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: 15-9 / in Starts: 15-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1994 Pitching Game Log

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1994 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	118	2	Apr 6	BAL		KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.84	4.71	27	98	64	20	8	11	12	6	2	0	51			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.122	1.00	0.08%	1.68	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
2	119	6	Apr 11	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	3	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.57	3.35	29	112	66	22	14	9	9	3	2	0	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.248	.55	0.16%	2.20	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a5
3	120	10	Apr 16	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.2	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	2.91	4.56	31	116	74	16	8	13	14	3	4	0	53			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.085	.95	0.05%	1.38	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a3
4	121	15	Apr 22	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	6.2	8	4	3	1	3	1	0	3.18	4.58	28	104	66	14	7	16	8	4	0	0	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	.79	0.023	.83	0.02%	-0.55	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
5	122	20	Apr 27	BAL	@	CAL	W,13-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.65	4.10	33	116	71	17	3	12	16	5	0	0	72			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.257	.83	0.17%	4.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
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
6	123	25	May 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,9-1	CG	W(6-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.33	3.76	35	126	76	24	9	12	12	2	1	0	78			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.69	0.247	.78	0.17%	3.80	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
7	124	28	May 8	BAL		CLE	W,8-6	GS-7	W(7-0)	4	6.1	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	3.08	4.10	30	103	63	21	5	12	11	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.065	.56	0.05%	-0.99	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a4
8	125	32	May 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-1)	4	6.2	6	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.34	4.07	28	101	64	14	14	9	10	4	1	0	51			2	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.100	1.45	-0.08%	-0.38	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d3
9	126	36	May 18	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GS-4	L(7-2)	4	3.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.75	4.08	19	75	42	10	7	4	9	6	0	0	27			1	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.243	2.30	-0.23%	-2.56	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d2
10	127	41	May 23	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	6.2	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.65	3.99	29	112	66	21	3	9	15	3	4	0	49			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.12	0.114	1.27	0.08%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
11	128	45	May 28	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-3	L(8-3)	4	2.2	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.89	4.02	14	68	38	14	1	4	5	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.175	1.52	-0.14%	-2.10	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
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
12	129	55	Jun 7	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-7	GS-6	L(8-4)	9	5.2	8	6	6	5	5	0	0	4.31	4.02	28	110	62	22	8	8	10	6	0	0	29			0	0	1	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.117	1.93	-0.09%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
13	130	59	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-9	W(9-4)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.22	4.01	29	99	61	18	10	14	9	4	2	0	62			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.183	1.00	0.18%	2.47	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a6
14	131	64	Jun 17	BAL		MIN	W,9-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.01	3.96	34	112	75	18	8	17	12	4	2	0	68			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.319	.76	0.29%	3.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
15	132	69	Jun 22	BAL		MIL	L,2-9	GS-2	L(10-5)	4	1.2	7	8	8	1	2	2	0	4.69	4.20	13	57	35	12	3	3	7	3	1	0	10			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.350	1.06	-0.31%	-5.27	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d6
16	133	73	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.2	8	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.92	4.19	23	73	47	6	6	8	12	6	0	0	27			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.204	2.15	-0.21%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 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
17	134	78	Jul 2	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	L(10-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	4.60	4.19	34	122	75	21	8	14	12	1	1	0	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.382	2.05	0.35%	4.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	135	83	Jul 7	BAL		OAK	L,4-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	1	3	2	0	0	4.47	4.19	25	115	65	16	3	16	4	2	0	0	44			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.023	1.69	-0.02%	0.07	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
19	136	87	Jul 14	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(11-6)	6	8.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.26	4.11	31	122	72	24	9	10	13	6	0	0	70			2	1	0	27	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.29	0.357	1.98	0.33%	3.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
20	137	92	Jul 21	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-6		6	5.1	3	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.22	4.10	22	96	55	30	2	9	5	3	0	0	54			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.247	1.77	0.23%	2.26	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a1
21	138	96	Jul 26(1)	BAL		CLE	W,10-4	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	7	4	4	0	2	2	0	4.24	4.20	29	113	67	17	5	14	13	1	3	0	54			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.265	1.01	0.35%	0.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
22	139	102	Jul 31	BAL		TOR	L,4-6	GS-6	L(12-7)	4	5.0	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	4.47	4.31	24	91	50	11	2	10	10	4	1	0	23			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.220	1.35	-0.21%	-2.34	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
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	140	107	Aug 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-7)	4	9.0	1	0	0	4	9	0	1	4.20	4.22	33	145	84	40	10	12	7	4	0	0	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.428	1.05	0.34%	5.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
24	141	112	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.06	4.16	27	92	58	17	3	13	11	2	3	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.368	1.51	0.41%	3.77	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a8
							15-9		W-L:14-7	4.5	157.1	151	75	71	54	94	14	2	4.06	4.16	655	2478	60%	18%	6%	1.05		18%	5%	0	52		---%	14	8	1	592	24	3	2	12	1	6	.91	2.278	1.27	1.98%	24.01

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