 A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, McLeod was called up to the majors by the Boston Bees in September 1938.He collected his first hit, a single, off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Paul Dean on September 21 –the same day the Hurricane of 1938 struck New England.During the off season he worked as a salesman at a department store, but his baseball career was cut short when he was drafted into the army during World War II.