Ben McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 212lb (201cm, 96kg)

Born: November 24, 1967 in Baton Rouge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Denham Springs HS (Denham Springs, LA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st) of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Denham Springs HS (Denham Springs, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: September 6, 1989 (Age 21-286d, 15,696th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1997 (Age 29-234d)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Larry McDonald

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Larry Benard McDonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.8

ERA

3.91

211

198

1291.1

894

WHIP

1.257

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1993 Pitching Game Log

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1993 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	84	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	SEA	L,0-6	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.1	1	3	3	7	0	0	0	20.25	18.74	12	55	21	9	2	3	2	0	1	0	33			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.207	1.30	-0.12%	-2.55	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d2
2	85	8	Apr 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-5	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.1	9	5	5	2	4	0	0	10.80	5.84	25	98	56	20	7	9	10	5	0	0	32			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.194	.80	-0.09%	-2.15	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out a2
3	86	12	Apr 20	BAL		CHW	L,1-2	GS-9		5	8.2	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.28	3.77	32	125	78	25	11	16	10	2	1	0	68			2	2	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.487	1.14	0.24%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
4	87	16	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.0	8	3	1	4	4	0	1	4.43	3.92	28	110	57	14	7	8	11	7	3	0	43			1	0	1	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.133	.68	-0.06%	-1.22	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out d2
5	88	21	Apr 30	BAL		KCR	W,12-5	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.0	7	4	3	1	4	2	0	4.44	4.51	24	85	54	14	7	12	7	0	2	0	47			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.113	.70	-0.04%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	89	26	May 6	BAL	@	TOR	L,8-10	GS-4	L(2-3)	5	4.0	6	6	6	1	4	4	0	5.64	5.86	19	69	43	13	6	7	7	1	0	0	29			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.448	.65	-0.21%	-3.87	1b start a 3	4b 3 out d1
7	90	31	May 11	BAL		BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.2	9	4	3	2	5	1	1	5.35	5.66	32	104	59	22	7	16	8	1	0	0	45			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.080	.99	0.05%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
8	91	36	May 17	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	GS-9	L(2-5)	5	8.1	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.76	5.33	30	112	68	17	6	15	12	4	2	0	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.66	0.136	.41	0.05%	2.22	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d2
9	92	41	May 22	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	4	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.80	4.90	23	95	59	11	11	9	7	2	2	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.046	.41	-0.01%	-0.67	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
10	93	46	May 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.58	4.69	22	78	44	13	7	10	7	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.173	.51	0.05%	1.64	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	94	51	Jun 1	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	4.0	3	4	1	2	2	0	0	4.43	4.61	19	72	37	12	3	10	5	1	2	0	46			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	2	.90	-0.185	.27	-0.03%	-3.01	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
12	95	56	Jun 7	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.12	4.50	27	104	61	21	5	10	11	3	4	0	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.187	.58	0.05%	2.04	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
13	96	61	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.86	4.29	29	110	68	16	15	15	4	1	1	0	65			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.288	1.05	0.15%	2.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
14	97	66	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-6)	5	6.1	7	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.67	4.26	29	119	66	23	5	10	12	4	2	0	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	0.158	1.18	0.08%	1.76	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
15	98	71	Jun 24	BAL		DET	W,6-2	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	5.1	6	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.54	4.27	25	105	61	16	14	8	7	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.167	1.41	0.14%	1.73	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a3
16	99	76	Jun 29	BAL		TOR	L,1-2	GS-9	L(4-7)	4	8.0	3	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.43	4.14	30	123	75	22	12	12	7	0	1	0	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	0.326	2.24	0.31%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	100	81	Jul 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	7.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.46	4.04	25	95	59	16	5	12	12	2	0	0	58			0	1	0	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.051	1.30	-0.05%	0.24	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out d2
18	101	86	Jul 9	BAL		CHW	W,15-6	GS-7	W(5-8)	4	6.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.52	4.00	27	118	66	20	7	7	11	5	3	0	47			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.079	1.22	-0.08%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a5
19	102	89	Jul 15	BAL		MIN	W,5-3	GS-6	W(6-8)	5	6.0	5	3	2	3	5	1	0	3.49	4.06	27	104	58	21	9	13	6	3	0	0	54			2	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.010	2.43	0.01%	0.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
20	103	94	Jul 20	BAL		KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(7-8)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.24	3.90	30	123	76	30	14	10	8	3	3	0	91			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.607	2.18	0.84%	4.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	104	99	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.2	8	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.35	3.80	28	111	64	15	14	11	11	7	0	0	46			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.107	2.24	-0.15%	-0.64	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
22	105	103	Jul 31	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	GS-8	W(8-9)	5	7.1	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.17	3.71	27	121	71	17	12	10	6	3	1	0	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.425	1.76	0.39%	3.83	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	106	108	Aug 5	BAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.03	3.61	32	109	77	24	10	17	11	6	0	0	71			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.538	1.60	0.50%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	107	113	Aug 10	BAL	@	DET	L,1-15	GS-4	L(9-10)	4	3.2	5	9	9	4	6	2	0	3.50	3.77	20	90	51	14	8	4	6	2	0	0	17			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.339	1.94	-0.59%	-7.02	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d9
25	108	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-11)	4	8.0	7	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.38	3.82	33	127	71	19	14	11	13	6	1	0	65			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.220	2.86	0.29%	3.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	109	123	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.42	3.77	29	109	67	20	7	8	14	8	1	0	45			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.007	1.27	-0.01%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a2
27	110	128	Aug 26	BAL		CAL	W,9-4	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	3	5	1	2	3.49	3.84	32	126	68	10	14	14	8	4	1	0	45			3	1	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.16	-0.116	.76	-0.05%	-0.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	111	133	Sep 1	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(10-11)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.37	3.72	33	114	77	27	11	14	7	1	0	0	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.73	0.338	.63	0.18%	3.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
29	112	138	Sep 6	BAL		SEA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(11-11)	4	7.1	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.28	3.66	30	126	73	22	8	13	9	3	3	0	66			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.331	3.54	0.56%	2.83	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
30	113	142	Sep 11	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.18	3.60	32	125	74	28	14	11	13	6	2	0	79			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	2	0	2	.95	0.487	3.91	1.20%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	114	147	Sep 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(12-12)	5	8.0	3	2	2	4	7	1	0	3.14	3.63	31	116	68	20	9	4	16	7	4	0	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.67	0.100	2.38	0.21%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	115	152	Sep 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	L(12-13)	4	6.1	5	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.18	3.59	27					5	13	5	1	0	52			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.021	1.26	0.01%	0.76	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
33	116	157	Sep 28	BAL		NYY	W,9-1	CG	W(13-13)	5	9.0	2	1	1	4	9	0	0	3.09	3.54	32	117	73	28	11	10	9	2	2	0	84			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	.78	0.217	.00	0.00%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
34	117	162	Oct 3	BAL		TOR	L,6-11	GS-2	L(13-14)	4	1.2	5	8	8	3	2	2	0	3.39	3.68	13	47	24	7	4	1	7	2	0	0	12			2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.551	.00	0.00%	-7.02	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
							19-15		W-L:13-14	4.4	220.1	185	92	83	86	171	17	5	3.39	3.68	914	3442	59%	18%	9%	1.12		18%	7%	0	56		---%	19	11	2	812	32	5	4	15	4	12	1.03	2.720	1.40	3.84%	24.64

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