Jim McDonald
Jimmie Le Roy McDonald (Hot Rod)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR
High School: Modesto (Modesto, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1950
Final Game: April 26, 1958
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 23 BOS AL 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 135 1 0 0 0 /1
1951 24 SLB AL 17 31 29 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 .207 .233 .310 .544 44 9 0 0 1 1
1952 25 NYY AL 26 22 19 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .316 .409 .474 .883 152 9 0 0 0 1
1953 26 NYY AL 29 46 41 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 18 .098 .140 .098 .237 -34 4 0 0 3 1
1954 27 NYY AL 16 26 19 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 .211 .375 .263 .638 80 5 0 0 2 0 1
1955 28 BAL AL 21 15 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .182 .357 .182 .539 54 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 29 CHW AL 8 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 30 CHW AL 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 31 CHW AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 139 153 128 14 23 5 1 0 10 0 0 18 48 .180 .281 .234 .515 42 30 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 178 149 16 27 6 1 0 12 0 0 21 56 .180 .281 .234 .515 42 35 0 0 8
NYY (3 yrs) 71 94 79 11 14 4 0 0 7 0 0 10 33 .177 .270 .228 .498 39 18 0 0 5 0
CHW (3 yrs) 21 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 38 46 40 2 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 10 .200 .273 .275 .548 49 11 0 0 2 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 135 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 23 BOS AL 5 2 1 13.3 122 .500 .333 .290 .600 .379 .333 .435 .933 .814 135 .858 0.5 0.0 1.500 .667 .000
1951 24 SLB AL 31 24 2 2.2 105 .273 .207 .271 .233 .353 .310 .397 .544 .750 44 .217 -2.6 -0.3 .435 .138 .103
1952 25 NYY AL 22 13 4 8.3 91 .462 .316 .253 .409 .332 .474 .369 .883 .701 152 .781 1.6 0.2 .923 .316 .158
1953 26 NYY AL 46 40 1 0.7 100 .174 .098 .266 .140 .342 .098 .392 .237 .733 -34 .030 -7.8 -0.8 .162 .049 .000
1954 27 NYY AL 26 17 2 3.2 96 .400 .211 .262 .375 .337 .263 .383 .638 .719 80 .367 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .316 .053
1955 28 BAL AL 15 10 1 2.7 95 .250 .182 .257 .357 .335 .182 .382 .539 .717 54 .273 -0.5 -0.1 .556 .273 .000
1956 29 CHW AL 6 5 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .167 .351 .000 .410 .167 .760 -52 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1957 30 CHW AL 2 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .264 .500 .336 .000 .399 .500 .736 49 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
9 Seasons 153 112 11 2.6 100 .288 .180 .264 .281 .342 .234 .389 .515 .732 42 .279 -10.1 -1.0 .457 .195 .055
162 Game Avg. 178 131 13 2.6 100 .288 .180 .264 .281 .342 .234 .389 .515 .732 42 .279 -10.1 -1.0 .457 .195 .055
NYY (3 yrs) 94 70 7 2.7 97 .304 .177 .262 .270 .338 .228 .384 .498 .722 39 .294 -6.4 -0.6 .431 .177 .051
BAL (2 yrs) 46 34 3 2.4 102 .267 .200 .267 .273 .347 .275 .393 .548 .740 49 .234 -3.0 -0.3 .469 .175 .075
CHW (3 yrs) 8 6 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .268 .250 .347 .000 .408 .250 .755 -28 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
BOS (1 yr) 5 2 1 13.3 122 .500 .333 .290 .600 .379 .333 .435 .933 .814 135 .858 0.5 0.0 1.500 .667 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 2 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 23 BOS AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 3.0 40%
1951 24 SLB AL 31 0.0% 22.6% 3.2% 6.5% 33% 7.00 4.1 9.7 71%
1952 25 NYY AL 22 0.0% 27.3% 13.6% 13.6% 50% 2.00 3.2 6.3 59%
1953 26 NYY AL 46 0.0% 39.1% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.3 10.3 50%
1954 27 NYY AL 26 0.0% 34.6% 19.2% 3.9% 25% 1.80 2.1 0.33 38%
1955 28 BAL AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.7 0.60 53%
1956 29 CHW AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 16.7% 0.0% 3.00 1.7 0.00 33%
1957 30 CHW AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0%
9 Seasons 153 0.0% 31.4% 11.8% 3.9% 26% 2.67 2.7 12.8 0.38 52%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 27 NYY AL 0 0 67% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1955 28 BAL AL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 29 CHW AL 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 30 CHW AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 0 0 34% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63% 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 27 NYY AL 25 40% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1955 28 BAL AL 14 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1956 29 CHW AL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 30 CHW AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 47 36% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 233% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 16 0 0% 0 0 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 23 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 135 1 0 0 0
1951 24 26 36 32 1 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 .219 .286 .313 .598 58 10 0 0 1
1952 25 52 58 51 4 13 4 1 0 6 0 0 6 14 .255 .333 .373 .706 92 19 0 0 1
1953 26 81 104 92 6 17 4 1 0 10 0 0 8 32 .185 .250 .250 .500 37 23 0 0 4
1954 27 97 130 111 12 21 5 1 0 10 0 0 13 41 .189 .274 .252 .526 45 28 0 0 6 0
1955 28 118 145 122 13 23 5 1 0 10 0 0 16 44 .189 .283 .246 .529 46 30 0 0 7 0 0
1956 29 126 151 127 14 23 5 1 0 10 0 0 17 47 .181 .278 .236 .514 42 30 0 0 7 0 0
1957 30 136 153 128 14 23 5 1 0 10 0 0 18 48 .180 .281 .234 .515 42 30 0 0 7 0 0
1958 31 139 153 128 14 23 5 1 0 10 0 0 18 48 .180 .281 .234 .515 42 30 0 0 7 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 23 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 9
1951 24 18 31 30 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 7 .200 .226 .300 .526 2 17
1952 25 27 25 21 3 7 4 0 0 3 0 4 6 .333 .440 .524 .964 4 26
1953 26 30 48 45 4 6 0 0 0 7 0 3 19 .133 .188 .133 .321 1 29
1954 27 17 25 20 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 .200 .360 .250 .610 2 16
1955 28 22 16 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .250 .438 .250 .688 1 21
1956 29 8 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 8
1957 30 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 10
8 Seasons 142 158 137 16 26 6 1 0 13 0 21 49 .190 .297 .248 .546 10 136
162 Game Avg. 162 180 156 18 30 7 1 0 15 0 24 56 .190 .297 .248 .546 11 136

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