Brandon McCarthy
Brandon Patrick McCarthy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 7, 1983 in Glendale, CA
High School: Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs, CO)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2005
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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
2005 21 CHW AL 3 2 .600 4.03 12 10 0 0 0 0 67.0 62 30 30 13 17 0 48 2 1 1 277 111 1.179 8.3 1.7 2.3 6.4 2.82
2006 22 CHW AL 4 7 .364 4.68 53 2 13 0 0 0 84.2 77 44 44 17 33 9 69 0 0 5 354 101 1.299 8.2 1.8 3.5 7.3 2.09
2007 23 TEX AL 5 10 .333 4.87 23 22 0 0 0 0 101.2 111 62 55 9 48 0 59 3 1 4 459 94 1.564 9.8 0.8 4.2 5.2 1.23
2008 24 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4.09 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.0 20 11 10 3 8 0 10 1 0 0 93 109 1.273 8.2 1.2 3.3 4.1 1.25
2009 25 TEX AL 7 4 .636 4.62 17 17 0 1 1 0 97.1 96 55 50 13 36 0 65 3 0 0 420 100 1.356 8.9 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81
5 Seasons 20 24 .455 4.56 110 56 13 1 1 0 372.2 366 202 189 55 142 9 251 9 2 10 1603 101 1.363 8.8 1.3 3.4 6.1 1.77
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .455 4.56 45 23 5 0 0 0 153 150 83 77 23 58 4 103 4 1 4 657 101 1.363 8.8 1.3 3.4 6.1 1.77
TEX (3 yrs) 13 15 .464 4.68 45 44 0 1 1 0 221.0 227 128 115 25 92 0 134 7 1 4 972 98 1.443 9.2 1.0 3.7 5.5 1.46
CHW (2 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.39 65 12 13 0 0 0 151.2 139 74 74 30 50 9 117 2 1 6 631 106 1.246 8.2 1.8 3.0 6.9 2.34

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
2005 21 CHW AL 12 277 256 30 62 13 1 13 2 0 17 48 .242 .293 .453 .747 .250 116 6 2 1 1 0
2006 22 CHW AL 53 354 317 44 77 7 3 17 8 3 33 69 .243 .313 .445 .758 .259 141 9 0 3 1 9
2007 23 TEX AL 23 459 400 62 111 31 1 9 17 5 48 59 .278 .355 .428 .783 .303 171 7 3 3 5 0
2008 24 TEX AL 5 93 82 11 20 4 1 3 6 1 8 10 .244 .312 .427 .739 .239 35 2 1 0 2 0
2009 25 TEX AL 17 420 376 55 96 20 1 13 5 2 36 65 .255 .321 .418 .739 .274 157 5 3 0 5 0
5 Seasons 110 1603 1431 202 366 75 7 55 38 11 142 251 .256 .324 .433 .757 .273 620 29 9 7 14 9
162 Game Avg. 45 657 586 83 150 31 3 23 16 5 58 103 .256 .324 .433 .757 .273 254 12 4 3 6 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 21 CHW AL 12 10 3 2 5 1 1 6 4 .600 2 0 0 0 5 50% 52 77 22 9 2 0 5 4.7 5.3 5.8 95 2 4 3 1 121
2006 22 CHW AL 53 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 55 67 43 21 8 0 1 4.9 2.5 4.7 81 0 2 0 0 82
2007 23 TEX AL 23 22 5 10 7 1 3 9 13 .409 0 4 0 0 9 41% 45 61 20 10 3 2 8 4.9 3.8 4.5 84 8 7 7 0 110
2008 24 TEX AL 5 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 2 40% 49 60 28 2 1 0 2 6.5 4.7 4.4 75 2 2 1 0 102
2009 25 TEX AL 17 17 7 4 6 3 1 9 8 .529 2 1 1 1 7 41% 49 74 21 12 9 0 10 6.0 7.1 5.7 93 3 9 4 1 124
5 Seasons 110 56 17 18 21 6 5 27 29 .482 5 5 1 1 23 41% 48 77 20 54 23 2 26 5.3 5.2 5.1 88 15 24 15 2 124
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 21 CHW AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.815 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 13.0 74
2006 22 CHW AL 53 51 13 3 6 1 0 1 0% 12 11 36 14 39% 7 0.952 18 10 21 22 10 19 22 29 24 14 26 7 4.4 25
2007 23 TEX AL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.029 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 34
3 Seasons 88 54 13 3 6 1 0 1 0% 12 11 36 14 39% 0.950 18 10 24 22 10 22 22 32 27 14 29 7 4.8 27

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 21 CHW AL 277 48% 4.7% 17.3% 6.1% 9.8% 44% 0.58 0.73 71% 15% 11.1% 11% 46 6 13%
2006 22 CHW AL 354 38% 4.8% 19.5% 9.3% 7.6% 35% 0.63 0.80 66% 14% 13.3% 16% 60 9 15%
2007 23 TEX AL 459 48% 2.0% 12.9% 10.5% 8.9% 37% 0.59 0.63 73% 17% 4.8% 13% 89 7 8%
2008 24 TEX AL 93 54% 3.2% 10.8% 8.6% 8.6% 40% 0.37 0.44 76% 22% 6.1% 9% 12 2 17%
2009 25 TEX AL 420 52% 3.1% 15.5% 8.6% 8.1% 35% 0.67 0.81 72% 21% 7.9% 13% 73 5 7%
5 Seasons 1603 47% 3.4% 15.7% 8.9% 8.6% 37% 0.60 0.71 71% 17% 8.5% 13% 280 29 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 21 CHW AL 277 1096 3.96 722 66% 27% 12% 31% 29% 73% 0% 48% 83% 60% 4% 10 9 23% 65 37 3 29% 10 1 0 0 0
2006 22 CHW AL 354 1448 4.09 911 63% 25% 15% 32% 28% 75% 6% 47% 80% 53% 7% 24 10 23% 81 56 4 23% 13 5 0 0 0
2007 23 TEX AL 459 1871 4.08 1141 61% 26% 13% 30% 31% 74% 0% 45% 83% 53% 7% 30 22 21% 97 52 5 14% 9 8 0 0 0
2008 24 TEX AL 93 374 4.02 236 63% 31% 11% 27% 31% 69% 0% 44% 84% 67% 4% 4 3 28% 26 15 0 20% 2 1 0 0 0
2009 25 TEX AL 420 1584 3.77 1006 64% 32% 11% 26% 31% 68% 0% 43% 84% 60% 5% 22 17 17% 72 42 2 34% 13 5 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1603 6373 3.98 4016 63% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 1% 45% 82% 57% 6% 90 61 21% 341 202 14 25% 47 20 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2005 21 CHW AL 277 62 2 0 13 0 0 10 3 4 9 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 89 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 22 CHW AL 354 77 4 0 17 1 14 11 6 10 7 23 14 4 61% 2 5 1 113 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 23 TEX AL 459 111 12 1 9 0 10 2 7 3 6 35 26 6 74% 5 4 0 169 17 5 77% 14 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
2008 24 TEX AL 93 20 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 2 0 50% 0 0 1 31 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 25 TEX AL 420 96 6 1 13 1 8 5 8 7 6 14 11 1 79% 5 0 1 140 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 Seasons 1603 366 24 2 55 2 33 29 26 26 29 81 57 11 70% 13 10 3 542 38 11 78% 33 11 5 0 0 0 1 0 39 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2005 21 3 2 .600 4.03 12 10 0 0 0 0 67.0 62 30 30 13 17 0 48 2 1 1 277 111 1.179 8.3 1.7 2.3 6.4 2.82 111
2006 22 7 9 .438 4.39 65 12 13 0 0 0 151.2 139 74 74 30 50 9 117 2 1 6 631 106 1.246 8.2 1.8 3.0 6.9 2.34 106
2007 23 12 19 .387 4.58 88 34 13 0 0 0 253.1 250 136 129 39 98 9 176 5 2 10 1090 100 1.374 8.9 1.4 3.5 6.3 1.80 100
2008 24 13 20 .394 4.54 93 39 13 0 0 0 275.1 270 147 139 42 106 9 186 6 2 10 1183 101 1.366 8.8 1.4 3.5 6.1 1.75 101
2009 25 20 24 .455 4.56 110 56 13 1 1 0 372.2 366 202 189 55 142 9 251 9 2 10 1603 101 1.363 8.8 1.3 3.4 6.1 1.77 101

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2005 21 4 3 .571 3.82 66.0 61 31 28 13 17 47 2 1.182 8.3 2.3 6.4 2.76 1.8 12
2006 22 4 5 .444 4.34 83.0 74 44 40 16 32 68 0 1.277 8.0 3.5 7.4 2.13 1.7 53
2007 23 5 6 .455 4.77 100.0 109 59 53 9 47 58 3 1.560 9.8 4.2 5.2 1.23 0.8 23
2008 24 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 20 11 10 3 8 10 1 1.333 8.6 3.4 4.3 1.25 1.3 5
2009 25 4 6 .400 4.55 95.0 95 53 48 13 36 63 3 1.379 9.0 3.4 6.0 1.75 1.2 17
5 Seasons 18 21 .462 4.41 365.0 359 198 179 54 140 246 9 1.367 8.9 6.1 1.76 1.3 110

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL--1--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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

Similarity Scores

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  6. Rick Matula (978)
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  8. Joe Johnson (976)
  9. Ben Rivera (974)
  10. Johnny Stuart (972)
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  8. Al Maul (973)
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