Webster McDonald
1926–1940 · bats L / throws R · BLS, Chicago American Giants, ECG, HIL, Homestead Grays, NNS, Philadelphia Stars, WLE
207G
.213AVG
.260OBP
.274SLG
More career statistics
91H
5HR
38RBI
0SB
70–52W–L
1,143.0IP
499K
3.96ERA
133GS
5SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 207 | 119 |
| Batting · At bats | 427 | 235 |
| Batting · Doubles | 9 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 91 | 43 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Home runs | 5 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 482 | 246 |
| Batting · Runs | 38 | 29 |
| Batting · RBI | 38 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 25 | 7 |
| Pitching · Games | 192 | 113 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,870 | 2,521 |
| Pitching · p cg | 76 | 41 |
| Pitching · p er | 503 | 165 |
| Pitching · p gs | 133 | 76 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,172 | 698 |
| Pitching · p hr | 60 | 39 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,429 | 1,870 |
| Pitching · p k | 499 | 112 |
| Pitching · p r | 616 | 402 |
| Pitching · p w | 275 | 109 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 482 | 427 | 38 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | .213 | .260 | .274 | .534 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,143.0 | 192 | 133 | 76 | 70 | 52 | 5 | 1,172 | 616 | 503 | 60 | 275 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 1.266 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1934-06-02 to 1934-06-23
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1936-08-26 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1935-08-04 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1935-06-01 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 77 | 144 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .180 | .201 | .237 |
| Away | 42 | 102 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .188 | .206 | .260 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 29 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .235 |
| June | 34 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .235 | .264 | .353 |
| July | 22 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .091 | .095 |
| August | 25 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .206 | .200 |
| September | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .273 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .250 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 27 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .159 | .178 | .205 |
| homestead-grays | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .259 |
| newark-eagles | 16 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .138 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 14 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .389 |
| new-york-cubans | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
| WEG | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .294 | .214 |
| NSH | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .357 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 8 | 7 |
| 1932 | WSW | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1933 | BLS, Philadelphia Stars | 7 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | .143 | 34 | 13 |
| 1934 |  Philadelphia Stars | 10 | 29 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .241 | 72 | 15 |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Stars | 24 | 55 | 7 | 1 | – | – | .127 | 159 | 24 |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Stars | 24 | 51 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .137 | 126 | 38 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Stars | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – | .261 | 59 | 7 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Stars | 20 | 32 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .219 | 94 | 5 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Stars | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | .208 | 58 | 2 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Stars | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 9 | 1 |