Luther McDonald - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Luther McDonald

Luther McDonald
(Vet; Old Soul)

Born: February 6, 1906 in Greene County, MS
Died: May 1, 1976 in Chicago, IL
(70 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 178

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1927	SLS	NNL	21	SP	13	4	.765	26	15		8	0	1	138.0	82	64	174	5	33	41	2	0	1	611	4.17	101
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	22	SP	8	6	.571	22	13		8	0	0	109.0	59	45	125	5	23	27	1	0	3	475	3.72	119
1929	SLS	NNL	23	SP	4	3	.571	10	5		1	0	0	36.0	41	34	63	5	18	6	0	0	2	190	8.50	56
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	5	9	.357	22	15		8	0	0	127.0	75	69	154	6	30	37	0	0	2	547	4.89	75
1931	CC2/DS	NNL	25	SP	6	4	.600	13	9		9	2	0	95.1	34	24	106	1	19	44	0	0	4	400	2.27	188
1935	CAG	NN2	29	RP	0	0		7	2		0	0	1	20.2	19	16	33	4	6	5	0	0	1	98	6.97	67
6	3			SP	36	26	.581	100	59		34	2	2	526.0	310	252	655	26	129	160	3	0	13	2321	4.31	97
162 Game Average					15	11	.581	43	25		15	1	1	225.0	133	108	280	11	55	68	1	0	6	993	4.31	97

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
3	St. Louis Stars I			SP	25	13	.658	58	33		17	0	1	283.0	182	143	362	15	74	74	3	0	6	1276	4.55	97
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	9	12	.429	36	23		14	2	1	202.0	111	96	241	10	47	67	0	0	6	871	4.28	90
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	2	1	.667	6	3		3	0	0	41.0	17	13	52	1	8	19	0	0	1	174	2.85	155

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1927	SLS	NNL	21	SP	138.0		1.50	1.44		6.7%	10.4%		5.4%	7.7%		1.24	1.35		0.8%	1.2%
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	22	SP	109.0		1.36	1.38		5.7%	10.8%		4.8%	7.1%		1.17	1.55		1.1%	1.2%
1929	SLS	NNL	23	SP	36.0		2.25	1.46		3.2%	10.6%		9.5%	7.6%		0.33	1.39		2.6%	1.4%
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	127.0		1.45	1.25		6.8%	12.8%		5.5%	7.2%		1.23	1.77		1.1%	1.3%
1931	CC2/DS	NNL	25	SP	95.1		1.31	1.45		11.0%	11.8%		4.8%	8.8%		2.32	1.36		0.3%	1.0%
1935	CAG	NN2	29	RP	20.2		1.89	1.45		5.1%	11.5%		6.1%	8.2%		0.83	1.39		4.1%	1.4%
6	3			SP	526.0		1.49	1.39		6.9%	11.2%		5.6%	7.5%		1.24	1.50		1.1%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
3	St. Louis Stars I			SP	283.0		1.54	1.42		5.8%	10.3%		5.8%	7.2%		1.00	1.43		1.2%	1.2%
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	202.0		1.43	1.32		7.7%	12.4%		5.4%	7.7%		1.43	1.62		1.1%	1.2%
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	41.0		1.46	1.48		10.9%	11.7%		4.6%	8.9%		2.38	1.32		0.6%	1.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	SLS	NNL	21	SP	26	611	561	82	174	25	3	5	9		33	41		1	16		11	.310	.350	.392	.742
1928	SLS	NLP/NNL	22	SP	22	475	430	59	125	13	7	5	5		23	27		3	19		6	.291	.331	.388	.720
1929	SLS	NNL	23	SP	10	190	162	41	63	12	3	5	0		18	6		2	8		7	.389	.456	.593	1.049
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	22	547	505	75	154	25	9	6	9		30	37		2	10		5	.305	.346	.426	.772
1931	CC2/DS	NNL	25	SP	13	400	370	34	106	12	3	1	5		19	44		4	7		10	.286	.328	.343	.671
1935	CAG	NN2	29	RP	7	98	88	19	33	5	2	4	2		6	5		1	3		2	.375	.421	.614	1.035
6	3			SP	100	2321	2116	310	655	92	27	26	30		129	160		13	63		41	.310	.353	.415	.768

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
3	St. Louis Stars I			SP	58	1276	1153	182	362	50	13	15	14		74	74		6	43		24	.314	.358	.419	.777
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	36	871	803	111	241	36	12	10	12		47	67		6	15		12	.300	.343	.412	.756
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	6	174	160	17	52	6	2	1	4		8	19		1	5		5	.325	.361	.406	.767

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