Dick McBride

This article is about the baseball player. For the beat poet, see Dick McBride (poet).

Dick McBride
Pitcher
Born: 1845 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: October 10, 1916(1916-10-10) (aged 71) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Batted: Unknown	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 20, 1871 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 13, 1876 for the Boston Red Caps
Career statistics
Win–loss record	149–78
ERA	2.85
Complete games	227
Teams
National Association of Base Ball Players Philadelphia Athletics (1861–1870)   League Player Philadelphia Athletics (1871–1875) Boston Red Caps (1876)   League Manager Philadelphia Athletics (1871–1875)
Career highlights and awards
National Association pennant: 1871

James Dickson "Dick" McBride (1845 – October 10, 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 the 1875 when 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. McBride finished his major league career the following year, in 1876, when he was signed by the Boston Red Caps of the National League when 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.^[1]

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 Brookyln 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 Dick didn't do much, as all Philly teams were beaten soundly.^[2]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins

References

1. ^ "Dick McBride's career statistics". retrosheet.org. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmcbrd101.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
2. ^ George B. Kirsch (2003). Baseball in Blue and Gray. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691057338. http://books.google.com/books?id=HBv10IFj-FoC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22dick+mcbride%22+baseball&source=web&ots=j5t5NzDfw2&sig=TkaAkk-cBDgwe6Ew8dAf7WNt4Go. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Persondata
Name	McBride, Dick
Alternative names	McBride, James Dickson
Short description	Major League Baseball player
Date of birth	1845
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death	October 10, 1916
Place of death	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania