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b. July 18, 1881 · Boston Americans 1901, Chicago Cubs 1903, St. Louis Cardinals 1904, 1913, Cincinnati Reds 1906–1912, New York Giants 1913–1915

McLean's best season came with Cincinnati in 1910. He played 127 games, collected 126 hits, drove in 71 runs and hit .298. The games, hits, runs batted in and average were career highs.

Thirteen seasons gave him 694 hits, 90 doubles, 26 triples, 298 runs batted in and a .262 average across 862 games. He caught 761 games and played 37 at first base. His six home runs never included more than two in one season.

McLean had brief early stops with the Boston Americans, Cubs and Cardinals before settling with Cincinnati from 1906 through 1912. He returned to St. Louis and then joined the Giants during 1913. He finished with New York in 1915. The 1937 Hall of Fame ballot gave him one vote. He died in 1921, at thirty-nine.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1901	BOS	9	19	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	.211
1903	CHC	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000
1904	STL	27	84	5	14	2	1	0	4	4	4	1	.167
1906	CIN	12	35	3	7	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	.200
1907	CIN	113	374	35	108	9	9	0	54	13	13	4	.289
1908	CIN	99	309	24	67	9	4	1	28	15	15	2	.217
1909	CIN	95	324	26	83	12	2	2	36	21	13	1	.256
1910	CIN	127	423	27	126	14	7	2	71	26	23	4	.298
1911	CIN	107	328	24	94	7	2	0	34	20	18	1	.287
1912	CIN	102	333	17	81	15	1	1	27	18	15	1	.243
1913	NYG/STL	78	227	10	65	13	0	0	21	10	13	1	.286
1914	NYG	79	154	8	40	6	0	0	14	4	9	4	.260
1915	NYG	13	33	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	.152
Career	—	862	2647	183	694	90	26	6	298	136	127	20	.262

On this day & linked events

1881

Born July 18, 1881

Fredericton, NB, CAN

1921

Died March 24, 1921

1901

Major-league debut: Larry McLean

Larry McLean made a major-league debut on April 26, 1901.

1915

Final major-league game: Larry McLean

Larry McLean played a final major-league game on June 6, 1915.

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