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((short description|American baseball player (1930-1987)))
((for|the Australian medical doctor|Don S. McMahon))
((refimprove|date=September 2012))
((Infobox baseball biography
|name=Don McMahon
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Don McMahon 1958.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date=((Birth date|1930|1|4))
|birth_place=[[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
|death_date=((death date and age|1987|7|22|1930|1|4))
|death_place=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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|debutdate=June 30 
|debutyear=1957
|debutteam=Milwaukee Braves
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 29
|finalyear=1974
|finalteam=San Francisco Giants
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|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=90–68
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=2.96
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=1,003
|stat4label=[[Save (baseball)|Saves]]
|stat4value=152
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* [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]] (((mlby|1957))–((mlby|1962)))
* [[Houston Colt .45's]] (((mlby|1962))–((mlby|1963)))
* [[Cleveland Indians]] (((mlby|1964))–((mlby|1966)))
* [[Boston Red Sox]] (((mlby|1966))–((mlby|1967)))
* [[Chicago White Sox]] (((mlby|1967))–((mlby|1968)))
* [[Detroit Tigers]] (((mlby|1968))–((mlby|1969)))
* [[San Francisco Giants]] (((mlby|1969))–((mlby|1974)))
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1958]])
* 2× [[World Series]] champion (((wsy|1957)), ((wsy|1968)))
))
'''Donald John McMahon''' (January 4, 1930 – July 22, 1987) was an American right-handed [[relief pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. Born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], he was signed by the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] before the 1950 season. He played for the [[Milwaukee Braves]] (1957–62), [[Houston Colt .45s]] (1962–63), [[Cleveland Indians]] (1964–66), [[Boston Red Sox]] (1966–67), [[Chicago White Sox]] (1967–68), [[Detroit Tigers]] (1968–69), and [[San Francisco Giants]] (1969–74).

McMahon was used almost exclusively in relief during his 18-year major league career. He appeared in 874 games, just two as a starter, and was one of the busiest and most dependable relievers of his era. He never was on the [[disabled list]], and in the fifteen full seasons that he played (1958–72), he averaged about 54 games and 81&nbsp;[[innings pitched]] per year.

==Career==
He reached the big leagues at the advanced age of 27 after playing [[minor league]] ball for about ((frac|5|1|2)) years and spending two years in the military (May 30, 1951 – May 17, 1953). He appeared in his final game on June 29, 1974, nearly 17 years after his major league debut.

McMahon was a valuable part of two World Championship clubs—the 1957 [[Milwaukee Braves]] and the 1968 Detroit Tigers. He posted a 1.54 [[earned run average]] with 9 [[Save (baseball)|saves]] in 32 games for the Braves in 1957 and a 2.02 earned run average with a 3–1 record in 20 games for the Tigers in 1968 after a mid-season trade from the White Sox. All together he pitched in three [[World Series]] and one [[National League Championship Series]].

He finished in the [[American League]] or [[National League (baseball)|National League]] top ten seven times for [[games pitched]], seven times for [[Save (baseball)|saves]], eight times for [[games finished]], and once each for [[wild pitch]]es, [[hit batsmen]], and [[winning percentage]].

[[Tommy John]], McMahon's teammate on the Indians, described the pitcher as "a nail-tough, confident-bordering-on-cocky, Brooklyn-born veteran."<ref>((cite book|last1=John|first1=Tommy|last2=Valenti|first2=Dan|title=TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball|publisher=Bantam|location=New York|year=1991|isbn=0-553-07184-X|page=87))</ref>

He recorded his 1000th [[strikeout]] at the age of 44 on May 27, 1974 on [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] [[shortstop]] [[Don Kessinger]] of the [[Chicago Cubs]]. A little more than a month later, when McMahon retired, only [[Hoyt Wilhelm]], [[Lindy McDaniel]], and [[Cy Young]] had pitched in more games.

For his career he finished with a lifetime record of 90–68, 153 saves, 506 [[games finished]], and an earned run average of 2.96. As of the conclusion of the 2006 season, McMahon ranked 17th all-time for fewest [[hits allowed per 9 innings pitched]] (7.24).

Other career highlights include:
*Named to [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[All-Star]] team (1958)
*His final game, at the age of 44 (by far the oldest player in [[Major League Baseball]] at that time), 2 scoreless innings against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] (June 29, 1974)
*Held [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]] [[Hank Aaron]], [[Ernie Banks]], [[Johnny Bench]], [[Harmon Killebrew]], [[Bill Mazeroski]], [[Joe Morgan]], [[Stan Musial]], [[Brooks Robinson]], [[Frank Robinson]], and [[Willie Stargell]] to a .149 collective [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (28-for-188)

===Coaching===
McMahon served as [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] [[pitching coach]] from 1972 to 1975, and also from 1980 to 1982. He was activated by San Francisco for parts of the 1972, 1973, and 1974 seasons when the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] needed his experienced and effective arm to help out in the [[bullpen]]. (Relievers [[Elías Sosa]] and [[Randy Moffitt]] were shouldering most of the load, and were not getting enough help from the others.) He also was the pitching coach of the [[Minnesota Twins]] from 1976 to 1977 and the [[Cleveland Indians]] from 1983 to 1985. In 1986, after a recommendation from friend and fellow high school classmate [[Al Davis]], he was hired as a scout for the LA Dodgers.<ref>((cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-23/sports/sp-5684_1_batting-practice | title=Don McMahon Dies of Heart Attack : Dodger Scout, 57, Is Stricken While Pitching Batting Practice | work=The Los Angeles Times | date=July 23, 1987 | access-date=September 7, 2012 | author=McMANIS, Sam))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/01/sports/sports-of-the-times-he-died-with-spikes-on.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | title=SPORTS OF THE TIMES; HE DIED WITH SPIKES ON | work=The New York Times | date=August 1, 1987 | access-date=September 7, 2012 | author=BERKOW, IRA))</ref>

==Death==
In 1987, he was working as an instructional coach and scout with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and pitched batting practice before most home games. On July 22, he was pitching [[Glossary of baseball (B)#batting practice|batting practice]] when he suffered a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], having undergone [[heart bypass surgery]] about three and a half years prior. McMahon died within hours.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/01/sports/sports-of-the-times-he-died-with-spikes-on.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | title=SPORTS OF THE TIMES; HE DIED WITH SPIKES ON | work=The New York Times | date=August 1, 1987 | access-date=September 7, 2012 | author=BERKOW, IRA))</ref> He was buried at the Good Shepherd Cemetery in [[Huntington Beach, California]],<ref>[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/don-mcmahon/ Society for American Baseball Research]</ref> with a baseball in his hand.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/05/the-summer-that-changed-boston/M2QsEYDJb2QFwB0DWl5u2O/story.html?s_campaign=bdc:article:stub|title=The Summer That Changed Boston|date=April 6, 2017|access-date=April 6, 2017|author=Eric Moskowitz|publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]|url-access=registration ))</ref> Don had several children with his wife Darlene, including his son Jack and Mike McMahon. At the time of Mr. McMahon's death the family lived in [[Garden Grove, California]].

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Baseballstats|br=m/mcmahdo02))
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mcmahdo02 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmcmad102.htm Retrosheet]

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((succession box | title=[[Cleveland Indians]] [[coach (baseball)|pitching coach]] | years=1983–1985 | before=[[Chuck Estrada]] | after=[[Jack Aker]]))
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