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John McDonald

John Joseph McDonald

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Indians/Tigers/Diamondbacks 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$3M (10-11), 2 yrs/$3M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.118, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1739. Eddie Grant… #1740. Henry Blanco… #1741. Billy Gardner… #1742. JOHN MCDONALD… #1743. Barry McCormick… #1744. John Bateman… #1745. Oscar Stanage… 

Standard Batting

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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
1999 24 CLE AL 18 21 21 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 69 7 2 0 0 0 0 /46
2000 25 CLE AL 9 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .444 .444 .444 .889 126 4 0 0 0 0 0 /64
2001 26 CLE AL 17 25 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .091 .167 .136 .303 -18 3 0 1 1 0 0 /645
2002 27 CLE AL 93 288 264 35 66 11 3 1 12 3 0 10 50 .250 .288 .326 .614 66 86 4 5 7 2 0 465
2003 28 CLE AL 82 233 214 21 46 9 1 1 14 3 3 11 31 .215 .258 .280 .538 45 60 4 2 4 2 0 465
2004 29 CLE AL 66 100 93 17 19 5 1 2 7 0 0 4 11 .204 .237 .344 .581 53 32 2 0 3 0 0 64/5
2005 30 TOT AL 68 184 166 18 46 6 1 0 16 6 1 11 24 .277 .326 .325 .651 75 54 6 2 3 2 0 64/5
2005 30 TOR AL 37 106 93 8 27 3 0 0 12 5 0 6 12 .290 .340 .323 .662 77 30 3 2 3 2 0 6/4
2005 30 DET AL 31 78 73 10 19 3 1 0 4 1 1 5 12 .260 .308 .329 .636 72 24 3 0 0 0 0 6/45
2006 31 TOR AL 104 286 260 35 58 7 3 3 23 7 2 16 41 .223 .271 .308 .579 50 80 8 2 6 2 0 64/5
2007 32 TOR AL 123 353 327 32 82 20 2 1 31 7 2 11 48 .251 .279 .333 .612 61 109 4 2 12 1 0 65
2008 33 TOR AL 84 207 186 21 39 8 0 1 18 3 1 10 25 .210 .255 .269 .524 41 50 3 2 7 2 0 6/54
2009 34 TOR AL 73 156 151 18 39 7 0 4 13 0 2 1 18 .258 .271 .384 .655 70 58 1 2 1 1 0 65/4
2010 35 TOR AL 63 163 152 27 38 9 2 6 23 2 1 6 26 .250 .273 .454 .727 93 69 5 0 2 3 0 456/
2011 36 TOT MLB 84 245 227 21 52 10 1 2 22 2 4 12 27 .229 .269 .308 .577 56 70 1 1 3 2 0 654
2011 36 TOR AL 65 182 168 19 42 8 1 2 20 2 4 8 18 .250 .285 .345 .630 69 58 1 1 3 2 0 5466
2011 36 ARI NL 19 63 59 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .169 .222 .203 .426 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 5466
13 Seasons 884 2270 2092 248 498 93 14 21 179 33 17 93 312 .238 .275 .326 .601 60 682 40 19 49 17 0
162 Game Avg. 162 416 383 45 91 17 3 4 33 6 3 17 57 .238 .275 .326 .601 60 125 7 3 9 3 0
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
TOR (7 yrs) 549 1453 1337 160 325 62 8 17 140 26 12 58 188 .243 .278 .340 .617 63 454 25 11 34 13 0
CLE (6 yrs) 285 676 623 76 144 26 5 4 33 6 4 26 103 .231 .269 .308 .577 55 192 12 8 15 4 0
ARI (1 yr) 19 63 59 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .169 .222 .203 .426 17 12 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 31 78 73 10 19 3 1 0 4 1 1 5 12 .260 .308 .329 .636 72 24 3 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 865 2207 2033 246 488 91 14 21 177 33 17 89 303 .240 .276 .330 .606 61 670 40 19 49 17 0
NL (1 yr) 19 63 59 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .169 .222 .203 .426 17 12 0 0 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
1999 24 CLE AL 21 -1 -1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ /46
2000 25 CLE AL 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /64
2001 26 CLE AL 25 -4 -1 1 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $209,000 /645
2002 27 CLE AL 288 -11 -1 1 0 1 2 10 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $210,000 465
2003 28 CLE AL 233 -16 -1 3 0 -4 2 8 -8 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $314,400 465
2004 29 CLE AL 100 -7 0 -1 1 6 0 3 2 0.3 -4 -0.4 0.7 $324,400 64/5
2005 30 TOR AL 106 -2 -1 -1 1 3 1 4 6 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $400,000 6/4
2005 30 DET AL 78 -3 0 -1 0 2 1 3 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $ 6/45
2006 31 TOR AL 286 -20 2 -1 0 1 4 10 -4 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $500,000 64/5
2007 32 TOR AL 353 -19 1 1 0 18 5 12 18 1.8 0 0.0 1.8 $750,000 65
2008 33 TOR AL 207 -16 -1 0 0 -2 3 7 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $1,900,000 6/54
2009 34 TOR AL 156 -7 -1 1 0 5 1 5 4 0.4 -1 -0.1 0.5 $1,900,000 65/4
2010 35 TOR AL 163 -2 2 0 -0 4 1 6 11 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $1,500,000 456/
2011 36 TOR AL 182 -8 0 1 0 8 1 6 9 0.9 1 0.1 0.8 $1,500,000 5466
2011 36 ARI NL 63 -7 -0 2 0 -0 1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 5466
13 Seasons 2270 -122 -3 6 3 44 22 77 30 3.1 -17 -1.7 4.8 $9,507,800
TOR (7 yrs) 1453 -73 2 1 2 37 16 50 35 3.5 -3 -0.3 3.8 $8,450,000
CLE (6 yrs) 676 -39 -4 4 1 5 4 23 -5 -0.4 -11 -1.1 0.7 $1,057,800
ARI (1 yr) 63 -7 -0 2 0 -0 1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 78 -3 0 -1 0 2 1 3 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $

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
2011 36 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 CLE AL 24 2B 7 18 7 11 0 4 1.000 2 2.57 .981 5.06
1999 CLE AL 24 SS 6 12 1 10 1 1 .917 0 1.83 .970 4.67
2000 CLE AL 25 SS 7 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1 1.14 .972 4.66
2000 CLE AL 25 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .980 4.95
2001 CLE AL 26 SS 9 22 8 13 1 2 .955 -0 2.33 .973 4.46
2001 CLE AL 26 2B 3 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 1.33 .980 4.83
2001 CLE AL 26 3B 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0.67 .945 2.70
2002 CLE AL 27 2B 64 282 94 184 4 42 .986 4 4.34 .979 4.84
2002 CLE AL 27 SS 21 75 31 42 2 10 .973 -2 3.48 .975 4.51
2002 CLE AL 27 3B 10 17 4 11 2 0 .882 -1 1.50 .951 2.65
2003 CLE AL 28 2B 37 147 49 95 3 27 .980 2 4 3.89 .982 4.89
2003 CLE AL 28 SS 27 97 39 54 4 17 .959 -2 -1 3.44 .971 4.49
2003 CLE AL 28 3B 23 30 10 17 3 2 .900 -4 -2 1.17 .955 2.64
2004 CLE AL 29 SS 30 95 25 65 5 16 .947 -0 -1 3.00 .972 4.53
2004 CLE AL 29 2B 12 33 10 23 0 5 1.000 4 3 2.75 .982 4.91
2004 CLE AL 29 3B 9 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 2 2 1.44 .951 2.62
2005 TOT AL 30 SS 54 42 32 375.1 232 67 157 8 35 .966 6 5 18 16 5.37 4.15 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 TOT AL 30 2B 13 5 4 57.1 30 14 16 0 6 1.000 0 3 4 63 4.71 2.31 .983 39.37 4.90
2005 TOR AL 30 SS 32 25 20 224.0 129 38 88 3 19 .977 4 6 19 32 5.06 3.94 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 TOR AL 30 2B 5 2 2 23.1 16 9 7 0 3 1.000 -0 2 -15 103 6.17 3.20 .983 39.34 4.90
2005 DET AL 30 SS 22 17 12 151.1 103 29 69 5 16 .951 2 -1 15 -8 5.83 4.45 .972 0.00 4.55
2005 DET AL 30 2B 8 3 2 34.0 14 5 9 0 3 1.000 0 1 18 35 3.71 1.75 .983 39.39 4.90
2005 DET AL 30 3B 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -40 -133 2.00 2.00 .955 0.00 2.70
2006 TOR AL 31 SS 90 350 105 231 14 57 .960 0 3 3.73 .970 4.42
2006 TOR AL 31 2B 10 26 11 15 0 3 1.000 1 1 2.60 .986 4.85
2006 TOR AL 31 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
2007 TOR AL 32 SS 102 450 148 294 8 66 .982 13 20 4.33 .970 4.42
2007 TOR AL 32 3B 15 40 10 29 1 5 .975 5 -2 2.60 .957 2.60
2008 TOR AL 33 SS 67 223 80 134 9 33 .960 -3 -2 3.19 .971 4.35
2008 TOR AL 33 3B 4 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1 2 1.25 .958 2.70
2008 TOR AL 33 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
2009 TOR AL 34 SS 31 105 38 66 1 22 .990 0 2 3.35 .972 4.31
2009 TOR AL 34 3B 10 22 3 17 2 2 .909 1 0 2.00 .957 2.65
2009 TOR AL 34 2B 8 38 8 30 0 7 1.000 4 2 4.75 .986 4.70
2009 TOR AL 34 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.75 .987 2.30
2009 TOR AL 34 LF 4 2 1 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 16 0 1.23 0.75 .987 2.13 2.10
2010 TOR AL 35 2B 23 83 32 50 1 20 .988 0 0 3.57 .984 4.75
2010 TOR AL 35 3B 19 40 11 26 3 3 .925 2 -1 1.95 .956 2.61
2010 TOR AL 35 SS 19 67 24 42 1 13 .985 4 3 3.47 .973 4.36
2010 TOR AL 35 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 1.00 .985 2.30
2010 TOR AL 35 LF 2 2 1 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -144 -80 1.20 1.00 .985 2.04 2.05
2011 TOT MLB 36 SS 38 25 24 264.2 150 49 99 2 22 .987 1 9 7 40 5.03 3.89 .971 4.39 4.36
2011 TOR AL 36 3B 26 15 12 162.1 58 18 39 1 8 .983 5 0 38 0 3.16 2.19 .954 2.62 2.60
2011 TOR AL 36 2B 21 16 14 148.2 82 24 57 1 13 .988 1 3 12 24 4.90 3.86 .984 4.76 4.73
2011 TOR AL 36 SS 20 10 9 125.2 69 21 47 1 14 .986 2 5 15 48 4.87 3.40 .972 4.36 4.33
2011 ARI NL 36 SS 18 15 15 139.0 81 28 52 1 8 .988 -0 4 -1 35 5.18 4.44 .971 4.41 4.40
13 Seasons SS 501 67 56 640.0 1886 617 1213 56 295 .970 17 38 33 71 5.23 3.65 .971 1.81 4.43
12 Seasons 2B 201 21 18 206.0 747 253 485 9 128 .988 17 16 101 93 4.85 3.67 .982 14.39 4.84
11 Seasons 3B 122 16 13 171.1 229 59 158 12 20 .948 11 -2 77 -14 3.10 1.78 .955 2.48 2.63
2 Seasons LF 6 4 2 37.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -49 -32 1.22 0.83 .986 2.09 2.08
2 Seasons OF 6 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -32 0.83 .986 2.30
13 Seasons TOT 830 104 87 1017.1 2867 934 1856 77 443 .973 44 50 52 58 4.79 3.36 .973 4.47 4.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 AL  1.8 (3rd)
Active  4.8 (42nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2007 AL  12 (2nd)
Active  49 (44th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2007 AL  18 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2004 AL  4 (4th)
Active  17 (18th)
Career  17 (77th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
Active  11 (20th)
Career  11 (99th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2007 AL  13 (1st)
Active  17 (18th)
Career  17 (77th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2006 AL  4.57 (4th)
2007 AL  4.98 (1st)
Active  5.23 (2nd)
Career  5.23 (6th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
2007 AL  .982 (2nd)
Active  .970 (24th)
Career  .970 (76th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200126Cleveland Indians$209,0004/6/01 USA Today
200227Cleveland Indians$210,0004/3/02 AP
200328Cleveland Indians$314,4004/3/03 AP
200429Cleveland Indians$324,4004/7/04 AP
200530Toronto Blue Jays$400,000
200631Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
200732Toronto Blue Jays$750,000
200833Toronto Blue Jays$1,900,000
200934Toronto Blue Jays$1,900,000
201035Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
201136Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
201237Arizona Diamondbacks$1,500,000
201338Arizona Diamondbacks$1,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,507,800Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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