Brandon McCarthy

Position: Starting 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)

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: Lagardere Sports • Previously: LSW Baseball

Full Name: Brandon Patrick McCarthy

Nicknames: Bmac or Mac

Twitter: @BMcCarthy32

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

ERA

4.20

255

197

1223.2

908

WHIP

1.300

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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
2002	18	-1.4	White Sox	ARIZ	Rk	CHW	4	4	.500	2.76	4.60	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
2003	19	-1.5	Great Falls	PION	Rk	CHW	9	4	.692	3.65	4.37	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
2004	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-A+-AA	CHW	17	6	.739	3.14	3.30	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
2004	20	-4.1	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	3	1	.750	3.46	3.46	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	23	10	10	2	6	1	29	2	0	1	106	1.115	8.0	0.7	2.1	10.0	4.83
2004	20	-3.0	Winston-Salem	CARL	A+	CHW	6	0	1.000	2.08	2.08	8	8	0	0	0	0	52.0	31	12	12	3	3	0	60	1	2	1	188	0.654	5.4	0.5	0.5	10.4	20.00
2004	20	-1.6	Kannapolis	SALL	A	CHW	8	5	.615	3.64	3.93	15	15	0	3	1	0	94.0	80	41	38	10	21	0	113	7	2	3	372	1.074	7.7	1.0	2.0	10.8	5.38
2005	21	-5.8	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	7	7	.500	3.92	4.00	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
2005	21	-8.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	2	.600	4.03	4.03	12	10	0	0	0	0	67.0	62	30	30	13	17	0	48	2	1	1	277	1.179	8.3	1.7	2.3	6.4	2.82
2006	22	-6.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	7	.364	4.68	4.68	53	2	13	0	0	0	84.2	77	44	44	17	33	9	69	0	0	5	354	1.299	8.2	1.8	3.5	7.3	2.09
2007	23	-3.8	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	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
2007	23	-5.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	10	.333	4.87	5.49	23	22	0	0	0	0	101.2	111	62	55	9	48	0	59	3	1	4	459	1.564	9.8	0.8	4.2	5.2	1.23
2008	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	TEX	1	1	.500	3.41	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
2008	24	-2.9	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	21	10	10	2	8	0	23	0	0	1	108	1.088	7.1	0.7	2.7	7.8	2.88
2008	24	3.8	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	21	1.600	12.6	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
2008	24	-4.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	1	.500	4.09	4.50	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	20	11	10	3	8	0	10	1	0	0	93	1.273	8.2	1.2	3.3	4.1	1.25
2009	25	-2.0	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	4.15	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
2009	25	-3.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	7	4	.636	4.62	5.09	17	17	0	1	1	0	97.1	96	55	50	13	36	0	65	3	0	0	420	1.356	8.9	1.2	3.3	6.0	1.81
2010	26	-0.7	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	TEX	4	2	.667	3.36	3.51	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
2010-11	26	-2.4	Toros	DOWL	FgW		2	0	1.000	1.96	1.96	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	20	5	5	1	3	0	11	1	0	0	94	1.000	7.8	0.4	1.2	4.3	3.67
2011	27	3.8	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.80	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
2011	27	-1.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	9	9	.500	3.32	3.85	25	25	0	5	1	0	170.2	168	73	63	11	25	1	123	0	0	3	690	1.131	8.9	0.6	1.3	6.5	4.92
2012	28	1.3	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	1	.000	5.59	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
2012	28	-0.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	8	6	.571	3.24	3.57	18	18	0	0	0	0	111.0	115	44	40	10	24	2	73	6	0	0	469	1.252	9.3	0.8	1.9	5.9	3.04
2013	29	2.4	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	0		6.97	7.84	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
2013	29	0.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	5	11	.313	4.53	4.73	22	22	0	2	1	0	135.0	161	71	68	13	21	3	76	5	1	1	577	1.348	10.7	0.9	1.4	5.1	3.62
2014	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ARI	10	15	.400	4.05	4.50	32	32	0	1	1	0	200.0	222	100	90	25	33	4	175	3	0	4	836	1.275	10.0	1.1	1.5	7.9	5.30
2014	30	1.5	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	10	.231	5.01	5.33	18	18	0	0	0	0	109.2	131	65	61	15	20	4	93	2	0	3	466	1.377	10.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	4.65
2014	30	1.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	5	.583	2.89	3.49	14	14	0	1	1	0	90.1	91	35	29	10	13	0	82	1	0	1	370	1.151	9.1	1.0	1.3	8.2	6.31
2015	31	2.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	0	1.000	5.87	5.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	24	15	15	9	4	0	29	0	0	0	94	1.217	9.4	3.5	1.6	11.3	7.25
2016	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	LAD	0	2	.000	6.11	9.17	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
2016	32	5.3	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		2.45	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00
2016	32	8.9	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	2	.000	7.07	10.93	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	21	17	11	6	2	0	12	0	0	4	66	1.643	13.5	3.9	1.3	7.7	6.00
2016	32	3.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	3	.400	4.95	5.40	10	9	0	0	0	0	40.0	29	24	22	2	26	1	44	2	0	2	171	1.375	6.5	0.5	5.9	9.9	1.69
2017	33	9.9	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	1	.000	6.75	9.45	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
2017	33	4.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	4	.600	3.98	4.18	19	16	0	0	0	0	92.2	89	43	41	5	27	0	72	3	0	4	384	1.252	8.6	0.5	2.6	7.0	2.67
2018	34	7.8	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	4.50	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
2018	34	5.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	6	3	.667	4.92	5.15	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.2	94	45	43	15	21	0	65	0	0	2	339	1.462	10.8	1.7	2.4	7.4	3.10
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 (13 seasons)					Majors		69	75	.479	4.20	4.54	255	197	13	9	4	0	1223.2	1268	617	571	145	323	20	908	28	3	26	5163	1.300	9.3	1.1	2.4	6.7	2.81
Minors (14 seasons)					Minors		43	30	.589	3.54	4.10	117	110	3	5	2	0	643.0	592	293	253	65	135	2	680	23	11	24	2629	1.131	8.3	0.9	1.9	9.5	5.04
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		2	0	1.000	1.96	1.96	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	20	5	5	1	3	0	11	1	0	0	94	1.000	7.8	0.4	1.2	4.3	3.67
All Levels (17 Seasons)							114	105	.521	3.95	4.36	376	311	16	14	6	0	1889.2	1880	915	829	211	461	22	1599	52	14	50	7886	1.239	9.0	1.0	2.2	7.6	3.47

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		12	13	.480	3.87	3.97	50	44	3	1	1	0	256.0	232	113	110	31	68	0	246	8	1	6	1058	1.172	8.2	1.1	2.4	8.6	3.62
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	3.46	3.46	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	23	10	10	2	6	1	29	2	0	1	106	1.115	8.0	0.7	2.1	10.0	4.83
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		7	3	.700	3.05	4.14	16	16	0	0	0	0	82.2	67	38	28	9	9	0	83	1	2	5	321	0.919	7.3	1.0	1.0	9.0	9.22
A (1 season)					Minors		8	5	.615	3.64	3.93	15	15	0	3	1	0	94.0	80	41	38	10	21	0	113	7	2	3	372	1.074	7.7	1.0	2.0	10.8	5.38
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		13	8	.619	3.27	4.44	32	31	0	1	0	0	184.1	190	91	67	13	31	1	209	5	6	9	772	1.199	9.3	0.6	1.5	10.2	6.74