Bake McBride
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Arnold Ray "Bake" McBride (born February 3, 1949 in Fulton, Missouri
Fulton, Missouri
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), also nicknamed "Shake n' Bake" and "The Callaway Kid", is a former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 outfielder, known primarily as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies'
Philadelphia Phillies
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 teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He made his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

 in 1974, finishing the season with 173 base hits, 30 stolen bases, and a .309 batting average
Batting average
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, and was named the National League's Rookie of the Year
MLB Rookie of the Year Award
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, the first Cardinal to earn the award since Bill Virdon
Bill Virdon
William Charles Virdon is a former outfielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days as a center fielder for the St...

 in . On June 15, 1977, McBride was traded, with Steve Waterbury
Steve Waterbury
Steven Craig Waterbury is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Waterbury played for the St. Louis Cardinals in . He batted and threw right-handed.He was signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1971....

, by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Phillies for Tom Underwood
Tom Underwood
Thomas Gerald Underwood was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies , St...

, Dane Iorg
Dane Iorg
Dane Charles Iorg is a retired Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder. He played for ten seasons for four teams, including eight seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the brother of former third basemen Garth Iorg; they played against each other in the 1985 American League...

, and Rick Bosetti
Rick Bosetti
Richard Alan Bosetti is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics....

.

On February 16, 1982, McBride was traded to the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
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 for Sid Monge
Sid Monge
Isidro "Sid" Monge Pedroza is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher with a ten-year career from 1975 to 1984...

. On November 7, 1983, he was granted free agency
Free agent
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, but chose to retire from baseball.

Trivia

While getting set in the batter's box, McBride would routinely scuff the dirt around to such a degree that parts of the chalk lines could no longer be seen.

Noted for his speed, this helped him excel in other sports. According to Westminster College, he participated in baseball, basketball, and track during his two years at Westminster, where he holds the school record in the 200-meter dash.

He scored the winning run in a 25-inning game versus the New York Mets, advancing around the bases from first on a botched pick-off throw.

His nephew Joe McBride is a jazz keyboardist and singer.

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