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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 (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
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 85 133 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 1 375 109 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 96 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 98 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 0 302 110 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 54 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 48 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 92 189 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 22 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 90 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 90 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 100 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 69 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 80 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 85 133 1.737 10.9 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1950 23 BOS AL 19.0 0 9 13 0 1.0 4 0.4 $
1951 24 SLB AL 84.0 11 48 51 -2 1.0 3 0.8 $
1952 25 NYY AL 69.1 5 31 38 2 1.0 7 0.2 $
1953 26 NYY AL 129.2 18 64 76 3 1.0 12 0.3 $
1954 27 NYY AL 71.0 10 28 31 1 .9 3 0.4 $
1955 28 BAL AL 51.2 8 48 33 -2 .7 -15 -1.4 $
1956 29 CHW AL 18.2 3 18 11 0 1.0 -7 -0.8 $
1957 30 CHW AL 22.1 0 8 11 1 .7 3 0.2 $
1958 31 CHW AL 2.1 0 8 1 0 .2 -7 -0.5 $
9 Seasons 468.0 55 262 265 3 .9 3 -0.4 $
NYY (3 yrs) 270.0 33 123 145 6 1.0 22 0.9 $
CHW (3 yrs) 43.1 3 34 23 1 .8 -11 -1.1 $
BAL (2 yrs) 135.2 19 96 84 -4 .9 -12 -0.6 $
BOS (1 yr) 19.0 0 9 13 0 1.0 4 0.4 $

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
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 .933 134 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 .883 150 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 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 .933 134 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 23 BOS AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1951 24 SLB AL 31 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1952 25 NYY AL 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1953 26 NYY AL 46 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1954 27 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1955 28 BAL AL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1956 29 CHW AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1957 30 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 151 -10 0 0 0 0 10 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $
NYY (3 yrs) 93 -7 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $
BAL (2 yrs) 45 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
CHW (2 yrs) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
BOS (1 yr) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1950 BOS AL 23 P 9 0 0 19.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.74 1.11 .950 2.04 1.99 0 0 2
1951 SLB AL 24 P 16 11 5 84.0 27 9 16 2 1 .926 2.68 1.56 .953 2.07 2.06 1 4 80% 0
1952 NYY AL 25 P 26 5 1 69.1 31 7 24 0 1 1.000 4.02 1.19 .966 2.10 2.10 1 3 75% 3
1953 NYY AL 26 P 27 18 6 129.2 38 7 30 1 6 .974 2.57 1.37 .957 1.95 1.93 2 2 50% 1
1954 NYY AL 27 P 16 10 3 71.0 21 7 14 0 2 1.000 2.66 1.31 .959 2.02 1.99 2 5 71% 0
1955 BAL AL 28 P 21 8 0 51.2 18 2 15 1 2 .944 2.96 0.81 .956 1.99 1.97 3 1 25% 1
1956 CHW AL 29 P 8 3 0 18.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.93 0.50 .950 1.93 1.91 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 30 P 10 0 0 22.1 7 3 3 1 0 .857 2.42 0.60 .963 1.97 2.00 1 2 67% 0
1958 CHW AL 31 P 3 0 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.33 .960 1.93 1.93 0 0 0
9 Seasons P 136 55 15 468.0 158 39 113 6 13 .962 2.92 1.12 .958 2.01 2.00 10 17 63% 7
9 Seasons TOT 136 55 15 468.0 158 39 113 6 13 .962 2.92 1.12 .958 2.01 2.00 10 17 63% 7
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1952 AL  4.02 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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