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Ben McDonald
Larry Benard McDonald

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 213 lb.
School Louisiana State University

Debut September 6, 1989
  vs. CLE 2.7 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 16, 1997
Born November 24, 1967 in Baton Rouge, LA

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1989. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1989 21 BAL AL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0    7.3    8    7    7   2    4    3   0   1    33   0   1  8.59  3.78   44 1.636
 1990 22 BAL AL   8   5  21  15   3   2   2  0  118.7   88   36   32   9   35   65   0   5   472   0   0  2.43  3.84  158 1.037 RoY-8
 1991 23 BAL AL   6   8  21  21   1   0   0  0  126.3  126   71   68  16   43   85   1   3   532   2   0  4.84  3.98   82 1.338
 1992 24 BAL AL  13  13  35  35   4   2   0  0  227.0  213  113  107  32   74  158   9   3   958   5   2  4.24  3.99   94 1.264
 1993 25 BAL AL  13  14  34  34   7   1   0  0  220.3  185   92   83  17   86  171   5   7   914   4   1  3.39  4.47  132 1.230
 1994 26 BAL AL  14   7  24  24   5   1   0  0  157.3  151   75   71  14   54   94   2   3   655   2   1  4.06  5.00  123 1.303
 1995 27 BAL AL   3   6  14  13   1   0   1  0   80.0   67   40   37  10   38   62   3   4   342   3   2  4.16  4.77  115 1.313
 1996 28 MIL AL  12  10  35  35   2   0   0  0  221.3  228  104   96  25   67  146   6   4   951   0   0  3.90  5.20  133 1.333
 1997 29 MIL AL   8   7  21  21   1   0   0  0  133.0  120   68   60  13   36  110   5   3   551   2   0  4.06  4.66  115 1.173
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .527  78  70 211 198  24   6   5  0 1291.3 1186  606  561 138  437  894  31  33  5408  18   7  3.91  4.50  115 1.257
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  35  32   3   0   0  0  214.7  197  100   93  22   72  148   5   5   899   2   1  3.91  4.50  115 1.257
 Career High     14  14  35  35   7   2   2  0  227.0  228  113  107  32   86  171   9   7   958   5   2  2.43  5.20  158 1.037

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 29 MIL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      191    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     35    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 29 MIL AL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .431| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .431| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 ------+
1989 21 BAL AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 2.47 1.85 0 7.3 1990 22 BAL AL P 21 15 14 1 1 .967 .954 1.38 0.59 2.20 1.78 15 118.7 1991 23 BAL AL P 21 12 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.95 0.58 1.43 1.80 21 126.3 1992 24 BAL AL P 35 22 29 0 2 1.000 .953 1.46 0.56 2.02 1.72 35 227.0 1993 25 BAL AL P 34 15 42 2 2 .966 .953 1.68 0.56 2.33 1.79 34 220.3 1994 26 BAL AL P 24 7 25 0 1 1.000 .955 1.33 0.52 1.83 1.72 24 157.3 1995 27 BAL AL P 14 5 13 1 0 .947 .957 1.29 0.53 2.02 1.79 13 80.0 1996 28 MIL AL P 35 13 30 6 3 .878 .960 1.23 0.52 1.75 1.77 35 221.3 1997 29 MIL AL P 21 6 16 1 3 .957 .957 1.05 0.49 1.49 1.71 21 133.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 21 BAL AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 2.47 1.85 0 7.3 1990 22 BAL AL P 21 15 14 1 1 .967 .954 1.38 0.59 2.20 1.78 15 118.7 1991 23 BAL AL P 21 12 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.95 0.58 1.43 1.80 21 126.3 1992 24 BAL AL P 35 22 29 0 2 1.000 .953 1.46 0.56 2.02 1.72 35 227.0 1993 25 BAL AL P 34 15 42 2 2 .966 .953 1.68 0.56 2.33 1.79 34 220.3 1994 26 BAL AL P 24 7 25 0 1 1.000 .955 1.33 0.52 1.83 1.72 24 157.3 1995 27 BAL AL P 14 5 13 1 0 .947 .957 1.29 0.53 2.02 1.79 13 80.0 1996 28 MIL AL P 35 13 30 6 3 .878 .960 1.23 0.52 1.75 1.77 35 221.3 1997 29 MIL AL P 21 6 16 1 3 .957 .957 1.05 0.49 1.49 1.71 21 133.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 211 95 179 11 13 .961 .955 1.30 0.55 1.91 1.76 198 1291.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 211 95 179 11 13 .961 .955 1.30 0.55 1.91 1.76 198 1291
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1996 AL-3.90-9

Wins
1994 AL-14-4

Won-Loss %
1994 AL-.667-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1993 AL-1.230-9
1996 AL-1.333-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1993 AL-7.56-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1992 AL-6.26-8
1993 AL-6.98-8

Strikeouts
1993 AL-171-9

Games Started
1992 AL-35-3
1993 AL-34-6
1996 AL-35-2

Comp. Games
1993 AL-7-6
1994 AL-5-8

Shutouts
1990 AL-2-6
1992 AL-2-8
1993 AL-1-10

Home Runs Allow.
1992 AL-32-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1993 AL-86-8

Losses
1993 AL-14-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1992 AL-107-3

Hit Batsmen
1992 AL-9-6

Adjusted ERA+
1996 AL-133-8

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (845) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1989.

December 21, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 8, 1997: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Mike Fetters and Ron Villone to the Cleveland Indians for Marquis Grissom and Jeff Juden.

March 11, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mark Watson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Baltimore Orioles$241,667
1991Baltimore Orioles$491,667
1992Baltimore Orioles$500,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$1,250,000
1994Baltimore Orioles$2,675,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$4,500,000
1996Milwaukee Brewers$2,000,000
1997Milwaukee Brewers$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,658,334

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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