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Bill Macdonald

William Paul Macdonald

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA
High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1950
Team: Pirates 1950-1953

Final Game: May 24, 1953
Died: May 4, 1991 in Shasta Lake, CA
Buried: Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Concord, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1947	18	DET-min	C	12	9	.571	4.96	29						185.0	199	139	102		114							1.692	9.7		5.5			LUB · WTNM
1948	19	DET-min	A	15	7	.682	2.64	30						177.0	158	62	52		90							1.401	8.0		4.6			FLI · CENL
1949	20	PIT-min	AA	13	11	.542	3.28	30						217.0	182	95	79		95							1.276	7.5		3.9			NOR · SOUA
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	101	1.477	8.1	1.0	5.2	3.5	0.68

1953	24	HOL	Opn	5	2	.714	3.42	24	8		2	0		84.1	77	35	32	5	40	29	3	0	0			1.387	8.2	0.5	4.3	3.1	0.73	HOL · PCL
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	38	2.727	14.7	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50
1954	25	PIT-min	Opn	0	1	.000	23.62	4	1		0	0		2.2	8	8	7	2	4	2	0	0	0			4.500	27.0	6.8	13.5	6.8	0.50	HOL · PCL
2 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	21	PIT	NL	153.0	32	20	88	5.18	4.74	-0.09	0.00	105.3	5.08	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.1	1.2	16	.498	.500	$

1953	24	PIT	NL	7.1	4	1	10	12.27	4.79	-0.02	0.00	100.8	4.85	-6	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.4	-5	.369	.497	$
2 Seasons				160.1	36	21	98	5.50	4.74	-0.08	0.00	105.1	5.07	-7	-0.6	.8	-0.0	0.8	11	.483	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1950	21	PIT	NL	32	526	569	88	138	18	6	17	3	3	88	60	.243	.345	.385	.730	.246	219	21	1	6	0	7

1953	24	PIT	NL	4	34	30	10	12	2	0	0	0	1	8	4	.400	.538	.467	1.005	.462	14	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				36	560	599	98	150	20	6	17	3	4	96	64	.250	.356	.389	.745	.257	233	22	2	6	0	7
162 Game Avg.				43	668	715	117	179	24	7	20	4	5	115	76	.250	.356	.389	.745	.257	278	26	2	7	0	8
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.380	.717	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	21	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	562	-0.4	10.2	-10.5	1.05	-0.2	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.05	-1.9	2	1	4

1953	24	PIT	NL	-5.4	-0.5	38	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.52	-0.5	-0.1	-6.7	-0.6	0.50	-5.5	0	0	2
2 Yrs				-5.8	-0.5	600	-0.7	10.4	-11.0	1.01	-0.7	0.1	-11.1	-1.0	1.01	-7.5	2	1	6

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1950	21	PIT	NL	32	20	7	9	4	0	3	8	12	.400	1	1	6	2	10	50%	48.4	87	13	14	4	11	5	3.7	3.9	6.6

1953	24	PIT	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	2	0	0	1	1.0	0.0	2.7
2 Yrs				36	21	7	10	4	0	3	8	13	.381	1	1	6	2	10	48%	47	87	13	16	4	11	6	3.5	3.8	6.4
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	106	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	21	PIT	NL	32	12	8	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	3	75%	1.048	2	1	4	1	2	4	3	4	4	5	3	2	5.1

1953	24	PIT	NL	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		.520	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	0	4.7
2 Yrs				36	15	9	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	3	75%	1.016	2	1	6	1	2	6	3	6	6	6	5	2	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	21	PIT	NL	664	60%	3.2%	11.4%	16.7%	7.8%	30%	1.08	94%	112	21	19%

1953	24	PIT	NL	39	59%	0.0%	11.8%	23.5%	5.9%	17%	1.20	76%	17	1	6%
2 Yrs				703	60%	3.0%	11.4%	17.1%	7.7%	29%	1.09	93%	129	22	17%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	11.1%	6.8%	26%	0.95	88%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1950	21	PIT	NL	526	138			17	1	12	12	1	7	6	33	13	3	39%	7	4	1	216	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	138

1953	24	PIT	NL	34	12			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	83%	0	0	0	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
2 Yrs				560	150			17	1	14	12	1	7	6	39	18	3	46%	7	4	1	238	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	143
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	4	664	101	1.477	8.1	1.0	5.2	3.5	0.68	101
1951	22	8	10	.444	4.29	32	20	8	6	2	1	153.0	138	88	73	17	88	60	1	4	664	101	1.477	8.1	1.0	5.2	3.5	0.68	101
1952	23	8	10	.444	4.29	32	20	8	6	2	1	153.0	138	88	73	17	88	60	1	4	664	101	1.477	8.1	1.0	5.2	3.5	0.68	101
1953	24	8	11	.421	4.66	36	21	9	6	2	1	160.1	150	98	83	17	96	64	2	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	8	9	.471	3.98	156.0	137	77	69	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	12	10	9	0	8	4	1	2.857	15.4	10.3	5.1	0.50	0.0	4
2 Yrs		8	9	.471	4.31	163.0	149	87	78	17	95	65	2	1.497	8.2		3.6	0.68	0.9	36

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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)

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

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Dick Pole (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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