Windy McCall Notable

b. July 18, 1925 · Boston Red Sox 1948–1949, Pittsburgh Pirates 1950, New York Giants 1954–1957

Windy McCall played for three clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Red Sox in 1948 and closing with the New York Giants in 1957.

He went 11 and 15 with a 4.22 earned run average, pitching 253 innings in 134 games. He struck out 144. Across 134 games he batted .146, with 7 hits and 2 runs.

He was born in San Francisco, CA, USA on July 18, 1925, and died on February 5, 2015. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1948	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1949	BOS	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	.667
1950	PIT	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1954	NYG	33	11	0	0	1	1	4	.000
1955	NYG	42	17	1	2	0	1	6	.118
1956	NYG	46	15	0	3	0	0	3	.200
1957	NYG	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	134	48	2	7	1	3	13	.146

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1948	BOS	0	1	1	1	0	1.1	6	3	1	0	20.25
1949	BOS	0	0	5	0	0	9.1	13	12	10	8	11.57
1950	PIT	0	0	2	0	0	6.2	12	7	4	5	9.45
1954	NYG	2	5	33	4	2	61.0	50	22	29	38	3.25
1955	NYG	6	5	42	6	3	95.0	86	39	37	50	3.69
1956	NYG	3	4	46	4	7	77.1	74	31	20	41	3.61
1957	NYG	0	0	5	0	0	3.0	8	5	2	2	15.00
Career	—	11	15	134	15	12	253.2	249	119	103	144	4.22

On this day & linked events

1925

Born July 18, 1925

San Francisco, CA, USA

2015

Died February 5, 2015

1948

Major-league debut: Windy McCall

Windy McCall made a major-league debut on April 25, 1948.

1957

Final major-league game: Windy McCall

Windy McCall played a final major-league game on May 5, 1957.

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