#94 Ben Mcdonald, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Houston Astros Thursday, 11/2/1998 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ben Mcdonald
11/24/1967 30 USA,LA,BATON ROUGE 6"7 213
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average Some ability 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,000,000 1999 10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days) 9 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 6 | 7 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 63 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5.03 | 130.2 | 132 | 85 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 10 | 50.0 |
Projected | 39 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5.03 | 130.0 | 132 | 85 | 73 | 74 | 69 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 3 | 2 | 33.3 | 19 | 13 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 21 | 4 | 19.0 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 5.31 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 248 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .358 | .452 | .810 |
vs. RHB | 250 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 34 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .349 | .500 | .849 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.35 | 70.1 | 65 | 40 | 34 | 33 | 45 |
Road | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.82 | 60.1 | 67 | 45 | 39 | 41 | 24 |
Postseason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 27.0 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
May | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 24.0 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 14 |
June | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 31.2 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
July | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.27 | 18.2 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 14 |
August | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 13.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
Sept./Oct. | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.69 | 16.0 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 10 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1989 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.88 | 142.0 | 148 | 87 | 77 | 18 | 64 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1.49 | .286 | MIL |
1990 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4.54 | 210.0 | 227 | 115 | 106 | 32 | 66 | 139 | 3 | 2 | 1.40 | .296 | MIL |
1991 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5.06 | 170.2 | 187 | 99 | 96 | 22 | 52 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | .300 | MIL |
1992 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4.51 | 207.2 | 218 | 116 | 104 | 38 | 61 | 124 | 2 | 1 | 1.34 | .274 | MIL |
1993 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.80 | 245.2 | 265 | 144 | 131 | 42 | 94 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .282 | MIL |
1994 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 6.71 | 201.1 | 266 | 155 | 150 | 32 | 66 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 | .340 | MIL |
1995 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.96 | 71.0 | 90 | 50 | 47 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.62 | .325 | MIL |
1996 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5.23 | 155.0 | 172 | 101 | 90 | 27 | 63 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .298 | HOU |
1997 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5.15 | 153.2 | 179 | 92 | 88 | 15 | 49 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 1.48 | .333 | HOU |
1998 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5.03 | 130.2 | 132 | 85 | 73 | 23 | 74 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .268 | HOU |
Total | 325 | 273 | 106 | 95 | 3 | 5.13 | 1687.2 | 1884 | 1044 | 962 | 260 | 614 | 1043 | 8 | 5 | 1.48 | .299 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1989, AAA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.21 | 25.2 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | .271 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 6.2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 7.2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1989 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1990 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1991 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1992 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1993 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1994 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1995 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIL |
1996 | 29 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | .052 | .068 | .052 | .120 | HOU |
1997 | 26 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .093 | .185 | HOU |
1998 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .105 | .162 | .267 | HOU |
Total | 325 | 159 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 1 | .069 | .081 | .088 | .169 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1.000 | 130.2 | 1.72 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1989... Earned first career win on 4/25/1989... Injured on 5/13/1989 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks... Injured on 8/24/1991 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks... 2/3/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration... 2/3/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration... 2/3/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration... 8/7/1994: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $720,000 per year, for 1 years. Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/10/1996 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year... Had first career hit on 4/12/1996, off Erik Hanson (STL)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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WHIP 1992 - 1.34 - 9th
| Wins 1993 - 19 - 3rd 1994 - 14 - 6th
| Losses 1994 - 15 - 5th
| IP 1993 - 245.2 - 3rd
| CG 1997 - 2 - 9th
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SHO 1990 - 2 - 3rd 1997 - 2 - 1st
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