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b. February 3, 1949 · St. Louis Cardinals 1973–1977, Philadelphia Phillies 1977–1981, Cleveland Indians 1982–1983

He hit .309 with 30 stolen bases for St. Louis in 1974 and took the Rookie of the Year award with 16 of the 24 votes. In September of that year he scored the winning run in the twenty-fifth inning of a game in New York, having come around from first on a pickoff throw that got away.

Philadelphia traded for him in 1977 and he hit .309 with 171 hits and 87 runs batted in for the 1980 club, then hit a three-run home run in the first game of the World Series that Philadelphia won. Eleven seasons gave him 1,153 hits, 167 doubles, 55 triples, 183 stolen bases and a .299 average.

Knee injuries took the last of it and an eye infection took most of 1982. He was done at thirty-four. The 1989 ballot gave him no votes of 447.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1976
Player of the Week	1	1980
Rookie of the Year	1	1974

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1973	STL	40	63	8	19	3	0	0	5	4	10	0	.302
1974	STL	150	559	81	173	19	5	6	56	43	57	30	.309
1975	STL	116	413	70	124	10	9	5	36	34	52	26	.300
1976	STL	72	272	40	91	13	4	3	24	18	28	10	.335
1977	PHI/STL	128	402	76	127	25	6	15	61	32	44	36	.316
1978	PHI	122	472	68	127	20	4	10	49	28	68	28	.269
1979	PHI	151	582	82	163	16	12	12	60	41	77	25	.280
1980	PHI	137	554	68	171	33	10	9	87	26	58	13	.309
1981	PHI	58	221	26	60	17	1	2	21	11	25	5	.271
1982	CLE	27	85	8	31	3	3	0	13	2	12	2	.365
1983	CLE	70	230	21	67	8	1	1	18	9	26	8	.291
Career	—	1071	3853	548	1153	167	55	63	430	248	457	183	.299

On this day & linked events

1949

Born February 3, 1949

Fulton, MO, USA

1973

Major-league debut: Bake McBride

Bake McBride made a major-league debut on July 26, 1973.

1983

Final major-league game: Bake McBride

Bake McBride played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.

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