In a 15-season career, McLish posted a 92–92 win-loss record, with 713 strikeouts, and a 4.00 earned run average (ERA), in 1,609.0 innings pitched.\n', '

McLish was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, on December 1, 1925. McLish\'s parents were John and Lula McLish. His father was three-quarters Cherokee Indian. He was the seventh of eight children. He was named for Calvin Coolidge, Julius Caesar, and Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. He stated that the origin of his lengthy name is that his father was given permission to name the newborn, after not getting to name his previous six children, and he took full advantage of the opportunity. He was raised in Oklahoma City (OKC), and went to its Central High School.\n', '

McLish signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers before the 1944 season. He made his Major League Baseball debut with the Dodgers that year, the first time he played organized baseball. He spent 1945 in the United States Army, and was deployed in the Western Front of World War II. He returned to baseball in 1946, playing for the Dodgers.\n', '

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