Bill Macdonald vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Bill Macdonald
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Macdonald built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 4.66 and 1.534 for Bill Macdonald. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Macdonald and Alex Young

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.02
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.18
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.45
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.66
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.42
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.95
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
5.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.59
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.998
0.998
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
39.46
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
33.96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Macdonald and Alex Young

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.81
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277.2
9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.78
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.26
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.23
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.12
14.12
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Macdonald and Alex Young

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
36
392.73
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
534.55
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
13.61
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
109.09
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
1.83
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
196.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA