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Kelvin
McLish		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 23, 1946 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 OMA JL $ 3,190,000 3 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 28 OMA JL $ 3,190,000 3 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 29 OMA JL $ 3,190,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 5
1976 30 OMA JL $ 3,300,000 2 3 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1977 31 OMA JL $ 3,300,000 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1978 32 OMA JL $ 3,300,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1979 33 OMA JL $ 3,300,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1980 34 OMA JL $ 3,300,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,190,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 OMA JL     7 7 7 13 14 14 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 13 14 14 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings     7 7 7 13 14 14 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 OMA JL 158 608 81 157 40 9 21 82 27 14 42 131 .258 .314 .457 .771 84.8 12.5
1974 28 OMA JL 159 589 80 129 18 8 26 74 25 11 56 153 .219 .295 .409 .704 76.5 11.7
1975 29 OMA JL 154 512 64 115 26 7 17 75 22 14 51 158 .225 .305 .402 .708 62.4 9.6
1976 30 OMA JL 56 206 33 46 9 2 8 34 18 8 29 37 .223 .333 .403 .736 30.4 5.5
1977 31 OMA JL 124 394 55 86 17 4 19 52 8 1 47 123 .218 .316 .426 .743 58.2 13.7
1978 32 OMA JL 154 480 73 114 27 12 27 81 7 8 68 110 .238 .338 .513 .850 82.1 16.6
1979 33 OMA JL 68 67 14 15 6 0 1 9 2 0 6 18 .224 .307 .358 .665 8.0 1.2
1980 34 OMA JL 111 167 25 31 5 4 8 28 6 3 17 44 .186 .262 .407 .669 19.9 1.6
1981 35 OMA JL 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   2 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1.2  
9 Years Sim 994 3032 426 694 148 46 127 435 115 59 316 777 .229 .311 .434 .744 422.2 72.5
1 Years AAA 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1.2  
162 Game Average 494 69 113 24 7 20 70 18 9 51 126 .229 .311 .434 .744 68.8  
Career Highs 159 608 81 157 40 12 27 82 27 14 68 158 .258 .338 .513 .850 84.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2208 299 521 116 29 90 318 80 47 245 584 .236 .321 .437 .758 307.0
vs LH   824 127 173 32 17 37 117 35 12 71 193 .210 .284 .425 .708 101.6
Home 505 1479 205 342 77 23 62 205 54 36 164 349 .231 .315 .440 .755 203.4
Away 489 1553 221 352 71 23 65 230 61 23 152 428 .227 .306 .428 .734 205.1
RISP   740 0 187 36 12 33 293 0 0 105 188 .253 .352 .468 .819 121.5
Pinch Hitting   121 19 25 6 2 6 19 2 3 12 33 .207 .289 .438 .727 14.8
Close/Late   387 58 76 15 7 15 44 0 0 47 115 .196 .297 .388 .684 45.3
Mar/Apr 190 597 81 146 29 7 26 91 26 10 74 147 .245 .333 .447 .780 90.9
May 196 590 85 124 28 5 26 79 28 18 63 150 .210 .302 .407 .709 71.3
June 153 449 43 88 18 4 14 49 17 8 42 124 .196 .277 .347 .624 43.4
July 152 436 58 94 23 4 13 54 11 10 44 114 .216 .299 .376 .675 47.3
August 156 512 91 129 27 16 30 96 19 7 53 134 .252 .329 .543 .872 89.7
Sep/Oct 147 448 68 113 23 10 18 66 14 6 40 108 .252 .317 .469 .785 65.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 27 OMA JL CF 154 152 1343.7 415 10 3 1 .993 2.85 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    RF 2 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1974 28 OMA JL CF 157 154 1376.3 455 11 5 3 .989 3.05 0 0 .000 0 3.7
1975 29 OMA JL CF 152 135 1228.0 379 5 2 3 .995 2.81 0 0 .000 0 7.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 30 OMA JL CF 56 56 495.3 134 5 1 2 .993 2.53 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1977 31 OMA JL CF 64 55 474.3 156 4 3 3 .982 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 49 47 406.7 102 2 2 0 .981 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 3 3 25.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 2 21.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1978 32 OMA JL CF 151 151 1282.0 411 4 3 1 .993 2.91 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 OMA JL CF 34 3 94.7 32 0 1 0 .970 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 2 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 OMA JL CF 26 13 117.3 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 26 9 108.3 26 2 1 0 .966 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 13 6 66.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
1981 35 OMA JL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 794 719 6411.6 2019 40 18 13 .991 2.89 0 0 .000 0 23.6
  RF 87 59 554.0 138 4 3 0 .979 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 19 7 84.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 3 26.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 3 2 23.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   908 790 7100.6 2178 58 21 15 .991 2.83 0 0 .000 0 23.7
Career Highs   157 154 1376.3 455 19 5 5 .995 3.05 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 27 OMA JL 5 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 7 .063 .238 .063 .301
1975 29 OMA JL 11 45 5 12 1 0 4 9 3 1 2 13 .267 .298 .556 .853
Career Post-Season Batting 16 61 7 13 1 0 4 10 5 1 6 20 .213 .279 .426 .706
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1978-5-.513
 OPS
1978-10-.850
 Games
1974-5-159
 Doubles
1973-6-40
 Triples
1974-10-8
1978-3-12
 Homeruns
1978-7-27
Caught Stealing
1973-6-14
1974-9-11
1975-8-14
 Walks
1978-8-68
 Strikeouts
1973-6-131
1974-1-153
1975-1-158
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Larry Hisle (940)
  2. Josh Doran (938)
  3. Buzz Myrhh (935)
  4. Willie Consolo (935)
  5. Roberto Ny (933)
  6. Jim Betoni (933)
  7. Kevin Reimer (931)
  8. John Crawford (931)
  9. Sherman Tank (921)
  10. Jack See (919)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 184th overall pick, by Las Vegas in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Rudy Ramirez (CLG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1973, off Colin McDowell (SEA)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 4/5/1973
Traded from Las Vegas to Omaha on 6/21/1973 (Going to OMA: P C. Clayson, CF K. McLish. Going to LV: CF W. Consolo, P O. Santamaria)
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago on 8/10/1975
Injured on 6/3/1976 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Injured on 9/8/1977 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1978, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 10 RBI against Chicago on 8/16/1978
Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago, driving in 10 runs on 8/16/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1978, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 1978
Traded from Omaha to Las Vegas on 5/11/1981 (Going to OMA: CF Jorge Orta, 3B George Scott. Going to LV: P David Clyde, CF Kelvin McLish)
Released by Las Vegas on 7/21/1981
Released by Las Vegas on 7/21/1981
 
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