33	0	0	3	135	151	2.10	0.897	5.6	0.5	2.5	8.3	3.30
1969	39	TOT	MLB	6	6	.500	3.56	47	0	29	0	0	13	60.2	38	26	24	3	27	1	59	1	0	4	245	104	2.59	1.071	5.6	0.4	4.0	8.8	2.19
1969	39	DET	AL	3	5	.375	3.89	34	0	21	0	0	11	37.0	25	17	16	2	18	1	38	1	0	1	153	97	2.70	1.162	6.1	0.5	4.4	9.2	2.11
1969	39	SFG	NL	3	1	.750	3.04	13	0	8	0	0	2	23.2	13	9	8	1	9	0	21	0	0	3	92	118	2.42	0.930	4.9	0.4	3.4	8.0	2.33
1970	40	SFG	NL	9	5	.643	2.96	61	0	44	0	0	19	94.1	70	32	31	9	45	13	74	2	0	7	399	136	3.80	1.219	6.7	0.9	4.3	7.1	1.64
1971	41	SFG	NL	10	6	.625	4.06	61	0	26	0	0	4	82.0	73	40	37	9	37	6	71	7	0	2	356	85	3.76	1.341	8.0	1.0	4.1	7.8	1.92
1972	42	SFG	NL	3	3	.500	3.71	44	0	27	0	0	5	63.0	46	26	26	8	21	3	45	1	0	2	253	95	3.67	1.063	6.6	1.1	3.0	6.4	2.14
1973	43	SFG	NL	4	0	1.000	1.48	22	0	16	0	0	6	30.1	21	5	5	1	7	3	20	0	0	3	119	263	2.37	0.923	6.2	0.3	2.1	5.9	2.86
1974	44	SFG	NL	0	0		3.09	9	0	6	0	0	0	11.2	13	5	4	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	50	128	4.46	1.286	10.0	1.5	1.5	3.9	2.50
18 Yrs				90	68	.570	2.96	874	2	505	0	0	152	1310.2	1054	482	431	104	579	84	1003	34	5	75	5503	120	3.43	1.246	7.2	0.7	4.0	6.9	1.73
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.570	2.96	68	0	39	0	0	12	102	82	37	33	8	45	7	78	3	0	6	427	120	3.43	1.246	7.2	0.7	4.0	6.9	1.73
				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
SFG (6 yrs)				29	15	.659	3.28	210	0	127	0	0	36	305.0	236	117	111	30	121	25	236	10	0	18	1269	114	3.54	1.170	7.0	0.9	3.6	7.0	1.95
MLN (6 yrs)				23	19	.548	3.34	233	0	156	0	0	49	344.2	317	149	128	23	178	24	246	7	2	10	1511	107	3.58	1.436	8.3	0.6	4.6	6.4	1.38
CLE (3 yrs)				10	8	.556	2.81	140	0	75	0	0	28	198.1	154	71	62	16	95	12	157	3	0	21	829	127	3.51	1.255	7.0	0.7	4.3	7.1	1.65
BOS (2 yrs)				9	9	.500	2.82	60	0	32	0	0	11	95.2	79	37	30	10	51	8	67	3	0	5	413	134	4.20	1.359	7.4	0.9	4.8	6.3	1.31
DET (2 yrs)				6	6	.500	2.97	54	0	30	0	0	12	72.2	47	25	24	4	28	2	71	1	0	4	288	115	2.41	1.032	5.8	0.5	3.5	8.8	2.54
HOU (2 yrs)				6	10	.375	2.81	100	2	66	0	0	13	156.2	136	52	49	14	59	3	120	1	3	10	650	123	3.33	1.245	7.8	0.8	3.4	6.9	2.03
CHW (2 yrs)				7	1	.875	1.77	77	0	19	0	0	3	137.2	85	31	27	7	47	10	106	9	0	7	543	175	2.83	0.959	5.6	0.5	3.1	6.9	2.26

NL (13 yrs)				58	44	.569	3.21	543	2	349	0	0	98	806.1	689	318	288	67	358	52	602	18	5	38	3430	112	3.51	1.298	7.7	0.7	4.0	6.7	1.68
AL (6 yrs)				32	24	.571	2.55	331	0	156	0	0	54	504.1	365	164	143	37	221	32	401	16	0	37	2073	136	3.30	1.162	6.5	0.7	3.9	7.2	1.81

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Don McMahon born?

Don McMahon was born on January 4, 1930.

Where was Don McMahon born?

Don McMahon was born in Brooklyn, NY.

How tall was Don McMahon?

Don McMahon was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Don McMahon weigh when playing?

Don McMahon weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Don McMahon play?

Don McMahon played 18 seasons.

Is Don McMahon in the Hall of Fame?

Don McMahon has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Don McMahon play?

Don McMahon was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Don McMahon have?

Don McMahon had 1,003 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Don McMahon played for?

Don McMahon played for 7 teams; the Milwaukee Braves, Houston Colt .45s, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants.

How many World Series has Don McMahon won?

Don McMahon won 2 World Series.

When did Don McMahon retire?

Don McMahon last played in 1974.

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