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, 16,265th in MLB 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: LSW Baseball

Full Name: Brandon Patrick McCarthy

Twitter: @BMcCarthy32

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

W

L

ERA

4.20

G

255

GS

197

SV

IP

1223.2

SO

908

WHIP

1.300

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2002	18	CHW-min	Rk	4	4	.500	2.76	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.1	78	40	24	6	15	1	79	2	3	5	326			1.187	9.0	0.7	1.7	9.1	5.27	WHS ARIZ
2003	19	CHW-min	Rk	9	4	.692	3.65	16	15	0	1	0	0	101.0	105	49	41	7	15	0	125	3	3	3	425			1.188	9.4	0.6	1.3	11.1	8.33	GRF PION
2004	20	CHW-min	A,A+,AA	17	6	.739	3.14	27	27	0	3	1	0	172.0	134	63	60	15	30	1	202	10	4	5	666			0.953	7.0	0.8	1.6	10.6	6.73	KAN,WSM,BIR SALL,CARL,SOUL
2005	21	CHW-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.92	20	19	1	1	1	0	119.1	104	53	52	16	32	0	130	2	1	5	485			1.140	7.8	1.2	2.4	9.8	4.06	CHR IL
2005	21	CHW	AL	3	2	.600	4.03	12	10	0	0	0	0	67.0	62	30	30	13	17	0	48	2	1	1	277	112	4.96	1.179	8.3	1.7	2.3	6.4	2.82
2006	22	CHW	AL	4	7	.364	4.68	53	2	13	0	0	0	84.2	77	44	44	17	33	9	69	0	0	5	354	102	5.30	1.299	8.2	1.8	3.5	7.3	2.09
2007	23	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	16			0.692	6.2	0.0	0.0	12.5		OKC PCL
2007	23	TEX	AL	5	10	.333	4.87	23	22	0	0	0	0	101.2	111	62	55	9	48	0	59	3	1	4	459	94	4.74	1.564	9.8	0.8	4.2	5.2	1.23
2008	24	TEX-min	AAA,Rk	1	1	.500	3.41	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.2	28	12	12	2	9	0	28	0	0	2	129			1.168	8.0	0.6	2.6	8.0	3.11	OKC,RGS PCL,ARIZ
2008	24	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	4.09	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	20	11	10	3	8	0	10	1	0	0	93	110	5.22	1.273	8.2	1.2	3.3	4.1	1.25
2009	25	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.15	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	20	10	10	1	9	0	22	1	0	0	93			1.338	8.3	0.4	3.7	9.1	2.44	OKC PCL
2009	25	TEX	AL	7	4	.636	4.62	17	17	0	1	1	0	97.1	96	55	50	13	36	0	65	3	0	0	420	101	4.70	1.356	8.9	1.2	3.3	6.0	1.81

2010	26	TEX-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.36	11	9	1	0	0	0	56.1	51	22	21	8	11	0	44	3	0	0	233			1.101	8.1	1.3	1.8	7.0	4.00	OKC PCL
2011	27	OAK-min	A+	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	7	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	36			0.700	6.3	0.0	0.0	7.2		STK CALL
2011	27	OAK	AL	9	9	.500	3.32	25	25	0	5	1	0	170.2	168	73	63	11	25	1	123	0	0	3	690	121	2.86	1.131	8.9	0.6	1.3	6.5	4.92
2012	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	6	6	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	39			1.241	8.4	0.9	2.8	10.2	3.67	SAC PCL
2012	28	OAK	AL	8	6	.571	3.24	18	18	0	0	0	0	111.0	115	44	40	10	24	2	73	6	0	0	469	120	3.76	1.252	9.3	0.8	1.9	5.9	3.04
2013	29	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		6.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	15	9	8	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	50			1.742	13.1	1.7	2.6	3.5	1.33	REN PCL
2013	29	ARI	NL	5	11	.313	4.53	22	22	0	2	1	0	135.0	161	71	68	13	21	3	76	5	1	1	577	85	3.75	1.348	10.7	0.9	1.4	5.1	3.62
2014	30	TOT	MLB	10	15	.400	4.05	32	32	0	1	1	0	200.0	222	100	90	25	33	4	175	3	0	4	836	94	3.55	1.275	10.0	1.1	1.5	7.9	5.30
2014	30	ARI	NL	3	10	.231	5.01	18	18	0	0	0	0	109.2	131	65	61	15	20	4	93	2	0	3	466	75	3.82	1.377	10.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	4.65
2014	30	NYY	AL	7	5	.583	2.89	14	14	0	1	1	0	90.1	91	35	29	10	13	0	82	1	0	1	370	133	3.22	1.151	9.1	1.0	1.3	8.2	6.31
2015	31	LAD	NL	3	0	1.000	5.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	24	15	15	9	4	0	29	0	0	0	94	64	6.22	1.217	9.4	3.5	1.6	11.3	7.25
2016	32	LAD-min	A+,AAA	0	2	.000	6.11	5	5	0	0	0	0	17.2	24	18	12	6	4	0	16	0	0	4	82			1.585	12.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	4.00	RCU,OKC CALL,PCL
2016	32	LAD	NL	2	3	.400	4.95	10	9	0	0	0	0	40.0	29	24	22	2	26	1	44	2	0	2	171	82	3.70	1.375	6.5	0.5	5.9	9.9	1.69
2017	33	LAD-min	A+	0	1	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	7	5	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	31			1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75	RCU CALL
2017	33	LAD	NL	6	4	.600	3.98	19	16	0	0	0	0	92.2	89	43	41	5	27	0	72	3	0	4	384	104	3.28	1.252	8.6	0.5	2.6	7.0	2.67
2018	34	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	18			1.500	13.5	2.3	0.0	4.5		GWI IL
2018	34	ATL	NL	6	3	.667	4.92	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.2	94	45	43	15	21	0	65	0	0	2	339	83	4.79	1.462	10.8	1.7	2.4	7.4	3.10
13 Yrs				69	75	.479	4.20	255	197	13	9	4	0	1223.2	1268	617	571	145	323	20	908	28	3	26	5163	99	4.03	1.300	9.3	1.1	2.4	6.7	2.81
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.479	4.20	38	30	2	1	1	0	184	191	93	86	22	49	3	137	4	0	4	777	99	4.03	1.300	9.3	1.1	2.4	6.7	2.81

LAD (3 yrs)				11	7	.611	4.51	33	29	0	0	0	0	155.2	142	82	78	16	57	1	145	5	0	6	649	90	3.82	1.278	8.2	0.9	3.3	8.4	2.54
TEX (3 yrs)				13	15	.464	4.68	45	44	0	1	1	0	221.0	227	128	115	25	92	0	134	7	1	4	972	98	4.77	1.443	9.2	1.0	3.7	5.5	1.46
ARI (2 yrs)				8	21	.276	4.75	40	40	0	2	1	0	244.2	292	136	129	28	41	7	169	7	1	4	1043	80	3.78	1.361	10.7	1.0	1.5	6.2	4.12
OAK (2 yrs)				17	15	.531	3.29	43	43	0	5	1	0	281.2	283	117	103	21	49	3	196	6	0	3	1159	120	3.22	1.179	9.0	0.7	1.6	6.3	4.00
CHW (2 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.39	65	12	13	0	0	0	151.2	139	74	74	30	50	9	117	2	1	6	631	106	5.15	1.246	8.2	1.8	3.0	6.9	2.34
ATL (1 yr)				6	3	.667	4.92	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.2	94	45	43	15	21	0	65	0	0	2	339	83	4.79	1.462	10.8	1.7	2.4	7.4	3.10
NYY (1 yr)				7	5	.583	2.89	14	14	0	1	1	0	90.1	91	35	29	10	13	0	82	1	0	1	370	133	3.22	1.151	9.1	1.0	1.3	8.2	6.31

AL (8 yrs)				44	44	.500	3.88	167	113	13	7	3	0	744.2	740	354	321	86	204	12	529	16	2	14	3132	110	4.07	1.268	8.9	1.0	2.5	6.4	2.59
NL (6 yrs)				25	31	.446	4.70	88	84	0	2	1	0	479.0	528	263	250	59	119	8	379	12	1	12	2031	84	3.96	1.351	9.9	1.1	2.2	7.1	3.18

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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