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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, 15,710th 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: Scott Boras • Previously: Larry McDonald

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Larry Benard McDonald

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Relatives: Uncle of Mac Sceroler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.8

ERA

3.91

211

198

1291.1

894

WHIP

1.257

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
1989	21	BAL-min	A	0	0		2.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	0	9	0	2	1				1.111	10.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		FDK CARL
1989	21	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	8.59	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	7	7	2	4	0	3	0	1	1	33	46	7.13	1.636	9.8	2.5	4.9	3.7	0.75
1990	22	BAL-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	3.60	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.0	44	26	22	5	24	1	52	3	1	4				1.236	7.2	0.8	3.9	8.5	2.17	ROC,HGR IL,EL
1990	22	BAL	AL	8	5	.615	2.43	21	15	2	3	2	0	118.2	88	36	32	9	35	0	65	0	0	5	472	157	3.58	1.037	6.7	0.7	2.7	4.9	1.86	RoY-8
1991	23	BAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	7	6	1	5	0	7	0	0	1	36			2.143	12.9	1.3	6.4	9.0	1.40	ROC IL
1991	23	BAL	AL	6	8	.429	4.84	21	21	0	1	0	0	126.1	126	71	68	16	43	2	85	1	0	3	532	82	4.20	1.338	9.0	1.1	3.1	6.1	1.98
1992	24	BAL	AL	13	13	.500	4.24	35	35	0	4	2	0	227.0	213	113	107	32	74	5	158	9	2	3	958	94	4.32	1.264	8.4	1.3	2.9	6.3	2.14
1993	25	BAL	AL	13	14	.481	3.39	34	34	0	7	1	0	220.1	185	92	83	17	86	4	171	5	1	7	914	132	3.68	1.230	7.6	0.7	3.5	7.0	1.99
1994	26	BAL	AL	14	7	.667	4.06	24	24	0	5	1	0	157.1	151	75	71	14	54	2	94	2	1	3	655	123	4.16	1.303	8.6	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.74
1995	27	BAL-min	AAA	0	0		2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	17			1.364	2.5	0.0	9.8	2.5	0.25	ROC IL
1995	27	BAL	AL	3	6	.333	4.16	14	13	1	1	0	0	80.0	67	40	37	10	38	3	62	3	2	4	342	115	4.72	1.313	7.5	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63
1996	28	MIL	AL	12	10	.545	3.90	35	35	0	2	0	0	221.1	228	104	96	25	67	0	146	6	0	4	951	133	4.31	1.333	9.3	1.0	2.7	5.9	2.18
1997	29	MIL	AL	8	7	.533	4.06	21	21	0	1	0	0	133.0	120	68	60	13	36	2	110	5	0	3	551	115	3.65	1.173	8.1	0.9	2.4	7.4	3.06
9 Yrs				78	70	.527	3.91	211	198	5	24	6	0	1291.1	1186	606	561	138	437	18	894	31	7	33	5408	115	4.08	1.257	8.3	1.0	3.0	6.2	2.05
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.527	3.91	35	33	1	4	1	0	215	197	101	93	23	73	3	149	5	1	5	899	115	4.08	1.257	8.3	1.0	3.0	6.2	2.05

BAL (7 yrs)				58	53	.523	3.89	155	142	5	21	6	0	937.0	838	434	405	100	334	16	638	20	7	26	3906	111	4.09	1.251	8.0	1.0	3.2	6.1	1.91
MIL (2 yrs)				20	17	.541	3.96	56	56	0	3	0	0	354.1	348	172	156	38	103	2	256	11	0	7	1502	126	4.06	1.273	8.8	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.49