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Jim
McDonald		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 17, 1927 in Usa, OR, GRANTS PASS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1960   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 BSN NL   8 3 4 3 5 6 6 8 9 9
1951 24 BSN NL   8 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9
1952 25 BSN NL   8 3 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
1953 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 4 5 5 7 7 7
1954 27 BSN NL   7 3 4 3 4 5 5 7 7 7
1955 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 4 5 5 8 9 9
1956 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 4 5 5 8 9 8
1957 30 BSN NL   6 3 4 3 4 5 5 7 8 8
1958 31 BSN NL   6 3 4 3 4 5 5 7 8 8
1959 32 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 8 8 8
1960 33 BSN NL $ 300,000 5 2 3 3 4 5 4 7 8 7
1961 34 BSN NL $ 300,000 4 2 3 2 4 5 4 7 7 7
1962 35 BSN NL $ 350,000 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 24 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 25 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 27 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 30 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 31 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 23 AAA   11 8 .579 27 27 2 1 0 182.0 167 67 13 78 100 3.31 .242 .319 .353 .672  
1951 24 AAA   14 8 .636 29 29 2 1 0 191.0 199 77 11 90 88 3.63 .270 .349 .372 .721  
1952 25 AAA   8 8 .500 24 24 0 0 0 151.7 162 71 11 75 80 4.21 .275 .356 .388 .745  
1953 26 BSN NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 5 3 1 2 2 10.15 .385 .467 .692 1.159 0.0
    AAA   9 12 .429 30 30 3 1 0 212.3 200 82 13 92 128 3.48 .248 .325 .357 .682  
1954 27 AAA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 22.3 22 9 2 12 18 3.63 .247 .337 .404 .741  
1955 28 BSN NL 1 1 .500 9 0 0 0 1 8.3 12 9 0 4 3 9.72 .353 .410 .441 .851 0.0
    AAA   2 3 .400 17 0 0 0 0 26.7 28 18 4 14 14 6.08 .269 .356 .471 .827  
1956 29 BSN NL 5 6 .455 43 2 0 0 1 49.0 54 43 9 44 25 7.90 .280 .409 .477 .886 0.0
1957 30 AAA   5 2 .714 55 0 0 0 2 41.7 41 20 5 14 30 4.32 .261 .322 .408 .729  
1958 31 AAA   2 4 .333 76 0 0 0 7 67.0 75 39 8 40 48 5.24 .290 .385 .409 .794  
1959 32 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 41 0 0 0 2 39.0 36 12 5 15 31 2.77 .240 .309 .387 .696  
1960 33 BSN NL 2 1 .667 42 0 0 0 0 54.7 44 21 3 18 26 3.46 .215 .280 .293 .573 4.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 3 21.0 12 2 0 12 7 0.86 .171 .293 .186 .478  
1961 34 BSN NL 0 2 .000 29 0 0 0 0 31.0 39 22 4 14 12 6.39 .320 .381 .525 .906 0.0
1962 35 AAA   1 1 .500 35 0 0 0 3 36.0 40 18 5 18 23 4.50 .292 .374 .467 .841  
6 Years Sim 8 11 .421 128 2 0 0 2 146.7 156 99 18 82 68 6.08 .273 .361 .428 .789 4.2
11 Years AAA 56 49 .533 370 110 7 3 17 990.6 982 415 77 460 567 3.77 .259 .339 .376 .715  
Season Average 1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 0 24.4 26 16 3 13 11 6.08 .273 .361 .428 .789  
Career Highs 5 6 .667 43 2 0 0 1 54.7 54 43 9 44 26 10.15 .400 .467 1.000 1.400  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   96 61 11 38 50   .267 .338 .423 .761
vs LH   60 38 7 44 18   .282 .405 .437 .841
Home 5 4 .556 70 0 0 0 1 77.0 81 47 8 36 28 5.49 .273 .351 .407 .759
Away 3 7 .300 58 2 0 0 1 69.7 75 52 10 46 40 6.72 .273 .377 .451 .828
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 0 12.7 19 13 4 9 4 9.24 .352 .444 .611 1.056
May 2 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 1 33.7 30 14 2 13 15 3.74 .238 .309 .349 .659
June 1 2 .333 18 1 0 0 0 26.0 14 13 2 14 13 4.50 .161 .277 .276 .553
July 0 2 .000 24 0 0 0 0 22.3 30 19 2 11 9 7.66 .313 .383 .396 .779
August 1 2 .333 18 0 0 0 0 18.3 22 17 4 12 12 8.35 .297 .395 .554 .949
Sep/Oct 3 3 .500 28 1 0 0 1 33.6 41 23 4 23 15 6.15 .304 .405 .481 .887
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 29 BSN NL 43 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1957 30 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1960 33 BSN NL 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1961 34 BSN NL 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 114 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.8  
Career Highs 43 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 60 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Away 54 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
RISP   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
August 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1953 26 BSN NL P 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 28 BSN NL P 9 0 8.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.24    
1956 29 BSN NL P 43 2 49.0 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.76    
1959 32 BSN NL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 33 BSN NL P 42 0 54.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1961 34 BSN NL P 29 0 31.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.58    
Career Totals   128 2 146.7 3 27 0 1 1.000 1.84    
Career Highs   43 2 54.7 2 15 0 1 1.000 3.24    
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  1. Tink Riviere (990)
  2. Woody Rich (990)
  3. Aurelio Monteagudo (987)
  4. Bill Greif (985)
  5. Tom Baker (985)
  6. Burleigh Grimes (984)
  7. Roy Johnson (983)
  8. George Grant (983)
  9. Bob Walk (982)
  10. Bill Hubbell (982)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950
Injured on 7/19/1950 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/20/1950 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 4/12/1952 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/30/1952 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/5/1954 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/8/1955
Had first career hit on 9/11/1956, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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