Brandon McCarthy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 225lb (203cm, 102kg)

Born: July 7, 1983 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lamar Community College (Lamar, CO).

High School: Cheyenne Mountain HS (Colorado Springs, CO)

School: Lamar Community College (Lamar, CO)

Debut: May 22, 2005 (Age 21-319d, 18,656th in major league history)
vs. CHC 5.1 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 24, 2018 (Age 34-352d)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Lagardere Sports • Previously: LSW Baseball

Full Name: Brandon Patrick McCarthy

Nicknames: Bmac or Mac

Twitter: @BMcCarthy32

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

ERA

4.20

255

197

1223.2

908

WHIP

1.300

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-26 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 22

2006 Pitching Game Log

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2006 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	13	1	Apr 2	CHW		CLE	W,10-4	5-7	W(1-0)	99	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.81	9	48	30	9	6	3	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.075	.35	0.05%	1.72	5t --- 0 out a3	7t 3 out a7
2	14	3	Apr 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	7-7	H(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.15	4	17	11	4	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.101	1.47	0.07%	0.58	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
3	15	7	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	7-8	H(2)	4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.81	7	19	16	3	2	3	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.210	2.08	0.13%	1.11	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a2
4	16	9	Apr 13	CHW	@	DET	W,13-9	6-8	H(3)	2	3.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.00	1.59	14	58	41	7	9	6	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.012	.90	0.01%	-0.34	6b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a4
5	17	14	Apr 18	CHW		KCR	W,4-1	7-8	H(4)	4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	1.83	5	16	11	4	0	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.132	1.65	0.09%	1.16	7t 1-- 1 out a2	8t 3 out a3
6	18	17	Apr 22	CHW		MIN	W,9-2	7-8	H(5)	3	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	1.98	5	16	9	2	0	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.044	1.10	0.04%	1.05	7t 12- 2 out a4	8t 3 out a5
7	19	19	Apr 24	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	L(1-1)	1	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.13	2.28	5	22	14	1	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	-0.356	3.82	-0.26%	-0.92	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
8	20	22	Apr 28	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-5	7-7		3	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.38	2.55	5	17	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.033	.96	-0.03%	-0.98	7b --- 0 out a5	7b 1-3 2 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	21	25	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	7-7		2	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.93	3.73	5	22	11	2	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.168	.79	-0.14%	-3.75	7b --- 0 out a6	7b --- 1 out a2
10	22	30	May 6	CHW		KCR	W,9-2	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.52	3.69	3	10	8	4	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.58	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
11	23	31	May 7	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	8-8	W(2-1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.55	1	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.080	3.77	0.06%	0.35	8t -2- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
12	24	33	May 10	CHW		LAA	L,5-12	5-9		2	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.21	3.30	15	54	34	10	4	8	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.50	0.111	.59	0.08%	2.57	5t 1-3 1 out d6	9t 12- 1 out d1
13	25	38	May 16	CHW	@	TBD	L,7-10	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	0	5.48	4.19	17	82	53	12	11	2	10	3	0	0	43			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.042	1.16	-0.03%	-0.21	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out d1
14	26	45	May 23	CHW		OAK	W,9-3	8-GF		6	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.04	4.23	9	33	20	9	1	3	5	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.011	.16	0.01%	1.15	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
15	27	48	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	8-8		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.19	4.30	6	30	17	6	0	2	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.213	2.68	-0.18%	-0.45	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
16	28	49	May 28	CHW	@	TOR	W,7-5	7-8	H(6)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.82	4.25	7	32	19	7	3	4	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.95	0.166	2.95	0.15%	0.74	7b -2- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	29	53	Jun 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-12	7-7	BS(1)	3	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.28	4.60	6	23	17	2	1	0	5	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.365	2.02	-0.32%	-2.44	7b 12- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d3
18	30	54	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	8-9	L(2-3)	0	1.1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.34	4.50	5	31	21	2	4	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.118	2.36	0.10%	0.56	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
19	31	57	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,4-3	7-8	W(3-3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.01	4.38	7	26	16	4	3	2	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.077	1.12	0.08%	1.15	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
20	32	60	Jun 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	8-8		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.96	4.31	3	11	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.036	2.09	-0.03%	-0.41	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d1
21	33	64	Jun 13	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	7-8	H(7)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.67	4.13	6	28	17	4	3	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.121	1.05	0.10%	1.12	7b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
22	34	68	Jun 17	CHW	@	CIN	W,8-6	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.11	2	7	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.037	.90	0.03%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d1	7b --- 2 out d1
23	35	74	Jun 24	CHW		HOU	W,6-5	6-6		6	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.46	4.19	6	30	14	2	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.49	0.020	.50	0.01%	0.58	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
24	36	75	Jun 25	CHW		HOU	L,9-10	12-GF(13)	L(3-4)	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.46	4.16	10	41	28	3	4	1	7	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.71	-0.123	1.71	-0.07%	0.15	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
25	37	76	Jun 27	CHW	@	PIT	W,4-2	8-8	H(8)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	4.14	3	9	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.146	2.07	0.10%	0.53	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
26	38	79	Jun 30	CHW	@	CHC	W,6-2	7-9	H(9)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.14	3.99	7	29	21	5	3	0	5	1	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.090	.76	0.06%	1.02	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b -2- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	39	82	Jul 3	CHW		BAL	L,1-8	7-7		2	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.46	4.54	5	16	11	4	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.024	.07	-0.02%	-1.43	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
28	40	86	Jul 7	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	7-9		3	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	4.67	5.09	9	38	21	6	3	2	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.014	.26	0.01%	-0.85	7t 1-- 1 out d3	9t 1-- 1 out d5
29	41	88	Jul 9	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	14-18		1	4.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.25	4.93	14	55	33	8	2	5	7	3	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	0.717	3.17	0.62%	2.65	14t -2- 2 out tie	18t 3 out tie
30	42	89	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.22	4.88	1	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.093	3.01	0.08%	0.77	8b 123 0 out tie	8b 123 1 out tie
31	43	92	Jul 18	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	8-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.86	3	9	6	2	0	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.006	.29	0.01%	0.30	8b --- 0 out a6	8b 1-- 2 out a6
32	44	93	Jul 19	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.11	4.95	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.32	0.003	.49	0.00%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d3
33	45	98	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	9-GF		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	4.93	3	11	8	3	1	1	2	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.001	.10	0.00%	0.66	9t 123 1 out d4	9t end d 5
34	46	100	Jul 26	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	6-8		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	4.83	7	29	23	4	3	3	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.072	1.45	-0.10%	-0.17	6t 12- 1 out d2	8t --- 1 out d3
35	47	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-11	6-6		2	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.17	5.11	8	36	21	6	1	3	2	0	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.057	2.20	-0.06%	-1.95	6b -23 0 out a7	6b 3 out a3
36	48	104	Jul 31	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.02	4.97	6	26	16	5	3	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.055	.58	0.06%	1.12	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	49	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-7	7-8		1	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.13	5.05	3	17	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.012	.59	0.01%	0.45	7b 12- 2 out d3	8b 1-- 1 out d2
38	50	107	Aug 4	CHW	@	TOR	W,6-4	7-8	H(10)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.99	4.92	6	26	17	5	5	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.186	2.58	0.20%	1.11	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
39	51	110	Aug 7	CHW		LAA	L,3-6	7-GF		2	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.84	4.92	10	37	22	5	3	2	5	0	2	0		1	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.22	0.028	.38	0.03%	1.41	7t 1-- 2 out d4	9t end d 3
40	52	113	Aug 10	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	6-7	H(11)	2	1.1	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.04	4.99	6	19	14	3	3	0	3	1	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.032	2.79	0.04%	-0.29	6t 1-3 1 out a2	7t --- 2 out a1
41	53	117	Aug 14	CHW		KCR	W,12-2	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.12	5.14	4	10	8	0	2	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a11	9t end a10
42	54	119	Aug 16	CHW		KCR	L,4-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.06	5.04	3	13	10	0	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.58	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
43	55	125	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.99	4.98	3	12	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
44	56	129	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	L,7-8	3-8		3	5.1	1	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.82	4.96	17	63	39	13	5	5	7	0	3	0		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.073	1.27	0.16%	2.13	3t 1-- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d3
45	57	133	Aug 31	CHW		TBD	L,3-5	10-GF(10)	L(3-5)	4	1.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.02	4.96	7	28	15	5	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.07	-0.393	6.24	-0.48%	-1.43	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	58	136	Sep 3	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.11	4.96	5	19	12	5	2	2	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.080	2.27	-0.11%	-1.76	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 4
47	59	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(3-6)	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.23	5.14	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.347	5.48	-0.49%	-1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
48	60	142	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,10-8	7-7		4	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.60	5.18	3	11	5	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.049	.97	-0.07%	-3.33	7t 123 1 out a9	7t 12- 1 out a5
49	61	143	Sep 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	8-9	L(3-7)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.79	5.30	5	16	10	2	1	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.233	3.89	-0.36%	-0.83	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
50	62	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-4	7-8		4	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.68	5.24	7	33	18	5	3	3	1	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	.78	-0.041	2.02	-0.06%	0.09	7b 1-- 0 out d1	8b --3 2 out d2
51	63	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	L,2-8	7-9		2	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.95	5.35	7	35	26	5	5	3	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.014	.34	-0.01%	-2.03	7t --3 2 out d4	9t --- 0 out d6
52	64	154	Sep 22	CHW		SEA	L,6-11	2-5		3	3.0	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	4.88	5.44	16	70	40	7	9	6	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	.43	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.60	2t -2- 2 out d5	5t 12- 2 out d3
53	65	159	Sep 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-6	W(4-7)	4	5.1	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.68	5.30	19	82	54	19	8	2	8	1	2	0	67			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.176	.00	0.00%	1.72	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a1
							27-26		W-L:4-7,BSv:1,Hld:11	2.4	84.2	77	44	44	33	69	17	0	4.68	5.30	354	1450	63%	16%	9%	0.66		14%	14%	0	55	36	39%	8	3	0	317	7	3	9	9	1	2	.96	0.310	1.36	-0.47%	5.78

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