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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: 12-20 / in Starts: 12-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	176	3	Mar 31	ARI		SFG	L,8-9	GS-7		99	6.2	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	6.75	4.33	27	94	63	20	7	11	11	5	1	0	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.003	.86	0.00%	-1.15	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a3
2	177	8	Apr 5	ARI	@	COL	L,4-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	7	6	6	1	3	3	0	7.82	6.61	26	71	51	19	3	16	6	2	1	0	36			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.393	.60	-0.17%	-2.92	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
3	178	13	Apr 11	ARI		LAD	L,0-6	GS-8	L(0-2)	5	7.0	10	6	6	1	4	1	0	7.78	5.78	31	96	65	12	10	18	8	8	0	0	36			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.233	.36	-0.12%	-3.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d6
4	179	18	Apr 16	ARI		NYM	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.2	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	7.11	5.66	27	104	62	20	9	8	11	7	0	0	45			2	0	0	23	2	0	2	0	1	0	.97	-0.107	.44	-0.03%	-0.86	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d3
5	180	23	Apr 22	ARI	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-4)	5	5.0	7	5	1	2	6	1	0	6.23	5.47	25	99	67	16	11	7	10	3	1	0	45			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.07	-0.187	.37	-0.04%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
6	181	28	Apr 27	ARI		PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	12	0	0	5.54	4.47	28	103	78	20	12	7	8	5	0	0	66			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.060	.34	0.01%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
7	182	33	May 3	ARI	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-5)	5	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.67	4.06	24	88	55	23	5	9	8	2	0	0	76			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.308	.24	0.05%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
8	183	38	May 9	ARI	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS-4	L(1-6)	5	3.1	9	7	7	0	5	1	0	5.66	4.06	19	64	49	13	4	4	10	6	1	0	19			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.525	.38	-0.10%	-6.06	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d5
9	184	43	May 14	ARI		WSN	L,1-5	GS-8		4	8.0	2	1	1	0	7	1	0	5.01	3.90	27	101	71	23	15	14	6	4	1	0	81			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.325	.44	0.07%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	185	48	May 21	ARI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6		6	6.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.67	3.88	26	99	62	18	3	12	8	5	1	0	55			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.136	.38	0.03%	1.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
11	186	53	May 26	ARI		SDP	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.2	9	5	5	0	4	2	0	4.87	4.07	27	82	57	18	8	12	11	7	0	0	40			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	2	0	1	.95	-0.246	.25	-0.04%	-1.15	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
12	187	58	May 31	ARI		CIN	L,0-5	GS-5	L(1-7)	4	4.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	5.20	3.94	21	77	52	14	8	11	5	4	0	0	28			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.05	-0.250	.28	-0.04%	-2.98	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
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
13	188	63	Jun 6	ARI		ATL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-8)	5	6.1	9	3	3	1	9	1	0	5.13	3.85	29	104	67	20	13	12	7	6	0	0	51			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.202	.39	-0.04%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
14	189	68	Jun 11	ARI	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-9)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	5.29	4.08	26	86	51	11	8	12	8	2	1	0	38			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.177	.23	-0.03%	-2.19	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d3
15	190	73	Jun 16	ARI		MIL	L,3-9	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.18	4.14	26	88	58	14	3	12	11	9	0	0	52			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.074	.20	0.01%	0.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	191	78	Jun 21	ARI		SFG	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-10)	4	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	1	5.38	4.11	27	85	59	13	6	14	9	6	1	0	28			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.291	.18	-0.04%	-2.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
17	192	82	Jun 27	ARI	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-10)	5	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	5.11	3.91	26	94	75	23	6	11	8	4	2	0	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	0.308	.11	0.02%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
18	193	87	Jul 3	ARI	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS-6	W(3-10)	5	5.2	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	5.01	3.82	24	100	69	19	8	8	8	7	1	0	49			1	2	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	.89	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.42	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
				Player went from Arizona Diamondbacks to New York Yankees
19	194	90	Jul 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.2	9	4	1	1	3	0	0	4.80	3.75	29	101	67	19	4	15	10	6	0	0	48			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.10	-0.115	1.28	-0.08%	-0.75	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out tie
20	195	96	Jul 19	NYY		CIN	W,7-1	GS-6	W(4-10)	9	6.0	6	1	1	0	9	1	0	4.63	3.68	24	99	71	15	13	7	8	3	2	0	65			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.200	1.18	0.15%	1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
21	196	101	Jul 24	NYY		TEX	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-10)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.49	3.62	23	109	74	14	9	7	9	5	1	0	63			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.196	1.40	0.17%	1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
22	197	106	Jul 29	NYY	@	TEX	W,12-11	GS-6	W(6-10)	4	6.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.56	3.68	28	108	71	17	8	12	12	5	2	0	38			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.188	1.12	-0.14%	-1.10	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
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
23	198	111	Aug 4	NYY		DET	W,2-1	GS-6	W(7-10)	5	5.2	5	1	0	2	8	0	0	4.37	3.58	25	116	81	17	11	10	5	5	0	0	63			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.162	1.83	0.14%	1.37	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
24	199	116	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-11)	4	6.1	7	2	2	0	8	1	0	4.31	3.54	26	90	69	17	9	6	12	4	2	0	59			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.008	.95	-0.01%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
25	200	120	Aug 15	NYY	@	TBR	L,0-5	GS-7	L(7-12)	5	6.1	7	4	2	1	7	0	0	4.24	3.45	28	110	84	23	12	14	6	5	0	0	53			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	.66	-0.091	.57	-0.05%	-1.36	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d3
26	201	125	Aug 21	NYY		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-12)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	4.01	3.34	31	107	79	21	12	12	11	3	1	0	87			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.380	.43	0.12%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	202	130	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-13)	4	6.1	9	5	5	2	5	0	1	4.13	3.32	29	85	58	12	9	10	11	8	0	0	38			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.196	1.28	-0.16%	-2.22	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d4
28	203	135	Aug 31	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-14)	4	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	3	0	4.19	3.53	24	90	60	21	9	10	8	3	0	0	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.176	.88	-0.11%	-0.59	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out tie
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
29	204	140	Sep 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-14)	5	6.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.13	3.49	26	105	75	23	8	8	13	6	1	0	57			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.144	.40	0.04%	1.15	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a4
30	205	145	Sep 12(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8		5	7.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.98	3.41	25	106	75	13	14	5	14	5	2	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.300	.44	0.08%	2.73	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
31	206	151	Sep 17	NYY	@	TBR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-14)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.93	3.44	25	91	63	19	8	12	8	6	2	0	64			1	1	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.173	.06	0.01%	1.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
32	207	157	Sep 23	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(10-15)	5	5.1	11	5	5	0	8	3	0	4.05	3.55	27	92	66	16	11	11	8	3	1	0	34			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.264	.09	-0.02%	-2.71	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
							12-20		W-L:10-15	4.7	200.0	222	100	90	33	175	25	3	4.05	3.55	836	3044	69%	18%	9%	1.17		25%	4%	0	52		---%	17	5	0	793	43	3	4	16	4	7	.95	-0.878	.56	-0.32%	-10.01

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