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 Pitching

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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
1950 23 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.79 9 0 1 0 0 0 19.0 23 9 8 1 10 5 1 0 0 85 129 1.737 10.9 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.50
1951 24 SLB AL 4 7 .364 4.07 16 11 2 5 0 1 84.0 84 48 38 5 46 28 2 0 1 375 107 1.548 9.0 0.5 4.9 3.0 0.61
1952 25 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.50 26 5 9 1 0 0 69.1 71 31 27 1 40 20 2 0 1 312 95 1.601 9.2 0.1 5.2 2.6 0.50
1953 26 NYY AL 9 7 .563 3.82 27 18 5 6 2 0 129.2 128 64 55 4 39 43 1 0 0 539 97 1.288 8.9 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.10
1954 27 NYY AL 4 1 .800 3.17 16 10 3 3 1 0 71.0 54 28 25 3 45 20 1 0 0 302 108 1.394 6.8 0.4 5.7 2.5 0.44
1955 28 BAL AL 3 5 .375 7.14 21 8 6 0 0 0 51.2 76 48 41 5 30 1 20 0 0 1 253 53 2.052 13.2 0.9 5.2 3.5 0.67
1956 29 CHW AL 0 2 .000 8.68 8 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 29 18 18 2 7 0 10 1 0 1 88 47 1.929 14.0 1.0 3.4 4.8 1.43
1957 30 CHW AL 0 1 .000 2.01 10 0 4 0 0 0 22.1 18 8 5 2 10 1 12 0 0 3 92 186 1.254 7.3 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.20
1958 31 CHW AL 0 0 19.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 8 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 4.286 23.1 3.9 15.4 0.0 0.00
9 Seasons 24 27 .471 4.27 136 55 30 15 3 1 468.0 489 262 222 24 231 2 158 8 0 7 2064 89 1.538 9.4 0.5 4.4 3.0 0.68
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .471 4.27 48 20 11 5 1 0 167 174 93 79 9 82 56 3 0 2 735 89 1.538 9.4 0.5 4.4 3.0 0.68
NYY (3 yrs) 16 12 .571 3.57 69 33 17 10 3 0 270.0 253 123 107 8 124 83 4 0 1 1153 99 1.396 8.4 0.3 4.1 2.8 0.67
CHW (3 yrs) 0 3 .000 5.82 21 3 4 0 0 0 43.1 53 34 28 5 21 1 22 1 0 4 198 67 1.708 11.0 1.0 4.4 4.6 1.05
BAL (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 5.24 37 19 8 5 0 1 135.2 160 96 79 10 76 1 48 2 0 2 628 79 1.740 10.6 0.7 5.0 3.2 0.63
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.79 9 0 1 0 0 0 19.0 23 9 8 1 10 5 1 0 0 85 129 1.737 10.9 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.50

Postseason Pitching

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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
1953 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 5.87 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 6 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 35 1.565 14.1 1.2 0.0 3.5
1 WS 1 0 1.000 5.87 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 6 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 35 1.565 14.1 1.2 0.0 3.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 27 NYY AL 16 303 253 28 54 5 0 3 2 5 45 20 .213 .332 .269 .601 .220 68 6 1 2 2
1955 28 BAL AL 21 253 220 48 76 8 5 5 3 1 30 20 .345 .421 .495 .916 .360 109 6 0 1 2 1
1956 29 CHW AL 8 88 77 18 29 4 1 2 0 0 7 10 .377 .425 .532 .958 .403 41 3 1 1 2 0
1957 30 CHW AL 10 92 77 8 18 3 0 2 1 2 10 12 .234 .315 .351 .665 .246 27 1 0 3 2 1
1958 31 CHW AL 3 18 14 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .429 .556 .643 1.198 .385 9 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 58 754 641 110 183 20 6 13 6 8 96 62 .285 .376 .396 .772 .296 254 17 2 7 8 2
162 Game Avg. 50 649 552 95 158 17 5 11 5 7 83 53 .285 .376 .396 .772 .296 219 15 2 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 27 NYY AL 16 10 4 1 5 0 1 8 1 .889 0 2 3 1 6 60% 55 84 33 10 4 2 7 6.4 5.9 6.1
1955 28 BAL AL 21 8 2 5 1 1 0 2 6 .250 0 2 0 0 1 13% 36 55 24 11 3 4 2 3.7 3.1 3.5
1956 29 CHW AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42 50 31 11 3 0 2 1.6 2.1 4.2
3 Seasons 45 21 6 8 7 1 1 11 9 .550 0 4 3 1 8 38% 46 84 24 32 10 6 11 4.7 4.6 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 27 NYY AL 16 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 0.920 1 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 1 3 1 5.2
1955 28 BAL AL 21 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 8 0.755 0 3 9 0 0 13 3 10 6 0 6 2 5.4
1956 29 CHW AL 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0.976 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 0 3.6
1957 30 CHW AL 10 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 7 0.746 2 3 5 0 2 8 4 6 9 0 9 0 6.7
1958 31 CHW AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.205 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 2.3
5 Seasons 58 37 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29% 0.831 3 9 23 1 3 32 10 26 21 4 22 3 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1950 23 BOS AL
1951 24 SLB AL
1952 25 NYY AL
1953 26 NYY AL
1954 27 NYY AL 303 38% 1.0% 6.6% 14.9% 2.6% 15% 1.45 77% 47 6 13%
1955 28 BAL AL 253 38% 2.0% 7.9% 11.9% 7.1% 24% 1.20 78% 50 6 12%
1956 29 CHW AL 88 51% 2.3% 11.4% 8.0% 8.0% 24% 1.81 76% 15 3 20%
1957 30 CHW AL 92 34% 2.2% 13.0% 10.9% 5.4% 28% 0.86 71% 18 1 6%
1958 31 CHW AL 18 11% 5.6% 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 17% 72% 6 1 17%
9 Seasons 754 39% 3.2% 21.0% 30.6% 5.2% 8% 1.35 76% 136 17 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1950 23 BOS AL 23 1 0
1951 24 SLB AL 84 5 1
1952 25 NYY AL 71 1 1
1953 26 NYY AL 128 4 0
1954 27 NYY AL 288 54 3 0 9 1 1 1 1 7 3 1 43% 8 0 0 107 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 15
1955 28 BAL AL 253 76 5 0 8 4 1 0 5 16 11 1 69% 3 1 1 104 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1956 29 CHW AL 88 29 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 4 1 67% 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1957 30 CHW AL 92 18 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 9 5 1 56% 1 3 1 32 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 31 CHW AL 18 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 739 489 24 0 26 10 2 4 8 41 25 4 61% 14 7 2 280 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1950 23 1 0 1.000 3.79 9 0 1 0 0 0 19.0 23 9 8 1 10 5 1 0 0 85 129 1.737 10.9 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.50 129
1951 24 5 7 .417 4.02 25 11 3 5 0 1 103.0 107 57 46 6 56 33 3 0 1 460 111 1.583 9.3 0.5 4.9 2.9 0.59 111
1952 25 8 11 .421 3.81 51 16 12 6 0 1 172.1 178 88 73 7 96 53 5 0 2 772 105 1.590 9.3 0.4 5.0 2.8 0.55 105
1953 26 17 18 .486 3.81 78 34 17 12 2 1 302.0 306 152 128 11 135 96 6 0 2 1311 102 1.460 9.1 0.3 4.0 2.9 0.71 102
1954 27 21 19 .525 3.69 94 44 20 15 3 1 373.0 360 180 153 14 180 116 7 0 2 1613 103 1.448 8.7 0.3 4.3 2.8 0.64 103
1955 28 24 24 .500 4.11 115 52 26 15 3 1 424.2 436 228 194 19 210 1 136 7 0 3 1866 92 1.521 9.2 0.4 4.5 2.9 0.65 92
1956 29 24 26 .480 4.30 123 55 26 15 3 1 443.1 465 246 212 21 217 1 146 8 0 4 1954 89 1.538 9.4 0.4 4.4 3.0 0.67 89
1957 30 24 27 .471 4.19 133 55 30 15 3 1 465.2 483 254 217 23 227 2 158 8 0 7 2046 91 1.525 9.3 0.4 4.4 3.1 0.70 91
1958 31 24 27 .471 4.27 136 55 30 15 3 1 468.0 489 262 222 24 231 2 158 8 0 7 2064 89 1.538 9.4 0.5 4.4 3.0 0.68 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950 23 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 21 8 7 1 9 5 1 1.579 9.9 4.3 2.4 0.56 0.5 9
1951 24 5 4 .556 3.58 88.0 83 39 35 5 45 29 2 1.455 8.5 4.6 3.0 0.64 0.5 16
1952 25 3 4 .429 4.50 66.0 80 37 33 1 45 19 2 1.894 10.9 6.1 2.6 0.42 0.1 26
1953 26 6 8 .429 4.36 128.0 137 69 62 4 42 42 1 1.398 9.6 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.3 27
1954 27 4 3 .571 3.97 68.0 60 33 30 3 50 19 1 1.618 7.9 6.6 2.5 0.38 0.4 16
1955 28 1 4 .200 8.10 50.0 81 50 45 5 32 19 0 2.260 14.6 5.8 3.4 0.59 0.9 21
1956 29 0 2 .000 9.50 18.0 30 21 19 2 7 10 1 2.056 15.0 3.5 5.0 1.43 1.0 8
1957 30 1 1 .500 2.45 22.0 19 7 6 2 11 12 0 1.364 7.8 4.5 4.9 1.09 0.8 10
1958 31 0 0 27.00 2.0 7 7 6 1 5 0 0 6.000 31.5 22.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 3
9 Seasons 21 27 .438 4.74 461.0 518 271 243 24 246 155 8 1.657 10.1 3.0 0.63 0.5 136

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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