Archie McKain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetArchie McKain
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 12-May-1911
Place of Birth: Delphos, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 21-May-1985
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Archie McKain
- Archie Richard "Happy" McKain (May 12, 1911 – May 21, 1985) was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and the St.
- Louis Browns between 1937 and 1943. Born in Delphos, Kansas, McKain went 8-8 as a Red Sox rookie in 1937.
- He was traded to the Tigers with Pinky Higgins on December 15, 1938, for Elden Auker, Chet Morgan and Jake Wade.
- McKain went 5-0 with a 2.82 ERA (adjusted ERA+ of 168) for the 1940 Tigers, with 17 games finished.
- When the Browns traded him to Brooklyn in July 1943, he retired and returned to his native Kansas to farm.
- McKain died in 1985 at Salina, Kansas.
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