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

Biographical
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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	4	8	0	1	138.2	83	66	171	4	33	41	2	2	263	4.28	93
1928	SLS	NLP / NNL	22	SP	8	6	.571	22	13	3	8	0	0	109.0	59	45	125	5	23	27	1	3	475	3.72	119
1929	SLS	NNL	23	SP	4	3	.571	10	5	1	0	0	37.1	39	30	62	19	6	0	1	7.23	63
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	5	9	.357	22	15	5	8	0	0	127.0	75	69	153	6	30	37	0	0	2	547	4.89	75
1931	CC2 / DS	NNL	25	SP	6	4	.600	13	9	3	9	2	0	95.1	34	24	106	1	19	44	0	4	400	2.27	186
1935	CAG	NN2	29	RP	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	1	20.2	19	16	33	4	6	5	0	1	98	6.97	67
6	3			SP	36	26	.581	100	59	16	34	2	2	528.0	309	250	650	20	130	160	3	0	13	1783	4.26	95
162 Game Average					15	11	.581	43	25	8	15	1	1	225.2	132	107	278	9	56	68	1	0	6	842	4.26	95

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	7	17	0	1	285.0	181	141	358	9	75	74	3	6	738	4.45	95
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	9	12	.429	36	23	7	14	2	1	202.0	111	96	240	10	47	67	0	0	6	871	4.28	90
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	2	1	.667	6	3	2	3	0	0	41.0	17	13	52	1	8	19	0	1	174	2.85	154

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1927	SLS	NNL	21	SP	138.2		1.47	1.42		15.6%	70.1%		12.5%	51.3%		1.24	1.37		1.5%	2.0%
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	37.1		2.17	1.46		3.2%	415.0%		10.0%	318.1%		0.32	1.30		0.9%
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	127.0		1.44	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	1.44		11.0%	11.7%		4.8%	8.8%		2.32	1.34		0.3%	1.0%
1935	CAG	NN2	29	RP	20.2		1.89	1.45		5.1%	11.4%		6.1%	8.3%		0.83	1.38		4.1%	1.5%
6	3			SP	528.0		1.48	1.38		8.1%	58.2%		6.6%	43.2%		1.23	1.49		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	285.0		1.52	1.41		8.0%	110.0%		8.1%	83.0%		0.99	1.43		1.2%	1.3%
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	202.0		1.42	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%	11.6%		4.6%	8.9%		2.38	1.31		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	263	242	83	171	12	1	4	4	33	41	2	7	6	.707	.744	.814	1.558
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	39	62	19	6	1
1930	CAG	NNL	24	SP	22	547	505	75	153	25	9	6	9	30	37	2	10	5	.303	.345	.424	.768
1931	CC2 / DS	NNL	25	SP	13	400	370	34	106	12	3	1	5	1	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	1783	1635	309	650	67	22	20	25	1	130	160	13	46	29	.360	.404	.464	.869

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	738	672	181	358	25	8	9	9	75	74	6	26	12	.440	.487	.542	1.029
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	36	871	803	111	240	36	12	10	12	1	47	67	6	15	12	.299	.342	.411	.753
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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