Billy McCool Notable

b. July 14, 1944 · Cincinnati Reds 1964–1968, San Diego Padres 1969, St. Louis Cardinals 1970

Billy McCool played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cincinnati Reds in 1964 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1970.

He went 32 and 42 with a 3.59 earned run average, pitching 528.3 innings in 292 games. He struck out 471. Across 292 games he batted .069, with 7 hits and 2 runs.

He was an All-Star in 1966.

He was born in Batesville, IN, USA on July 14, 1944, and died on June 8, 2014. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1966
The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year	1	1964

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1964	CIN	40	17	0	0	0	0	10	.000
1965	CIN	62	27	0	1	0	1	15	.037
1966	CIN	57	18	1	3	0	1	7	.167
1967	CIN	31	26	1	2	1	2	16	.077
1968	CIN	30	8	0	1	0	0	4	.125
1969	SDP	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	STL	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Career	—	292	101	2	7	1	4	53	.069

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1964	CIN	6	5	40	3	7	89.1	66	24	29	87	2.42
1965	CIN	9	10	62	2	21	105.1	93	50	47	120	4.27
1966	CIN	8	8	57	0	18	105.1	76	29	41	104	2.48
1967	CIN	3	7	31	11	2	97.1	92	37	56	83	3.42
1968	CIN	3	4	30	4	2	50.2	59	28	41	30	4.97
1969	SDP	3	5	54	0	7	58.2	59	28	42	35	4.30
1970	STL	0	3	18	0	1	21.2	20	15	16	12	6.23
Career	—	32	42	292	20	58	528.1	465	211	272	471	3.59

On this day & linked events

1944

Born July 14, 1944

Batesville, IN, USA

2014

Died June 8, 2014

1964

Major-league debut: Billy McCool

Billy McCool made a major-league debut on April 24, 1964.

1970

Final major-league game: Billy McCool

Billy McCool played a final major-league game on July 8, 1970.

Image: Cincinnati Reds, public domain