Joseph Fred McClain (born May 5, 1933) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played for the Washington Senators in 1961–1962.

After attending the University of Tennessee, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1953, spent the 1954–1955 seasons in the military, then bounced around the minor league systems of the Cardinals, New York Yankees and original Senators, now the Minnesota Twins.

[1] He spent the entire 1961 season as a starting pitcher for the Senators, leading the team in games started (29), tying for the lead in innings pitched (212) and shutouts (2), and posted a creditable 3.86 earned run average.

[2] His shutouts came on May 14 against the Boston Red Sox (a five-hitter) and July 7 against the Minnesota Twins (a three-hitter against the former Senator franchise).

In 1962, he lost all four decisions and pitched only 24 innings (with no complete games) before being sent to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs.