Luther McDonald
St. Louis Stars 1927–1929; Chicago American Giants 1930; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Detroit Stars 1931; Chicago American Giants 1935
Percentile snapshot
1931 season — qualified pitchers
of 101 qualified 1931 pitchers (min 55 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 27 | 54 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .208 | .231 | .438 | 16.0 | 17.9 | .203 | 0.9 |
| 1928 | 22 | 44 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .227 | .279 | .506 | 38.1 | 37.5 | .232 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .429 | .866 | 128.1 | 126.8 | .405 | -0.9 |
| 1930 | 26 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .260 | .500 | 35.9 | 33.1 | .229 | 0.8 |
| 1931 | 15 | 42 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .195 | .214 | .293 | .507 | 40.3 | 40.7 | .238 | 2.9 |
| 1935 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -27.8 | -36.7 | .115 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 174 | 64 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 138.0 | 4.17 | 1.500 | 2.67 | 3.75 | 94.2 | 95.4 | 0.9 |
| 1928 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 119 | 42 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 106.0 | 3.57 | 1.340 | 2.29 | 4.32 | 101.1 | 119.8 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 36.0 | 8.50 | 2.250 | 1.50 | 6.70 | 148.3 | 53.1 | -0.9 |
| 1930 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 69 | 30 | 37 | 6 | 127.0 | 4.89 | 1.441 | 2.62 | 4.62 | 101.4 | 93.2 | 0.8 |
| 1931 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 106 | 24 | 19 | 44 | 1 | 95.3 | 2.27 | 1.311 | 4.15 | 3.39 | 80.4 | 185.9 | 2.9 |
| 1935 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20.7 | 6.97 | 1.887 | 2.18 | 7.10 | 139.3 | 73.2 | -0.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-06-30 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1930-05-31 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1931-06-21 | IND @ CAG Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1931-07-25 | IND @ DTS Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1930-05-10 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-06-14 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1931-06-16 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1931-08-09 | LBC @ DTS Gameday | 9.0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1930-06-29 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 6.0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 1931-07-25 | IND @ DTS Gameday | 4.2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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.