# Alex McColl
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{{short description|American baseball player (1894-1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Alex McColl
|image=Alex McColl.jpg
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|3|29}}
|birth_place=[Eagleville, Ohio](/source/Eagleville%2C_Ashtabula_County%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1991|2|6|1894|3|29}}
|death_place=[Kingsville, Ohio](/source/Kingsville%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 29
|debutyear=1933
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1934
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=4–4
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=3.70
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=34
|teams=
* [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) ({{mlby|1933}}–{{mlby|1934}})
}}
'''Alexander Boyd "Red" McColl''' (March 29, 1894 – February 6, 1991) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who appeared in 46 [games](/source/games_pitched) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) in 1933 and 1934. The native of [Eagleville, Ohio](/source/Eagleville%2C_Ashtabula_County%2C_Ohio), pitched in [Organized Baseball](/source/Organized_Baseball) for 26 years, from 1915 to 1925 and 1927–1941.[{{Cite web|title=Alex McColl Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccolal01.shtml|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}] McColl made his MLB debut at the age of 39,[{{Cite web|title=For the Love of The Game … Alex McColl's Less-Than-Meteoric Rise to the Majors|url=http://www.baseballroundtable.com/for-the-love-of-the-game-alex-mccolls-less-than-meteoric-rise-to-the-majors/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.baseballroundtable.com}}] one of eight pitchers in MLB history to debut at 39 or older.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} A right-hander, McColl was listed as {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and {{convert|178|lb}}.
left|thumb|335x335px|"Red" McColl with the minor league Minneapolis Millers, 1920s
McColl had played for 18 seasons in the [minor leagues](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) before making his major league debut with [pennant-bound](/source/pennant_(sports)) [Washington](/source/1933_Washington_Senators_season) on August 29, 1933[[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1933/B08272CLE1933.htm Retrosheet box score (August 29, 1933): "Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 3"]] In his fifth career game, McColl recorded two perfect innings in [Game 2](/source/1933_World_Series) of the [1933 World Series](/source/1933_World_Series)[[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1933/B10040NY11933.htm Retrosheet box score (October 4, 1933): "New York Giants 6, Washington Senators 1"]]
His 46 [American League](/source/American_League) games pitched included three [starts](/source/starting_pitcher). He posted a 4–4 [won–lost record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) and a 3.70 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average), with two [complete game](/source/complete_game)s and three [saves](/source/save_(baseball)). In 119 [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched), he allowed 142 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and 43 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls), and registered 34 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s.
In 862 minor-league games and 5,262 innings pitched, McColl went 332–263 (3.42) over his long career, and served as a player-manager in the Washington organization.[{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Lloyd |author-link= |date=1994 |title=The Minor League Register |url= |location=[Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina) |publisher=[Baseball America](/source/Baseball_America) |page=400 |isbn=0-9637189-3-2}}]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=m/mccolal01|brm=mccoll001ale}}
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