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Bill MacDonald
William Paul MacDonald

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 6, 1950
Final Game May 24, 1953
Born March 28, 1929 in Alameda, CA
Died May 4, 1991 in Shasta Lake, CA

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 21 PIT NL   8  10  32  20   6   2   8  1  153.0  138   88   73  17   88   60   1   4   664       0  4.29  4.39  102 1.477
 1953 24 PIT NL   0   1   4   1   0   0   1  0    7.3   12   10   10   0    8    4   1   0    39       0 12.27  4.45   36 2.727
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .421   8  11  36  21   6   2   9  1  160.3  150   98   83  17   96   64   2   4   703       0  4.66  4.39   94 1.534
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  13  42  25   7   2  10  1  191.0  178  116   99  20  114   76   2   4   838   0   0  4.66  4.39   94 1.534
 Career High      8  10  32  20   6   2   8  1  153.0  138   88   73  17   88   60   1   4   664   0   0  4.29  4.39  102 1.477

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 21 PIT NL  32   49    3    6   1  0   0    1   0      4  18  .122  .189  .143  -12    7   1           0   1
 1953 24 PIT NL   4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       36   49    3    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   4  18  .122  .189  .143  -12    7   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        221   14   27   5  0   0    5   0  0  18  81  .122  .189  .143  -12   32   9   0   0   0   5
 Career High     32   49    3    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   4  18                           7   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 21 PIT NL   54   45    1   0.6   111| .122  .273| .189  .350| .143  .424| .332  .774| -12  .022  -8.3  -0.8     
 1953 24 PIT NL    1    1    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        55   46    1   0.6   111| .122  .273| .189  .350| .143  .424| .332  .774| -12  .021  -8.3  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 21 PIT NL P 32 5 15 1 1 .952 .962 0.62 0.97 1.18 2.12 20 153.0 1953 24 PIT NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.88 1.23 2.10 1 7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 21 PIT NL P 32 5 15 1 1 .952 .962 0.62 0.97 1.18 2.12 20 153.0 1953 24 PIT NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.88 1.23 2.10 1 7.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 36 5 16 1 1 .955 .963 0.58 0.96 1.18 2.12 21 160.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 36 5 16 1 1 .955 .963 0.58 0.96 1.18 2.12 21 160
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1950 NL-2-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1950 NL-88-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2554) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

October 27, 1948: Granted Free Agency.

Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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