Oklahoma native, former Major League Baseball player Cal McLish dies at 84

 
BY RYAN ABER, Staff Writer, raber@opubco.com
Published: August 26, 2010

Before Cal McLish was 20 years old, he'd spent a full season with the Brooklyn Dodgers and served in the U.S. Army near the end of World War II.

McLish, an Anadarko native who played 15 seasons in the majors, died Thursday morning. He was 84.

“It's amazing what he was able to accomplish,” Edmond Memorial athletic director Mike de la Garza said Thursday. “We are so honored to have known him, ...


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