What years did Cal McLish play?

Cal McLish played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1964.

Was Cal McLish a pitcher?

Yes. Cal McLish pitched in the major leagues, recording 92 wins and 713 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Cal McLish hit?

Cal McLish hit 3 career home runs with 73 hits.

What was Cal McLish's career batting average?

Cal McLish batted .149 over his career, with 73 hits in 490 at bats.

How many RBI did Cal McLish have?

Cal McLish drove in 30 runs in his career.

What was Cal McLish's career ERA?

Cal McLish finished with a 4.00 career ERA, going 92-92 with 713 strikeouts.

Cal McLish

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1944-1964)

Cal McLish was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1964 for 7 teams, including the Brooklyn Dodgers, a span of 21 seasons. Across 352 career appearances, he went 92-92 with a 4.00 ERA and 713 strikeouts. He also batted .149 with 3 home runs. Cal McLish was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 92–92

ERA 4.00

WHIP 1.39

SO 713

Pitcher PIV -8230.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 179 lb
Born: 12/1/1925 in Anadarko, OK, USA
Died: 8/26/2010 in Edmond, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 1944-05-13
Last Game: 1964-07-14
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish

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Career Pitching Statistics

Cal McLish — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
92	92	352	209	57	5	6	1609.0	1,685	715	164	552	713	4.00	-8230.0

Career ERA 4.00 vs. league average 3.84 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Cal McLish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1944	BRO	NL	3	10	23	13	3	0	0	84.0	110	73	48	24	7.82	3.57 (-119%)	-3842.5
1946	BRO	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
1947	PIT	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	18.00	—	0.0
1948	PIT	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	2	1	9.00	—	0.0
1949	CHN	NL	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	23.0	31	15	12	6	5.87	4.12 (-43%)	-1301.0
1951	CHN	NL	4	10	30	17	5	1	0	145.2	159	72	52	46	4.45	4.04 (-10%)	-1341.9
1956	CLE	AL	2	4	37	2	0	0	1	61.2	67	34	32	27	4.96	3.96 (-25%)	-215.8
1957	CLE	AL	9	7	42	7	2	0	1	144.1	118	44	67	88	2.74	3.83 (+28%)	636.0
1958	CLE	AL	16	8	39	30	13	0	1	225.2	214	75	70	97	2.99	3.86 (+23%)	-785.5
1959	CLE	AL	19	8	35	32	13	0	1	235.1	253	95	72	113	3.63	3.90 (+7%)	-567.9
1960	CIN	NL	4	14	37	21	2	1	0	151.1	170	70	48	56	4.16	3.82 (-9%)	-1643.9
1961	CHA	AL	10	13	31	27	4	0	1	162.1	178	79	47	80	4.38	4.03 (-9%)	-530.7
1962	PHI	NL	11	5	32	24	5	1	1	154.2	184	73	45	71	4.25	3.96 (-7%)	334.2
1963	PHI	NL	13	11	32	32	10	2	0	209.2	184	76	56	98	3.26	3.46 (+6%)	1029.0
1964	PHI	NL	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	1	6	3.38	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			92	92	352	209	57	5	6	1,609.0	1,685	715	552	713	4.00	—	-8,230

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Cal McLish — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
368	490	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	45	196	.149	.220	.194	.414	-2,199

Career AVG .149 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 42.2% below league average.

Career OBP .220 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 32.9% below league average.

Career SLG .194 vs. league average .382 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career OPS .414 vs. league average .710 across their career seasons — 41.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Cal McLish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1944	BRO	NL	31	32	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	.219	—	—	—	—	0.0
1946	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1948	PIT	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1949	CHN	NL	9	9	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	CHN	NL	31	42	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	20	.119	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	CLE	AL	39	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	4	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1957	CLE	AL	44	43	7	8	0	0	2	7	0	7	17	.186	—	—	—	—	-70.6
1958	CLE	AL	39	64	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	13	25	.094	.257 (-64%)	.324 (-25%)	.394 (-76%)	.719 (-53%)	-516.9
1959	CLE	AL	35	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	4	25	.189	.256 (-26%)	.323 (-29%)	.392 (-38%)	.715 (-34%)	-401.0
1960	CIN	NL	37	41	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	.049	—	—	—	—	0.0
1961	CHA	AL	31	54	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	1	24	.167	.258 (-35%)	.328 (-45%)	.399 (-54%)	.727 (-50%)	-428.3
1962	PHI	NL	32	51	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	24	.078	.257 (-70%)	.326 (-51%)	.393 (-75%)	.719 (-64%)	-517.5
1963	PHI	NL	33	69	7	14	3	0	0	3	0	5	28	.203	.246 (-18%)	.308 (-17%)	.371 (-34%)	.680 (-26%)	-265.1
1964	PHI	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			368	490	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	45	196	.149	—	—	—	—	-2,199

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Cal McLish — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	177	235	23	28	2	13	.119
Away	191	255	24	45	1	17	.176

Pitching — Home / Away

Cal McLish — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	168	822.2	831	362	273	339	3.96
Away	184	785.1	850	357	279	375	4.09

Last 10 Games — Batting

Cal McLish — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	BB	SO
1964-07-14	PHI	PIT	L	0	0	0
1964-06-29	PHI	HOU	L	1	0	0
1963-09-11	PHI	HOU	L	2	0	1
1963-09-06	PHI	ATL	L	1	0	0
1963-09-02	PHI	ATL	W	2	0	1
1963-08-25	PHI	PIT	W	0	0	0
1963-08-20	PHI	NYN	L	3	0	1
1963-08-15	PHI	CHC	W	1	1	0
1963-08-11	PHI	SFG	L	1	0	1
1963-08-07	PHI	CIN	W	3	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Cal McLish — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1964-07-14	PHI	PIT	L	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0
1964-06-29	PHI	HOU	—	5.0	4	1	0	1	5	0
1963-09-11	PHI	HOU	L	7.0	9	4	4	0	2	1
1963-09-06	PHI	ATL	L	3.0	5	4	4	4	2	1
1963-09-02	PHI	ATL	W	9.0	11	4	4	2	5	1
1963-08-25	PHI	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1963-08-20	PHI	NYN	L	7.2	3	2	2	2	3	0
1963-08-15	PHI	CHC	W	7.0	4	3	3	1	3	1
1963-08-11	PHI	SFG	L	6.0	6	3	1	4	1	0
1963-08-07	PHI	CIN	W	9.0	8	1	1	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Cal McLish — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	352	176	131	302	11	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Cal McLish — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1944	BRO	P	23	0	3	9	0	0
1946	BRO	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1947	PIT	P	1	0	1	1	0	0
1948	PIT	P	2	0	0	2	0	0
1949	CHN	P	8	0	3	6	1	1
1951	CHN	P	30	0	14	22	1	6
1956	CLE	P	37	2	5	14	0	0
1957	CLE	P	42	7	6	27	1	2
1958	CLE	P	39	30	15	38	1	4
1959	CLE	P	35	32	25	49	2	4
1960	CIN	P	37	21	13	33	1	0
1961	CHA	P	31	27	16	32	0	1
1962	PHI	P	32	24	17	20	0	2
1963	PHI	P	32	32	13	47	4	7
1964	PHI	P	2	1	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Cal McLish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	352

Award Voting History

Cal McLish — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1959	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	35.0	336	0
1958	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	18.0	336	0

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Cal McLish: the record in brief

The profile opens with Cal McLish's first major league game on May 13, 1944; the last one listed came on July 14, 1964. McLish played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944 through 1946), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1947 to 1948), the Chicago Cubs (1949 through 1951), the Cleveland Indians (1956 through 1959), the Cincinnati Reds (1960), the Chicago White Sox (1961), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1962 to 1964). Born on December 1, 1925, in Anadarko, OK, USA, McLish is listed as a pitcher and switch-hit and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6 feet, 0 inches and 179 pounds. The bio records the death on August 26, 2010, in Edmond, OK, USA. McLish's full given name, per the bio, is Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish.

The pitching table credits McLish with a 92-92 record and a 4.00 ERA in 352 games. The totals include 713 strikeouts, 57 complete games, and 5 shutouts. McLish's 4.00 ERA was close to the 3.84 league figure for those seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Cal McLish

What years did Cal McLish play?: Cal McLish played in Major League Baseball from 1944 to 1964.
Was Cal McLish a pitcher?: Yes. Cal McLish pitched in the major leagues, recording 92 wins and 713 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Cal McLish hit?: Cal McLish hit 3 career home runs with 73 hits.
What was Cal McLish's career batting average?: Cal McLish batted .149 over his career, with 73 hits in 490 at bats.
How many RBI did Cal McLish have?: Cal McLish drove in 30 runs in his career.
What was Cal McLish's career ERA?: Cal McLish finished with a 4.00 career ERA, going 92-92 with 713 strikeouts.