Dick McBride (baseball)

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American baseball player (1847–1916)

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::summary American baseball player (1847–1916) ::

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Field	Value
name	Dick McBride
image	Dickmcbride.jpg
position	Pitcher
bats	Unknown
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	May 20
debutyear	1871
debutteam	Philadelphia Athletics
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	July 13
finalyear	1876
finalteam	Boston Red Stockings
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Win–loss record
stat1value	149–78
stat2label	Earned run average
stat2value	2.71
stat3label	Complete games
stat3value	227
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National Association pennant (1871)

John Dickson "Dick" McBride (June 14, 1847January 20, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the star pitcher and the player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association from 1871 through most of 1875 until Cap Anson took over as player-manager for the remaining eight games of the season. He had a pitching record of 149 wins and 74 losses during that period. In 1871, he went 18-5 and led Philadelphia to the NA championship. McBride finished his major league career in 1876 when he was signed by the Boston Red Stockings of the National League after the Association failed. He had a record of 0-4 before his career came to an end. McBride died in Philadelphia at the age of 70, and is interred at Lawnview Cemetery in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.

In 1864, while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, he was allowed to take a 3-day furlough to participate in a series of baseball exhibitions between clubs from Brooklyn and the local Philadelphia clubs. It was during this time that the north's attention had turned to military defense, not baseball, so Brooklyn strategically scheduled these events hoping to take advantage of the situation to get some well sought after wins in "enemy" territory. The presence of McBride didn't do much, as all Philly teams were beaten soundly.{{cite book |title=Baseball in Blue and Gray |author=George B. Kirsch |year=2003 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0-691-05733-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/baseballinbluegr0000kirs |url-access=registration |page=55 |quote=dick mcbride baseball.

References

"Dick McBride's career statistics". retrosheet.org.

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