Hal McKain

{{Short description|American baseball player (1906–1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hal McKain

|image=Hal McKain.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|6|10}}

|birth_place=Logan, Iowa, U.S.

|death_date ={{death date and age|1970|1|24|1906|6|10}}

|death_place=Sacramento, California, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 22

|debutyear=1923

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 30

|finalyear=1932

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 18–23

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 4.93

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 136

|teams=

As player

• Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|1927}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{Baseball year|1929}}–{{Baseball year|1932}})

|highlights=

}}

Harold Le Roy McKain (July 10, 1906 – January 24, 1970) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1927 and the Chicago White Sox from 1929 to 1932. After being a pitcher, McKain served as a retail sales manager in Sacramento, California. McKain died on January 24, 1970 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 63.{{cite news |title=Hal McKain Dies of Heart Attack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-new-era-hal-mckain-january-26/139190550/ |access-date=January 20, 2024 |work=The New Era |date=January 26, 1970 |location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania |page=25|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} McKain is interred in Council Bluffs, Iowa.{{cite news |title=Hal McKain, Ex-Commodore Pitcher, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-decatur-daily-review-obituary-for-ha/139190850/ |access-date=January 20, 2024 |work=The Decatur Daily Review |date=January 26, 1970 |location=Decatur, Illinois |page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}