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Jim McDonald
Jimmie Le Roy McDonald (Hot Rod)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 27, 1950
Final Game April 26, 1958
Born May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 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 23 BOS AL   1   0   9   0   0   0   1  0   19.0   23    9    8   1   10    5   1   0    85       0  3.79  4.90  129 1.737
 1951 24 SLB AL   4   7  16  11   5   0   2  1   84.0   84   48   38   5   46   28   2   1   375       0  4.07  4.37  107 1.548
 1952 25 NYY AL   3   4  26   5   1   0   9  0   69.3   71   31   27   1   40   20   2   1   312       0  3.50  3.34   95 1.601
 1953 26 NYY AL   9   7  27  18   6   2   5  0  129.7  128   64   55   4   39   43   1   0   539       0  3.82  3.72   97 1.288
 1954 27 NYY AL   4   1  16  10   3   1   3  0   71.0   54   28   25   3   45   20   1   0   302       0  3.17  3.43  108 1.394
 1955 28 BAL AL   3   5  21   8   0   0   6  0   51.7   76   48   41   5   30   20   0   1   253   1   0  7.14  3.80   53 2.052
 1956 29 CHW AL   0   2   8   3   0   0   0  0   18.7   29   18   18   2    7   10   1   1    88   0   0  8.68  4.12   47 1.929
 1957 30 CHW AL   0   1  10   0   0   0   4  0   22.3   18    8    5   2   10   12   0   3    92   1   0  2.01  3.75  186 1.254
 1958 31 CHW AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    2.3    6    8    5   1    4    0   0   0    18   0   0 19.29  3.66   19 4.286
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .471  24  27 136  55  15   3  30  1  468.0  489  262  222  24  231  158   8   7  2064   2   0  4.27  3.81   89 1.538
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  48  19   5   1  10  0  166.3  174   93   79   8   82   56   2   2   734   0   0  4.27  3.81   89 1.538
 Career High      9   7  27  18   6   2   9  1  129.7  128   64   55   5   46   43   2   3   539   1   0  3.17  4.37  108 1.288

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 23 BOS AL   9    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .333  .600  .333  135    1   0           0   0
 1951 24 SLB AL  17   29    1    6   1  1   0    3   0  0   1   7  .207  .233  .310   44    9   1           0   0
 1952 25 NYY AL  26   19    3    6   3  0   0    3   0  0   3   6  .316  .409  .474  152    9   0           0   0
 1953 26 NYY AL  29   41    2    4   0  0   0    4   0  0   2  18  .098  .140  .098  -34    4   3           0   0
 1954 27 NYY AL  16   19    6    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   5   9  .211  .375  .263   80    5   2   0       0   0
 1955 28 BAL AL  21   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   3  .182  .357  .182   54    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 29 CHW AL   8    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .167  .000  -53    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 30 CHW AL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   49    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      139  128   14   23   5  1   0   10   0  0  18  48  .180  .281  .234   42   30   7   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        149   16   27   6  1   0   12   0  0  21  56  .180  .281  .234   42   35   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     29   41    6    6   3  1   0    4   0  0   5  18                           9   3   0   0   0   0

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 23 BOS AL    5    2    1  13.3   122| .333  .290| .600  .379| .333  .435| .933  .814| 135  .858   0.5   0.0   0%
 1951 24 SLB AL   31   24    2   2.2   105| .207  .271| .233  .353| .310  .397| .543  .750|  44  .217  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1952 25 NYY AL   22   13    4   8.3    91| .316  .253| .409  .332| .474  .369| .883  .701| 152  .781   1.6   0.2   0%
 1953 26 NYY AL   46   40    1   0.7   100| .098  .266| .140  .342| .098  .392| .238  .733| -34  .030  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1954 27 NYY AL   26   17    2   3.2    96| .211  .262| .375  .337| .263  .383| .638  .719|  80  .367  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1955 28 BAL AL   15   10    1   2.7    96| .182  .258| .357  .336| .182  .384| .539  .720|  54  .273  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1956 29 CHW AL    6    5    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .167  .352| .000  .412| .167  .764| -53  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1957 30 CHW AL    2    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .264| .500  .336| .000  .399| .500  .736|  49  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       153  112   11   2.6   100| .180  .265| .281  .343| .234  .389| .515  .732|  42  .279 -10.1  -1.0   0%

* 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 23 BOS AL   P    9      3    7    0    0 1.000  .952  1.11  0.96  4.74  2.04    0   19.0
 1951 24 SLB AL   P   16      9   16    2    1  .926  .954  1.56  0.99  2.68  2.07   11   84.0
 1952 25 NYY AL   P   26      7   24    0    1 1.000  .966  1.19  1.03  4.03  2.10    5   69.3
 1953 26 NYY AL   P   27      7   30    1    6  .974  .956  1.37  0.88  2.57  1.95   18  129.7
 1954 27 NYY AL   P   16      7   14    0    2 1.000  .959  1.31  0.93  2.66  2.02   10   71.0
 1955 28 BAL AL   P   21      2   15    1    2  .944  .955  0.81  0.83  2.96  1.98    8   51.7
 1956 29 CHW AL   P    8      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  0.82  1.93  1.93    3   18.7
 1957 30 CHW AL   P   10      3    3    1    0  .857  .968  0.60  0.86  2.42  1.98    0   22.3
 1958 31 CHW AL   P    3      0    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  3.91  1.96    0    2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1950 23 BOS AL   P    9      3    7    0    0 1.000  .952  1.11  0.96  4.74  2.04    0   19.0
 1951 24 SLB AL   P   16      9   16    2    1  .926  .954  1.56  0.99  2.68  2.07   11   84.0
 1952 25 NYY AL   P   26      7   24    0    1 1.000  .966  1.19  1.03  4.03  2.10    5   69.3
 1953 26 NYY AL   P   27      7   30    1    6  .974  .956  1.37  0.88  2.57  1.95   18  129.7
 1954 27 NYY AL   P   16      7   14    0    2 1.000  .959  1.31  0.93  2.66  2.02   10   71.0
 1955 28 BAL AL   P   21      2   15    1    2  .944  .955  0.81  0.83  2.96  1.98    8   51.7
 1956 29 CHW AL   P    8      1    3    1    0  .800  .952  0.50  0.82  1.93  1.93    3   18.7
 1957 30 CHW AL   P   10      3    3    1    0  .857  .968  0.60  0.86  2.42  1.98    0   22.3
 1958 31 CHW AL   P    3      0    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  3.91  1.96    0    2.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 136     39  113    6   13  .962  .958  1.12  0.92  2.92  2.01   55  468.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       136     39  113    6   13  .962  .958  1.12  0.92  2.92  2.01   55    468

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   5.87  1  0  0  0   7.2  12   5   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   2   0   1  1  0  0   1   1   1  .500  .667 1.000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Transactions
Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
July 18, 1951: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns to complete an earlier deal made on May 17, 1951. The Boston Red Sox sent a player to be named later, Jim Suchecki, Matt Batts, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Les Moss. The Boston Red Sox sent Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.
November 23, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Yankees for Clint Courtney.
November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
July 30, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees for Ed Lopat.
Before 1956 Season: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction.
July 8, 1956: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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