Ben McDonald Autographed OMLB inscribed 1989 #1 Overall Pick

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Ben McDonald Autographed OMLB inscribed 1989 #1 Overall Pick with Beckett Witnessed Certificate of Authenticity

Larry Benard “Ben” McDonald is former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. The first overall pick in the 1989 MLB Draft, he played for the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers from 1989 through 1997.

The 6’7″ McDonald played two sports at LSU. He was a reserve forward with the Dale Brown-coached Tigers, appearing in 32 matches with five starts as a freshman before his playing time diminished to six games exclusively off the bench during his sophomore year.

He led the 1988 US Olympic Team to a gold medal for baseball, winning complete games against host South Korea and Puerto Rico. During his three-year college career at LSU, McDonald twice helped his team reach the College World Series. He gave up a walk-off grand slam to Stanford’s Paul Carey in the 1987 series. His best collegiate season came in 1989, which he finished with a 14–4 record, a 3.49 ERA, and a then-Southeastern Conference record 202 strikeouts. That year, he was selected as a member of the All-America team and won the Golden Spikes Award. In 1989, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

The Baltimore Orioles made McDonald the first overall selection in the 1989 June draft. He is the first of two LSU Tigers to have been drafted number one, joined by Paul Skenes in 2023.

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