Archie McKain
1937–1943 · bats B / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
167G
.176AVG
.264OBP
.289SLG
More career statistics
25H
2HR
9RBI
0SB
26–21W–L
486.1IP
188K
4.26ERA
34GS
16SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 142 | 141 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 163 | 164 |
| Batting · Walks | 15 | 17 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,175 | 2,179 |
| Pitching · p er | 230 | 228 |
| Pitching · p hr | 26 | 28 |
| Pitching · p r | 270 | 269 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | 163 | 142 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | .176 | .264 | .289 | .553 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486.3 | 165 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 529 | 270 | 230 | 26 | 208 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 1.515 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1937-09-18 to 1937-09-30
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1939-09-15 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1939-08-14 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1939-09-06 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Boston Red Sox | 38 | 49 | 13 | – | 3 | – | .265 | 137 | 66 |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 31 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .065 | 99 | 27 |
| 1939 |  Detroit Tigers | 32 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 5 | – | .220 | 129 | 49 |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 27 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 51 | 23 |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 23 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 52 | 17 |
| 1943 |  St. Louis Browns | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 6 |