Ben McDonald

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1989	21	-1.4	Frederick	CARL	A	BAL	0	0		2.00	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
1989	21	-7.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	0	1.000	8.59	8.59	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	7	7	2	4	0	3	0	1	1	33	1.636	9.8	2.5	4.9	3.7	0.75
1990	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BAL	3	4	.429	3.60	4.25	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
1990	22	-3.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	3	3	.500	2.86	3.68	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.0	33	18	14	4	21	1	37	2	0	4		1.227	6.8	0.8	4.3	7.6	1.76
1990	22	-1.8	Hagerstown	EL	AA	BAL	0	1	.000	6.55	6.55	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	8	8	1	3	0	15	1	1	0		1.273	9.0	0.8	2.5	12.3	5.00
1990	22	-6.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	8	5	.615	2.43	2.73	21	15	2	3	2	0	118.2	88	36	32	9	35	0	65	0	0	5	472	1.037	6.7	0.7	2.7	4.9	1.86
1991	23	-2.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	7.71	9.00	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
1991	23	-5.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	8	.429	4.84	5.06	21	21	0	1	0	0	126.1	126	71	68	16	43	2	85	1	0	3	532	1.338	9.0	1.1	3.1	6.1	1.98
1992	24	-4.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	13	13	.500	4.24	4.48	35	35	0	4	2	0	227.0	213	113	107	32	74	5	158	9	2	3	958	1.264	8.4	1.3	2.9	6.3	2.14
1993	25	-3.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	13	14	.481	3.39	3.76	34	34	0	7	1	0	220.1	185	92	83	17	86	4	171	5	1	7	914	1.230	7.6	0.7	3.5	7.0	1.99
1994	26	-3.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	14	7	.667	4.06	4.29	24	24	0	5	1	0	157.1	151	75	71	14	54	2	94	2	1	3	655	1.303	8.6	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.74
1995	27	0.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		2.45	4.91	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
1995	27	-1.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	6	.333	4.16	4.50	14	13	1	1	0	0	80.0	67	40	37	10	38	3	62	3	2	4	342	1.313	7.5	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63
1996	28	-0.3	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	12	10	.545	3.90	4.23	35	35	0	2	0	0	221.1	228	104	96	25	67	0	146	6	0	4	951	1.333	9.3	1.0	2.7	5.9	2.18
1997	29	0.2	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	8	7	.533	4.06	4.60	21	21	0	1	0	0	133.0	120	68	60	13	36	2	110	5	0	3	551	1.173	8.1	0.9	2.4	7.4	3.06
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		78	70	.527	3.91	4.22	211	198	5	24	6	0	1291.1	1186	606	561	138	437	18	894	31	7	33	5408	1.257	8.3	1.0	3.0	6.2	2.05
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		3	5	.375	3.74	4.46	15	15	0	0	0	0	74.2	65	37	31	6	33	1	69	3	3	7	53	1.313	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.3	2.09
All Levels (9 Seasons)							81	75	.519	3.90	4.24	226	213	5	24	6	0	1366.0	1251	643	592	144	470	19	963	34	10	40	5461	1.260	8.2	0.9	3.1	6.3	2.05

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		3	4	.429	3.46	4.45	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.2	44	27	21	5	30	1	45	2	0	6	53	1.354	7.2	0.8	4.9	7.4	1.50
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	6.55	6.55	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	8	8	1	3	0	15	1	1	0		1.273	9.0	0.8	2.5	12.3	5.00
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		2.00	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