Mickey McDermott was born on Monday, April 29, 1929, in Poughkeepsie, New York. McDermott was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1948, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mickey McDermott baseball stats page.
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Mickey McDermott![]() Mickey McDermott Autograph on a Yankees of the '50's Card |
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Mickey McDermottMickey McDermott Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1948 | 19 | Red Sox | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 114 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 1949 | 20 | Red Sox | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.05 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 349 | 63 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | 21 | Red Sox | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 130.0 | 609 | 119 | 75 | 80 | 8 | 124 | 1 | 96 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - |
| 1951 | 22 | Red Sox | 34 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 172.0 | 729 | 141 | 64 | 72 | 10 | 92 | 1 | 127 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - |
| 1952 | 23 | Red Sox | 30 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.72 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 162.0 | 693 | 139 | 67 | 70 | 14 | 92 | 1 | 117 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
| 1953 | 24 | Red Sox | 32 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 10 | .643 | 3.01 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 206.1 | 876 | 169 | 69 | 82 | 9 | 109 | 3 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1954 | 25 | Senators | 30 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 3.44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 196.1 | 851 | 172 | 75 | 95 | 8 | 110 | 6 | 95 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - |
| 1955 | 26 | Senators | 31 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.75 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 156.0 | 700 | 140 | 65 | 75 | 9 | 100 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - |
| 1956 | 27 | Yankees | 23 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 384 | 85 | 41 | 46 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1957 | 28 | Athletics | 29 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 316 | 68 | 42 | 47 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1958 | 29 | Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1961 | 32 | Cardinals | 19 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27.0 | 125 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1961 | 32 | Athletics | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 12 Years | 291 | 156 | 86 | 69 | 69 | .500 | 3.91 | 54 | 11 | 14 | 1,316.2 | 5,801 | 1,161 | 572 | 655 | 87 | 838 | 21 | 757 | 39 | 28 | 7 | 0 | ||
Mickey McDermottMickey McDermott Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1948 | 19 | Red Sox | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 |
| 1949 | 20 | Red Sox | 12 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .278 | .303 |
| 1950 | 21 | Red Sox | 39 | 44 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .472 | .477 |
| 1951 | 22 | Red Sox | 43 | 66 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .314 | .364 |
| 1952 | 23 | Red Sox | 36 | 62 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .323 |
| 1953 | 24 | Red Sox | 45 | 93 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .301 | .316 | .419 |
| 1954 | 25 | Senators | 54 | 95 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .255 | .232 |
| 1955 | 26 | Senators | 70 | 95 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .311 | .337 |
| 1956 | 27 | Yankees | 46 | 52 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .212 | .317 | .269 |
| 1957 | 28 | Athletics | 58 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 | .362 | .510 |
| 1958 | 29 | Tigers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| 1961 | 32 | Cardinals | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 |
| 1961 | 32 | Athletics | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 12 Years | 443 | 619 | 71 | 156 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 74 | 52 | 2 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .252 | .312 | .349 | ||
Mickey McDermottMickey McDermott Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1948 Red Sox | P | 7 | 0 | 70 | 9 | 1.3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.47 |
| 1949 Red Sox | P | 12 | 12 | 240 | 17 | 1.4 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 1.80 |
| 1950 Red Sox | P | 38 | 15 | 390 | 32 | 0.8 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 2.08 |
| 1951 Red Sox | P | 34 | 19 | 516 | 40 | 1.2 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.99 |
| 1952 Red Sox | P | 30 | 21 | 486 | 36 | 1.2 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 1.89 |
| 1953 Red Sox | P | 32 | 30 | 619 | 47 | 1.5 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 1.96 |
| 1954 Senators | P | 30 | 26 | 589 | 44 | 1.5 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 1.93 |
| 1955 Senators | P | 31 | 20 | 468 | 35 | 1.1 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 1.90 |
| 1956 Yankees | P | 23 | 9 | 261 | 15 | 0.7 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.55 |
| 1957 Athletics | 1B | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 9.00 |
| 1957 Athletics | P | 29 | 4 | 207 | 25 | 0.9 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 3.13 |
| 1958 Tigers | P | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1961 Cardinals | P | 19 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.33 |
| 1961 Athletics | P | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 1.59 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 291 | 156 | 3,950 | 306 | 1.1 | 291 | 44 | 247 | 15 | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .951 | 1.99 | |
| 1B Totals | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 9.00 | |
| 12 Years | 293 | 158 | 3,965 | 312 | 1.1 | 296 | 49 | 247 | 16 | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .949 | 2.02 | |
Mickey McDermottMickey McDermott Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1948 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.49 | 6.56 | 13.50 |
| 1949 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.96 | 5.63 | 5.85 |
| 1950 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 0.77 | 6.65 | 8.58 |
| 1951 Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 7 | n/a | 66.0 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 1.38 | 6.65 | 4.81 |
| 1952 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 5 | n/a | 62.0 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 1.27 | 6.50 | 5.11 |
| 1953 Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12 | 1 | n/a | 93.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 0.84 | 4.01 | 4.75 |
| 1954 Senators | 0 | 0 | .000 | 25 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.9 | 23.8 | 0.86 | 4.35 | 5.04 |
| 1955 Senators | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 40 | 1 | n/a | 95.0 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 0.78 | 4.50 | 5.77 |
| 1956 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 52.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 0.81 | 3.93 | 4.86 |
| 1957 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 32 | 1 | n/a | 12.3 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 0.58 | 3.78 | 6.52 |
| 1958 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 1961 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 1961 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.30 | 4.76 | 15.88 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 12 Years | 1 | 2 | .333 | 149 | 16 | n/a | 68.8 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 0.90 | 5.17 | 5.73 |
Mickey McDermottMickey McDermott Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1948 Boston Red Sox | 36 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1949 Boston Red Sox | 19, 36 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1950 Boston Red Sox | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1951 Boston Red Sox | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1952 Boston Red Sox | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1953 Boston Red Sox | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1954 Washington Senators | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1955 Washington Senators | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1956 New York Yankees | 22 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
| 1957 Kansas City Athletics | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1958 Detroit Tigers | 20 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1961 St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1961 Kansas City Athletics | 22 | Undetermined | - | - |
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