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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 38 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 95 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 95 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 3.6 0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 153.0 20 88 95 -1 1.0 7 1.3 $
1953 24 PIT NL 7.1 1 10 5 0 .6 -5 -0.4 $
2 Seasons 160.1 21 98 100 -1 1.0 2 0.9 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 32 54 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 1 1
1953 24 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
2 Seasons 36 55 49 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 18 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 7 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 248 221 14 27 5 0 0 5 0 18 81 .122 .189 .143 .332 -12 32 5 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 21 PIT NL 54 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1 Season 54 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1950 PIT NL 21 P 32 20 6 153.0 21 5 15 1 1 .952 1.18 0.63 .961 2.12 2.10 3 3 50% 1
1953 PIT NL 24 P 4 1 0 7.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.25 .960 2.09 2.02 0 1 100% 0
2 Seasons P 36 21 6 160.1 22 5 16 1 1 .955 1.18 0.58 .961 2.12 2.09 3 4 57% 1
2 Seasons TOT 36 21 6 160.1 22 5 16 1 1 .955 1.18 0.58 .961 2.12 2.09 3 4 57% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

  • Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
  • October 27, 1948: Granted Free Agency.
  • Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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