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, 15,696th 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: 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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-17 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	156	2	Apr 3	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-6		99	6.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	3.67	23	88	50	14	8	6	11	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.381	1.16	0.24%	3.54	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
2	157	6	Apr 9	MIL		OAK	W,10-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	6.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	0	0.75	2.09	23	87	57	14	14	9	6	3	1	0	66			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.217	.62	0.13%	2.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
3	158	10	Apr 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.50	2.28	25	100	58	24	7	10	6	3	0	0	57			1	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.210	1.28	0.13%	1.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
4	159	14	Apr 19	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.80	2.37	27	93	60	13	3	9	16	6	2	0	57			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.220	.95	0.16%	2.18	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
5	160	19	Apr 24	MIL		CAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	5.0	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	2.70	3.14	21	79	43	12	0	8	11	5	1	0	39			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.084	1.31	-0.06%	-0.24	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out tie
6	161	24	Apr 30	MIL	@	TOR	L,8-9	GS-5		5	4.2	10	7	7	2	3	3	2	4.15	4.44	28	102	62	17	11	8	13	8	0	0	17			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.468	1.10	-0.29%	-4.57	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	162	29	May 5	MIL	@	BAL	W,13-1	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	4	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.76	4.72	25	112	62	22	4	8	10	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.288	.80	0.14%	2.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
8	163	32	May 10	MIL		BAL	L,7-10	GS-6		4	5.0	6	5	4	2	5	2	0	4.14	5.03	25	106	63	20	9	9	9	2	3	0	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.92	-0.291	.71	-0.14%	-2.31	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
9	164	37	May 16	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.1	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.91	5.02	30	109	66	18	8	16	9	4	1	0	59			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.099	.86	0.05%	1.26	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
10	165	42	May 21	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.0	4	2	2	3	1	2	0	3.88	5.43	20	83	44	16	2	8	8	3	1	0	49			0	2	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.049	1.06	0.04%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
11	166	47	May 26	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.2	8	5	5	5	6	0	0	4.24	5.28	30	121	71	21	10	10	9	5	0	0	34			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.193	.89	-0.10%	-1.82	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out d4
12	167	51	May 31	MIL		CLE	L,4-10	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	6.0	12	5	5	0	3	1	0	4.52	5.20	29	114	69	22	3	9	17	12	0	0	31			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.181	.66	-0.07%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	168	56	Jun 5	MIL		TEX	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.40	5.14	24	83	53	14	7	7	12	7	2	0	57			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	0.113	.48	0.03%	1.31	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
14	169	61	Jun 11	MIL	@	TEX	W,14-4	GS-6	W(6-3)	5	5.2	12	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.54	5.09	29	111	71	15	6	8	18	10	0	0	32			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.071	.23	0.02%	-0.49	1b start a 4	6b 1-- 2 out a7
15	170	66	Jun 16	MIL		OAK	L,9-10	GS-7		4	7.0	7	5	5	1	3	0	2	4.69	4.97	31	124	79	29	4	11	14	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	26	4	1	0	0	2	0	.91	-0.054	.47	-0.02%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
16	171	71	Jun 21	MIL		CAL	W,10-5	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.53	4.93	30	124	78	21	7	11	12	5	2	0	58			2	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.124	.49	0.04%	2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
17	172	76	Jun 27	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	1	4.31	4.79	27	95	61	23	10	7	14	7	2	0	70			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.297	.47	0.11%	3.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	173	81	Jul 2	MIL	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.2	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	4.13	4.79	25	106	58	14	13	8	8	1	2	0	65			1	1	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.298	1.12	0.17%	2.95	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out tie
19	174	86	Jul 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-9	W(9-3)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.92	4.76	31	97	60	13	8	13	14	7	0	0	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.437	.64	0.17%	3.86	1b start a 2	9b --- 0 out a3
20	175	88	Jul 12	MIL		TOR	W,12-5	GS-6	W(10-3)	4	6.0	3	2	2	4	4	2	0	3.88	4.93	25	106	65	18	5	8	9	2	2	0	58			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.091	.35	0.04%	1.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
21	176	93	Jul 17	MIL		DET	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	0	1	8	0	0	3.61	4.71	34	126	82	22	17	12	13	4	3	0	78			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.480	.54	0.12%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	177	98	Jul 22	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.56	4.67	29	114	73	23	11	8	12	7	3	0	58			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.290	.99	0.14%	2.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
23	178	103	Jul 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(10-4)	4	8.0	9	7	5	1	6	1	0	3.67	4.61	34	119	73	20	8	16	11	3	0	0	45			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.38	-0.229	.21	-0.08%	-2.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	179	108	Aug 1	MIL		SEA	L,2-9	GS-5	L(10-5)	4	4.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.81	4.52	21					9	8	6	0	0	32			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.163	.57	-0.05%	-1.55	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d2
25	180	113	Aug 6	MIL		BAL	L,3-13	GS-4	L(10-6)	4	3.0	7	8	8	5	0	2	0	4.21	4.76	20	73	36	10	5	7	8	2	2	0	8			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	0	1	.95	-0.278	.45	-0.08%	-5.17	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d6
26	181	119	Aug 11	MIL		BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	7.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.14	4.72	29	121	69	24	5	12	9	4	1	0	57			2	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.160	.07	0.01%	2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	182	124	Aug 17	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	L(10-8)	5	6.0	9	4	4	1	1	1	1	4.20	4.76	29	102	59	17	5	14	12	3	2	0	38			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.101	.03	0.00%	-0.92	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
28	183	129	Aug 23	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.2	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.25	4.73	29	102	65	28	2	15	11	8	1	0	39			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.29	0.016	.04	0.00%	-0.19	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a1
29	184	134	Aug 28	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(10-9)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.16	4.64	34	126	78	20	11	16	11	6	0	0	63			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.60	0.102	.08	0.01%	2.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	185	139	Sep 2	MIL		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.2	5	5	4	6	4	1	0	4.21	4.71	32	126	67	20	7	11	11	4	2	0	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.089	.01	0.00%	-0.94	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
31	186	143	Sep 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-2	GS-8	L(10-10)	4	8.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	4.08	4.64	31	102	66	22	5	14	14	3	5	0	63			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.19	0.267	.01	0.00%	2.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	187	148	Sep 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,15-4	GS-8	W(11-10)	4	8.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	0	4.01	4.51	31	112	69	13	9	8	16	9	0	0	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.052	.00	0.00%	3.06	1b start a 6	8b 3 out a10
33	188	152	Sep 17	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	GS-8	W(12-10)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.86	4.38	28	108	77	22	23	8	9	4	4	0	85			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.408	.00	0.00%	4.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
34	189	156	Sep 22	MIL		DET	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.87	4.30	28	107	66	16	12	7	11	4	4	0	50			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
35	190	160	Sep 27	MIL	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-3		4	3.0	5	3	2	0	4	1	0	3.90	4.31	14	51	35	10	7	5	5	3	0	0	43			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	.93	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1b start a 4	3b 3 out a2
							18-17		W-L:12-10	4.2	221.1	228	104	96	67	146	25	6	3.90	4.31	951	3529	61%	18%	8%	0.89		23%	7%	0	51		---%	18	7	2	863	41	4	0	15	7	11	.93	2.594	.51	0.85%	28.73

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