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John McDonald

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Providence College

Debut July 4, 1999

Born September 24, 1974 in New London, CT

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1996. (All Transactions)

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        My family's favorite Akron Aeros/Cleveland Indians player; one of the slickest fielding infielders we have ever seen.

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 24 CLE AL  18   21    2    7   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   3  .333  .333  .333   69    7   0   0   0   0   2
 2000 25 CLE AL   9    9    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .444  .444  .444  126    4   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 26 CLE AL  17   22    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .091  .167  .136  -18    3   1   0   0   1   0
 2002 27 CLE AL  93  264   35   66  11  3   1   12   3  0  10  50  .250  .288  .326   66   86   7   2   0   5   4
 2003 28 CLE AL  82  214   21   46   9  1   1   14   3  3  11  31  .215  .258  .280   45   60   4   2   0   2   4
 2004 29 CLE AL  66   93   17   19   5  1   2    7   0  0   4  11  .204  .237  .344   53   32   3   0   0   0   2
 2005 30 TOT AL  68  166   18   46   6  1   0   16   6  1  11  24  .277  .326  .325   75   54   3   2   0   2   6
         TOR AL  37   93    8   27   3  0   0   12   5  0   6  12  .290  .340  .323   77   30   3   2   0   2   3
         DET AL  31   73   10   19   3  1   0    4   1  1   5  12  .260  .308  .329   72   24   0   0   0   0   3
 2006 31 TOR AL 104  260   35   58   7  3   3   23   7  2  16  41  .223  .271  .308   50   80   6   2   0   2   8
 2007 32 TOR AL 123  327   32   82  20  2   1   31   7  2  11  48  .251  .279  .333   61  109  12   1   0   2   4
 2008 33 TOR AL  38   63    7   13   2  0   0    7   3  1   4   9  .206  .257  .238   35   15   4   2   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     618 1439  168  343  61 11   8  110  29 10  68 225  .238  .278  .313   57  450  40  11   0  15  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        377   44   90  16  3   2   29   8  3  18  59  .238  .278  .313   57  118  10   3   0   4   8
 Career High    123  327   35   82  20  3   3   31   7  3  16  50  .251  .288  .333   66  109  12   2   0   5   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 24 CLE AL   21   17    1   1.6   117| .333  .280| .333  .353| .333  .448| .666  .801|  69  .094  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2000 25 CLE AL    9    5    2  10.7   116| .444  .277| .444  .351| .444  .446| .888  .797| 126  .770   0.3   0.0   0%
 2001 26 CLE AL   25   21    1   1.3   107| .091  .267| .167  .334| .136  .429| .303  .763| -18  .074  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 2002 27 CLE AL  288  211   26   3.3   103| .250  .261| .288  .328| .326  .420| .614  .747|  66  .322 -13.3  -1.3 100%
 2003 28 CLE AL  233  181   15   2.2   103| .215  .263| .258  .328| .280  .421| .538  .749|  45  .183 -16.8  -1.6  50%
 2004 29 CLE AL  100   79    7   2.4   104| .204  .263| .237  .330| .344  .423| .581  .753|  53  .194  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 2005 30 TOT AL  184  132   18   3.6   105| .277  .268| .326  .331| .325  .426| .651  .757|  75  .367  -5.8  -0.6  85%
         TOR AL  106   74   11   4.0   107| .290  .270| .340  .334| .323  .429| .663  .763|  77  .405  -2.8  -0.3 100%
         DET AL   78   58    7   3.2   103| .260  .266| .308  .328| .329  .422| .637  .750|  72  .317  -3.0  -0.3  50%
 2006 31 TOR AL  286  220   21   2.5   111| .223  .275| .271  .340| .308  .438| .579  .778|  50  .212 -20.2  -1.9  77%
 2007 32 TOR AL  353  264   31   3.1   107| .251  .271| .279  .339| .333  .424| .612  .762|  61  .294 -19.2  -1.8  77%
 2008 33 TOR AL   74   58    5   2.3   103| .206  .265| .257  .334| .238  .413| .495  .747|  35  .206  -5.7  -0.6  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1573 1188  127   2.8   106| .238  .268| .278  .334| .313  .425| .591  .759|  57  .261 -92.3  -8.9  74%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 24 CLE AL 2B 7 7 11 0 4 1.000 .984 2.57 4.44 7.71 5.14 1 21.0 SS 6 1 10 1 1 .917 .973 1.83 4.18 4.71 4.71 1 21.0 2000 25 CLE AL SS 7 2 6 0 1 1.000 .976 1.14 4.17 3.79 4.69 0 19.0 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 0 4.0 2001 26 CLE AL SS 9 8 13 1 2 .955 .972 2.33 4.03 3.88 4.49 3 48.7 2B 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.43 6.00 4.80 0 6.0 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 2002 27 CLE AL 2B 64 95 184 4 42 .986 .979 4.36 4.36 5.16 4.90 56 486.7 SS 21 31 42 2 10 .973 .975 3.48 4.15 4.91 4.56 14 133.7 3B 10 4 11 2 0 .882 .949 1.50 2.40 2.21 2.69 6 61.0 2003 28 CLE AL 2B 37 48 95 3 27 .979 .982 3.86 4.37 4.70 4.94 31 274.0 SS 27 39 54 4 17 .959 .971 3.44 4.13 4.29 4.54 20 195.0 3B 23 10 17 3 2 .900 .954 1.17 2.35 2.17 2.67 9 112.0 2004 29 CLE AL SS 30 25 65 5 16 .947 .972 3.00 4.12 4.86 4.56 15 166.7 2B 12 10 23 0 5 1.000 .982 2.75 4.35 6.15 4.96 4 48.3 3B 9 1 12 0 0 1.000 .949 1.44 2.34 4.81 2.63 1 24.3 DH 7 2005 30 TOT AL SS 54 67 157 8 35 .966 .972 4.15 4.17 5.37 4.60 42 375.3 TOT AL 2B 13 15 16 0 6 1.000 .981 2.38 4.48 4.87 4.95 5 57.3 TOR AL SS 32 38 88 3 19 .977 .972 3.94 4.17 5.06 4.60 25 224.0 2B 5 9 7 0 3 1.000 .982 3.20 4.48 6.18 4.94 2 23.3 DET AL SS 22 29 69 5 16 .951 .972 4.45 4.17 5.83 4.60 17 151.3 2B 8 6 9 0 3 1.000 .980 1.88 4.47 3.97 4.95 3 34.0 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 2006 31 TOR AL SS 90 106 232 14 57 .960 .970 3.76 4.02 4.60 4.49 76 661.7 2B 10 11 15 0 3 1.000 .985 2.60 4.47 5.35 4.92 5 43.7 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.55 0.00 2.93 0 4.0 DH 1 2007 32 TOR AL SS 102 148 294 8 66 .982 .970 4.33 3.97 4.98 4.47 94 799.3 3B 15 10 29 1 5 .975 .956 2.60 2.34 3.77 2.63 8 93.0 2008 33 TOR AL SS 24 30 45 4 14 .949 .972 3.12 3.91 4.39 4.40 16 153.7 3B 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.42 1.96 2.74 2 23.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 24 CLE AL 2B 7 7 11 0 4 1.000 .984 2.57 4.44 7.71 5.14 1 21.0 2000 25 CLE AL 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.30 9.00 4.95 0 4.0 2001 26 CLE AL 2B 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.43 6.00 4.80 0 6.0 2002 27 CLE AL 2B 64 95 184 4 42 .986 .979 4.36 4.36 5.16 4.90 56 486.7 2003 28 CLE AL 2B 37 48 95 3 27 .979 .982 3.86 4.37 4.70 4.94 31 274.0 2004 29 CLE AL 2B 12 10 23 0 5 1.000 .982 2.75 4.35 6.15 4.96 4 48.3 2005 30 TOT AL 2B 13 15 16 0 6 1.000 .981 2.38 4.48 4.87 4.95 5 57.3 TOR AL 2B 5 9 7 0 3 1.000 .982 3.20 4.48 6.18 4.94 2 23.3 DET AL 2B 8 6 9 0 3 1.000 .980 1.88 4.47 3.97 4.95 3 34.0 2006 31 TOR AL 2B 10 11 15 0 3 1.000 .985 2.60 4.47 5.35 4.92 5 43.7 2008 33 TOR AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 2001 26 CLE AL 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 3.00 2.70 0 6.0 2002 27 CLE AL 3B 10 4 11 2 0 .882 .949 1.50 2.40 2.21 2.69 6 61.0 2003 28 CLE AL 3B 23 10 17 3 2 .900 .954 1.17 2.35 2.17 2.67 9 112.0 2004 29 CLE AL 3B 9 1 12 0 0 1.000 .949 1.44 2.34 4.81 2.63 1 24.3 2005 30 DET AL 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 2006 31 TOR AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.55 0.00 2.93 0 4.0 2007 32 TOR AL 3B 15 10 29 1 5 .975 .956 2.60 2.34 3.77 2.63 8 93.0 2008 33 TOR AL 3B 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.42 1.96 2.74 2 23.0 2004 29 CLE AL DH 7 2006 31 TOR AL DH 1 1999 24 CLE AL SS 6 1 10 1 1 .917 .973 1.83 4.18 4.71 4.71 1 21.0 2000 25 CLE AL SS 7 2 6 0 1 1.000 .976 1.14 4.17 3.79 4.69 0 19.0 2001 26 CLE AL SS 9 8 13 1 2 .955 .972 2.33 4.03 3.88 4.49 3 48.7 2002 27 CLE AL SS 21 31 42 2 10 .973 .975 3.48 4.15 4.91 4.56 14 133.7 2003 28 CLE AL SS 27 39 54 4 17 .959 .971 3.44 4.13 4.29 4.54 20 195.0 2004 29 CLE AL SS 30 25 65 5 16 .947 .972 3.00 4.12 4.86 4.56 15 166.7 2005 30 TOT AL SS 54 67 157 8 35 .966 .972 4.15 4.17 5.37 4.60 42 375.3 TOR AL SS 32 38 88 3 19 .977 .972 3.94 4.17 5.06 4.60 25 224.0 DET AL SS 22 29 69 5 16 .951 .972 4.45 4.17 5.83 4.60 17 151.3 2006 31 TOR AL SS 90 106 232 14 57 .960 .970 3.76 4.02 4.60 4.49 76 661.7 2007 32 TOR AL SS 102 148 294 8 66 .982 .970 4.33 3.97 4.98 4.47 94 799.3 2008 33 TOR AL SS 24 30 45 4 14 .949 .972 3.12 3.91 4.39 4.40 16 153.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 370 457 918 47 219 .967 .971 3.72 4.05 4.81 4.51 281 2574.0 2B* 149 190 348 7 88 .987 .980 3.61 4.39 5.13 4.92 102 944.0 3B* 67 27 76 6 7 .945 .954 1.54 2.37 2.79 2.67 27 332.3 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 586 674 1342 60 314 .971 .973 3.44 3.94 4.71 4.45 410 3850
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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1996.

December 2, 2004: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Tom Mastny (December 14, 2004) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

July 22, 2005: Sent to the Detroit Tigers by the Toronto Blue Jays as part of a conditional deal.

November 10, 2005: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2001Cleveland Indians$209,000
2002Cleveland Indians$210,000
2003Cleveland Indians$314,400
2004Cleveland Indians$324,400
2005Toronto Blue Jays$400,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,707,800

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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