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Windy McCall

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Full Name: John William McCall Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: April 25, 1948
Birthdate: July 18, 1925 Final Game: May 5, 1957
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 18, 1925 in San Francisco, California, Windy McCall (John William McCall) played for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants over the course of his 7 year career. McCall broke into the bigs on April 25, 1948 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.25 ERA in 61 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Windy McCall's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1955, when he posted a 3.69 ERA and struck out 50 batters. However, others believe that it was 1956, when he posted a 3.61 ERA.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1948 BOS A 1 1 0 1 2.25 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.1 6 1 1 0 0 0
1949 BOS A 5 0 0 0 11.57 8 12 12 0 0 0 9.1 13 2 10 0 2 0
1950 PIT N 2 0 0 0 9.45 5 7 7 0 0 0 6.2 12 2 4 0 0 0
1954 NY N 33 4 2 5 3.25 38 26 22 0 0 2 61 50 5 29 4 1 3
1955 NY N 42 6 6 5 3.69 50 45 39 4 0 3 95 86 8 37 6 2 6
1956 NY N 46 4 3 4 3.61 41 36 31 0 0 7 77.1 74 7 20 5 1 1
1957 NY N 5 0 0 0 15.00 2 5 5 0 0 0 3 8 1 2 0 0 1
Total NL 128 14 11 14 3.85 136 119 104 4 0 12 243 230 23 92 15 4 11
Total AL 6 1 0 1 12.66 8 15 15 0 0 0 10.2 19 3 11 0 2 0
Total 134 15 11 15 4.22 144 134 119 4 0 12 253.2 249 26 103 15 6 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1948 BOS A P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 BOS A P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1950 PIT N P 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 NY N P 33 4 61 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .727
1955 NY N P 42 0 0 6 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 NY N P 46 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1957 NY N P 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 134 4 64 14 29 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 .915

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1948 BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS A 5 3 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 .667 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1950 PIT N 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NY N 33 11 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NY N 42 17 1 2 0 0 .118 .211 .118 0 0 1 6 1 3 0 0 0
1956 NY N 46 15 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NY N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 128 45 1 5 0 1 .111 .184 .111 0 0 3 13 1 3 0 0 0
Total AL 6 3 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 .667 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 134 48 2 7 0 1 .146 .212 .146 0 0 3 13 1 4 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1947).
  • Sold by Boston Red Sox to Pittsburgh Pirates (October 13, 1949).
  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Red Sox (May 29, 1952).
  • Sold by Boston Red Sox to San Francisco (PCL) (@April 1, 1953).
  • Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to New York Giants in exchange for Frank Hiller, Adrian Zabala, Chuck Diering and $60000 (October 8, 1953).

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