Jim McDonald

Jimmie LeRoy McDonald (Hot Rod)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR
High School: Modesto HS (Modesto, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1950
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/Orioles/Browns/RedSox 1950-1958

Final Game: April 26, 1958
Died: October 23, 2004 in Kingman, AZ
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Standard Batting

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
1945	18	BOS-min	A	11	24	24		5	0	1	0						.208	.208	.292	.500		7							SCR · EL
1946	19	BOS-min	B	15	36	36		12	2	0	1						.333	.333	.472	.806		17							LYN · NENL
1947	20	BOS-min	A	33	44	44		7	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.318		7							SCR · EL
1948	21	BOS-min	A	25	55	55		6	0	0	1						.109	.109	.164	.273		9							SCR · EL
1949	22	BOS-min	AA	32	82	82		11	2	0	0						.134	.134	.159	.293		13							BIR · SOUA
1950	23	BOS-min	AAA	19	58	47	5	12	0	0	0	7	0		8	11	.255	.375	.255	.630		12	2	1	2				LOU · AA
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	BOS-min	AAA	19	59	51	8	9	0	0	0	5	0		7	12	.176	.276	.176	.452		9	2	0	1				LOU · AA
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	25	19	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	.211	.375	.263	.638	80	5	0	0	2	0		1
1955	28	NYY-min	AAA	5	7	7		1									.143	.143											DEN · AA
1955	28	BAL	AL	21	14	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	BAL-min	Opn	14	32	24	3	3	0	0	1	2	0		6	10	.125	.323	.250	.573		6	0	1	1	0			VAN · PCL
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-min	AAA	21	51	43	7	8	2	1	1	3	0		5	19	.186	.271	.349	.620		15		0	3	0	0		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	25	62	50	7	10	2	0	0	4	0		9	17	.200	.322	.240	.562		12		0	3	0	0		INA · AA
1958	31	CHW	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	32	CHW-min	AAA	28	59	45	7	10	2	1	0	3	0		10	8	.222	.364	.311	.675		14		0	4	0	0		INA · AA
1960	33	MIN-BAL-min	AAA	26	27	25	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	7	.160	.222	.200	.422		5							CHL,MIA · AA,IL
9 Yrs				139	151	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	176	149	16	27	6	1	0	12	0	0	21	56	.180	.281	.234	.515	42	35	0	0	8

NYY (3 yrs)				71	93	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	45	40	2	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	10	.200	.273	.275	.548	48	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

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1950	23	BOS	AL	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1951	24	SLB	AL	17	31	-3	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1952	25	NYY	AL	26	22	1	0	0	0	2	4	0.4	1	4	0.4	.516	.503	0.4	0.0	4	$	1
1953	26	NYY	AL	29	46	-8	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1954	27	NYY	AL	16	25	-0	0	0	0	3	3	0.3	1	3	0.3	.518	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1955	28	BAL	AL	21	14	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1956	29	CHW	AL	8	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1957	30	CHW	AL	10	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1958	31	CHW	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
9 Seasons				139	151	-11	0	1	0	16	7	0.7	4	11	0.7	.505	.500	0.7	0.0	11	$

NYY (3 yrs)				71	93	-7	0	0	0	10	4	0.5	3	7	0.5	.507	.501	0.5	0.0	7	$
CHW (3 yrs)				21	8	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
BAL (2 yrs)				38	45	-3	0	0	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$
BOS (1 yr)				9	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
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	.398	.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	99	.174	.098	.265	.140	.340	.098	.390	.237	.730	-34	.030	-7.7	-0.8	.162	.049	.000
1954	27	NYY	AL	25	17	2	3.2	96	.400	.211	.262	.375	.337	.263	.383	.638	.720	80	.367	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.316	.053
1955	28	BAL	AL	14	10	1	2.7	96	.250	.182	.257	.357	.335	.182	.383	.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 Yrs				151	112	11	2.6	99	.288	.180	.264	.281	.342	.234	.389	.515	.731	42	.279	-10.0	-1.0	.457	.195	.055
162 Game Avg.				176	131	13	2.6	99	.288	.180	.264	.281	.342	.234	.389	.515	.731	42	.279	-10.0	-1.0	.457	.195	.055

NYY (3 yrs)				93	70	7	2.7	96	.304	.177	.261	.270	.337	.228	.383	.498	.720	39	.294	-6.4	-0.6	.431	.177	.051
BAL (2 yrs)				45	34	3	2.4	102	.267	.200	.267	.273	.347	.275	.393	.548	.740	48	.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

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	23	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	3.0			0.00	40%
1951	24	SLB	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	3.2%	6.5%	33%	7.00	4.1		9.7	3.33	71%
1952	25	NYY	AL	22	0.0%	27.3%	13.6%	13.6%	50%	2.00	3.2		6.3	2.50	59%
1953	26	NYY	AL	46	0.0%	39.1%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	9.00	2.3		10.3	0.75	50%
1954	27	NYY	AL	25	0.0%	36.0%	20.0%	4.0%	25%	1.80	2.1			0.33	40%
1955	28	BAL	AL	14	0.0%	21.4%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	3.7			0.60	57%
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 Yrs				151	0.0%	31.8%	11.9%	4.0%	26%	2.67	2.7		12.8	0.94	53%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.3%	6.6%	29%	1.20	7.9	40.8	8.2	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	23	BOS	AL	0.5	0.0	5	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.07	0.4	0
1951	24	SLB	AL	-2.6	-0.3	24	0.2	0.6	-0.3	.96	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.98	-1.2	0
1952	25	NYY	AL	1.5	0.2	22	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.00	0.2	-0.2	1.8	0.2	1.05	1.1	0
1953	26	NYY	AL	-7.8	-0.8	46	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.83	-0.5	-0.2	-6.2	-0.6	1.05	-6.9	0
1954	27	NYY	AL	-0.2	-0.0	25	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.71	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.87	-0.4	0
1955	28	BAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.91	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.85	-1.8	0
1956	29	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.85	-1.1	0
1957	30	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.33	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.86	0.2	0
1958	31	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
9 Yrs				-10.1	-1.0	144	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	.86	-0.7	-0.1	-7.1	-0.7	0.98	-9.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	23	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	24	SLB	AL	1	14%	8	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1952	25	NYY	AL	0	33%	8	0	60%	2	2	0	3	0	3
1953	26	NYY	AL	1	33%	12	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1954	27	NYY	AL	0	67%	12	0	75%	0	0	0	4	1	3
1955	28	BAL	AL	0	20%	4	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0
1956	29	CHW	AL	0	100%	4	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	30	CHW	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2	34%	52	1	53%	7	6	1	8	1	7

Situational Hitting*

						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
1950	23	BOS	AL	5	60%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	24	SLB	AL	31	29%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	15	3	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	25	NYY	AL	22	68%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	3	18%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1953	26	NYY	AL	46	35%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	10	0	0%	15	3	20%	37	4	11%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	0
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		1	1	100%	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		1	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 Yrs				151	40%	23			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	26	0	0%	30	6	20%	88	10	11%	8	2	25%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1950	23	9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	135	1	0
1951	24	26	36	32	1	7	1	1	3	3	8	.219	.286	.313	.598	58	10	1
1952	25	52	58	51	4	13	4	1	6	6	14	.255	.333	.373	.706	92	19	1
1953	26	81	104	92	6	17	4	1	10	8	32	.185	.250	.250	.500	37	23	4
1954	27	97	129	111	12	21	5	1	10	13	41	.189	.274	.252	.526	45	28	6	0
1955	28	118	143	122	13	23	5	1	10	16	44	.189	.283	.246	.529	46	30	7	0	0
1956	29	126	149	127	14	23	5	1	10	17	47	.181	.278	.236	.514	42	30	7	0	0
1957	30	136	151	128	14	23	5	1	10	18	48	.180	.281	.234	.515	42	30	7	0	0
1958	31	139	151	128	14	23	5	1	10	18	48	.180	.281	.234	.515	42	30	7	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	23	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	9
1951	24	18	32	30	1	6	1	1	3	1	7	.200	.226	.300	.526	2	17
1952	25	27	25	21	3	7	4	0	3	4	6	.333	.440	.524	.964	4	26
1953	26	30	51	45	4	6	0	0	7	3	19	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	29
1954	27	17	27	20	7	4	1	0	0	5	9	.200	.360	.250	.610	2	16
1955	28	22	17	12	1	3	0	0	0	4	3	.250	.438	.250	.688	1	21
1956	29	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	8
1957	30	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	10
8 Yrs		142	165	137	17	26	6	1	13	21	49	.190	.297	.248	.546	10	136
162 Game Avg.		162	188	156	19	30	7	1	15	24	56	.190	.297	.248	.546	11	136

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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