Ben McDonald
Larry Benard McDonald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: November 24, 1967 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Denham Springs (Denham Springs, LA)
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed August 19, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1989
Final Game: July 16, 1997
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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
1989 21 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 8.59 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 7 7 2 4 0 3 0 1 1 33 44 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 3.7 0.75
1990 22 BAL AL 8 5 .615 2.43 21 15 2 3 2 0 118.2 88 36 32 9 35 0 65 0 0 5 472 158 1.037 6.7 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.86 RoY-8
1991 23 BAL AL 6 8 .429 4.84 21 21 0 1 0 0 126.1 126 71 68 16 43 2 85 1 0 3 532 82 1.338 9.0 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.98
1992 24 BAL AL 13 13 .500 4.24 35 35 0 4 2 0 227.0 213 113 107 32 74 5 158 9 2 3 958 94 1.264 8.4 1.3 2.9 6.3 2.14
1993 25 BAL AL 13 14 .481 3.39 34 34 0 7 1 0 220.1 185 92 83 17 86 4 171 5 1 7 914 132 1.230 7.6 0.7 3.5 7.0 1.99
1994 26 BAL AL 14 7 .667 4.06 24 24 0 5 1 0 157.1 151 75 71 14 54 2 94 2 1 3 655 123 1.303 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.74
1995 27 BAL AL 3 6 .333 4.16 14 13 1 1 0 0 80.0 67 40 37 10 38 3 62 3 2 4 342 115 1.313 7.5 1.1 4.3 7.0 1.63
1996 28 MIL AL 12 10 .545 3.90 35 35 0 2 0 0 221.1 228 104 96 25 67 0 146 6 0 4 951 133 1.333 9.3 1.0 2.7 5.9 2.18
1997 29 MIL AL 8 7 .533 4.06 21 21 0 1 0 0 133.0 120 68 60 13 36 2 110 5 0 3 551 115 1.173 8.1 0.9 2.4 7.4 3.06
9 Seasons 78 70 .527 3.91 211 198 5 24 6 0 1291.1 1186 606 561 138 437 18 894 31 7 33 5408 115 1.257 8.3 1.0 3.0 6.2 2.05
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .527 3.91 35 33 1 4 1 0 215 197 101 93 23 73 3 149 5 1 5 899 115 1.257 8.3 1.0 3.0 6.2 2.05
BAL (7 yrs) 58 53 .523 3.89 155 142 5 21 6 0 937.0 838 434 405 100 334 16 638 20 7 26 3906 111 1.251 8.0 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.91
MIL (2 yrs) 20 17 .541 3.96 56 56 0 3 0 0 354.1 348 172 156 38 103 2 256 11 0 7 1502 126 1.273 8.8 1.0 2.6 6.5 2.49

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
1989 21 BAL AL 6 33 28 7 8 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 .286 .364 .536 .899 .250 15 1 0 0 1 0
1990 22 BAL AL 21 472 429 36 88 14 0 9 10 2 35 65 .205 .262 .301 .563 .219 129 5 0 3 5 0
1991 23 BAL AL 21 532 483 71 126 22 3 16 14 3 43 85 .261 .321 .418 .739 .286 202 11 1 2 3 2
1992 24 BAL AL 35 958 863 113 213 44 5 32 20 8 74 158 .247 .311 .421 .732 .267 363 14 9 6 6 5
1993 25 BAL AL 34 914 812 92 185 32 5 17 19 11 86 171 .228 .304 .342 .647 .268 278 15 5 7 4 4
1994 26 BAL AL 24 655 592 75 151 24 3 14 14 8 54 94 .255 .319 .377 .696 .282 223 12 2 6 1 2
1995 27 BAL AL 14 342 299 40 67 11 0 10 9 5 38 62 .224 .316 .361 .677 .249 108 5 3 0 2 3
1996 28 MIL AL 35 951 863 104 228 41 4 25 18 7 67 146 .264 .319 .408 .727 .290 352 15 6 8 7 0
1997 29 MIL AL 21 551 506 68 120 27 4 13 20 4 36 110 .237 .294 .383 .677 .279 194 14 5 3 1 2
9 Seasons 211 5408 4875 606 1186 216 24 138 125 48 437 894 .243 .308 .382 .690 .271 1864 92 31 35 30 18
162 Game Avg. 35 899 811 101 197 36 4 23 21 8 73 149 .243 .308 .382 .690 .271 310 15 5 6 5 3
MLB Averages

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
1990 22 BAL AL 21 15 8 5 2 1 2 10 5 .667 0 0 3 2 11 73% 60 83 30 12 2 3 4 3.3 3.3 7.3 109 0 4 8 2 140
1991 23 BAL AL 21 21 6 8 7 1 1 9 12 .429 1 2 1 0 8 38% 49 85 20 16 6 1 7 4.6 4.8 6.0 96 6 3 8 4 130
1992 24 BAL AL 35 35 13 13 9 1 3 19 16 .543 0 5 4 2 19 54% 52 91 15 37 9 0 8 4.9 4.5 6.5 104 3 8 19 5 136
1993 25 BAL AL 34 34 13 14 7 2 7 19 15 .559 5 1 7 1 23 68% 56 91 12 35 10 0 13 4.1 3.9 6.5 104 5 5 15 8 127
1994 26 BAL AL 24 24 14 7 3 2 1 15 9 .625 1 1 5 1 13 54% 52 90 10 28 12 0 6 5.5 6.6 6.6 103 4 5 11 4 145
1995 27 BAL AL 14 13 3 6 4 0 2 3 10 .231 1 2 1 0 6 46% 52 73 28 7 2 0 7 4.1 4.2 5.8 93 2 3 5 0 119
1996 28 MIL AL 35 35 12 10 13 1 3 18 17 .514 5 2 2 0 20 57% 51 85 8 20 5 0 8 5.5 5.8 6.3 104 3 8 17 6 126
1997 29 MIL AL 21 21 8 7 6 3 2 10 11 .476 1 1 1 0 12 57% 53 85 6 19 7 1 5 4.3 4.9 6.3 102 0 4 12 1 124
8 Seasons 205 198 77 70 51 11 21 103 95 .520 14 14 24 6 112 57% 53 91 6 174 53 5 58 4.7 4.8 6.4 103 23 40 95 30 145
MLB Averages

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
1989 21 BAL AL 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 0.506 0 4 2 0 0 6 4 2 2 2 2 0 3.7 19
1990 22 BAL AL 21 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 1.083 2 0 3 0 2 4 1 5 4 0 4 1 4.8 20
1995 27 BAL AL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.912 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 63
3 Seasons 41 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 0.991 2 4 6 0 2 11 5 8 7 2 7 1 4.8 23

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%
1989 21 BAL AL 33 48% 6.1% 9.1% 12.1% 9.1% 38% 0.86 1.11 73% 8% 20.0% 29% 9 1 11%
1990 22 BAL AL 472 50% 1.9% 13.8% 7.4% 4.9% 26% 0.76 0.86 76% 22% 4.9% 11% 89 5 6%
1991 23 BAL AL 532 54% 3.0% 16.0% 8.1% 7.7% 33% 0.69 0.90 72% 21% 7.9% 15% 73 11 15%
1992 24 BAL AL 958 48% 3.3% 16.5% 7.7% 8.5% 38% 0.70 0.95 71% 20% 9.2% 16% 131 14 11%
1993 25 BAL AL 914 53% 1.9% 18.7% 9.4% 5.9% 29% 1.09 1.40 69% 18% 6.5% 15% 138 15 11%
1994 26 BAL AL 655 52% 2.1% 14.4% 8.2% 6.3% 27% 1.02 1.50 74% 18% 6.1% 7% 102 12 12%
1995 27 BAL AL 342 49% 2.9% 18.1% 11.1% 6.1% 31% 0.85 1.15 67% 24% 10.3% 24% 55 5 9%
1996 28 MIL AL 951 58% 2.6% 15.4% 7.1% 7.4% 31% 0.85 1.12 74% 23% 7.4% 13% 158 15 9%
1997 29 MIL AL 551 52% 2.4% 20.0% 6.5% 8.0% 37% 1.01 1.26 70% 19% 8.3% 18% 82 14 17%
9 Seasons 5408 52% 2.6% 16.5% 8.1% 7.0% 32% 0.86 1.13 72% 20% 7.6% 14% 837 92 11%
MLB Averages

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
1989 21 BAL AL 24 94 3.92 53 56% 28% 9% 25% 38% 72% 0% 40% 87% 58% 8% 2 1 17% 4 0 0 0% 0 1 9 0 0
1990 22 BAL AL 453 1638 3.62 1015 62% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 0% 44% 86% 57% 6% 25 15 18% 80 32 5 34% 12 10 19 0 0
1991 23 BAL AL 532 2018 3.79 1232 61% 25% 13% 30% 33% 75% 1% 46% 83% 54% 6% 34 16 18% 94 38 1 31% 16 16 0 0 0
1992 24 BAL AL 958 3643 3.80 2193 60% 28% 12% 28% 33% 72% 1% 44% 84% 52% 4% 43 27 16% 155 81 9 26% 29 11 0 0 0
1993 25 BAL AL 887 3434 3.87 2018 59% 30% 15% 24% 31% 70% 1% 41% 79% 50% 5% 46 23 16% 139 64 4 32% 25 21 27 0 2
1994 26 BAL AL 655 2471 3.77 1492 60% 30% 11% 25% 34% 70% 1% 43% 84% 54% 5% 31 21 16% 106 44 6 43% 12 8 0 0 0
1995 27 BAL AL 256 997 3.89 555 56% 31% 15% 22% 32% 69% 1% 39% 78% 45% 8% 21 11 13% 32 19 0 22% 9 7 86 0 0
1996 28 MIL AL 930 3521 3.79 2141 61% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 0% 43% 82% 54% 4% 41 26 19% 174 81 13 27% 27 15 21 0 1
1997 29 MIL AL 468 1741 3.72 1072 62% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 1% 44% 79% 53% 5% 25 15 19% 91 51 8 26% 18 8 83 0 0
9 Seasons 5163 19557 3.79 11771 60% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 43% 82% 53% 5% 268 155 17% 875 410 46 30% 148 97 245 0 3
MLB Averages

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
1989 21 BAL AL 33 8 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 6 3 0 50% 0 1 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 22 BAL AL 472 88 10 1 9 0 3 7 2 7 2 19 12 5 63% 5 5 1 162 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 14 0
1991 23 BAL AL 532 126 28 0 16 0 2 8 8 6 10 22 12 3 55% 5 3 0 173 14 3 82% 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1992 24 BAL AL 958 213 67 5 32 0 9 18 14 21 11 42 25 4 60% 9 3 4 298 20 8 71% 18 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 17 0
1993 25 BAL AL 914 185 29 1 17 1 17 12 5 9 8 54 30 8 56% 12 7 1 284 19 11 63% 16 10 2 1 1 0 2 0 16 0
1994 26 BAL AL 655 151 13 0 14 0 10 6 8 10 4 27 16 5 59% 6 3 0 223 14 8 64% 8 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 5 0
1995 27 BAL AL 342 67 12 1 10 0 8 4 6 2 8 16 7 3 44% 4 4 0 119 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1996 28 MIL AL 951 228 26 2 25 1 13 9 16 13 12 56 29 8 52% 11 4 0 328 18 7 72% 16 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 15 0
1997 29 MIL AL 551 120 7 1 13 0 5 4 9 5 8 26 11 4 42% 11 3 0 177 20 4 83% 16 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
9 Seasons 5408 1186 193 11 138 2 70 70 68 74 64 268 145 40 54% 63 33 6 1777 125 48 72% 102 36 22 10 1 2 11 2 89 0
MLB Averages

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+
1989 21 1 0 1.000 8.59 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 7 7 2 4 0 3 0 1 1 33 44 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 3.7 0.75 44
1990 22 9 5 .643 2.79 27 15 4 3 2 0 126.0 96 43 39 11 39 0 68 0 1 6 505 138 1.071 6.9 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.74 138
1991 23 15 13 .536 3.82 48 36 4 4 2 0 252.1 222 114 107 27 82 2 153 1 1 9 1037 102 1.205 7.9 1.0 2.9 5.5 1.87 102
1992 24 28 26 .519 4.02 83 71 4 8 4 0 479.1 435 227 214 59 156 7 311 10 3 12 1995 98 1.233 8.2 1.1 2.9 5.8 1.99 98
1993 25 41 40 .506 3.82 117 105 4 15 5 0 699.2 620 319 297 76 242 11 482 15 4 19 2909 108 1.232 8.0 1.0 3.1 6.2 1.99 108
1994 26 55 47 .539 3.86 141 129 4 20 6 0 857.0 771 394 368 90 296 13 576 17 5 22 3564 111 1.245 8.1 0.9 3.1 6.0 1.95 111
1995 27 58 53 .523 3.89 155 142 5 21 6 0 937.0 838 434 405 100 334 16 638 20 7 26 3906 111 1.251 8.0 1.0 3.2 6.1 1.91 111
1996 28 70 63 .526 3.89 190 177 5 23 6 0 1158.1 1066 538 501 125 401 16 784 26 7 30 4857 115 1.266 8.3 1.0 3.1 6.1 1.96 115
1997 29 78 70 .527 3.91 211 198 5 24 6 0 1291.1 1186 606 561 138 437 18 894 31 7 33 5408 115 1.257 8.3 1.0 3.0 6.2 2.05 115

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
1989 21 0 0 10.29 7.0 9 9 8 2 4 3 0 1.857 11.6 5.1 3.9 0.75 2.6 6
1990 22 8 4 .667 2.84 114.0 94 40 36 10 37 62 0 1.149 7.4 2.9 4.9 1.68 0.8 21
1991 23 4 9 .308 5.64 118.0 132 82 74 17 45 79 1 1.500 10.1 3.4 6.0 1.76 1.3 21
1992 24 9 14 .391 4.83 216.0 224 129 116 34 78 150 9 1.398 9.3 3.3 6.3 1.92 1.4 35
1993 25 13 10 .565 3.36 214.0 183 89 80 17 85 166 5 1.252 7.7 3.6 7.0 1.95 0.7 34
1994 26 13 11 .542 3.58 219.0 199 97 87 18 71 131 3 1.233 8.2 2.9 5.4 1.85 0.7 24
1995 27 5 4 .556 3.94 89.0 74 43 39 11 42 69 3 1.303 7.5 4.2 7.0 1.64 1.1 14
1996 28 14 10 .583 3.25 224.0 212 90 81 23 62 148 6 1.223 8.5 2.5 5.9 2.39 0.9 35
1997 29 7 7 .500 3.85 131.0 117 62 56 13 35 108 5 1.160 8.0 2.4 7.4 3.09 0.9 21
9 Seasons 73 69 .514 3.90 1332.0 1244 641 577 145 459 916 32 1.279 8.4 6.2 2.00 1.0 211

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1996 AL--3.904--9th

Wins s c a p y
1994 AL--14--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1994 AL--.667--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 AL--1.230--9th
1996 AL--1.333--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL--7.557--5th
Career--8.266--205th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 AL--6.264--8th
1993 AL--6.985--8th
Career--6.231--182nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 AL--171--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1992 AL--35--3rd
1993 AL--34--6th
1996 AL--35--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1993 AL--7--6th
1994 AL--5--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 AL--2--6th
1992 AL--2--8th
1993 AL--1--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1992 AL--32--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL--86--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.046--233rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL--.694--9th

Losses s c a p y
1993 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 AL--107--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 AL--9--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1996 AL--133--8th
Career--115--197th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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