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b. January 4, 1930 · Milwaukee Braves 1957–1962, Houston Colt .45's 1962–1963, Cleveland Indians 1964–1966, Boston Red Sox 1966–1967, Chicago White Sox 1967–1968, Detroit Tigers 1968–1969, San Francisco Giants 1969–1974

He reached the major leagues at twenty-seven, having spent seven years in the minor leagues and two in the Army, and pitched eighteen seasons in relief: 874 games, 153 saves, a 2.96 earned run average across 1,310 innings, and exactly two starts.

He saved 15 games for the Milwaukee club that won the 1957 World Series in his rookie season and 15 more to lead the National League in 1959. He was still effective at forty-three, with a 1.48 earned run average in 22 games for San Francisco in 1973.

He coached for the Dodgers afterward. In July 1987, throwing batting practice at Dodger Stadium at fifty-seven, he had a heart attack on the mound and died that afternoon. The 1980 ballot gave him one vote of 385.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1958

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1957	MLN	32	8	1	2	1	3	2	2	.250
1958	MLN	38	9	0	1	0	0	2	6	.111
1959	MLN	60	9	2	2	0	0	1	5	.222
1960	MLN	48	11	0	0	0	1	0	5	.000
1961	MLN	53	16	1	3	1	1	0	4	.188
1962	HOU/MLN	53	12	0	1	0	0	0	4	.083
1963	HOU	49	12	1	1	1	0	2	5	.083
1964	CLE	70	14	1	2	0	1	0	8	.143
1965	CLE	58	9	0	2	0	0	0	5	.222
1966	BOS/CLE	61	13	0	1	1	1	1	7	.077
1967	BOS/CHW	63	13	0	2	0	0	0	10	.154
1968	CHW/DET	45	7	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143
1969	DET/SFG	47	9	1	1	0	0	0	6	.111
1970	SFG	61	14	1	2	0	1	2	9	.143
1971	SFG	61	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000
1972	SFG	44	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250
1973	SFG	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1974	SFG	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	874	168	8	23	4	9	10	87	.137

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1957	MLN	2	3	32	0	9	46.2	33	8	29	46	1.54
1958	MLN	7	2	38	0	8	58.2	50	24	29	37	3.68
1959	MLN	5	3	60	0	15	80.2	81	23	37	55	2.57
1960	MLN	3	6	48	0	10	63.2	66	42	32	50	5.94
1961	MLN	6	4	53	0	8	92.0	84	29	51	55	2.84
1962	HOU/MLN	5	6	53	0	8	79.2	56	15	33	72	1.69
1963	HOU	1	5	49	2	5	80.0	83	36	26	51	4.05
1964	CLE	6	4	70	0	16	101.0	67	27	52	92	2.41
1965	CLE	3	3	58	0	11	85.0	79	31	37	60	3.28
1966	BOS/CLE	9	8	61	0	10	90.1	73	27	44	62	2.69
1967	BOS/CHW	6	2	63	0	5	109.1	68	24	40	84	1.98
1968	CHW/DET	5	2	45	0	1	81.2	53	18	30	65	1.98
1969	DET/SFG	6	6	47	0	13	60.2	38	24	27	59	3.56
1970	SFG	9	5	61	0	19	94.1	70	31	45	74	2.96
1971	SFG	10	6	61	0	4	82.0	73	37	37	71	4.06
1972	SFG	3	3	44	0	5	63.0	46	26	21	45	3.71
1973	SFG	4	0	22	0	6	30.1	21	5	7	20	1.48
1974	SFG	0	0	9	0	0	11.2	13	4	2	5	3.09
Career	—	90	68	874	2	153	1310.2	1054	431	579	1003	2.96

On this day & linked events

1930

Born January 4, 1930

Brooklyn, NY, USA

1987

Died July 22, 1987

1957

Major-league debut: Don McMahon

Don McMahon made a major-league debut on June 30, 1957.

1974

Final major-league game: Don McMahon

Don McMahon played a final major-league game on June 29, 1974.

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