Ben McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 212lb (201cm, 96kg)

Born: November 24, 1967 in Baton Rouge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Denham Springs HS (Denham Springs, LA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st) of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Denham Springs HS (Denham Springs, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: September 6, 1989 (Age 21-286d, 15,696th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1997 (Age 29-234d)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Larry McDonald

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Larry Benard McDonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.8

ERA

3.91

211

198

1291.1

894

WHIP

1.257

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 19-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	49	3	Apr 9	BAL		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	0.00	1.12	30	112	73	22	14	8	12	2	1	0	91			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.550	1.34	0.46%	4.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	50	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.2	3	4	3	6	6	0	0	1.84	2.17	26	117	69	23	9	8	6	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	1	1	1.19	-0.188	1.46	-0.14%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
3	51	12	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,12-4	GS-3		4	2.2	5	4	4	3	0	3	0	3.63	5.03	16	66	35	7	0	4	9	3	2	0	29			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.263	.96	-0.21%	-2.86	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d4
4	52	17	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.47	4.37	27	100	61	16	4	8	13	6	1	0	50			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.196	1.67	0.21%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 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
5	53	22	May 1	BAL		SEA	W,15-1	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	1	2.78	4.11	32	130	79	17	4	8	18	5	3	0	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.156	.67	0.16%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
6	54	27	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	2	0	2.61	4.43	34	113	69	23	9	8	18	5	3	0	69			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.260	1.06	0.29%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	55	32	May 12	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS-7	W(5-0)	5	6.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.44	4.14	26	96	60	12	6	13	9	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.296	1.90	0.36%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
8	56	36	May 17	BAL	@	CHW	L,10-14	GS-5	L(5-1)	4	5.0	8	7	7	1	3	3	0	3.40	4.69	23	92	58	18	6	7	12	3	2	0	25			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	2	0	1.03	-0.636	2.30	-0.86%	-4.61	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
9	57	40	May 22	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.30	4.33	27	108	69	18	9	9	9	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.234	2.04	0.29%	2.03	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
10	58	45	May 27	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-7	GS-5	L(6-2)	4	5.0	8	7	7	1	8	2	0	4.02	4.41	24	97	61	18	10	4	11	4	2	0	30			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.297	1.22	-0.38%	-4.59	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
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
11	59	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.80	4.26	26	110	72	17	15	9	9	6	1	0	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.202	2.21	0.27%	1.91	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a4
12	60	53	Jun 6	BAL		TOR	L,3-4	GS-8	L(7-3)	4	8.0	5	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.87	4.02	30	108	73	21	6	11	13	2	2	0	60			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.003	3.00	0.01%	-0.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	61	58	Jun 11	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.98	4.28	21	81	45	15	3	6	13	4	5	0	40			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.066	2.31	-0.10%	-1.02	1b start a 4	5b 12- 2 out a2
14	62	63	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	6.1	8	5	5	0	5	1	0	4.20	4.21	27	98	65	19	11	9	13	5	4	0	42			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.260	2.38	-0.39%	-1.35	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
15	63	67	Jun 21	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	GS-9	L(7-5)	4	8.2	6	8	8	4	7	4	0	4.56	4.59	36	136	76	19	10	5	20	4	6	0	43			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.268	1.51	-0.42%	-3.85	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d6
16	64	72	Jun 26	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.1	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.76	4.63	18	63	35	9	2	5	9	2	1	0	32			1	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.235	2.61	-0.36%	-2.72	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d4
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
17	65	77	Jul 1	BAL		MIL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.83	4.64	26	91	57	10	5	8	13	7	3	0	41			0	1	0	24	4	1	0	1	0	0	.83	0.126	2.59	0.23%	-1.08	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a3
18	66	81	Jul 6	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	4	3	3	2	3	2	1	4.76	4.78	29	112	63	22	6	9	14	2	4	0	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.020	2.43	0.03%	0.38	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
19	67	86	Jul 11	BAL		MIN	L,5-6	GS-6	L(8-6)	4	5.1	10	6	6	4	2	1	0	5.00	4.86	30	103	59	16	8	10	14	8	3	0	22			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.166	2.51	-0.22%	-2.64	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
20	68	90	Jul 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-6)	6	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	4.65	4.69	29	123	76	23	8	15	7	2	2	0	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.232	.92	0.30%	4.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
21	69	95	Jul 23	BAL		TEX	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.1	7	4	4	4	7	2	0	4.66	4.76	32	121	72	27	10	10	11	3	2	0	51			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.127	1.94	-0.17%	-0.62	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
22	70	99	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(10-7)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	9	0	1	4.53	4.57	32	129	77	22	13	8	13	8	0	0	66			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.272	2.53	0.33%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
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	71	105	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	7.0	3	1	1	5	4	0	0	4.38	4.53	29	112	56	14	7	10	10	3	3	0	66			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.222	3.21	0.30%	2.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
24	72	109	Aug 7	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.40	4.48	25	101	63	16	8	6	15	7	3	0	41			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.180	3.24	-0.29%	-0.67	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d1
25	73	114	Aug 12	BAL	@	TOR	W,11-4	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.2	9	4	3	0	5	2	0	4.35	4.50	33	117	73	18	5	13	15	6	3	0	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.087	3.84	-0.29%	-0.49	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a6
26	74	119	Aug 18	BAL		SEA	L,3-8	GS-7	L(12-8)	5	6.2	8	3	3	2	2	1	1	4.34	4.54	30	113	65	12	8	6	19	5	3	0	46			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.00	-0.052	2.86	-0.09%	0.18	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
27	75	124	Aug 23	BAL		OAK	L,3-7	GS-7	L(12-9)	4	6.1	7	6	6	3	4	1	0	4.49	4.55	30	101	57	14	6	8	15	7	2	0	36			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.183	2.32	-0.29%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
28	76	128	Aug 28	BAL	@	SEA	L,4-6	GS-5	L(12-10)	4	4.0	10	4	3	1	4	1	1	4.54	4.58	25	88	58	14	8	10	9	5	1	0	31			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.396	3.45	-0.73%	-3.06	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	77	133	Sep 2	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.0	2	1	1	5	2	0	1	4.44	4.59	25	99	49	12	4	8	9	1	2	0	61			2	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.44	0.005	5.57	0.01%	0.75	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out tie
30	78	137	Sep 7	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GS-9		4	8.1	6	2	1	1	4	1	0	4.30	4.56	33	124	76	19	7	14	14	4	2	0	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.091	4.21	0.23%	1.87	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
31	79	142	Sep 13	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(12-11)	5	6.1	9	2	2	2	5	0	1	4.26	4.50	30	109	62	21	5	12	10	5	0	0	50			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.030	2.25	-0.04%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
32	80	147	Sep 19	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-12)	5	6.1	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	4.26	4.45	27	113	69	17	8	8	9	3	3	0	51			1	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.088	1.85	-0.10%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
33	81	152	Sep 24	BAL		TOR	L,2-8	GS-2	L(12-13)	4	1.2	5	7	7	2	0	1	0	4.52	4.52	12	50	28	6	3	6	4	0	0	0	15			2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.350	.92	-0.18%	-4.52	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d5
34	82	157	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	W,7-2	GS-8	W(13-13)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	4.40	4.44	30	107	62	24	8	8	12	2	1	0	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
35	83	162	Oct 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	0	1	8	0	0	4.24	4.32	28	108	74	24	11	11	8	5	1	0	77			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							19-16		W-L:13-13	4.2	227.0	213	113	107	74	158	32	9	4.24	4.32	958	3648	60%	17%	7%	0.73		20%	10%	0	52		---%	20	8	0	863	44	5	5	14	6	9	.91	-0.741	2.18	-1.77%	-4.93

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