Jim McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR us

Died: October 23, 2004 in Kingman, AZ

High School: Modesto HS (Modesto, CA)

Debut: July 27, 1950 (Age 23-071d, 10,729th in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1958 (Age 30-344d)
vs. KCA 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Jimmie LeRoy McDonald

Nicknames: Hot Rod

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

4.27

136

468.0

158

WHIP

1.538

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-7 / in Starts: 8-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 1

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	79	6	Apr 19(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.00	3.18	32	16	6	1	0	1	84			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.473	2.39	0.70%	4.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	80	9	Apr 25(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	4	0	0	0	0.56	3.59	28	12	7	3	0	5	59			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.29	0.258	3.58	0.43%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	81	15	May 2(1)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	GS-4		6	3.0	2	4	4	6	0	0	0	2.37	4.35	17	5	4	1	1	2	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.248	2.04	-0.33%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a4
4	82	21	May 9(2)	NYY		PHA	T,1-1	GS-7		6	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.08	4.24	24	9	10	1	1	4	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.205	2.03	0.31%	2.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	83	27	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-2		5	1.2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.93	4.39	10	2	1	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.044	3.01	-0.11%	-0.82	1b start a 4	2b 123 2 out a4
6	84	29	May 16(2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.52	4.65	15	2	5	0	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.051	.59	-0.12%	-1.71	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
7	85	38	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.58	4.51	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.008	.31	-0.02%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
8	86	41	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	2	7.0	5	3	2	6	2	0	0	3.40	4.49	33	10	10	2	1	5	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.27	-0.067	4.54	-0.14%	0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	87	49	Jun 5(2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	1	2.96	4.02	34	11	11	0	2	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.431	3.11	0.85%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	88	54	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,9-5	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.25	4.03	17	7	2	0	1	4	40			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.147	3.01	-0.25%	-1.18	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
11	89	58	Jun 13(2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-8	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.99	8	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.91	6t --- 0 out d7	7t 3 out d7
12	90	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	1	0	2.97	4.02	38	14	9	0	1	9	61			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.142	2.33	0.28%	1.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
13	91	67	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GS-4		5	4.0	3	3	2	6	0	0	0	3.06	4.19	19	7	3	1	2	3	40			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	-0.166	3.82	-0.32%	-1.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
14	92	73	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	6-7		6	2.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.10	4.18	11	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	-0.023	1.07	-0.06%	-0.96	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	93	76	Jul 2(2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.18	4.28	7	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.41	-0.031	1.89	-0.09%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	94	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	2-2		63	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.17	4.33	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.052	9.66	-0.15%	-0.60	2b 1-3 1 out d1	2b 123 2 out d2
							8-7		W-L:4-1	3.8	71.0	54	28	25	45	20	3	1	3.17	4.33	303	1.45		5%	7%	51	55	2	50%	2	5	0	253	5	0	2	7	2	8	.87	0.675	2.70	1.00%	5.18

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