Bob MacDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: April 27, 1965 in East Orange, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 19th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ).

School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)

Debut: August 14, 1990 (Age 25-109d, 15,817th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 7, 1996 (Age 31-041d)
vs. FLA 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Robert Joseph MacDonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

4.34

197

234.1

142

WHIP

1.455

Summary of 26 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 4 go ahead

4 Tms
TOR	9
DET	8
NYY	7
NYM	2

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	9

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	8

Outs
1	12
0	8
2	6

13 Opps
SEA	5
TEX	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
KCR	2
DET	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
OAK	1
BOS	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
FLA	1

24 Batters
Tino Martinez	2
Julio Franco	2
Wally Joyner	1
Rob Deer	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Mark McGwire	1
Darryl Hamilton	1
Matt Nokes	1
Pedro Muñoz	1
Jeff Branson	1
Jay Buhner	1
Carlos Quintana	1
Mike Devereaux	1
Robin Ventura	1
Chad Kreuter	1
Juan Bell	1
Frank Thomas	1
Devon White	1
Tom Lampkin	1
Dickie Thon	1
Chris Gomez	1
Sherman Obando	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Brian McRae	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	8
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	12
7	9
78	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	7
3	7
2	5
7+	3
5	3
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	6
123	3
1-3	3
12-	2
-23	1
-2-	1

54 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	10
1 on	7
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	10
8	7
9	2
Extra	1

4-6	6
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	3
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	2
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	17
Tied	2
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
1-1	5
1-0	4
3-2	2
3-1	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
2-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
RF	4
SS	4
CF	3
C	3
DH	3
2B	1
LF	1
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	4
4th	4
6th	4
7th	3
5th	3
2nd	3
1st	2
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1991-05-15	Brian McRae	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	8	12%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Pecota Scores; K. Gibson Scores; B. McRae Scores
2	2	2	1	1991-07-30	Frank Thomas	CHW	@	TOR	tied 6-6	t 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) CB1X	2	3	DH	30%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ventura Scores; F. Thomas Scores
3	3	3	1	1991-08-09	Carlos Quintana	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 7-4	t 8	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	3	3	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores; C. Quintana Scores
4	4	4	1	1991-08-30	Matt Nokes	NYY		TOR	ahead 8-1	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores
5	5	5	1	1991-09-16	Pete O'Brien	SEA		TOR	tied 5-5	b 11	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. O'Brien Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1992-06-03	Pedro Muñoz	MIN		TOR	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	1-3	3,(1-1) SBX	3	4	9	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Knoblauch Scores; K. Puckett Scores; P. Muñoz Scores
7	7	2	1	1992-06-18	Rob Deer	DET	@	TOR	ahead 9-8	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	12%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Deer Scores
8	8	3	1	1992-06-30	Dickie Thon	TEX	@	TOR	ahead 12-8	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
9	9	4	1	1992-07-12	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 6-0	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McGwire Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1993-05-19	Darryl Hamilton	MIL		DET	behind 5-7	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	9	13%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1993-06-19	Juan Bell	MIL	@	DET	behind 6-10	t 9	1	---	10,(3-2) BCCBFFFFBX	1	1	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1993-06-20	Tom Lampkin	MIL	@	DET	behind 0-7	t 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Spiers Scores
13	13	4	1	1993-07-03	Julio Franco	TEX	@	DET	ahead 7-5	t 7	1	123	7,(3-2) BFCFBBX	4	2	DH	11%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Palmer Scores; M. Díaz Scores; G. Redus Scores
14	14	5	1	1993-07-04	Julio Franco	TEX	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	2	DH	5%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Hulse Scores
15	15	6	1	1993-07-23	Wally Joyner	KCR	@	DET	behind 3-6	t 7	1	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	4	3	43%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. McRae Scores; G. Gagne Scores; G. Brett Scores
16	16	7	1	1993-08-11	Sherman Obando	BAL	@	DET	behind 2-15	t 8	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Voigt Scores; H. Baines Scores
17	17	8	1	1993-08-12	Mike Devereaux	BAL	@	DET	behind 6-8	t 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	3	8	25%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); H. Reynolds Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1995-05-31	Tino Martinez	SEA		NYY	behind 7-9	b 7	1	-23	9,(2-2) .CC1>B.BFFFFX	3	7	3	37%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Buhner Scores; A. Diaz Scores
19	19	2	1	1995-06-11	Chad Kreuter	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 5-4	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	8	2	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	3	2	1995-06-11	Tino Martinez	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 6-4	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	4	3	9%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	4	1	1995-06-15	Chris Gomez	DET		NYY	ahead 5-2	b 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	6	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1995-07-05	Robin Ventura	CHW		NYY	ahead 6-2	b 4	1	1-3	1,(0-0) .X	3	4	5	5%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); L. Johnson Scores; F. Thomas Scores
23	23	6	1	1995-08-09	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	6	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line); B. Bonilla Scores
24	24	7	1	1995-09-05	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1-3	3,(1-1) CBX	3	6	9	13%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); K. Griffey Scores; E. Martínez Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1996-04-08	Jeff Branson	CIN		NYM	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	1--	5,(1-2) 1FCF*BX	2	8	4	12%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Greene Scores
26	26	2	1	1996-06-07	Devon White	FLA	@	NYM	ahead 8-2	t 7	1	123	1,(0-0) .X	4	1	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Johnson Scores; R. Milliard Scores; A. Leiter Scores