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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

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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
1997 29 MIL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 BAL AL 21 P 6 0 7.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.33 .950 1.84 0.67
1990 BAL AL 22 P 21 15 118.2 30 15 14 1 1 .967 2.20 1.38 .953 1.78 0.59 RoY-8
1991 BAL AL 23 P 21 21 126.1 20 12 8 0 1 1.000 1.42 0.95 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 BAL AL 24 P 35 35 227.0 51 22 29 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.46 .951 1.72 0.56
1993 BAL AL 25 P 34 34 220.1 59 15 42 2 2 .966 2.33 1.68 .953 1.79 0.56
1994 BAL AL 26 P 24 24 157.1 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.83 1.33 .953 1.72 0.52
1995 BAL AL 27 P 14 13 80.0 19 5 13 1 0 .947 2.02 1.29 .958 1.79 0.53
1996 MIL AL 28 P 35 35 221.1 49 13 30 6 3 .878 1.75 1.23 .963 1.77 0.52
1997 MIL AL 29 P 21 21 133.0 23 6 16 1 3 .957 1.49 1.05 .957 1.71 0.49
9 Seasons P 211 198 1291.1 285 95 179 11 13 .961 1.91 1.30 .955 1.76 0.55
9 Seasons TOT 211 198 1291.1 285 95 179 11 13 .961 1.91 1.30 .916 1.76 0.55

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

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

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1989.

December 21, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 8, 1997: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Mike Fetters and Ron Villone to the Cleveland Indians for Marquis Grissom and Jeff Juden.

March 11, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mark Watson.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Baltimore Orioles$241,667
1991Baltimore Orioles$491,667
1992Baltimore Orioles$500,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$1,250,000
1994Baltimore Orioles$2,675,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$4,500,000
1996Milwaukee Brewers$2,000,000
1997Milwaukee Brewers$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,658,334
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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