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Clyde McCullough
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Birthdate: 3/4/1917
Died: 9/18/1982
Height / Weight: ' " / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: Nashville, TN, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A high spirited and durable catcher Clyde McCullough was one of the leading backstops of this era. A native of Nashville Tennessee he played nine games at age 23 for the Chicago Cubs in late-1940 and the next year was the Cubs 1941 Opening Day catcher and played in 125 games, hitting .227. In 1942 the quick-of-foot catcher hit .282 with a career high 22 doubles in 109 games.  

Clyde McCullough proudly served in the US Military during World War II from late-1943 thru 1945. After the War he retuned to the Cubs where he played until 1948. He was traded to Pittsburgh on December 8 1949 along pitcher Cliff Chambers for pitcher Cal McLish and infielder Frankie Gustine. Playing for Bill Meyer, Pirates manager, Clyde McCullough responded well and worked hard in his 4-year tenure in Pittsburgh, batting .237 in 91 games, then in 1951 hit a career high .297 in 103 games. According to ‘Who’s Who Magazine’ ‘In 1949 he was behind the plate in 90 games and his handling of pitchers and high spirit compensated for his rather weak batting average that year, .237.’ 

In the winter of 1952 Clyde McCullough was traded back to the Chicago Cubs, on August 17 1954 he blasted a grand slam home run off Cincinnati pitcher Bud Podbelian in the fourth inning. Clyde McCullough is one of about 40 Cubs players in the to compile over 700 total bases while in a Cubs uniform, 757 total bases. 

 

Clyde McCullough first pro experience was ’35 with Lafayette of the Evangeline League. Hit majors in 1940 with Cubs i9n 1941, and remained with them until traded to the Pirates. Highest batting average was .287 in 1942


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
15 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1940 CHC (NL) 9 26 4 4 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .290 SLG
1941 CHC (NL) 125 418 41 95 9 2 9 53 34 67 5 0 0 2 8 0 .227 .289 SLG
1942 CHC (NL) 109 337 39 95 22 1 5 31 25 47 7 0 0 0 10 0 .282 .331 SLG
1943 CHC (NL) 87 266 20 63 5 2 2 23 24 33 6 0 0 1 3 0 .237 .302 SLG
1946 CHC (NL) 95 307 38 88 18 5 4 34 22 39 2 0 0 2 5 0 .287 .338 SLG
1947 CHC (NL) 86 234 25 59 12 4 3 30 20 20 1 0 0 1 2 0 .252 .314 SLG
1948 CHC (NL) 69 172 10 36 4 2 1 7 15 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209 .273 SLG
1949 PIT (NL) 91 241 30 57 9 3 4 21 24 30 1 0 0 4 2 0 .237 .316 SLG
1950 PIT (NL) 103 279 28 71 16 4 6 34 31 35 3 0 0 5 4 0 .254 .340 SLG
1951 PIT (NL) 92 259 26 77 9 2 8 39 27 31 2 0 0 1 3 0 .297 .366 SLG
1952 PIT (NL) 66 172 10 40 5 1 1 15 10 18 0 1 0 2 5 0 .233 .283 SLG
1953 CHC (NL) 77 229 21 59 3 2 6 23 15 23 0 0 0 0 3 0 .258 .303 SLG
1954 CHC (NL) 31 81 9 21 7 0 3 17 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .310 SLG
1955 CHC (NL) 44 81 7 16 0 0 0 10 8 15 0 0 3 1 2 2 .198 .272 SLG
1956 CHC (NL) 14 19 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .211 .200 SLG
15 years   1098 3121 308 785 121 28 52 339 265 398 27 1 3 20 50 3 .252 .314 .SLG



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