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

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR
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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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

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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 -53 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 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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 BOS AL 23 P 9 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.11 .950 0.96
1951 SLB AL 24 P 16 27 9 16 2 1 .926 1.56 .956 0.99
1952 NYY AL 25 P 26 31 7 24 0 1 1.000 1.19 .965 1.03
1953 NYY AL 26 P 27 38 7 30 1 6 .974 1.37 .955 0.88
1954 NYY AL 27 P 16 10 71.0 21 7 14 0 2 1.000 2.66 1.31 .957 2.02 0.93
1955 BAL AL 28 P 21 8 51.2 18 2 15 1 2 .944 2.96 0.81 .956 1.99 0.83
1956 CHW AL 29 P 8 3 18.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.93 0.50 .960 1.93 0.82
1957 CHW AL 30 P 10 0 22.1 7 3 3 1 0 .857 2.42 0.60 .971 1.97 0.86
1958 CHW AL 31 P 3 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.33 1.000 1.93 0.83
9 Seasons P 136 21 166.0 158 39 113 6 13 .962 8.24 1.12 .958 1.99 0.92
9 Seasons TOT 136 21 166.0 158 39 113 6 13 .962 8.24 1.12 .920 1.99 0.92

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

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Transactions

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

July 18, 1951: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns to complete an earlier deal made on May 17, 1951. The Boston Red Sox sent a player to be named later, Matt Batts, Jim Suchecki and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for a player to be named later and Les Moss. The Boston Red Sox sent Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.

November 23, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Yankees for Clint Courtney.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Billy Hunter, Don Larsen and Bob Turley. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954) and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954) and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

July 30, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees for Ed Lopat.

Before 1956 Season: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction.

July 8, 1956: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Baltimore Orioles.

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