Mickey McDermott
1948–1961 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
443G
.252AVG
.312OBP
.349SLG
More career statistics
156H
9HR
74RBI
1SB
69–69W–L
1,316.2IP
757K
3.91ERA
156GS
14SV
5Rare 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 | 112 | 110 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,801 | 5,802 |
| Pitching · p er | 572 | 574 |
| Pitching · p k | 757 | 758 |
| Pitching · p r | 655 | 656 |
| Pitching · p w | 838 | 840 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 443 | 682 | 619 | 71 | 156 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 74 | 52 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 216 | .252 | .312 | .349 | .661 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,316.7 | 291 | 156 | 54 | 69 | 69 | 14 | 1,161 | 655 | 572 | 86 | 838 | 757 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 1.518 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1949-07-26 to 1949-08-16
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1952-05-29 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1951-07-28 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1948-05-20 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 221 | 335 | 73 | 3 | 42 | 27 | 58 | .242 | .299 | .321 |
| Away | 222 | 347 | 83 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 52 | .262 | .311 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | .231 | .317 | .308 |
| May | 83 | 140 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 20 | .238 | .293 | .392 |
| June | 87 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | .156 | .215 | .211 |
| July | 80 | 128 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 22 | .254 | .266 | .320 |
| August | 93 | 141 | 35 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 24 | .276 | .319 | .409 |
| September | 59 | 92 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 8 | .380 | .467 | .443 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 144 | 31 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 26 | .237 | .285 | .344 |
| new-york-yankees | 56 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | .235 | .297 | .309 |
| chicago-white-sox | 54 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | .203 | .246 | .254 |
| detroit-tigers | 49 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .180 | .243 | .410 |
| baltimore-orioles | 40 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | .306 | .382 | .388 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 36 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | .280 | .333 | .380 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 32 | 75 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .313 | .347 | .403 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .324 | .390 | .405 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Boston Red Sox | 7 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | .375 | 23 | 17 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 12 | 33 | 7 | – | 6 | – | .212 | 80 | 50 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 39 | 44 | 16 | – | 12 | – | .364 | 130 | 96 |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 6 | – | .273 | 172 | 127 |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 36 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 7 | – | .226 | 162 | 117 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 93 | 28 | 1 | 13 | – | .301 | 206 | 93 |
| 1954 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 54 | 95 | 19 | – | 4 | – | .200 | 196 | 95 |
| 1955 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 70 | 95 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .263 | 156 | 78 |
| 1956 |  New York Yankees | 46 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .212 | 87 | 38 |
| 1957 |  Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 7 | – | .245 | 69 | 29 |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 2 | – |
| 1961 | Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 19 | 2 | – | 4 | – | .105 | 32 | 18 |