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Danny McClellan was roughly league average as a pitcher and as a hitter–and a two-way player that is average each way has real value when constructing a roster. He was at his best overall from 1904 to 1907 and had an offensive resurgence late in his career. Don’t read too much into that–McClellan was never a threat for the leaderboards either way, but he certainly warranted a spot in the lineup most days.

He’s better remembered on the mound, so let’s start there.

McClellan had exceptional control, which compensated for a tendency to give up a lot of hits. He struck out his fair share of batters, but no more than that, and did a decent job of keeping the ball in the ballpark. Like a lot of the 2-way players, he had a fair number of relief appearances, but McClellan for some reason had fewer of those than others. In 1904 and 1906 to 1908, he deserved a regular rotation spot on a good team; for the rest of his career, he was serviceable until the early 1910s, when he declined fast (indeed, his last year on the mound could have been any season from 1911 on).

At bat, he was essentially a slap hitter, but better than most. He didn’t hit for much power and didn’t take many walks, but had a little speed and didn’t strike out terribly often. McClellan usually played in the OF, and while he was decent in RF, he was not good in CF, although he played there a lot–presumably a testament to his athleticism and his very strong arm. He had a smattering of ineffective innings at 1B and 2B as well.

As always, usage projections for 2-way players are one of the thing subject to quite a bit of churn in future iterations. Beyond that, I like this set of numbers for McClellan. He was a borderline all-star a few years, clearly a useful piece, but never a true star. That could change if his pitching performance improves by projecting fewer hits allowed–that could quite easily move his WHIP into a front-of-rotation range. I could also see him, especially from 1906 through 1910, getting a dozen more starts each year, which would also of course increase his value (the argument against this is that McClellan was never the #1 starter on his team, even through those years).

Name	Danny McClellan
ID / Status	mcclel000dan / Draft
Pos	P
DOB / i9s Career	07/01/1878 / 1903 - 1913
Birthplace	Norfolk, VA (USA)
Height / Weight	5'5" / 168
B / T	L / L

 

Batting Projections

Year	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1899	366	113	12	4	0	25	19	16	7	0.309	0.353	0.363	0.716
1900	298	79	9	2	0	16	21	6	5	0.265	0.303	0.309	0.611
1901	301	76	14	0	0	18	31	10	4	0.252	0.295	0.299	0.594
1902	193	55	10	3	1	10	17	6	2	0.285	0.320	0.383	0.704
1903	195	39	9	1	0	21	24	6	2	0.200	0.278	0.256	0.534
1904	217	52	7	2	0	17	22	7	3	0.240	0.295	0.290	0.585
1905	312	80	12	4	0	26	39	15	4	0.256	0.314	0.321	0.634
1906	179	40	5	1	0	16	23	13	2	0.223	0.287	0.263	0.550
1907	387	98	12	3	0	31	32	18	5	0.253	0.309	0.300	0.608
1908	420	94	8	2	0	24	40	18	5	0.224	0.266	0.252	0.518
1909	309	92	11	3	1	24	28	13	5	0.298	0.348	0.362	0.711
1910	224	33	5	0	0	15	33	3	2	0.147	0.201	0.170	0.370
1911	259	55	12	2	0	29	35	5	4	0.212	0.292	0.274	0.566
1912	194	62	7	0	0	16	27	5	4	0.320	0.371	0.356	0.727
1913	167	46	5	1	0	15	24	4	3	0.275	0.335	0.317	0.653

 

Pitching Projections

Year	G	GS	IP	HA	W	K	HRA	eD	eT	eHBP	BB/9	H/9	K/9	ERA	WHIP
1899	28	22	188.0	169	39	40	1	0	0	7	1.9	8.1	1.9	2.90	1.11
1900	20	19	153.0	188	41	44	4	0	0	7	2.4	11.1	2.6	3.93	1.50
1901	22	15	132.0	148	29	43	4	0	0	5	2.0	10.1	2.9	3.55	1.34
1902	20	14	121.0	143	27	44	1	0	0	4	2.0	10.6	3.3	3.42	1.40
1903	28	23	200.0	249	48	94	2	0	0	7	2.2	11.2	4.2	3.63	1.49
1904	36	23	216.0	190	40	109	2	0	0	6	1.7	7.9	4.5	2.22	1.06
1905	27	24	204.0	210	46	91	3	0	0	6	2.0	9.3	4.0	3.01	1.25
1906	35	28	249.0	237	50	89	4	0	0	6	1.8	8.6	3.2	2.73	1.15
1907	26	20	175.0	142	42	69	2	0	0	5	2.2	7.3	3.5	2.15	1.05
1908	22	14	132.0	116	27	50	1	0	0	3	1.8	7.9	3.4	2.31	1.08
1909	28	18	168.0	179	39	58	2	0	0	4	2.1	9.6	3.1	3.05	1.30
1910	22	14	135.0	135	27	51	3	0	0	3	1.8	9.0	3.4	2.90	1.20
1911	16	13	111.0	149	30	49	3	0	0	3	2.4	12.1	4.0	4.34	1.61
1912	19	5	80.0	101	21	29	1	0	0	2	2.4	11.4	3.3	4.14	1.53
1913	14	12	93.0	127	20	28	1	0	0	2	1.9	12.3	2.7	4.32	1.58