Hal McKain
1927–1932 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians
109G
.230AVG
.333OBP
.344SLG
More career statistics
28H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
18–23W–L
381.1IP
136K
4.93ERA
24GS
6SV
1Rare feat
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 · Hits | 28 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 145 | 146 |
| Batting · Triples | 5 | 6 |
| Batting · Walks | 18 | 19 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,747 | 1,744 |
| Pitching · p er | 209 | 206 |
| Pitching · p h | 435 | 434 |
| Pitching · p hr | 21 | 22 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,144 | 1,141 |
| Pitching · p k | 136 | 141 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 145 | 122 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | .230 | .333 | .344 | .677 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381.3 | 103 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 435 | 254 | 209 | 21 | 193 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 4.93 | 1.647 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1929-07-31 to 1929-08-23
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1931-07-12 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1929-09-04 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1927-09-22 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Cleveland Guardians | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 5 |
| 1929 |  Chicago White Sox | 34 | 44 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .227 | 158 | 38 |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 31 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .419 | 88 | 52 |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 42 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .143 | 112 | 39 |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 7 |