Eric McNair is starting his 11th year of major-league baseball. He began playing professional baseball with his home-town team after being graduated from high school in 1928. He played shortstop for Memphis, and Knoxville during 1929, and toward the end of the season was sent to the Philadelphia Athletics, playing with them through 1935. On January 4th, 1936, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox, along with Doc Cramer, for Henry Johnson, and Al. Neimic, and a sum of money, playing with Boston through the 1938 season. On December 21st, 1938, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Lou Berger. Eric McNair's 10-year record shows 981 hits, in 973 games, for a batting average of .276.