Bill MacDonald
William Paul MacDonald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA
High School: Alameda (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1950
Final Game: May 24, 1953
Died: May 4, 1991 in Shasta Lake, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 8 10 .444 4.29 32 20 8 6 2 1 153.0 138 88 73 17 88 60 1 0 4 664 102 1.477 8.1 1.0 5.2 3.5 0.68
1953 24 PIT NL 0 1 .000 12.27 4 1 1 0 0 0 7.1 12 10 10 0 8 4 1 0 0 39 36 2.727 14.7 0.0 9.8 4.9 0.50
2 Seasons 8 11 .421 4.66 36 21 9 6 2 1 160.1 150 98 83 17 96 64 2 0 4 703 94 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 3.6 0.67
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .421 4.66 43 25 11 7 2 1 191 179 117 99 20 115 76 2 0 5 839 94 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 3.6 0.67

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 21 8 10 .444 4.29 32 20 8 6 2 1 153.0 138 88 73 17 88 60 1 0 4 664 102 1.477 8.1 1.0 5.2 3.5 0.68 102
1951 22 8 10 .444 4.29 32 20 8 6 2 1 153.0 138 88 73 17 88 60 1 0 4 664 102 1.477 8.1 1.0 5.2 3.5 0.68 102
1952 23 8 10 .444 4.29 32 20 8 6 2 1 153.0 138 88 73 17 88 60 1 0 4 664 102 1.477 8.1 1.0 5.2 3.5 0.68 102
1953 24 8 11 .421 4.66 36 21 9 6 2 1 160.1 150 98 83 17 96 64 2 0 4 703 94 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 3.6 0.67 94

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 21 9 8 .529 3.92 156.0 137 76 68 17 87 61 1 1.436 7.9 5.0 3.5 0.70 1.0 32
1953 24 0 0 11.57 7.0 11 10 9 0 7 4 1 2.571 14.1 9.0 5.1 0.57 0.0 4
2 Seasons 9 8 .529 4.25 163.0 148 86 77 17 94 65 2 1.485 8.2 3.6 0.69 0.9 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL  2 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL  88 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dennis Burns (990)
  2. Buck Freeman (988)
  3. Doug Crothers (987)
  4. Ernie Nevers (985)
  5. Trevor Cahill (985)
  6. Dana Kiecker (984)
  7. John Shaffer (984)
  8. Joe Martina (984)
  9. Red Nelson (983)
  10. George Davis (982)
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  1. Dave Stieb (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Pole (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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