Ben McDonald vs Mike Scott

Ben McDonaldMike Scott

Ben McDonald and Mike Scott compared on their MLB careers: Ben McDonald played 9 seasons, 1989 to 1997, Mike Scott 13 seasons, 1979 to 1991. Ben McDonald has 78 wins to Mike Scott's 124.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ben McDonald and Mike Scott career totals
211GP347
78W124
70L108
3.9ERA3.5
1291.1IP2068.2
894K1,469
437BB627
1.3WHIP1.2
0SV3

Where each stands all time

Ben McDonald and Mike Scott all-time places
Ben McDonaldAll-time rankMike Scott
—Strikeouts (pitching)252nd (1,469)

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
  • Mike Scott: 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 Mike Scott 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.
1st1989108.591979135.33
2nd1990852.431980114.30
3rd1991684.8419815103.90
4th199213134.2419827135.14
5th199313143.3919831063.72
6th19941474.0619845114.68
7th1995364.1619851883.29
8th199612103.90198618102.22
9th1997874.06198716133.23
10th————19881482.92
11th————198920103.10
12th————19909133.81
13th————19910212.86

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA