Brandon McCarthy
Chicago White Sox 2005–2006; Texas Rangers 2007–2009; Oakland Athletics 2011–2012; Arizona Diamondbacks 2013–2014; New York Yankees 2014; Los Angeles Dodgers 2015–2017; Atlanta Braves 2018
Percentile snapshot
2014 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 2014 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.5 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.8 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128.5 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 22 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .027 | .100 | .027 | .127 | -83.8 | -62.9 | .077 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | -46.6 | -22.9 | .125 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | -54.8 | -54.9 | .104 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | -57.6 | -58.8 | .097 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .154 | .043 | .197 | -42.9 | -42.7 | .117 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .172 | .276 | -46.5 | -27.4 | .118 | 0.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 30 | 17 | 48 | 13 | 67.0 | 4.03 | 1.179 | 6.45 | 4.99 | 111.0 | 111.7 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 44 | 33 | 69 | 17 | 84.7 | 4.68 | 1.299 | 7.33 | 5.34 | 114.2 | 100.0 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 55 | 48 | 59 | 9 | 101.7 | 4.87 | 1.564 | 5.22 | 4.81 | 103.9 | 95.0 | 0.7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 22.0 | 4.09 | 1.273 | 4.09 | 5.25 | 118.0 | 108.9 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 50 | 36 | 65 | 13 | 97.3 | 4.62 | 1.356 | 6.01 | 4.75 | 102.4 | 100.3 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 168 | 63 | 25 | 123 | 11 | 170.7 | 3.32 | 1.131 | 6.49 | 2.90 | 73.1 | 119.3 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 40 | 24 | 73 | 10 | 111.0 | 3.24 | 1.252 | 5.92 | 3.71 | 94.5 | 121.1 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 161 | 68 | 21 | 76 | 13 | 135.0 | 4.53 | 1.348 | 5.07 | 3.72 | 96.2 | 85.4 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 222 | 90 | 33 | 175 | 25 | 200.0 | 4.05 | 1.275 | 7.88 | 3.54 | 93.6 | 93.6 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 23.0 | 5.87 | 1.217 | 11.35 | 6.25 | 167.4 | 63.6 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 44 | 2 | 40.0 | 4.95 | 1.375 | 9.90 | 3.74 | 93.0 | 81.1 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 41 | 27 | 72 | 5 | 92.7 | 3.98 | 1.252 | 6.99 | 3.29 | 79.3 | 104.3 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 43 | 21 | 65 | 15 | 78.7 | 4.92 | 1.462 | 7.44 | 4.75 | 116.6 | 82.8 | 0.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-06 | ATL @ COL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018-06-24 | BAL @ ATL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014-06-16 | MIL @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-06-06 | ATL @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-09-13 | COL @ AZ Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-27 | PHI @ AZ Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2011-09-03 | SEA @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2011-08-29 | ATH @ CLE Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 2012-05-12 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015-04-13 | SEA @ LAD Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.