Ben McDonald vs Doug Drabek

Ben McDonaldDoug Drabek

Ben McDonald and Doug Drabek compared on their MLB careers: Ben McDonald played 9 seasons, 1989 to 1997, Doug Drabek 13 seasons, 1986 to 1998. Ben McDonald has 78 wins to Doug Drabek's 155.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ben McDonald and Doug Drabek career totals
211GP398
78W155
70L134
3.9ERA3.7
1291.1IP2,535
894K1,594
437BB704
1.3WHIP1.2
0SV0

Where each stands all time

Ben McDonald and Doug Drabek all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)199th (1,594)
—Wins (pitching)240th (155)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Ben McDonald: 0 championships; none on file
  • Doug Drabek: 0 championships; NL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ben McDonald and Doug Drabek season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1989108.591986784.10
2nd1990852.43198711123.88
3rd1991684.8419881573.08
4th199213134.24198914122.80
5th199313143.3919902262.76
6th19941474.06199115143.07
7th1995364.16199215112.77
8th199612103.9019939183.79
9th1997874.0619941262.84
10th————19951094.77
11th————1996794.57
12th————199712115.74
13th————19986117.29

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA