#53 Ben McDonald, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, New York (Y) Yankees

#53 Ben McDonald, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, New York (Y) Yankees
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Ben McDonald

11/24/1967
35
USA,LA,Baton Rouge
6"7
227

Starting Pitcher
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R

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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,420,000
2003
10 Year(s), 21 Days (1741 total Days)
80 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 75 Days (1967 total Days)
15 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	9	6	7	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	9	5	7
Versus RHB	10	6	8
Talent	9	5	7

Pitching Ratings
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8
51
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	4	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	4	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

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3
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/20	BOS	L 3-6	*	5.2	5	3	3	2	6	L
4/25	TOR	W 10-3	*	7.1	3	2	2	3	8	W
4/30	CLE	L 4-10	*	5.1	6	5	4	3	8	L
5/6	TEX	L 8-13	*	4.2	6	3	2	0	4
5/12	@MIN	L 7-11	*	5	5	5	3	2	4	L
5/17	@CHW	L 3-4	*	5	5	3	2	2	5	L
5/23	DET	L 4-6	*	6	7	5	5	4	10	L
5/28	@BAL	W 8-5	*	6	7	4	4	7	7	W
6/2	BOS	L 12-16	*	2	6	7	7	2	3	L
6/8	@NYM	W 5-2	*	7	6	2	1	3	7	W	PoG

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	12	12	3	6	0	5.65	65.1	66	47	41	36	77	0	.0	0	3	25.0
Projected	31	31	8	15	0	5.65	167.0	170	121	105	93	198

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	14.3	9.1	10.6	5.0	4	2	50.0	0	0	.0	5.41

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	129	39	10	0	9	29	32	18	38	0	0	1	.302	.392	.589	.981
vs. RHB	124	27	12	3	3	13	15	18	39	0	0	1	.218	.319	.435	.755

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	8	8	1	4	0	6.59	42.1	43	33	31	22	54
Road	4	4	2	2	0	3.91	23.0	23	14	10	14	23
This Week	1	1	1	0	0	1.29	7.0	6	2	1	3	7
Last Week	1	1	0	1	0	31.50	2.0	6	7	7	2	3

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	5	1	2	0	5.16	29.2	24	18	17	16	37
May	5	5	1	3	0	5.40	26.2	30	20	16	15	30
June	2	2	1	1	0	8.00	9.0	12	9	8	5	10

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1990	1	1	0	1	0	9.64	4.2	9	5	5	1	1	5	0	0	2.14	.471	ATL
1993	32	32	11	7	0	4.06	201.2	153	94	91	24	83	221	1	0	1.17	.260	TEX
1994	31	31	15	9	0	3.52	199.1	152	84	78	9	67	222	2	1	1.10	.280	TEX
1995	34	34	16	13	0	3.51	220.1	163	94	86	15	91	261	3	1	1.15	.280	NYY
1996	34	34	10	13	0	4.60	205.1	180	108	105	15	100	215	0	0	1.36	.310	NYY
1997	34	34	11	11	0	4.86	203.2	189	116	110	19	108	226	0	0	1.46	.318	NYY
1998	34	34	20	6	0	3.45	222.0	179	95	85	17	90	248	1	0	1.21	.286	NYY,AL
1999	34	34	11	12	0	4.67	206.1	172	119	107	27	93	230	2	2	1.28	.286	NYY
2000	34	34	11	15	0	4.75	206.2	182	117	109	23	100	221	1	1	1.36	.294	NYY
2001	17	17	8	4	0	3.80	109.0	79	50	46	11	52	123	0	0	1.20	.259	NYY
2002	32	32	10	14	0	5.48	180.2	172	112	110	35	68	206	0	0	1.33	.300	NYY
2003	12	12	3	6	0	5.65	65.1	66	47	41	12	36	77	0	0	1.56	.329	NYY
Total	329	329	126	111	0	4.32	2025.0	1696	1041	973	208	889	2255	10	5	1.28	.291

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1989, AA	27	27	12	8	0	2.51	183.0	134	54	51	11	64	194	2	1	1.08	.275
1989, AAA	1	1	0	1	0	2.25	8.0	6	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0.88	.167
1990, AAA	26	26	16	3	0	2.64	167.0	126	54	49	9	63	192	1	1	1.13	.283
1991, AAA	24	22	12	1	0	3.68	141.2	110	64	58	18	51	160	0	0	1.14	.266
1992, AAA	40	1	4	4	1	2.89	93.1	79	33	30	6	36	130	0	0	1.23	.351

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1994	1	1	0	1	0	9.00	5.0	10	5	5	2	4	0	0
1995	1	1	0	1	0	4.91	7.1	8	4	4	4	6	0	0
1998	3	3	0	3	0	13.97	9.2	19	15	15	3	7	0	0
Total	5	5	0	5	0	9.82	22.0	37	24	24	9	17	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1990	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1993	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1994	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1995	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
1996	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
1997	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
1998	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY,AL
1999	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
2000	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
2001	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
2002	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
2003	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYY
Total	318	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

65.1

0.83

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/6/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $480,000 per year...
Injured on 6/12/1990 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Traded from Atlanta to Texas on 6/2/1991 (Going to ATL: CF Sammy Sosa. Going to TEX: P Andy Ashby, P Ben McDonald, 3B Jeff Blauser, CF Al Martin)...
Earned first career win on 4/6/1993...
Injured on 9/24/1994 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week...
2/2/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game...
8/24/1998: Signed a contract extension with New York (Y), $4,600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Injured on 7/6/2001 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season...
8/8/2001: Signed a contract extension with New York (Y), $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years.

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1994 - 3.52 - 8th 1995 - 3.51 - 9th 1998 - 3.45 - 10th	WHIP 1993 - 1.17 - 9th 1994 - 1.10 - 3rd 1995 - 1.15 - 6th 1998 - 1.21 - 10th	Wins 1995 - 16 - 6th 1998 - 20 - 2nd	Losses 1996 - 13 - 6th	IP 1995 - 220.1 - 9th 1998 - 222.0 - 7th
K's 1993 - 221 - 8th 1994 - 222 - 10th 1995 - 261 - 4th 1996 - 215 - 6th 1997 - 226 - 5th 1998 - 248 - 3rd 1999 - 230 - 6th 2000 - 221 - 8th	BB 1995 - 91 - 9th 1996 - 100 - 6th 1997 - 108 - 7th 1999 - 93 - 10th	SHO 1999 - 2 - 5th

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