Keith McDonald

William Keith McDonald

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 8, 1973 in Yokosuka, Japan
School: Pepperdine University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2000
Team: Cardinals 2000-2001

Final Game: September 28, 2001
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1994	21	STL-min	Rk	59	236	199	32	49	12	0	6	31	3	1	27	36	.246	.346	.397	.743		79	9	5	2	3	3	JOH · APPY
1995	22	STL-min	A	65	211	179	22	48	6	0	1	20	0	1	22	38	.268	.367	.318	.686		57	2	6	4	0	0	PEO · MIDW
1996	23	STL-min	A+	114	455	410	30	111	25	0	2	52	1	3	34	65	.271	.330	.346	.677		142	18	5	1	5	1	SPT · FLOR
1997	24	STL-min	AA	79	268	233	32	56	16	0	5	30	0	1	31	56	.240	.337	.373	.710		87	6	3	1	0	0	ARK · TL
1998	25	STL-min	AAA	58	184	170	21	54	8	0	7	22	1	1	10	30	.318	.363	.488	.851		83	2	2	2	0	2	MEM · PCL
1999	26	STL-min	AA,AAA	88	319	276	41	84	17	0	7	41	2	0	35	60	.304	.384	.442	.826		122	2	3	1	4	0	ARK,MEM · TL,PCL
2000	27	STL-min	AAA	83	308	266	34	70	15	0	5	30	0	2	28	59	.263	.333	.376	.709		100	8	3	5	6	1	MEM · PCL
2000	27	STL	NL	6	9	7	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	1.714	2.270	438	12	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2001	28	STL-min	AAA	94	362	333	42	87	22	1	11	42	1	0	24	60	.261	.312	.432	.745		144	13	2	0	3	1	MEM · PCL
2001	28	STL	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2002	29	STL-min	AAA	81	299	267	33	72	20	0	12	36	1	2	15	55	.270	.322	.479	.801		128	8	7	7	3	0	MEM · PCL
2003	30	CHC-min	AAA	94	323	280	31	67	15	0	14	45	0	0	30	44	.239	.330	.443	.773		124	7	9	2	2	1	IWA · PCL
2004	31	PIT-min	AAA	92	317	274	29	70	16	0	6	30	1	2	34	58	.255	.342	.380	.721		104	11	4	1	4	3	NVL · PCL
2005	32	TEX-min	AAA	66	264	233	28	56	15	1	2	33	0	0	25	54	.240	.311	.339	.650		79	7	1	0	5	0	OKC · PCL
2006	33	NYY-min	AAA	11	39	35	2	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	14	.257	.308	.371	.679		13	1	1	0	1	0	CLB · IL
2 Seasons				8	11	9	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	327	12	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	223	182	61	61	0	0	61	101	0	0	41	41	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	327	243	20	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	Rfield	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2000	27	STL	NL	9	4	-1	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	/2
2001	28	STL	NL	2	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
2 Seasons				11	3	-1	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS%
2000	STL	NL	27	C	4	1	1	12.0	14	13	1	1.000	-1	-100	10.50	3.50	.990	7.43	7.38	4	1	0%
2001	STL	NL	28	C	2	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1.000	0	0	6.00	1.00	.990	7.80	7.65	0	0
	2 Seasons			C	6	1	1	15.0	16	14	2	1.000	-1	-80	9.60	2.67	.990	7.50	7.47	4	1	0%
	2 Seasons			TOT	6	1	1	15.0	16	14	2	1.000	-1	-80	9.60	2.67	.990	7.50	7.47	4	1	0%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1994: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1994.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 20, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
March 30, 2005: Sent to the Texas Rangers by the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
March 24, 2006: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Texas Rangers.
April 24, 2006: Released by the New York Yankees.

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