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Archie
McKain		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 12, 1911 in Usa, KS, DELPHOS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1937   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 26 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7
1938 27 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 8
1939 28 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1940 29 MON NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1941 30 MON NL $ 920,000 5 5 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1942 31 MON NL $ 920,000 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1943 32 MON NL $ 470,000 5 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7
1944 33 MON NL $ 470,000 5 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1945 34 SDP NL $ 470,000 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1946 35 SDP NL $ 470,000 5 4 3 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1947 36 SDP NL $ 470,000 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 6 6
1948 37 STL NL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 920,000 6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 26 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 27 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 28 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 29 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 30 MON NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 31 MON NL $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 32 MON NL $ 470,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 33 MON NL $ 470,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 34 SDP NL $ 470,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 35 SDP NL $ 470,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 36 SDP NL $ 470,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 37 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 920,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1937 26 MON NL 9 5 .643 73 6 0 0 5 116.0 133 46 4 33 42 3.57 .291 .336 .376 .712 9.3
1938 27 MON NL 8 6 .571 87 1 0 0 7 104.3 124 56 8 38 32 4.83 .297 .352 .428 .780 5.2
1939 28 MON NL 8 6 .571 66 1 0 0 14 86.7 86 36 5 18 30 3.74 .260 .296 .347 .644 10.2
    AAA   1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 4 21.7 22 6 0 10 15 2.49 .262 .340 .333 .674  
1940 29 MON NL 2 3 .400 44 0 0 0 16 50.7 49 12 5 18 22 2.13 .250 .313 .398 .711 9.2
1941 30 MON NL 7 5 .583 65 1 0 0 7 85.3 95 56 9 42 19 5.91 .281 .356 .414 .770 3.0
1942 31 MON NL 2 3 .400 52 0 0 0 10 61.0 61 24 5 28 18 3.54 .258 .335 .386 .720 5.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 2 13.7 14 6 0 3 4 3.95 .259 .298 .333 .632  
1943 32 MON NL 5 4 .556 88 0 0 0 10 111.3 118 53 12 41 34 4.28 .271 .332 .427 .759 8.7
1944 33 MON NL 3 5 .375 53 0 0 0 13 57.3 67 33 6 25 22 5.18 .286 .354 .427 .781 3.0
1945 34 SDP NL 5 2 .714 41 0 0 0 7 41.7 46 12 3 13 14 2.59 .277 .330 .392 .721 6.3
1946 35 SDP NL 10 4 .714 77 0 0 0 7 90.7 98 39 8 30 34 3.87 .268 .322 .383 .705 9.9
1947 36 SDP NL 4 2 .667 26 0 0 0 4 29.0 42 21 3 14 6 6.52 .350 .418 .475 .893 0.4
1948 37 AA   6 1 .857 31 0 0 0 1 30.7 22 7 1 17 27 2.05 .198 .305 .252 .557  
11 Years Sim 63 45 .583 672 9 0 0 100 834.0 919 388 68 300 273 4.19 .279 .337 .401 .738 70.9
2 Years AAA 1 1 .500 46 0 0 0 6 35.3 36 12 0 13 19 3.06 .261 .325 .333 .658  
1 Years AA 6 1 .857 31 0 0 0 1 30.7 22 7 1 17 27 2.05 .198 .305 .252 .557  
3 Years Minors 7 2 .778 77 0 0 0 7 66.0 58 19 1 30 46 2.59 .233 .315 .297 .613  
Season Average 5 4 .556 61 0 0 0 9 75.8 83 35 6 27 24 4.19 .279 .337 .401 .738  
Career Highs 10 6 .714 88 6 0 0 16 116.0 133 56 12 42 42 6.52 .350 .418 .475 .893  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   599 249 47 211 151   .290 .356 .416 .772
vs LH   320 139 21 89 122   .260 .310 .376 .686
Home 34 25 .576 354 5 0 0 41 446.6 474 197 34 168 160 3.97 .271 .335 .390 .725
Away 29 20 .592 318 4 0 0 60 387.3 445 191 34 132 113 4.44 .287 .343 .414 .757
Mar/Apr 13 9 .591 96 8 0 0 13 163.0 188 87 12 60 46 4.80 .292 .353 .404 .757
May 6 6 .500 97 0 0 0 15 131.7 142 58 10 36 43 3.97 .274 .321 .383 .704
June 13 5 .722 121 0 0 0 12 139.7 156 62 13 67 47 4.00 .281 .358 .414 .772
July 7 7 .500 120 0 0 0 22 133.6 144 63 14 48 36 4.24 .274 .335 .410 .745
August 12 11 .522 127 0 0 0 18 133.3 155 61 11 49 50 4.12 .285 .345 .414 .759
Sep/Oct 12 7 .632 111 1 0 0 21 132.6 134 57 8 40 51 3.87 .262 .315 .379 .694
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1937 26 MON NL 73 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.6 0.0
1938 27 MON NL 87 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1939 28 MON NL 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1940 29 MON NL 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1941 30 MON NL 65 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 -0.2 0.0
1942 31 MON NL 52 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
1943 32 MON NL 88 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0
1944 33 MON NL 53 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1945 34 SDP NL 42 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1946 35 SDP NL 77 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
10 Years Sim 647 56 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .071 .103 .089 .193 -2.4 0.0
162 Game Average 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .103 .089 .193 -0.6  
Career Highs 88 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .286 .250 .452 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   48 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .083 .120 .104 .224 -1.7
vs LH   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Home 262 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .037 .071 .037 .108 -2.0
Away 307 29 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .103 .133 .138 .271 -0.4
RISP   13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Close/Late   3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Mar/Apr 55 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .050 .095 .050 .145 -1.3
May 74 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
June 66 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
July 60 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2
August 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Sep/Oct 48 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1937 26 MON NL P 73 6 116.0 8 21 0 2 1.000 2.25    
1938 27 MON NL P 87 1 104.3 11 17 0 0 1.000 2.42    
1939 28 MON NL P 66 1 86.7 3 18 1 2 .955 2.18    
1940 29 MON NL P 44 0 50.7 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1941 30 MON NL P 65 1 85.3 3 17 1 2 .952 2.11    
1942 31 MON NL P 52 0 61.0 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1943 32 MON NL P 88 0 111.3 9 23 0 1 1.000 2.59    
1944 33 MON NL P 53 0 57.3 2 11 1 1 .929 2.04    
1945 34 SDP NL P 41 0 41.7 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.59    
1946 35 SDP NL P 77 0 90.7 4 14 2 0 .900 1.79    
1947 36 SDP NL P 26 0 29.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.10    
Career Totals   672 9 834.0 54 151 5 10 .976 2.21    
Career Highs   88 6 116.0 11 23 2 2 1.000 3.10    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1937 26 MON NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 4.3 6 5 1 1 2 10.39 .353 .389 .647 1.036
1941 30 MON NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 2 0 3 3 3.86 .263 .364 .316 .679
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 1 9.0 11 7 1 4 5 7.01 .306 .375 .472 .847
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1937-8-5
1938-7-7
1939-3-14
1940-1-16
1941-9-7
1942-6-10
1943-7-10
1944-5-13
1946-9-7
CAR-44-100
 Games Pitched
1937-1-73
1938-1-87
1939-2-66
1941-5-65
1942-9-52
1943-1-88
1944-8-53
1946-2-77
CAR-50-672
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tony Pierce (944)
  2. Danny Coombs (934)
  3. Sparky Lyle (930)
  4. Luis Aponte (927)
  5. Al Holland (926)
  6. Kent Tekulve (924)
  7. Jay Ritchie (920)
  8. Craig Swan (918)
  9. Bill Stafford (918)
  10. Cy Moore (918)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1937
Earned first career win on 4/5/1937
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1937 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
Had first career hit (double) on 7/27/1941, off Fred Caligiuri (TAM)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $470,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from Montreal to San Diego on 2/3/1945 (Going to MON: P Bill Lohrman. Going to SDP: 2B Benny Mccoy, C Frankie Hayes, P Archie Mckain)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/6/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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