Career
Born in Delphos, Kansas, McKain went 8-8 as a Red Sox rookie in 1937. He was traded to the Tigers with Pinky Higgins on December 15, 1938, for Elden Auker, Chet Morgan and Jake Wade. McKain went 5-0 with a 2.82 European Research Area (adjusted European Research Area+ of 168) for the 1940 Tigers, with 17 games finished.
When the Browns traded him to Brooklyn in July 1943, he retired and returned to his native Kansas to farm.
McKain died in 1985 at Salina, Kansas.