Cal McLish
1944–1964 · bats B / throws R · ALS, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
368G
.149AVG
.220OBP
.194SLG
More career statistics
73H
3HR
30RBI
1SB
92–92W–L
1,609.0IP
713K
4.02ERA
209GS
6SV
3Rare feats
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 · Strikeouts | 196 | 197 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 564 | 565 |
| Batting · Walks | 45 | 46 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,938 | 6,928 |
| Pitching · p er | 718 | 719 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,685 | 1,681 |
| Pitching · p hr | 164 | 165 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,827 | 4,824 |
| Pitching · p k | 713 | 714 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368 | 564 | 490 | 47 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 95 | .149 | .220 | .194 | .414 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,609.0 | 352 | 209 | 57 | 92 | 92 | 6 | 1,685 | 825 | 718 | 164 | 552 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 1.390 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1944-05-21 to 1944-06-09
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1957-09-23 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1957-05-22 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1949-05-30 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 177 | 277 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 99 | .119 | .188 | .157 |
| Away | 191 | 288 | 45 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 98 | .176 | .233 | .227 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .129 | .147 | .161 |
| May | 75 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 29 | .167 | .309 | .233 |
| June | 76 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 35 | .181 | .213 | .205 |
| July | 74 | 131 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 41 | .158 | .221 | .228 |
| August | 64 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 54 | .108 | .144 | .108 |
| September | 49 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 25 | .148 | .183 | .230 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | .140 | .176 | .186 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | .200 | .275 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .086 | .119 | .086 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 27 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .205 | .194 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 24 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | .171 | .268 | .257 |
| baltimore-orioles | 22 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .167 | .241 | .167 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .087 | .125 | .087 |
| chicago-cubs | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .053 | .095 | .105 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 31 | 32 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .219 | 83 | 24 |
| 1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1948 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 1 |
| 1949 |  Chicago Cubs | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | .333 | 23 | 6 |
| 1951 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 42 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 145 | 47 |
| 1956 |  Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .111 | 61 | 27 |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 44 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 7 | – | .186 | 144 | 89 |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 64 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .094 | 225 | 95 |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 74 | 14 | – | 8 | 1 | .189 | 235 | 113 |
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 41 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .049 | 151 | 57 |
| 1961 |  Chicago White Sox | 31 | 54 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .167 | 162 | 80 |
| 1962 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 32 | 51 | 4 | – | – | – | .078 | 154 | 71 |
| 1963 | Philadelphia Phillies | 33 | 69 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .203 | 209 | 98 |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 6 |