Bob McClure, baseball player, 1975-1993

Bob McClure

Born: 4/29/1952 in Oakland, CA, USA

MLB Debut: 1975-08-13 | Final Game: 1993-05-17

Bats: R | Throws: L | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 170 lbs

Full name: Robert Craig McClure

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Biography

Bob McClure was a professional baseball pitcher who had an impactful career spanning nearly two decades from 1975 to 1993. Born in 1952, McClure was known for his versatility on the mound, contributing as both a starter and reliever throughout his time in Major League Baseball. He finished his career with a record of 68-57 and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.81, showcasing his consistent ability to manage games and keep opposing hitters at bay. Over his career, he struck out 701 batters and recorded 52 saves, demonstrating his effectiveness in high-pressure situations. McClure played during a transformative era in baseball, where the game began to embrace more specialized roles for pitchers, including the increasing importance of relief specialists. His contributions to teams such as the Kansas City Royals and the Milwaukee Brewers helped shape the strategies of the game during the late 20th century. With his solid performance and reliability on the mound, Bob McClure remains a respected figure in baseball history, remembered for his dedication to the sport and his role in the evolution of pitching styles.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
9.0 9.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.222 0.222 0.333 0.555

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
9.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 9.0 6.0 2.0 0 0 0 1.12

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1924 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400
1927 4.0 4.0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1924 2.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 7.0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 2.00
1927 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
68 57 698 73 12 1 52 1158.7 1125 490 104 497 701 3.81 0

Career ERA 3.81 vs. league average 3.86 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1975 KCR AL 1 0 12 0 0 0 1 15.3 4 0 14 15 0.00 3.71 (+100%) -
1976 KCR AL 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 8 3 9.00 — -
1977 ATL AL 2 1 68 0 0 0 6 71.3 64 20 34 57 2.52 4.00 (+37%) -
1978 ATL AL 2 6 44 0 0 0 9 65.0 53 27 30 47 3.74 3.69 (-1%) -
1979 ATL AL 5 2 36 0 0 0 5 51.0 53 22 24 37 3.88 4.00 (+3%) -
1980 ATL AL 5 8 52 5 2 1 10 90.7 83 31 37 47 3.08 3.84 (+20%) -
1981 ATL AL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 7 3 4 6 3.52 — -
1982 ATL AL 12 7 34 26 5 0 0 172.7 160 81 74 99 4.22 3.86 (-9%) -
1983 ATL AL 9 9 24 23 4 0 0 142.0 152 71 68 68 4.50 3.87 (-16%) -
1984 ATL AL 4 8 39 18 1 0 1 139.7 154 68 52 68 4.38 3.81 (-15%) -
1985 ATL AL 4 1 38 1 0 0 3 85.7 91 41 30 57 4.31 3.89 (-11%) -
1986 ATL AL 2 1 13 0 0 0 0 16.3 18 7 10 11 3.86 3.97 (+3%) -
1986 WSN NL 2 5 52 0 0 0 6 62.7 53 21 23 42 3.02 3.97 (+24%) -
1987 WSN NL 6 1 52 0 0 0 5 52.3 47 20 20 33 3.44 4.29 (+20%) -
1988 WSN NL 1 3 19 0 0 0 2 19.0 23 13 6 12 6.16 3.73 (-65%) -
1988 NYN NL 1 0 14 0 0 0 1 11.0 12 5 2 7 4.09 3.73 (-10%) 65.4
1989 LAA AL 6 1 48 0 0 0 3 52.3 39 9 15 36 1.55 3.71 (+58%) -
1990 LAA AL 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 3 6 6.43 — -
1991 LAA AL 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 10 5 5 9.31 3.91 (-138%) -
1991 STL NL 1 1 32 0 0 0 0 23.0 24 8 8 15 3.13 3.91 (+20%) -
1992 STL NL 2 2 71 0 0 0 0 54.0 52 19 25 24 3.17 3.75 (+15%) -
1993 MIA NL 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 6.3 13 5 5 6 7.11 — -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
699 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.222 0.444 0.0

Career AVG .222 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 14.3% below league average.

Career OBP .222 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 31.6% below league average.

Career SLG .222 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 42.5% below league average.

Career OPS 0.444 vs. league average 0.712 across their career seasons — 37.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1975 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1976 KCR AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1977 ATL AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1978 ATL AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1979 ATL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1980 ATL AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1981 ATL AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1982 ATL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1983 ATL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1984 ATL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1985 ATL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1986 ATL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1986 WSN NL 52 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.250 — — — — 0.0
1987 WSN NL 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1988 WSN NL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1988 NYN NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1989 LAA AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 LAA AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 LAA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 STL NL 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1992 STL NL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 MIA NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1982 ALCS ML4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 WS ML4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 AEDIV ML4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 9 0 2 9.3 11 2 3 7 1.93

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1982 ALCS ML4 1 0 1 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 0.00
1982 WS ML4 0 2 5 0 2 4.3 5 2 3 5 4.15
1981 AEDIV ML4 0 0 3 0 0 3.3 4 0 0 2 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 698 73 33 161 13 13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1975 KCA P 12 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCA P 8 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ML4 P 68 0 2 19 2 2
1978 ML4 P 44 0 1 8 1 0
1979 ML4 P 36 0 1 7 3 1
1980 ML4 P 52 5 3 9 0 0
1981 ML4 P 4 0 1 0 0 0
1982 ML4 P 34 26 4 23 3 3
1983 ML4 P 24 23 4 19 1 1
1984 ML4 P 39 18 4 21 2 2
1985 ML4 P 38 1 3 11 0 2
1986 ML4 P 13 0 1 1 0 0
1986 MON P 52 0 1 11 1 1
1987 MON P 52 0 3 8 0 0
1988 MON P 19 0 0 4 0 0
1988 NYN P 14 0 0 1 0 0
1989 CAL P 48 0 2 4 0 0
1990 CAL P 11 0 0 1 0 0
1991 CAL P 13 0 0 2 0 0
1991 SLN P 32 0 1 3 0 0
1992 SLN P 71 0 2 8 0 1
1993 FLO P 14 0 0 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 698

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1993 FLO NL $200,000
1992 SLN NL $500,000
1991 CAL AL $700,000
1990 CAL AL $825,000
1989 CAL AL $200,000
1988 MON NL $500,000
1987 ML4 AL $100,000
1986 ML4 AL $487,500
1985 ML4 AL $480,000
Total Career Earnings $3,992,500

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
College of San Mateo San Mateo CA 1972, 1973