Archie McKain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: May 12, 1911 in Delphos, KS us

Died: May 21, 1985 in Salina, KS

Buried: Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, KS

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-348d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 5, 1943 (Age 32-054d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Archie Richard McKain

Nicknames: Happy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.6

ERA

4.26

165

486.1

188

WHIP

1.515

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-16

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 12

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	133	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.78	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.011	.36	0.02%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	134	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,12-11	2-4		4	2.1	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	5.40	5.78	14	4	3	0	1	3		2	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.112	1.69	-0.14%	-1.28	2t 1-3 2 out d4	4t 3 out d5
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	135	21	May 8	DET		WSH	L,1-7	4-7		12	3.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.75	5.93	16	5	4	1	0	6		2	0	1	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.024	.94	-0.03%	-0.59	4t -23 2 out d3	7t 3 out d6
4	136	25	May 14	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.23	5.21	8	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.01	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
5	137	33	May 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	6-GF(8)		7	2.2	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	5.56	5.25	12	3	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.052	1.63	0.07%	1.02	6b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
6	138	42	May 30(1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	3-7		7	4.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.02	4.63	17	6	6	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.122	.94	0.13%	2.70	3t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d3
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
7	139	44	Jun 1(1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	8-8	L(0-1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.32	4.40	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.165	5.13	-0.26%	-0.41	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
8	140	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,10-6	2-GF	W(1-1)	5	7.1	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.13	3.62	27	5	11	2	3	5		2	0	0	0	0	26	1	2	0	2	0	0	.63	0.267	1.29	0.33%	1.65	2t 1-3 2 out d2	9t end a 4
9	141	57	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.48	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.038	.69	0.05%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	142	59	Jun 17(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	8-9	W(2-1)	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.67	3.56	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.112	1.69	-0.13%	-0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 0 out a3
11	143	62	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,4-14	3-GF(8)		2	5.1	10	7	7	1	0	0	0	5.01	3.53	27	8	8	1	0	10		2	0	0	0	0	26	3	1	0	1	0	1	.03	-0.009	.07	-0.01%	-3.91	3b 12- 2 out d6	8b end d12
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
12	144	82	Jul 12(2)	DET		BOS	L,2-10			21	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.98	3.80	8												7					0
13	145	87	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,1-8	2-GF(8)		5	6.1	11	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.87	3.86	31	12	6	0	1	10		3	1	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.029	.05	0.00%	0.35	2t 123 2 out d4	8t end d 7
14	146	91	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.85	3.77	9	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.060	.01	0.00%	0.01	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
15	147	99	Jul 31(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-9		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	3.76	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.91	0.051	.01	0.00%	0.15	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b 123 2 out tie
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns
16	148	102	Aug 7	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	9-GF		6	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.11	3.69	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.45	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d11
17	149	116	Aug 19(2)	SLB		BOS	L,7-10			11	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04	3.68	3												3					0
18	150	124	Aug 25(1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	3.66	3	1	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.156	.00	0.00%	1.56	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
19	151	125	Aug 25(2)	SLB		WSH	T,3-3	7-7	BS(1)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.86	3.78	4	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.09	7t 1-3 0 out a1	7t 123 2 out tie
20	152	127	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,1-11	3-4		1	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.59	3.83	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-2.89	3t 12- 2 out d4	4t 1-3 0 out d6
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
21	153	133	Sep 1(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-9			4	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	5.77	4.33	7												7					0
22	154	145	Sep 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-8	11-11		14	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.69	4.37	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.07	11b --- 0 out tie	11b 12- 2 out tie
23	155	146	Sep 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	7-GF(10)	L(2-2)	0	3.2	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.47	4.28	17	7	3	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.35	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.21	7b -2- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
							6-16		W-L:2-2,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.9	52.2	74	33	32	15	17	5	1	5.47	4.28	243	1.28		4%	8%	63		22	9%	2	1	0	220	13	7	1	3	0	2	.73	0.231	.70	0.02%	-0.59

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