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Joe McClain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 183lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 5, 1933 in Johnson City, TN us

Schools: East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN), University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: April 14, 1961 (Age 27-344d, 11,815th in major league history)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: June 1, 1962 (Age 29-027d)
vs. MIN 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Joseph Fred McClain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.42

236.0

WHIP

1.326

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-22 / in Starts: 10-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 14	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.00	2.13	34	12	14	3	2	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.467	2.86	0.58%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	2	7	Apr 21	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(2-0)	6	8.1	7	3	3	0	2	2	1	2.60	3.79	33	2	21	2	1	7	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.010	2.59	-0.01%	0.59	1b start a 2	9b 1-3 1 out a2
3	3	12	Apr 27	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(2-1)	5	7.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.33	3.56	30	11	7	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.37	0.019	2.00	0.02%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	18	May 3	WSA		DET	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	7.2	8	4	3	1	4	1	0	3.38	3.57	33	9	11	0	2	8	52			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.062	1.04	-0.03%	-0.60	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
5	5	23	May 9(1)	WSA	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(3-2)	5	7.0	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.46	3.65	29	9	10	1	1	5	52			2	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.01	0.038	1.14	0.03%	0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	6	29	May 14(1)	WSA		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.81	3.37	30	10	13	1	1	5	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.450	.90	0.26%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	7	34	May 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	2.78	3.25	28	5	13	2	3	7	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.86	0.079	1.05	0.06%	1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	8	41	May 26	WSA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	7	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.67	3.17	38	8	16	1	7	7	64			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.292	1.24	0.16%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	46	Jun 1	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.63	3.16	32	9	13	2	3	7	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.080	1.70	0.07%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	10	51	Jun 6	WSA		CLE	L,3-14	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	5.0	10	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.16	3.37	25	7	6	1	0	10	21			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.254	1.27	-0.16%	-2.59	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d3
11	11	56	Jun 11(1)	WSA	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	1	4	0	3.32	4.00	30	12	8	0	3	6	47			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.023	.81	0.01%	-0.33	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
12	12	62	Jun 17	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7	L(6-5)	5	7.0	8	6	5	1	2	1	0	3.56	4.02	31	12	8	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	2	.91	-0.409	.59	-0.16%	-2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	13	67	Jun 23	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(6-6)	5	8.0	11	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.64	4.05	36	7	16	1	3	11	44			0	0	0	34	4	0	1	0	1	0	.91	-0.105	.22	-0.02%	-0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
14	14	72	Jun 28(1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	4	8.0	8	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.53	3.99	36	10	12	2	1	7	55			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.050	.10	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	76	Jul 1	WSA	@	NYY	L,6-7	3-8		2	5.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.45	3.94	22	8	5	0	2	5		1	0	1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.211	.23	0.02%	1.64	3b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 3 out tie
16	16	82	Jul 7	WSA		MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-7)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.19	3.85	31	9	12	1	2	3	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.392	.03	0.01%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	17	85	Jul 14(1)	WSA		KCA	L,3-8	GS-3	L(7-8)	6	3.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.47	3.84	16	4	4	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
18	18	90	Jul 18	WSA		NYY	L,3-5	GS-8	L(7-9)	3	8.0	6	4	4	2	6	2	0	3.54	3.92	32	10	8	0	1	6	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.37	-0.190	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	19	95	Jul 23	WSA	@	LAA	L,3-8	GS-4	L(7-10)	4	4.0	9	7	7	0	1	1	0	3.89	3.96	20	3	7	2	1	9	17			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.364	.00	0.00%	-4.76	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
20	20	98	Jul 27	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(7-11)	3	4.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.02	4.00	24	3	9	0	1	9	31			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.15	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.85	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	103	Aug 2(2)	WSA	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-9		5	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.93	3.90	32	8	12	1	2	8	60			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.057	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
22	22	107	Aug 6(2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	L(7-12)	3	8.1	10	3	2	3	6	1	0	3.83	3.90	36	13	5	1	1	9	56			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.098	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
23	23	110	Aug 11	WSA		NYY	L,5-12	GS-3	L(7-13)	4	2.2	10	8	4	1	0	0	0	3.99	3.89	20	4	6	0	3	9	13			0	0	0	18	4	1	0	0	1	1	.81	-0.380	.00	0.00%	-7.05	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d8
24	24	118	Aug 18	WSA		BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(7-14)	6	8.0	9	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.91	3.82	33	9	13	0	5	8	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.58	-0.075	.00	0.00%	0.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
25	25	122	Aug 23	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.88	3.75	25	7	8	1	0	5	51			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.094	.00	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	26	127	Aug 28	WSA		DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-15)	4	5.1	7	6	5	3	2	2	0	4.01	3.89	27	7	8	0	2	7	31			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	27	132	Sep 1(2)	WSA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(8-15)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	1	3.87	3.90	34	11	12	0	3	6	73			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.393	.00	0.00%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	28	138	Sep 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-16)	3	7.0	7	6	4	1	4	2	0	3.92	3.96	29	7	10	1	3	7	46			1	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	2	.84	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d5
29	29	144	Sep 10	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-17)	4	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.93	4.06	26	6	8	0	3	6	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	.67	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	30	147	Sep 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.05	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
31	31	151	Sep 19	WSA		MIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-18)	5	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.91	3.99	27	9	7	0	4	7	53			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.067	.00	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
32	32	157	Sep 27	WSA	@	LAA	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		7	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.98	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-0.76	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 2
33	33	161	Oct 1	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.86	3.94	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							11-22		W-L:8-18,Sv:1	4.3	212.0	221	105	91	48	76	22	4	3.86	3.94	893	0.81		4%	11%	214	50	5	60%	11	2	0	820	44	7	7	17	11	11	1.12	-0.570	.62	0.81%	0.59

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