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Hal
McKain		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 10, 1906 in Usa, IA, LOGAN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 CIN NL $ 350,000 78 56 64 60 31 39 35 27 32 30
1931 24 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 4 3
1932 25 CIN NL $ 350,000 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
1933 26 CIN NL $ 850,000 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
1934 27 CIN NL $ 850,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1935 28 SLC NL $ 650,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4
1936 29 SLC NL $ 650,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 3
1937 30 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1939 32 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 850,000 78 56 64 60 31 39 35 27 32 30
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 CIN NL $ 350,000   34 34 34 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 41 41 41
1931 24 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1932 25 CIN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1933 26 CIN NL $ 850,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1934 27 CIN NL $ 850,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1935 28 SLC NL $ 650,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1936 29 SLC NL $ 650,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1937 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 850,000   34 34 34 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 41 41 41
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
1930 23 CIN NL 0 4 .000 15 2 0 0 0 30.0 37 17 4 18 12 5.10 .303 .397 .451 .848 0.0
1931 24 CIN NL 4 9 .308 70 0 0 0 2 64.0 85 49 8 30 16 6.89 .316 .383 .483 .867 0.0
1932 25 CIN NL 4 6 .400 63 1 0 0 7 67.0 82 33 3 40 18 4.43 .309 .399 .415 .814 3.7
1933 26 CIN NL 3 8 .273 64 0 0 0 6 78.3 105 42 2 39 24 4.83 .322 .397 .393 .790 2.7
1934 27 CIN NL 2 1 .667 27 1 0 0 1 36.0 38 17 2 17 8 4.25 .277 .355 .394 .749 2.9
1935 28 SLC NL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 1 11.7 25 10 2 6 3 7.72 .424 .477 .576 1.053 0.0
    AAA   2 6 .250 11 10 0 0 1 68.0 77 32 10 30 54 4.24 .294 .366 .458 .824  
    AA   4 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 28.3 24 4 0 11 27 1.27 .224 .297 .252 .549  
1936 29 AAA   10 13 .435 29 29 1 0 0 208.0 209 74 19 74 157 3.20 .262 .324 .390 .715  
1937 30 SDP NL 2 4 .333 38 0 0 0 2 46.3 62 34 5 19 15 6.60 .321 .383 .446 .829 0.0
1939 32 AA   3 2 .600 35 0 0 0 0 41.0 34 13 4 16 51 2.85 .231 .307 .361 .667  
1940 33 AA   7 4 .636 91 0 0 0 6 98.3 83 32 11 25 107 2.93 .226 .276 .357 .632  
7 Years Sim 15 32 .319 291 4 0 0 19 333.3 434 202 26 169 96 5.45 .317 .392 .435 .827 9.3
2 Years AAA 12 19 .387 40 39 1 0 1 276.0 286 106 29 104 211 3.46 .270 .335 .407 .742  
3 Years AA 14 6 .700 130 4 0 0 6 167.7 141 49 15 52 185 2.63 .227 .287 .340 .627  
5 Years Minors 26 25 .510 170 43 1 0 7 443.7 427 155 44 156 396 3.14 .254 .317 .382 .699  
Season Average 2 4 .333 41 0 0 0 2 47.6 62 28 3 24 13 5.45 .317 .392 .435 .827  
Career Highs 4 9 .667 70 2 0 0 7 78.3 105 49 8 40 24 7.72 .424 .477 .576 1.053  
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   207 95 9 84 58   .284 .358 .374 .732
vs LH   227 107 17 85 38   .354 .429 .505 .934
Home 8 13 .381 152 3 0 0 4 180.3 218 106 13 95 43 5.29 .298 .379 .405 .784
Away 7 19 .269 139 1 0 0 15 153.0 216 96 13 74 53 5.65 .338 .406 .470 .876
Mar/Apr 1 8 .111 48 0 0 0 4 57.6 77 33 3 32 9 5.15 .317 .396 .440 .837
May 4 4 .500 63 0 0 0 1 72.3 87 31 8 29 20 3.86 .299 .363 .426 .789
June 2 4 .333 50 1 0 0 3 51.0 69 33 6 23 14 5.82 .325 .391 .481 .873
July 1 2 .333 34 0 0 0 1 37.7 48 22 2 16 12 5.26 .300 .364 .413 .776
August 5 8 .385 52 0 0 0 7 55.0 64 29 1 30 23 4.75 .302 .388 .358 .747
Sep/Oct 2 6 .250 44 3 0 0 3 59.7 89 54 6 39 18 8.15 .352 .438 .482 .921
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
1930 23 CIN NL 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1932 25 CIN NL 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1933 26 CIN NL 64 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
1934 27 CIN NL 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1935 28 SLC NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1937 30 SDP NL 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
6 Years Sim 221 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.5  
Career Highs 64 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
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   17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 116 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
Away 88 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 20 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
May 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
July 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 16 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    
1930 23 CIN NL P 15 2 30.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1931 24 CIN NL P 70 0 64.0 7 17 0 2 1.000 3.38    
1932 25 CIN NL P 63 1 67.0 10 19 2 3 .935 3.90    
1933 26 CIN NL P 64 0 78.3 7 13 1 1 .952 2.30    
1934 27 CIN NL P 27 1 36.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1935 28 SLC NL P 14 0 11.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.63    
1937 30 SDP NL P 38 0 46.3 3 8 1 0 .917 2.14    
Career Totals   291 4 333.3 30 75 4 6 .963 2.84    
Career Highs   70 2 78.3 10 19 2 3 1.000 4.63    
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
1931 24 CIN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 1 0 18.00 .455 .500 .727 1.227
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 1 0 18.00 .455 .500 .727 1.227
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1932-7-7
 Games Pitched
1931-4-70
1932-3-63
1933-5-64
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Tom Gorman (977)
  2. George Zuverink (970)
  3. Paul Giel (969)
  4. Doc Medich (968)
  5. Wayland Dean (967)
  6. Gary Ross (966)
  7. Rick Langford (965)
  8. Dwight Bernard (965)
  9. Al Worthington (964)
  10. Don Newhauser (962)
History
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Earned first career win on 5/1/1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
9/29/1932: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $850,000 per year, for 2 years
Had first career hit on 4/23/1933, off Hank Johnson (SLC)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (C) on 2/14/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/22/1937 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/14/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/25/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by San Diego on 10/17/1940
 
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