Career
On June 15, 1977, McBride was traded, with Steve Waterbury, by the Saint Louis Cardinals to the Phillies for Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti. On February 16, 1982, McBride was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Sid Monge. On November 7, 1983, he was granted free agency, but chose to retire from baseball.
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.