Connor MacDonald

Connor Alexander MacDonald

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 200 lb.

• Born February 27, 1996 in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

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Biographical Information

Connor MacDonald has played in the minors. He is the son of Ken MacDonald.

He was signed by Houston Astros scouts Bobby Heck, Mike Brown and Greg Morriss in 2012. He was 0 for 1 for his hometown Brisbane Bandits in the 2012-2013 Australian Baseball League. In the 2013 U-18 Baseball World Cup, he was 4 for 21 with 3 RBI, handling 55 chances error-free at first. He was 2 foe 19 with a walk, run and RBI for Brisbane in 2013-2014.

Making his minor league debut, he hit .328/.442/.461 for the 2014 DSL Astros Blue. He hit .200/.333/.200 in the 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup. In 2014-2015, he was 1 for 7 with a homer for the Bandits. Coming stateside in 2015, he slumped to .208/.311/.286 for the GCL Astros; with his big strike zone, he had 65 K in 154 AB. He batted .156/.264/.267 for Brisbane in 2015-2016. He slashed .286/.432/.657 with 4 homers for Australia in the 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup, tying for second in RBI (14) while tying Yusuke Masago for the home run lead. He was named the All-Star first baseman.

MacDonald hit .267/.340/.360 for Brisbane in the 2016-2017 ABL, playing the corner outfield instead of first base. He eked out a .182/.247/.351 line with 35 K in 77 AB for the 2017 Tri-City ValleyCats (back at 1B) and finished his time in the 'Stros chain. He had a big winter for the Sydney Blue Sox at .277/.344/.555 with 10 homers and 28 RBI in 37 games, though he struck out in 59 of 137 AB. He handled 258 chances error-free at first and even pitched two shutout innings. He tied Chih-Hsien Chiang and Michael Reed for 9th in the 2017-2018 ABL in dingers, though he led in strikeouts at the plate. He did not play the next summer. In the 2019-2020 ABL, he hit .171/.216/.232 for Sydney with 37 strikeouts in 82 at-bats then was 2-for-16 (with 4 walks, a double and a homer) for them in 2020-2021; he allowed 3 runs in 2 innings and was 0-1.

During the 2023-2024, he was 6 for 21 with two walks, two doubles and two homers in a return to Brisbane but was now primarily a pitcher, going 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in ten starts. He had a 5-2, 2.68 record in 2024-2025, finishing one win behind co-leaders James Bradwell and Alex Wells. He fell to 1-2, 6.23 in 2025-2026, though he struck out 47, third in the loop behind Jack O'Loughlin and Landen Bourassa. He then made the Australian national team roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.