#32 Ben Mcdonald, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Boston Red Sox Monday, 5/7/2026 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ben Mcdonald
11/24/1998 27 USA,LA,Baton Rouge 6"7 213
Starting Pitcher R R
| Contract : Salary : Signed Through :
Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Big League Contract $ 2,700,000 2026
Minimal Average None at all Good Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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| Pitching | Runs | Hits | Doubles | Homeruns | Walks | Strikeouts | Velocity |
| Overall | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| vs. LHP | | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |
| vs. RHP | | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |
| Talent | | Good | Average | Good | Good | Average | |
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Pitching Ratings Duration Starter : Duration Reliever : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | A C 57 B
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Hits | Doubles | Triples | Homeruns | Walks | Strikeouts |
| Overall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| vs. LHP | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| vs. RHP | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Talent | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| E E D E Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : A (Range), .967 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : - Outfield Arm : -
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 4/5 | CLE | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | | | | | |
| 4/10 | TOR | L 0-1 | * | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | L | | | | |
| 4/14 | BAL | W 3-1 | * | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 4/18 | @PHA | L 3-7 | * | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4/22 | @CLE | W 2-0 | * | 8.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 4/27 | @TOR | W 4-2 | * | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | PoG | | | |
| 5/1 | @BAL | W 4-2 | * | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 5/5 | PHA | W 2-0 | * | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | 60.0 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 7 | 87.5 |
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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 |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.48 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 125 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .252 | .208 | .460 |
| vs. RHB | 83 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .193 | .242 | .289 | .531 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.42 | 31.2 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| Road | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.95 | 28.1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 14.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | 46.0 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| May | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 14.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO | Teams |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 7.1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | BAL |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2.92 | 228.1 | 168 | 86 | 74 | 69 | 92 | 5 | 2 | BOS |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 3.74 | 219.0 | 177 | 101 | 91 | 60 | 95 | 2 | 0 | BOS |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4.11 | 236.1 | 232 | 123 | 108 | 73 | 100 | 3 | 1 | BOS |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 3.24 | 267.0 | 249 | 112 | 96 | 67 | 103 | 5 | 1 | BOS |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | 60.0 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 0 | BOS |
| Total | 153 | 147 | 54 | 57 | 0 | 3.39 | 1018.0 | 869 | 434 | 384 | 294 | 428 | 15 | 4 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
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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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BAL |
| 2022 | 32 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .127 | .169 | .295 | BOS |
| 2023 | 33 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .107 | .096 | .203 | BOS |
| 2024 | 36 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .118 | .131 | .249 | BOS |
| 2025 | 38 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | .070 | .130 | .116 | .247 | BOS |
| 2026 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | BOS |
| Total | 153 | 339 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 127 | 0 | 1 | .086 | .117 | .121 | .238 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 60.0 | 2.10 | | | | |
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Injured on 4/14/2026 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2026, going 3-1, 0.96...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 2022 - 2.92 - 9th
| WHIP 2022 - 1.04 - 3rd 2023 - 1.08 - 8th
| Wins 2022 - 17 - 10th
| Losses 2024 - 15 - 7th 2025 - 17 - 5th
| IP 2025 - 267.0 - 8th
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