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James McDonald

James Zell McDonald (twitter: @JamesZ53)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 19, 1984 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 2008
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$503k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.080, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
Relatives: Cousin of Darnell McDonald and Cousin of Donzell McDonald
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2003	18	LAD-min	Rk	2	4	.333	3.33	12	9	0	0	0	0	48.2	39	20	18	3	15	0	47	6	0	3	199		1.110	7.2	0.6	2.8	8.7	3.13	DGR · GULF
2005	20	LAD-min	Rk	0	0		1.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	26		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	4.50	OGD · PION
2006	21	LAD-min	A	5	10	.333	3.98	30	22	4	2	1	0	142.1	119	72	63	15	65	0	146	11	0	12	600		1.293	7.5	0.9	4.1	9.2	2.25	CBS · SALL
2007	22	LAD-min	A+,AA	13	9	.591	3.07	26	25	0	0	0	0	134.2	121	51	46	13	37	0	168	7	1	4	556		1.173	8.1	0.9	2.5	11.2	4.54	SBR,JCK · CALL,SOUL
2008	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	3.26	27	26	0	0	0	0	141.0	115	56	51	15	53	2	141	9	2	4	586		1.191	7.3	1.0	3.4	9.0	2.66	JCK,LVG · SOUL,PCL
2008	23	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	24		1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
2009	24	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.26	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	21	11	11	2	14	0	40	0	0	0	122		1.154	6.2	0.6	4.2	11.9	2.86	ABQ · PCL
2009	24	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	4.00	45	4	10	0	0	0	63.0	60	34	28	6	34	5	54	5	0	4	280	100	1.492	8.6	0.9	4.9	7.7	1.59
2010	25	LAD-min	AAA,Rk	6	1	.857	4.17	14	14	0	0	0	0	69.0	67	34	32	4	27	0	65	5	0	4	301		1.362	8.7	0.5	3.5	8.5	2.41	ABQ,DGR · PCL,ARIZ
2010	25	TOT	NL	4	6	.400	4.02	15	12	0	0	0	0	71.2	70	32	32	4	29	5	68	0	0	5	306	101	1.381	8.8	0.5	3.6	8.5	2.34
2010	25	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	8.22	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	11	7	7	1	5	1	7	0	0	0	38	49	2.087	12.9	1.2	5.9	8.2	1.40
2010	25	PIT	NL	4	5	.444	3.52	11	11	0	0	0	0	64.0	59	25	25	3	24	4	61	0	0	5	268	115	1.297	8.3	0.4	3.4	8.6	2.54
2011	26	PIT	NL	9	9	.500	4.21	31	31	0	0	0	0	171.0	176	86	80	24	78	4	142	7	1	5	754	89	1.485	9.3	1.3	4.1	7.5	1.82
2012	27	PIT	NL	4	2	.667	2.20	10	10	0	0	0	0	65.1	44	16	16	2	19	2	63	1	0	1	248	170	0.964	6.1	0.3	2.6	8.7	3.32
5 Yrs				22	22	.500	3.72	105	57	11	0	0	0	377.0	355	168	156	36	161	16	329	13	1	15	1612	104	1.369	8.5	0.9	3.8	7.9	2.04
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.500	3.72	44	24	5	0	0	0	158	149	71	65	15	68	7	138	5	0	6	677	104	1.369	8.5	0.9	3.8	7.9	2.04

PIT (3 yrs)				17	16	.515	3.63	52	52	0	0	0	0	300.1	279	127	121	29	121	10	266	8	1	11	1270	105	1.332	8.4	0.9	3.6	8.0	2.20
LAD (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.11	53	5	11	0	0	0	76.2	76	41	35	7	40	6	63	5	0	4	342	99	1.513	8.9	0.8	4.7	7.4	1.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	23	LAD	NL	6.0	4	0	0	0.00	4.08	-0.09	-0.30	97.3	3.77	3	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.2	3	.568	.502	$
2009	24	LAD	NL	63.0	45	4	34	4.86	4.46	0.09	-0.22	97.9	4.06	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	0	.487	.496	$400,750
2010	25	LAD	NL	7.2	4	1	7	8.22	4.50	-0.44	-0.01	90.4	4.46	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.421	.498	$
2010	25	PIT	NL	64.0	11	11	25	3.52	4.37	-0.44	0.17	98.1	4.88	10	1.1		-0.0	1.5	16	.598	.507	$
2011	26	PIT	NL	171.0	31	31	86	4.53	4.20	-0.18	0.16	96.6	4.38	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.8	12	.487	.498	$443,000
2012	27	PIT	NL	65.1	10	10	16	2.20	4.09	-0.10	0.15	95.3	4.14	13	1.6		-0.1	2.0	20	.656	.510	$
5 Seasons				377.0	105	57	168	4.01	4.26	-0.17	0.08	96.7	4.36	13	1.6	1.0	-0.5	4.0	49	.515	.502	$843,750

PIT (3 yrs)				300.1	52	52	127	3.81	4.21	-0.22	0.16	96.6	4.44	19	2.2		-0.2	4.3	48	.543	.505	$443,000
LAD (3 yrs)				76.2	53	5	41	4.81	4.43	0.02	-0.21	97.1	4.08	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	-0.3	1	.488	.499	$400,750

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	23	LAD	NL	NLCS	L	PHI	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	21	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	11.8	3.50
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	21	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	11.8	3.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	23	LAD	NL	4	24	22	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.227	.261	.273	.534	.250	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
2009	24	LAD	NL	45	280	236	34	60	9	0	6	4	2	34	54	.254	.356	.369	.725	.302	87	5	5	2	3	5	4
2010	25	TOT	NL	15	306	269	32	70	19	1	4	2	3	29	68	.260	.329	.383	.712	.330	103	6	0	5	3	5	2
2010	25	LAD	NL	4	38	32	7	11	3	0	1	0	0	5	7	.344	.421	.531	.952	.400	17	0	0	0	1	1	0
2010	25	PIT	NL	11	268	237	25	59	16	1	3	2	3	24	61	.249	.316	.363	.678	.320	86	6	0	5	2	4	2
2011	26	PIT	NL	31	754	657	86	176	33	1	24	17	8	78	142	.268	.349	.431	.780	.306	283	12	7	6	5	4	8
2012	27	PIT	NL	10	248	225	16	44	11	3	2	0	2	19	63	.196	.260	.298	.558	.261	67	6	1	2	1	2	0
5 Yrs				105	1612	1409	168	355	73	5	36	23	15	161	329	.252	.332	.388	.719	.302	546	29	13	16	12	16	14
162 Game Avg.				44	677	591	71	149	31	2	15	10	6	68	138	.252	.332	.388	.719	.302	229	12	5	7	5	7	6
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	23	LAD	NL	3.0	0.3	24	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.39	0.1	0.2	3.0	0.3	0.39	2.5	0	1	2
2009	24	LAD	NL	-1.8	-0.2	290	-0.4	4.2	-4.5	.98	0.1	-0.5	-2.5	-0.3	0.98	-0.0	12	10	18
2010	25	TOT	NL	1.5	0.2	314	0.4	6.1	-5.7	1.10	0.2	0.2	5.1	0.5	1.10	2.0	1	2	0
2010	25	LAD	NL	-3.4	-0.3	39	-0.3	0.6	-1.0	1.10	-0.3	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.10	-2.8	1	2	0
2010	25	PIT	NL	4.8	0.5	275	0.8	5.5	-4.7	1.10	0.5	0.2	7.6	0.8	1.10	4.8	0	0	0
2011	26	PIT	NL	-6.6	-0.7	786	-1.1	14.3	-15.3	1.13	-1.9	0.9	-11.4	-1.2	1.13	-17.1	0	0	0
2012	27	PIT	NL	12.2	1.4	251	1.1	4.3	-3.2	.88	1.5	-0.2	12.4	1.4	0.88	15.3	0	0	0
5 Yrs				8.4	1.0	1665	0.2	29.1	-28.8	1.05	-0.0	0.2	6.6	0.9	1.05	2.7	13	13	20

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2009	24	LAD	NL	45	4	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	.750	0	1	0	0	0	0%	39.5	54	32	23	11	1	2	8.5	8.3	3.3	74	2	2	0	0	96
2010	25	TOT	NL	15	12	4	6	2	1	1	4	8	.333	0	0	0	0	5	42%	52.9	74	34	7	5	0	7	4.2	3.6	5.8	97	0	6	6	0	109
2010	25	LAD	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	3	2	0	1	2.0	0.0	5.0	90	0	1	0	0	90
2010	25	PIT	NL	11	11	4	5	2	1	1	4	7	.364	0	0	0	0	5	45%	54.5	74	34	4	3	0	6	4.4	3.8	5.8	98	0	5	6	0	109
2011	26	PIT	NL	31	31	9	9	13	3	2	14	17	.452	6	3	0	0	15	48%	49.3	72	15	26	5	0	17	3.6	4.0	5.5	94	3	21	7	0	109
2012	27	PIT	NL	10	10	4	2	4	1	1	6	4	.600	0	3	0	0	7	70%	63.4	76	43	5	0	0	5	3.2	3.1	6.5	96	1	4	5	0	114
4 Yrs				101	57	18	18	21	6	4	27	30	.474	6	7	0	0	27	47%	52	76	15	61	21	1	31	4.0	3.9	5.6	93	6	33	18	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	23	LAD	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	.387	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	4.5	24
2009	24	LAD	NL	45	41	10	4	4	5	5	10	5	50%	7	.977	12	10	18	15	11	15	6	35	14	9	14	7	3.6	21
2010	25	TOT	NL	15	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	50%		1.100	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2.7	15
2010	25	LAD	NL	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	50%	5	1.103	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2.7	15
3 Yrs				53	48	11	4	4	6	6	12	6	50%		.950	13	13	20	18	12	18	7	41	17	11	17	8	3.6	21

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	23	LAD	NL	24	25%	0.0%	8.3%	4.2%	4.2%	20%	0.18	0.33	83%	24%	0.0%	12%	3	0	0%
2009	24	LAD	NL	280	59%	2.1%	19.3%	12.1%	5.4%	25%	0.81	0.81	64%	14%	7.1%	16%	56	5	9%
2010	25	TOT	NL	306	47%	1.3%	22.2%	9.5%	7.8%	34%	0.43	0.63	65%	24%	3.3%	13%	55	6	11%
2010	25	LAD	NL	38	47%	2.6%	18.4%	13.2%	10.5%	36%	0.37	0.50	66%	46%	5.6%	5%	7	0	0%
2010	25	PIT	NL	268	47%	1.1%	22.8%	9.0%	7.5%	34%	0.43	0.65	65%	21%	2.9%	14%	48	6	13%
2011	26	PIT	NL	754	60%	3.2%	18.8%	10.3%	7.7%	33%	0.63	0.78	66%	19%	9.0%	15%	146	12	8%
2012	27	PIT	NL	248	50%	0.8%	25.4%	7.7%	6.5%	36%	0.76	1.11	65%	16%	2.3%	5%	29	6	21%
5 Yrs				1612	55%	2.2%	20.4%	10.0%	7.1%	32%	0.62	0.79	66%	19%	6.3%	13%	289	29	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	23	LAD	NL	24	95	3.96	60	63%	22%	15%	28%	35%	78%	0%	49%	81%	50%	0%	0	0	21%	5	3	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	LAD	NL	281	1143	4.07	684	60%	27%	17%	29%	27%	73%	3%	43%	77%	55%	5%	15	6	23%	64	36	4	20%	10	5	-1	0	0
2010	25	TOT	NL	307	1209	3.94	738	61%	27%	16%	29%	28%	73%	4%	45%	78%	53%	7%	23	16	21%	63	32	3	13%	11	2	-1	0	0
2010	25	LAD	NL	38	136	3.58	82	60%	28%	16%	24%	32%	72%	7%	43%	78%	58%	8%	3	2	24%	9	5	1	29%	1	0	0	0	0
2010	25	PIT	NL	269	1073	3.99	656	61%	27%	16%	30%	28%	73%	3%	45%	78%	53%	7%	20	14	20%	54	27	2	11%	10	2	-1	0	0
2011	26	PIT	NL	757	2899	3.83	1775	61%	25%	15%	31%	30%	75%	1%	46%	80%	55%	6%	46	25	22%	164	99	10	25%	30	17	-3	0	1
2012	27	PIT	NL	248	963	3.88	601	62%	25%	18%	30%	27%	75%	2%	47%	76%	53%	6%	14	7	25%	63	42	2	33%	10	5	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1617	6309	3.90	3858	61%	26%	16%	30%	29%	74%	2%	45%	79%	54%	6%	98	54	22%	359	212	20	23%	61	29	-5	0	1
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	23	LAD	NL	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	LAD	NL	280	60	5	1	6	0	13	6	0	1	5	19	10	4	53%	4	4	0	96	4	2	67%	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	0
2010	25	TOT	NL	306	70	4	2	4	0	6	2	2	3	1	17	6	2	35%	2	5	0	119	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	7	0
2010	25	LAD	NL	38	11	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2010	25	PIT	NL	268	59	4	2	3	0	3	2	1	2	1	14	5	1	36%	2	5	0	104	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
2011	26	PIT	NL	754	176	13	2	24	2	16	13	11	9	15	43	18	8	42%	8	5	2	287	17	8	68%	13	7	4	1	0	0	2	0	19	0
2012	27	PIT	NL	248	44	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	12	5	4	42%	0	1	0	67	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				1612	355	27	7	36	2	35	22	14	14	22	91	39	18	43%	14	15	2	580	23	15	61%	16	13	7	1	0	1	4	1	38	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	23	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	24		1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
2009	24	5	5	.500	3.65	49	4	11	69.0	65	34	28	6	35	5	56	5	0	4	304	111	1.449	8.5	0.8	4.6	7.3	1.60	111
2010	25	9	11	.450	3.84	64	16	11	140.2	135	66	60	10	64	10	124	5	0	9	610	105	1.415	8.6	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.94	105
2011	26	18	20	.474	4.04	95	47	11	311.2	311	152	140	34	142	14	266	12	1	14	1364	96	1.453	9.0	1.0	4.1	7.7	1.87	96
2012	27	22	22	.500	3.72	105	57	11	377.0	355	168	156	36	161	16	329	13	1	15	1612	104	1.369	8.5	0.9	3.8	7.9	2.04	104

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	23	0	0		0.00	6.0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.167	9.0	1.5	3.0	2.00	0.0	4
2009	24	3	3	.500	4.35	60.0	61	32	29	6	35	51	5	1.600	9.2	5.3	7.7	1.46	0.9	45
2010	25	3	4	.429	4.30	69.0	71	37	33	4	29	65	0	1.449	9.3	3.8	8.5	2.24	0.5	15
2011	26	7	10	.412	4.89	160.0	184	97	87	25	82	133	7	1.663	10.4	4.6	7.5	1.62	1.4	31
2012	27	4	2	.667	2.55	60.0	46	19	17	2	20	58	1	1.100	6.9	3.0	8.7	2.90	0.3	10
5 Yrs		17	19	.472	4.21	355.0	368	185	166	37	167	309	13	1.507	9.3		7.8	1.85	0.9	105

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.0 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2012 NL 2.20 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2012 NL 0.964 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 6.061 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2012 NL 63 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 2012 NL 10 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 24 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 78 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2012 NL 0.276 (3rd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2012 NL 170 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 12 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 1.4 (4th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2012 NL 12.44 (5th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.5 (2nd)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2012 NL 1.4 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

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Gray Ink

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