Bill Macdonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: March 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA us

Died: May 4, 1991 in Shasta Lake, CA

Buried: Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Concord, CA

High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)

Debut: May 6, 1950 (Age 21-039d, 10,705th in major league history)
vs. NYG 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 24, 1953 (Age 24-057d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: William Paul Macdonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.66

160.1

WHIP

1.534

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-21 / in Starts: 8-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 5

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	1	16	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,8-9			99	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	inf	inf	1												1			0		0
2	2	31	May 23	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	16	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.00	2.81	31	13	7	0	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	1	.91	0.480	2.31	0.73%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	3	38	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	L,13-17	GS-3		6	2.2	3	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.09	3.87	14	4	1	0	0	3	36			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.184	1.66	-0.13%	-1.91	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
4	4	41	Jun 2	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	5	4	3	4	2	1	0	3.05	4.33	36						61						31			0		0
5	5	46	Jun 7	PIT		BRO	L,0-9	GS-8	L(2-1)	4	7.2	10	9	5	5	5	2	0	3.81	4.95	36	15	9	6	0	2	31			0	1	0	31	1	1	1	2	0	1	.63	-0.133	.20	-0.03%	-4.93	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d9
6	6	50	Jun 11(2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.0	7	4	4	5	5	2	0	3.96	5.28	33	7	9	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.36	-0.002	.25	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
7	7	55	Jun 18(2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,8-8	5-GF		6	5.0	2	2	2	5	1	1	0	3.92	5.58	21	5	8	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.031	.11	0.00%	0.84	5b 1-- 0 out tie	9b end tie
8	8	58	Jun 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	2	6.2	6	3	3	6	1	0	0	3.94	5.50	32	4	16	3	3	5	45			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.045	.06	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
9	9	62	Jun 25	PIT	@	BRO	W,16-11	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.04	5.67	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.45	9b 12- 0 out a8	9b end a 5
10	10	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(3-2)	1	4.0	9	7	7	4	1	1	0	4.92	5.87	24	5	5	0	0	9	13			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.314	.04	-0.01%	-4.84	1t start tie	4t 3 out d7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	11	68	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-2		5	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.33	5.81	8	0	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.270	.01	0.00%	-2.83	1b start tie	2b 1-3 0 out d1
12	12	70	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	6-9	L(3-3)	0	3.0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	5.05	5.76	14	7	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.82	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.57	6b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 0 out tie
13	13	76	Jul 14	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	1-1		9	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.49	5.85	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.66	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-2.17	1t --- 1 out d4	1t 12- 2 out d6
14	14	83	Jul 19(2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	10	4	0	0	5.02	5.73	41	10	12	4	2	5	63			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.381	.00	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	15	88	Jul 24	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG(6)	W(5-3)	4	6.0	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.73	5.51	24	8	8	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.281	.00	0.00%	2.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
16	16	92	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-4	L(5-4)	3	4.0	5	4	2	1	2	0	0	4.72	5.35	18	9	1	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
17	17	95	Jul 30(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.79	5.49	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-1.31	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	18	99	Aug 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-5	5-5		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	5.47	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.61	5b 123 1 out d3	5b 3 out d4
19	19	102	Aug 8	PIT		STL	L,4-6			2	4.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	4.52	5.39	18												14			0		0
20	20	105	Aug 12	PIT		CHC	L,2-7	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	8.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	0	4.62	5.43	33	7	12	3	2	9	43			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
21	21	108	Aug 14	PIT		CIN	L,8-13	7-GF		1	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.66	5.45	13	3	5	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.38	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
22	22	109	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	W,10-9	9-GF	W(6-5)	0	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.73	5.44	5	0	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.45	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.55	9t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 5
23	23	114	Aug 20(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-	L(6-6)	4	7.0	4	4	3	1	4	1	0	4.66	5.32	27						58						26			0		0
24	24	116	Aug 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	5.30	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
25	25	119	Aug 25	PIT		PHI	L,7-9	GS-7		2	6.2	8	6	4	4	2	0	0	4.67	5.20	30	7	9	2	0	8	36			0	0	1	26	2	0	1	1	0	1	.97	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
26	26	122	Aug 27(2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.62	5.16	3												3			0		0
27	27	125	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-7)	3	8.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.46	5.03	32	10	11	1	2	6	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.149	.00	0.00%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
28	28	130	Sep 4(2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-7)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.14	4.85	31	11	12	0	0	3	82			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.481	.00	0.00%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	29	135	Sep 10(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-7)	5	9.0	5	2	2	5	1	1	1	4.00	4.92	36	12	12	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.334	.00	0.00%	2.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
30	30	139	Sep 14(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	7.0	6	5	2	3	2	1	0	3.93	4.93	29	12	6	0	1	6	50			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
31	31	145	Sep 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-9)	5	6.0	8	7	7	8	4	1	0	4.20	5.03	32	13	6	4	0	1	24			1	0	0	24	1	1	2	3	0	0	.74	-0.393	.00	0.00%	-3.77	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d5
32	32	149	Sep 24(1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-7	GS-5	L(8-10)	3	5.0	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.29	5.02	25	6	8	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
							10-21		W-L:8-10,Sv:1	3.1	153.0	138	88	73	88	58	17	1	4.29	5.02	664	1.01		8%	4%	107	48	9	67%	3	4	1	569	18	6	7	21	0	7	1.04	-0.710	.20	0.57%	-10.14

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