Jason McDonald
Jason Adam McDonald
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1972 in Modesto, CA
High School: Elk Grove (Elk Grove, CA)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 27, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1997
Final Game: June 9, 2000
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 OAK AL 25 OF 74 52 507.0 155 148 2 5 1 .968 -8.3 -19.6 -5.3 1.3 -6.6 -3 2.66 2.03 .983 2.32 2.02
1997 OAK AL 25 CF 66 45 435.2 138 132 2 4 1 .971 -6.3 -17.4 -3.3 2.3 -5.6 -3 2.77 2.03 .988 2.71 2.31
1997 OAK AL 25 LF 18 7 71.1 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -2.0 -33.6 -2.0 -1.0 -1.0 0 1.89 0.83 .981 2.06 1.71
1998 OAK AL 26 OF 60 44 420.0 136 123 7 6 1 .956 7.1 20.3 4.1 -0.4 4.5 3 2.79 2.17 .985 2.31 2.02
1998 OAK AL 26 CF 33 29 247.2 92 83 5 4 1 .957 7.1 34.4 5.1 1.4 3.7 2 3.20 2.67 .987 2.69 2.36
1998 OAK AL 26 RF 25 8 102.1 28 24 2 2 0 .929 -1.5 -17.6 -2.5 -2.4 -0.1 1 2.29 1.04 .986 2.14 1.81
1998 OAK AL 26 LF 11 7 70.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 25.7 1.5 0.6 0.9 0 1.93 1.36 .987 2.10 1.74
1999 OAK AL 27 OF 89 43 476.0 153 149 3 1 1 .993 3.5 8.8 4.5 5.7 -1.2 -1 2.87 1.71 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 OAK AL 27 CF 53 36 345.1 117 115 2 0 1 1.000 3.2 11.1 4.2 4.3 -0.1 -1 3.05 2.21 .985 2.72 2.36
1999 OAK AL 27 LF 31 1 69.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 0.1 1.7 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0 2.20 0.55 .983 2.08 1.73
1999 OAK AL 27 RF 13 6 61.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.9 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 2.66 1.38 .983 2.11 1.82
1999 OAK AL 27 DH 5
1999 OAK AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
2000 TEX AL 28 OF 32 27 248.1 82 75 6 1 2 .988 6.3 30.4 2.3 0.9 1.4 4 2.94 2.53 .985 2.36 2.02
2000 TEX AL 28 RF 26 21 186.1 62 55 6 1 2 .984 6.4 41.2 2.4 1.2 1.2 4 2.95 2.35 .982 2.16 1.76
2000 TEX AL 28 LF 11 3 39.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.1 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.77 1.09 .983 2.17 1.76
2000 TEX AL 28 CF 3 3 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.13 2.67 .988 2.78 2.43
2000 TEX AL 28 DH 1
4 Seasons OF 255 166 1651.1 526 495 18 13 5 .975 8.6 6.2 5.6 7.5 -1.9 3 2.80 2.01 .984 2.32 2.02
4 Seasons CF 155 113 1051.2 355 338 9 8 3 .977 3.8 4.3 5.8 8.0 -2.2 -2 2.97 2.24 .987 2.71 2.34
4 Seasons LF 71 18 250.0 61 59 0 2 0 .967 -0.3 -1.4 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 2.12 0.83 .984 2.09 1.73
3 Seasons RF 64 35 349.2 108 96 9 3 2 .972 5.1 17.5 0.1 -0.7 0.8 5 2.70 1.64 .983 2.14 1.79
2 Seasons DH 6
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
4 Seasons TOT 291 166 1652.1 525 494 18 13 5 .975 8.6 6.2 5.6 7.5 -1.9 3 0 2.79 1.76 .961 2.50 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 OAK AL 25 78 52 78 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 66 0 74 0 10 6
1998 OAK AL 26 70 44 70 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 33 25 60 0 11 4
1999 OAK AL 27 100 43 100 90 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 53 13 89 0 12 14
2000 TEX AL 28 38 27 38 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 26 32 0 2 6
4 Seasons 286 166 286 256 0 0 0 1 0 0 71 155 64 255 0 35 30
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 OAK AL 25 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 34 18 0 23 5 0 6 1 0 13 0 0 17 8 1 93 32 34.4% 60 1 1.1% 1 2088 51% 74% 36% 280 48%
1998 OAK AL 26 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 15 11 0 12 1 1 11 2 2 9 1 0 13 10 1 60 25 41.7% 30 4 6.7% 1 1134 53% 76% 38% 159 55%
1999 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 19 10 0 15 3 0 6 1 0 6 0 1 11 8 0 57 22 38.6% 33 1 1.8% 1 1581 47% 77% 41% 233 50%
2000 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 105 46% 67% 40% 10 80%
4 Seasons 8 0 5 3 0 9 0 4 2 3 68 39 0 50 9 1 23 4 2 29 1 1 41 26 2 211 79 37.4% 124 6 2.8% 3 4908 50% 75% 38% 682 51%
MLB Averages 41.4% 2.0% 56% 74% 38% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 OAK AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 348 55% 74% 36% 32 47%
1998 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 293 59% 80% 41% 29 52%
1999 OAK AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 311 52% 77% 41% 32 53%
2000 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 180 57% 77% 41% 25 48%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 9 2 0 5 2 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 29 15 51.7% 14 0 0.0% 0 1132 55% 77% 40% 118 50%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1998 OAK AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 50.0% 1 1 16.7% 1 478 51% 75% 42% 45 60%
1999 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 262 45% 74% 40% 26 69%
2000 TEX AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 2 1 2 11 10 0 14 6 1 5 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 35 21 60.0% 12 2 5.7% 4 854 59% 78% 43% 109 54%
3 Seasons 3 0 1 2 0 9 1 2 3 2 14 12 1 17 7 1 8 4 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 45 25 55.6% 16 3 6.7% 6 1594 55% 77% 42% 180 58%
MLB Averages 46.1% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 OAK AL 27 4 50% 50% 25% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 50% 50% 25% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 92%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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