John McDonald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 24, 1974 in New London, CT
High School: East (Lyme, CT)
School: Providence College
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 CLE AL 24 2B 7 1 21.0 18 7 11 0 4 1.000 1.9 108.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 1 7.71 2.57 .983 5.14 4.44
1999 CLE AL 24 SS 6 1 21.0 12 1 10 1 1 .917 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 4.71 1.83 .975 4.71 4.18
2000 CLE AL 25 SS 7 0 19.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.7 44.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 3.79 1.14 .975 4.69 4.17
2000 CLE AL 25 2B 2 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .975 4.95 4.30
2001 CLE AL 26 SS 9 3 48.2 22 8 13 1 2 .955 -0.4 -9.9 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 3.88 2.33 .973 4.49 4.03
2001 CLE AL 26 2B 3 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 0 6.00 1.33 .975 4.80 4.43
2001 CLE AL 26 3B 3 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 0.67 .950 2.70 2.40
2002 CLE AL 27 2B 64 56 486.2 283 95 184 4 42 .986 4.1 10.1 2.1 2.7 -0.7 2 5.16 4.36 .979 4.90 4.36
2002 CLE AL 27 SS 21 14 133.2 75 31 42 2 10 .973 -2.3 -20.6 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 4.92 3.48 .975 4.56 4.15
2002 CLE AL 27 3B 10 6 61.0 17 4 11 2 0 .882 -1.1 -21.6 -1.1 0.0 -1.0 0 2.21 1.50 .953 2.69 2.40
2003 CLE AL 28 2B 37 31 274.0 146 48 95 3 27 .979 1.5 6.6 0.5 -1.3 1.8 1 4.70 3.86 .982 4.94 4.37
2003 CLE AL 28 SS 27 20 195.0 97 39 54 4 17 .959 -1.8 -11.1 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 4.29 3.44 .971 4.54 4.13
2003 CLE AL 28 3B 23 9 112.0 30 10 17 3 2 .900 -3.9 -41.8 -3.9 -2.4 -1.5 0 2.17 1.17 .957 2.67 2.35
2004 CLE AL 29 SS 30 15 166.2 95 25 65 5 16 .947 -0.1 -0.7 -1.1 -2.4 1.3 1 4.86 3.00 .973 4.56 4.12
2004 CLE AL 29 2B 12 4 48.1 33 10 23 0 5 1.000 4.0 99.3 3.0 1.2 1.8 1 6.14 2.75 .982 4.95 4.35
2004 CLE AL 29 3B 9 1 24.1 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 2.3 113.4 2.3 0.3 2.0 0 4.81 1.44 .946 2.63 2.34
2004 CLE AL 29 DH 7
2005 TOT AL 30 SS 54 42 375.1 232 67 157 8 35 .966 5.5 17.6 4.5 0.4 4.1 1 5.37 4.15 .972 4.60 4.17
2005 TOT AL 30 2B 13 5 57.1 31 15 16 0 6 1.000 0.2 4.2 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 4.87 2.38 .981 4.94 4.48
2005 TOR AL 30 SS 32 25 224.0 129 38 88 3 19 .977 3.6 19.3 2.6 2.1 0.5 1 5.06 3.94 .972 4.60 4.17
2005 TOR AL 30 2B 5 2 23.1 16 9 7 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -15.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 6.17 3.20 .981 4.94 4.48
2005 DET AL 30 SS 22 17 151.1 103 29 69 5 16 .951 1.9 15.1 1.9 -1.7 3.6 0 5.83 4.45 .973 4.60 4.17
2005 DET AL 30 2B 8 3 34.0 15 6 9 0 3 1.000 0.5 17.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 3.97 1.88 .980 4.95 4.47
2005 DET AL 30 3B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.00 2.00 .950 2.80 2.50
2006 TOR AL 31 SS 90 76 661.2 352 106 232 14 57 .960 0.1 0.2 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 1 4.60 3.76 .970 4.49 4.02
2006 TOR AL 31 2B 10 5 44.0 26 11 15 0 3 1.000 0.6 16.4 1.6 0.5 1.1 -1 5.32 2.60 .985 4.93 4.47
2006 TOR AL 31 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.55
2006 TOR AL 31 DH 1
2007 TOR AL 32 SS 102 94 799.1 450 148 294 8 66 .982 12.9 19.4 13.9 -0.1 14.0 -1 4.98 4.33 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 TOR AL 32 3B 15 8 93.0 40 10 29 1 5 .975 4.9 63.2 4.9 2.0 2.9 0 3.77 2.60 .955 2.63 2.34
2008 TOR AL 33 SS 67 52 478.0 223 80 134 9 33 .960 -3.2 -8.0 -2.2 1.3 -3.5 -1 4.03 3.19 .971 4.39 3.84
2008 TOR AL 33 3B 4 2 23.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.2 62.6 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 1.96 1.25 .960 2.74 2.38
2008 TOR AL 33 2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.50
2009 TOR AL 34 SS 31 19 198.1 105 38 66 1 22 .990 4.72 3.35 .971 4.36 3.89
2009 TOR AL 34 3B 10 9 78.0 22 3 17 2 2 .909 2.31 2.00 .959 2.68 2.38
2009 TOR AL 34 2B 8 5 55.0 38 8 30 0 7 1.000 6.22 4.75 .987 4.76 4.32
2009 TOR AL 34 LF 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.75 1.000 2.13 1.80
2009 TOR AL 34 OF 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.75 1.000 2.33 2.05
11 Seasons SS 444 336 3096.2 1671 545 1073 53 260 .968 11.4 4.4 10.4 -3.7 14.1 1 4.70 3.64 .971 4.49 4.01
10 Seasons 2B 157 107 999.1 583 198 378 7 95 .988 12.3 14.8 8.3 4.4 3.7 4 5.19 3.67 .981 4.92 4.38
9 Seasons 3B 77 36 410.1 131 30 93 8 9 .939 3.5 10.2 3.5 -0.0 3.6 0 2.70 1.60 .955 2.67 2.37
2 Seasons DH 8
1 Season LF 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.75 1.000 2.13 1.80
1 Season OF 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.75 1.000 2.33 2.05
11 Seasons TOT 682 481 4528.1 2388 776 1544 68 364 .972 27.2 7.2 22.2 0.7 21.4 5 4.61 3.40 .944 4.41 3.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1999 CLE AL 24 18 2 18 12 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
2000 CLE AL 25 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 CLE AL 26 17 3 17 15 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2002 CLE AL 27 93 76 93 90 0 0 0 64 10 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
2003 CLE AL 28 82 60 82 80 0 0 0 37 23 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
2004 CLE AL 29 66 20 66 50 0 0 0 12 9 30 0 0 0 0 0 7 19
2005 TOR AL 30 37 27 37 37 0 0 0 5 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2005 DET AL 30 31 21 31 31 0 0 0 8 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2006 TOR AL 31 104 81 104 100 0 0 0 10 2 90 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
2007 TOR AL 32 123 102 123 117 0 0 0 0 15 103 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
2008 TOR AL 33 84 54 84 72 0 0 0 1 4 67 0 0 0 0 1 1 12
2009 TOR AL 34 73 35 73 52 0 0 0 8 10 31 4 0 0 4 2 2 21
11 Seasons 737 481 737 665 0 0 0 157 77 445 4 0 0 4 3 42 79
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 CLE AL 24 93 61% 70% 39% 13 77% 0 1 1 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 CLE AL 25 73 63% 70% 27% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CLE AL 26 224 54% 69% 28% 13 100% 0 8 2 6 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2002 CLE AL 27 633 45% 75% 29% 59 92% 2 29 17 10 2 43 31 11 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 10 4 0 4 2 0 10 4 6 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 28 870 57% 78% 33% 70 87% 2 39 14 18 7 55 44 9 0 0 4 1 2 1 3 17 6 1 6 2 0 15 7 8 1 1 0
2004 CLE AL 29 718 56% 75% 33% 71 89% 2 25 11 11 3 65 49 12 1 2 5 0 1 4 3 16 5 0 7 1 2 15 5 10 0 0 0
2005 TOR AL 30 988 58% 78% 35% 102 89% 1 38 16 19 3 88 69 15 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 19 6 2 7 1 2 18 8 10 1 1 0
2005 DET AL 30 680 54% 81% 37% 77 94% 0 29 12 12 5 69 55 12 0 1 5 0 2 3 4 16 6 1 6 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 1
2006 TOR AL 31 2942 59% 76% 34% 271 87% 1 105 42 52 11 231 189 37 0 3 14 2 4 8 10 57 18 1 22 3 4 52 19 30 3 0 3
2007 TOR AL 32 3477 46% 75% 35% 343 92% 0 148 65 68 15 294 241 46 0 5 8 0 3 5 7 66 20 5 23 7 7 64 25 37 1 0 1
2008 TOR AL 33 2053 51% 73% 30% 170 88% 0 80 37 35 8 134 111 21 1 0 9 0 5 4 7 33 12 1 13 2 2 30 13 17 2 1 1
2009 TOR AL 34 884 54% 73% 32% 77 90% 0 38 14 24 0 66 51 15 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 22 10 0 9 1 1 22 11 11 0 0 0
11 Seasons 13635 53% 75% 33% 1272 90% 8 541 232 255 54 1073 863 183 2 12 53 4 22 27 40 259 88 11 98 20 19 243 100 138 10 3 6
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 CLE AL 24 100 61% 76% 38% 11 100% 0 7 3 4 0 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
2000 CLE AL 25 21 57% 71% 19% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CLE AL 26 32 50% 78% 38% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2002 CLE AL 27 2189 54% 75% 28% 199 97% 0 92 39 48 5 179 154 23 1 0 4 0 3 1 3 42 13 11 15 0 39 15 24 3 1 2
2003 CLE AL 28 1193 55% 77% 35% 104 93% 0 49 16 27 6 95 75 17 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 27 6 5 12 2 26 14 11 1 0 0
2004 CLE AL 29 219 51% 74% 32% 27 100% 0 10 6 3 1 23 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
2005 DET AL 30 146 71% 77% 31% 10 100% 0 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0
2005 TOR AL 30 115 53% 73% 22% 13 92% 0 9 6 2 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
2006 TOR AL 31 216 46% 73% 31% 21 95% 0 11 7 3 1 15 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
2008 TOR AL 33 12 67% 83% 17% 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
2009 TOR AL 34 239 45% 71% 35% 29 100% 0 8 3 5 0 30 22 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 3 0 5 3 2 2 1 0
10 Seasons 4482 54% 75% 30% 419 97% 0 195 84 96 15 373 306 57 1 6 7 0 5 2 5 95 24 20 39 2 86 41 44 9 4 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 CLE AL 26 21 57% 76% 38% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CLE AL 27 308 47% 75% 29% 16 88% 0 4 1 2 1 11 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 28 530 60% 76% 29% 28 82% 0 10 6 1 3 17 12 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
2004 CLE AL 29 117 46% 76% 38% 13 100% 1 1 1 0 0 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 DET AL 30 41 46% 76% 39% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TOR AL 31 18 56% 72% 56% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TOR AL 32 387 53% 75% 40% 38 95% 2 10 6 3 1 29 24 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 1 100%
2008 TOR AL 33 103 51% 68% 34% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TOR AL 34 362 57% 69% 25% 24 83% 0 3 3 0 0 17 14 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1887 54% 74% 32% 127 90% 3 30 18 7 5 93 76 13 3 1 8 0 5 3 7 9 6 2 8 1 1 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2009 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 108 65% 66% 29% 7 43%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 108 65% 66% 29% 7 43%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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