James McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: October 19, 1984 in Long Beach, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA).

High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)

Debut: September 17, 2008 (Age 23-334d, 17,084th in MLB history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 1, 2013 (Age 28-194d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Hendricks Sports

Full Name: James Zell McDonald

Twitter: @JamesZ53

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Relatives: Cousin of Darnell McDonald, Donzell McDonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

W

L

ERA

4.20

G

131

GS

SV

IP

512.1

SO

442

WHIP

1.401

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2003	18	LAD-min	Rk	2	4	.333	3.33	12	9	0	0	0	0	48.2	39	20	18	3	15	0	47	6	0	3	199			1.110	7.2	0.6	2.8	8.7	3.13	DGR GULF
2005	20	LAD-min	Rk	0	0		1.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	26			1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	4.50	OGD PION
2006	21	LAD-min	A	5	10	.333	3.98	30	22	4	2	1	0	142.1	119	72	63	15	65	0	146	11	0	12	600			1.293	7.5	0.9	4.1	9.2	2.25	CBS SALL
2007	22	LAD-min	A+,AA	13	9	.591	3.07	26	25	0	0	0	0	134.2	121	51	46	13	37	0	168	7	1	4	556			1.173	8.1	0.9	2.5	11.2	4.54	SBR,JCK CALL,SOUL
2008	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	3.26	27	26	0	0	0	0	141.0	115	56	51	15	53	2	141	9	2	4	586			1.191	7.3	1.0	3.4	9.0	2.66	JCK,LVG SOUL,PCL
2008	23	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	24		2.97	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
2009	24	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.26	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	21	11	11	2	14	0	40	0	0	0	122			1.154	6.2	0.6	4.2	11.9	2.86	ABQ PCL
2009	24	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	4.00	45	4	10	0	0	0	63.0	60	34	28	6	34	5	54	5	0	4	280	100	4.48	1.492	8.6	0.9	4.9	7.7	1.59
2010	25	LAD-min	AAA,Rk	6	1	.857	4.17	14	14	0	0	0	0	69.0	67	34	32	4	27	0	65	5	0	4	301			1.362	8.7	0.5	3.5	8.5	2.41	ABQ,DGR PCL,ARIZ
2010	25	TOT	NL	4	6	.400	4.02	15	12	0	0	0	0	71.2	70	32	32	4	29	5	68	0	0	5	306	101	3.12	1.381	8.8	0.5	3.6	8.5	2.34
2010	25	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	8.22	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	11	7	7	1	5	1	7	0	0	0	38	49	4.91	2.087	12.9	1.2	5.9	8.2	1.40
2010	25	PIT	NL	4	5	.444	3.52	11	11	0	0	0	0	64.0	59	25	25	3	24	4	61	0	0	5	268	115	2.91	1.297	8.3	0.4	3.4	8.6	2.54
2011	26	PIT	NL	9	9	.500	4.21	31	31	0	0	0	0	171.0	176	86	80	24	78	4	142	7	1	5	754	88	4.68	1.485	9.3	1.3	4.1	7.5	1.82
2012	27	PIT	NL	12	8	.600	4.21	30	29	0	1	0	0	171.0	147	85	80	21	69	6	151	4	0	3	713	89	4.21	1.263	7.7	1.1	3.6	7.9	2.19
2013	28	PIT-min	AAA,Rk,AA,A+	1	4	.200	6.55	10	9	0	0	0	0	33.0	39	25	24	4	15	0	20	3	0	2	149			1.636	10.6	1.1	4.1	5.5	1.33	INA,BRD,ATO,BDT IL,GULF,EL,FLOR
2013	28	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	5.76	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	29	24	19	1	20	1	25	3	0	2	138	63	4.13	1.652	8.8	0.3	6.1	7.6	1.25
6 Yrs				32	30	.516	4.20	131	82	11	1	0	0	512.1	487	261	239	56	231	21	442	19	1	19	2215	91	4.23	1.401	8.6	1.0	4.1	7.8	1.91
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.516	4.20	42	26	4	0	0	0	164	155	83	76	18	74	7	141	6	0	6	707	91	4.23	1.401	8.6	1.0	4.1	7.8	1.91

PIT (4 yrs)				27	24	.529	4.21	78	77	0	1	0	0	435.2	411	220	204	49	191	15	379	14	1	15	1873	90	4.20	1.382	8.5	1.0	3.9	7.8	1.98
LAD (3 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.11	53	5	11	0	0	0	76.2	76	41	35	7	40	6	63	5	0	4	342	99	4.40	1.513	8.9	0.8	4.7	7.4	1.58