Archie McKain Baseball player

Archie Richard McKain (May 12, 1911 – May 21, 1985), nicknamed "Happy," was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played six seasons with the Boston Red Sox (1937–1938), Detroit Tigers (1939–1941), and St. Louis Browns (1941–1943). Born in Delphos, Kansas, McKain went 8-8 as a Red Sox rookie in 1937. He was traded to the Tigers with Pinky Higgins on December 15, 1938, for Elden Auker, Chet Morgan and Jake Wade. McKain went 5-0 with a 2.82 ERA (adjusted ERA+ of 168) for the 1940 Tigers, with 17 games finished. When the Browns traded him to Brooklyn in July 1943, he retired and returned to his native Kansas to farm. McKain died in 1985 at Salina, Kansas.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 12, 1911
Birth place
Delphos Kansas
Date of deathMay 21, 1985
Place of death
Salina Kansas

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Baseball player

Career startApril 25, 1937
Career endJuly 05, 0943
batting sideBoth
former teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
position
Pitcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
throwing sideLeft

Archie McKain on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Archie_McKain_1911