Jim McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR us

Died: October 23, 2004 in Kingman, AZ

High School: Modesto HS (Modesto, CA)

Debut: July 27, 1950 (Age 23-071d, 10,729th in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1958 (Age 30-344d)
vs. KCA 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Jimmie LeRoy McDonald

Nicknames: Hot Rod

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

4.27

136

468.0

158

WHIP

1.538

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-18 / in Starts: 3-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 6

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	26	10	Apr 30(1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-9	3-8		99	6.0	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.50	2.89	26	10	5	2	0	5		0	0	0	1	1	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	.25	-0.077	.54	-0.10%	-1.38	3t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	27	18	May 7	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	6-8		6	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.50	9	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.047	.54	0.06%	1.31	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	28	21	May 10	NYY		BOS	W,18-3	3-7	W(1-0)	2	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.93	2.75	19	8	6	1	4	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.216	1.29	0.24%	2.18	3t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out a4
4	29	34	May 30(1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-2	14-GF(14)		19	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.84	2.94	3	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.240	6.70	-0.39%	-0.16	14t 12- 1 out tie	14t end d 1
5	30	35	May 30(2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.72	2.97	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.14	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	31	37	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	7-12		3	6.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	1.25	3.08	26	13	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.678	6.66	1.13%	2.62	7t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
7	32	42	Jun 8(1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	GS-1		4	0.0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.66	3.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	43			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.172	4.73	-0.33%	-1.81	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out tie
8	33	51	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	L(1-1)	8	1.1	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	1.96	3.96	10	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.17	-0.240	14.59	-0.66%	-1.60	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
9	34	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-10	3-3		7	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	3.96	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.151	9.28	-0.48%	-1.38	3b 1-- 1 out tie	3b 12- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	35	67	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	7-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.88	4.02	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.016	1.96	0.06%	0.44	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	36	68	Jul 3(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-6	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.59	3.99	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.281	17.09	-1.10%	-1.19	7b --- 0 out a1	7b -2- 1 out tie
12	37	69	Jul 3(2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		-1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.30	3.93	12	6	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.057	2.29	0.22%	1.35	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	38	74	Jul 6(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	8-GF	L(1-2)	2	1.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.48	4.15	8	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.259	10.24	-0.89%	-0.33	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
14	39	76	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	8-GF		4	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.61	4.07	8	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.019	1.02	-0.06%	-0.13	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
15	40	80	Jul 14	NYY		DET	L,2-8	GS-8	L(1-3)	2	7.1	7	7	4	5	2	0	0	3.05	4.03	37	16	7	0	2	7	39			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.242	4.56	-0.85%	-2.00	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d2
16	41	82	Jul 16(1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(2-3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.97	3.89	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.124	20.69	0.62%	0.44	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
17	42	84	Jul 17(1)	NYY		CLE	L,6-11	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	3.85	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.09	0.006	.78	0.03%	0.44	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
18	43	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-7		5	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.85	3.98	4	0	1	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.049	2.35	-0.22%	-1.51	7b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d5
19	44	98	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-7	GS-6		5	6.0	14	7	7	2	2	1	1	3.83	4.16	34	12	3	1	0	14	16			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.281	4.18	-1.25%	-4.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	45	104	Aug 3(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.0	4	3	3	6	2	0	0	3.76	4.15	33	11	10	0	3	4	58			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.400	8.22	1.69%	1.96	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a6
21	46	108	Aug 7(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	10	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.98	34	12	11	1	0	10	45			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.117	5.67	-0.57%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	47	112	Aug 13(1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-12	6-7		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.78	3.99	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.060	2.44	-0.31%	-0.84	6t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d5
23	48	113	Aug 13(2)	NYY		WSH	W,10-9	3-3		-1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.98	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.090	10.26	-0.48%	-0.70	3t -2- 2 out a1	3t 3 out tie
24	49	119	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.94	7	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.036	2.28	0.16%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	50	120	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,3-12	3-3		0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	3.92	3	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.108	9.47	-0.52%	-1.51	3t 123 1 out d2	3t 3 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	51	154	Sep 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-9	7-GF(8)		38	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.82	8	1	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
							8-18		W-L:3-4,BSv:1	3.0	69.1	71	31	27	40	20	1	2	3.50	3.82	312	1.82		7%	5%	67	40	13	85%	1	3	3	265	9	2	2	3	0	3	.93	-0.799	4.89	-3.99%	-6.13

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