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Cal McLish

Full name Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish
Born December 1, 1925, Anadarko, Oklahoma
Died August 26, 2010, Edmond, Oklahoma
Buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Cremated)
First Game: May 13, 1944; Final Game: July 14, 1964
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 179
Bats right in 1944
Ejections as player: 1959 (1), 1960 (1). Total: 2
Ejections as coach: 1976 (2), 1978 (1), 1979 (2), 1980 (1), 1981 (1), 1982 (1). Total: 8
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1944 BRO N    Daily Splits   31    32    6    7   1   0   0    1    0   0   12   0   1       0   0   1    0   0  .219  .219  .250   0.0 1944 BRO N
1946 BRO N                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1946 BRO N
1947 PIT N                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1947 PIT N
1948 PIT N    Daily Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1948 PIT N
1949 CHI N    Daily Splits    9     9    4    3   0   0   1    1    0   0    3   0   0       0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .667   0.0 1949 CHI N
1951 CHI N    Daily Splits   31    42    2    5   0   1   0    1    3   0   20   0   0       0   1   1    0   0  .119  .178  .167   0.0 1951 CHI N
1956 CLE A    Daily Splits   39     9    2    1   1   0   0    2    6   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .467  .222   0.0 1956 CLE A
1957 CLE A    Daily Splits   44    43    7    8   0   0   2    7    7   0   17   0   4   0   0   2   0    0   0  .186  .300  .326   0.0 1957 CLE A
1958 CLE A    Daily Splits   39    64    6    6   0   0   0    1   13   0   25   0   4   1   0   1   1    0   0  .094  .244  .094   0.0 1958 CLE A
1959 CLE A    Daily Splits   35    74    8   14   2   1   0    8    4   0   25   0   9   0   0   3   1    1   0  .189  .231  .243   0.0 1959 CLE A
1960 CIN N    Daily Splits   37    41    1    2   0   0   0    1    1   0   14   0   1   1   0   0   1    0   0  .049  .070  .049   0.0 1960 CIN N
1961 CHI A    Daily Splits   31    54    2    9   1   0   0    5    1   0   24   0   3   0   0   1   1    0   0  .167  .182  .185   0.0 1961 CHI A
1962 PHI N    Daily Splits   32    51    2    4   1   0   0    0    5   0   24   0   1   0   0   0   2    0   0  .078  .161  .098   0.0 1962 PHI N
1963 PHI N    Daily Splits   33    69    7   14   3   0   0    3    5   0   28   0   4   0   0   2   0    0   0  .203  .257  .246   0.0 1963 PHI N
1964 PHI N    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1964 PHI N
Total NL (10 Years)         180   246   22   35   5   1   1    7   14   0  101   0   7   1   0   3   5    0   0  .142  .188  .183   0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 5 Years)         188   244   25   38   4   1   2   23   31   0   95   0  20   1   0   7   3    1   0  .156  .250  .205   0.0 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits  368   490   47   73   9   2   3   30   45   0  196   0  27   2   0  10   8    1   0  .149  .220  .194   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1959 AL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1959 AL   

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1944 BRO N    Daily Splits   23  13   3   0   3   0   84    110   402  10   81   73   48   5   24  10       1   1   1  19   5   4   6   3  10   7.82  5.00  -4.9 1944 BRO N
1946 BRO N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0      1     2   0    2    2    0   0    0   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    INF     -  -0.2 1946 BRO N
1947 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      2     6   0    2    2    0   0    0   0       0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  18.00     -  -0.1 1947 PIT N
1948 PIT N    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    5      8    22   0    5    5    2   0    1   0       1   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   9.00  8.00  -0.1 1948 PIT N
1949 CHI N    Daily Splits    8   2   0   0   5   0   23     31   107   6   21   15   12   1    6   4       0   0   0   1   1   3   5   1   1   5.87  7.00  -0.3 1949 CHI N
1951 CHI N    Daily Splits   30  17   5   1   6   0  145.2  159   628  16   76   72   52   5   46  11       2   3   1  23   3  19   8   4  10   4.45  3.35  -0.4 1951 CHI N
1956 CLE A    Daily Splits   37   2   0   0  17   1   61.2   67   276   5   36   34   32   5   27   4   2   1   0   0  11   1   5   4   2   4   4.96  3.00  -0.2 1956 CLE A
1957 CLE A    Daily Splits   42   7   2   0  19   1  144.1  118   616  11   55   44   67  10   88   9   2   8   2   0  14   4  17  14   9   7   2.74  5.43   1.9 1957 CLE A
1958 CLE A    Daily Splits   39  30  13   0   1   1  225.2  214   941  25   92   75   70   4   97  13   5   4   1   0  24   3  20  16  16   8   2.99  5.57   1.3 1958 CLE A
1959 CLE A    Daily Splits   35  32  13   0   1   1  235.1  253  1021  26  110   95   72   6  113   5   3   4   5   0  29   7  18  16  19   8   3.63  4.94   0.3 1959 CLE A
1960 CIN N    Daily Splits   37  21   2   1  11   1  151.1  170   663  16   85   70   48   8   56  10   6   5   7   1  35   6  11   9   4  14   4.16  3.38  -1.2 1960 CIN N
1961 CHI A    Daily Splits   31  27   4   0   3   1  162.1  178   701  21   87   79   47   1   80  13   4   4   1   0  20   7  15  13  10  13   4.38  3.81  -1.0 1961 CHI A
1962 PHI N    Daily Splits   32  24   5   1   3   1  154.2  184   682  15   84   73   45   6   71   4   4   4   2   0  38   6  10   7  11   5   4.25  4.71  -0.9 1962 PHI N
1963 PHI N    Daily Splits   32  32  10   2   0   0  209.2  184   847  14   85   76   56   3   98  11   6   4   4   0  34   4  24  15  13  11   3.26  4.12   0.6 1963 PHI N
1964 PHI N    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    6    24   0    3    2    1   1    6   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   3.38  3.00   0.0 1964 PHI N
Total NL (10 Years)         168 111  25   5  29   2  779.2  855  3383  77  444  390  264  29  308  51  16  17  18   3 153  25  73  52  36  52   4.50  4.17  -7.5 Total NL
Total AL ( 5 Years)         184  98  32   0  41   5  829.1  830  3555  88  380  327  288  26  405  44  16  21   9   0  98  22  75  63  56  40   3.55  4.82   2.3 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits  352 209  57   5  70   7 1609   1685  6938 165  824  717  552  55  713  95  32  38  27   3 251  47 148 115  92  92   4.01  4.47  -5.2 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1959 AL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    2      1     8   0    0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1959 AL   

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1944 BRO N Daily Splits   P   23   13    3    83.2     3    9    0    0   0    2    5    2    0 1.000
1946 BRO N Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     0       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1947 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       1    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1948 PIT N Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5       0    2    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1949 CHI N Daily Splits   P    8    2    0    23       3    6    1    1   0    0    3    1    0  .900
1951 CHI N Daily Splits   P   30   17    5   145.2    14   22    1    6   0    0   11    4    0  .973
1956 CLE A Daily Splits   P   37    2    0    61       5   14    0    0   0    1    3    2    0 1.000
1957 CLE A Daily Splits   P   42    7    2   144.1     6   27    1    2   0    3    4    2    0  .971
1958 CLE A Daily Splits   P   39   30   13   225.2    15   38    1    4   0    2    9    6    0  .981
1959 CLE A Daily Splits   P   35   32   13   235.1    25   49    2    4   0    0   11    3    0  .974
1960 CIN N Daily Splits   P   36   21    2   151.1    13   33    1    0   0    2   10    4    0  .979
1961 CHI A Daily Splits   P   31   27    4   162.1    16   32    0    1   0    1    7    7    1 1.000
1962 PHI N Daily Splits   P   32   24    5   154.2    17   20    0    2   0    0    6    4    0 1.000
1963 PHI N Daily Splits   P   32   32   10   209.2    13   47    4    7   0    0   10    4    0  .938
1964 PHI N Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5.1     0    2    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Total (15 Years) Splits   P  351  209   57  1608     131  302   11   27   0   11   82   39    1  .975
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1959 AL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1965 PHI N  Pitching                    4-12  10- 3
1966 PHI N  Pitching                    4-13  10- 2
1969 MON N  Pitching                    4- 8  10- 2
1970 MON N  Pitching                    4- 6  10- 1
1971 MON N  Pitching                    4- 6   9-30
1972 MON N  Pitching                    4-15  10- 4
1973 MON N  Pitching                    4- 6   9-30
1974 MON N  Pitching                    4-10  10- 1
1975 MON N  Pitching                    4- 7   9-28
1976 MIL A  Pitching                    4- 8  10- 3
1977 MIL A  Pitching                    4- 7  10- 2
1978 MIL A  Pitching                    4- 7  10- 1
1979 MIL A  Pitching                    4- 5   9-30
1980 MIL A  Pitching                    4-10  10- 5
1981 MIL A  Pitching                    4-11  10- 4
1982 MIL A  Pitching                    4- 9  10-20
Total (16 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-15-1959     BOX  CLE A                      mpire,Bench jockeying
 5-31-1960     BOX  CIN N  Frank Secory        Bench jockeying

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-23-1976(2)  BOX  MIL A  Dave Phillips       Balls and strikes
 6- 2-1976     BOX  MIL A  Bill Kunkel         Bench-clearing brawl
 9-21-1978     BOX  MIL A  Ken Kaiser          Balls and strikes
 7-21-1979     BOX  MIL A  Rich Garcia         Balls and strikes
 9-14-1979     BOX  MIL A  Russ Goetz          Bench jockeying
 6-27-1980     BOX  MIL A  Steve Palermo       Unknown reason
10- 3-1981     BOX  MIL A  Bill Haller         Check swing
 5-12-1982     BOX  MIL A  Dale Ford           Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1944).

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Kirby Higbe, Hank Behrman, Gene Mauch and Dixie
Howell to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Al Gionfriddo and $100000 (May 3,
1947).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Frankie Gustine to Chicago Cubs in exchange for
Clyde McCullough and Cliff Chambers (December 8, 1948).

Sold by Chicago Cubs to San Diego (PCL) (April 27, 1955).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (October 15, 1955).

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Billy Martin and Gordy Coleman to Cincinnati Reds
in exchange for Johnny Temple (December 15, 1959).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Juan Pizarro to Chicago White Sox in exchange for
Gene Freese (December 15, 1960).

Sent by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies and Lou Vassie sent by
Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox (March 24, 1962) to complete trade in
which Philadelphia Phillies traded Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips to Chicago White
Sox in exchange for Andy Carey and Frank Barnes (December 15, 1961) when Andy Carey
refused to report.

Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 21, 1964).
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