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Brandon McCarthy
Brandon Patrick McCarthy

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 22, 2005

Born July 7, 1983 in Glendale, CA

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 21 CHW AL   3   2  12  10   0   0   0  0   67.0   62   30   30  13   17   48   2   1   277   0   1  4.03  4.49  111 1.179
 2006 22 CHW AL   4   7  53   2   0   0  13  0   84.7   77   44   44  17   33   69   0   5   354   9   0  4.68  4.75  101 1.299
 2007 23 TEX AL   5  10  23  22   0   0   0  0  101.7  111   62   55   9   48   59   3   4   459   0   1  4.87  4.52   93 1.564
 2008 24 TEX AL   1   1   5   5   0   0   0  0   22.0   20   11   10   3    8   10   1   0    93   0   0  4.09  4.40  108 1.273
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .394  13  20  93  39   0   0  13  0  275.3  270  147  139  42  106  186   6  10  1183   9   2  4.54  4.57  101 1.366
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  47  20   0   0   6  0  141.7  139   75   71  21   54   95   3   5   609   4   1  4.54  4.57  101 1.366
 Career High      5  10  53  22   0   0  13  0  101.7  111   62   55  17   48   69   3   5   459   9   1  4.03  4.75  111 1.179

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 21 CHW AL  12    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 22 CHW AL  53    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 23 TEX AL  23    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       93    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     53    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           0   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 21 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .335| .000  .431| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2006 22 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .280| .000  .345| .000  .445| .000  .790|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2007 23 TEX AL    3    3    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .338| .000  .424| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons         6    6    0   0.0   109| .000  .273| .000  .338| .000  .431| .000  .769|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 21 CHW AL P 12 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.58 0.46 0.94 1.69 10 67.0 2006 22 CHW AL P 53 4 11 0 2 1.000 .955 0.28 0.41 1.59 1.56 2 84.7 2007 23 TEX AL P 23 10 6 2 1 .889 .952 0.70 0.42 1.42 1.60 22 101.7 2008 24 TEX AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.42 0.41 1.60 5 22.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 21 CHW AL P 12 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.58 0.46 0.94 1.69 10 67.0 2006 22 CHW AL P 53 4 11 0 2 1.000 .955 0.28 0.41 1.59 1.56 2 84.7 2007 23 TEX AL P 23 10 6 2 1 .889 .952 0.70 0.42 1.42 1.60 22 101.7 2008 24 TEX AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.42 0.41 1.60 5 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 93 17 22 2 4 .951 .954 0.42 0.42 1.27 1.61 39 275.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 93 17 22 2 4 .951 .954 0.42 0.42 1.28 1.61 39 275
An Important note about our fielding stats


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2002.

December 23, 2006: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with David Paisano (minors) to the Texas Rangers for John Danks, Nick Masset, and Jacob Rasner (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Chicago White Sox$332,000
2007Texas Rangers$396,068
2008Texas Rangers$404,760
Career (may be incomplete)$1,132,828

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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