Cole McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 218lb (185cm, 98kg)

Born: March 11, 1997 in New Hampton, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 15th round of the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA).

School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Full Name: Cole Christopher True McDonald

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2016	19	-1.7	Iowa	BTen	NCAA		4	1	.800	3.33	3.33	10	8		0	0	0	24.1	23	9	9	0	6	0	29	1	2	1	101	1.192	8.5	0.0	2.2	10.7	4.83
2017	20	-0.7	Iowa	BTen	NCAA		2	4	.333	6.96	7.17	13	11		0	0	0	42.2	52	34	33	3	22	0	39	4	0	5	195	1.734	11.0	0.6	4.6	8.2	1.77
2018	21	0.2	Iowa	BTen	NCAA		3	2	.600	3.23	3.88	11	11		0	0	0	55.2	52	24	20	5	17	1	52	2	0	0	230	1.240	8.4	0.8	2.7	8.4	3.06
2019	22	1.3	Iowa	BTen	NCAA		6	3	.667	3.54	3.84	15	15		0	0	0	89.0	86	38	35	3	29	0	83	4	0	9	377	1.292	8.7	0.3	2.9	8.4	2.86
2019	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--Rk	HOU	1	0	1.000	2.39	3.08	10	4	2	0	0	0	26.1	17	9	7	3	15	0	29	1	0	2	108	1.215	5.8	1.0	5.1	9.9	1.93
2019	22	0.7	Tri-City	NYPL	A-	HOU	1	0	1.000	2.59	3.33	9	3	2	0	0	0	24.1	17	9	7	3	15	0	27	1	0	2	102	1.315	6.3	1.1	5.5	10.0	1.80
2019	22	1.7	Astros	GULF	Rk	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

2021	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A+	HOU	0	2	.000	1.86	4.66	4	4	0	0	0	0	9.2	6	5	2	0	6	0	19	0	0	2	41	1.241	5.6	0.0	5.6	17.7	3.17
2021	24	0.7	Asheville	HAE	A+	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2021	24	3.2	Astros	FCL	Rk	HOU	0	2	.000	2.08	5.19	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.2	6	5	2	0	4	0	18	0	0	2	36	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	18.7	4.50
2022	25	2.0	Asheville	SALL	A+	HOU	2	6	.250	6.86	7.31	28	5	8	0	0	1	60.1	61	49	46	7	50	0	100	3	0	18	291	1.840	9.1	1.0	7.5	14.9	2.00
2023	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	HOU	2	3	.400	3.59	4.27	39	0	19	0	0	7	52.2	44	25	21	2	22	0	74	2	3	6	224	1.253	7.5	0.3	3.8	12.6	3.36
2023	26	1.4	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	2	3	.400	3.94	4.69	35	0	17	0	0	7	48.0	40	25	21	2	21	0	66	2	2	6	205	1.271	7.5	0.4	3.9	12.4	3.14
2023	26	2.9	Asheville	SALL	A+	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	19	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	15.4	8.00
2024	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	HOU	3	0	1.000	5.44	5.44	40	0	6	0	0	1	44.2	38	27	27	6	25	0	49	3	0	5	194	1.410	7.7	1.2	5.0	9.9	1.96
2024	27	-0.5	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	0	1.000	10.02	10.02	20	0	1	0	0	0	20.2	25	23	23	6	14	0	18	1	0	3	98	1.887	10.9	2.6	6.1	7.8	1.29
2024	27	2.7	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	2	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	20	0	5	0	0	1	24.0	13	4	4	0	11	0	31	2	0	2	96	1.000	4.9	0.0	4.1	11.6	2.82
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		8	11	.421	4.79	5.34	121	13	35	0	0	9	193.2	166	115	103	18	118	0	271	9	3	33	858	1.466	7.7	0.8	5.5	12.6	2.30
College (4 seasons)					College		15	10	.600	4.12	4.46	49	45		0	0	0	211.2	213	105	97	11	74	1	203	11	2	15	903	1.356	9.1	0.5	3.1	8.6	2.74
All Levels (8 Seasons)							23	21	.523	4.44	4.88	170	58	35	0	0	9	405.1	379	220	200	29	192	1	474	20	5	48	1761	1.409	8.4	0.6	4.3	10.5	2.47

AAA (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	10.02	10.02	20	0	1	0	0	0	20.2	25	23	23	6	14	0	18	1	0	3	98	1.887	10.9	2.6	6.1	7.8	1.29
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	3.13	3.63	55	0	22	0	0	8	72.0	53	29	25	2	32	0	97	4	2	8	301	1.181	6.6	0.3	4.0	12.1	3.03
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		2	6	.250	6.27	6.68	33	6	10	0	0	1	66.0	65	49	46	7	53	0	109	3	1	18	315	1.788	8.9	1.0	7.2	14.9	2.06
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.59	3.33	9	3	2	0	0	0	24.1	17	9	7	3	15	0	27	1	0	2	102	1.315	6.3	1.1	5.5	10.0	1.80
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	1.69	4.22	4	4	0	0	0	0	10.2	6	5	2	0	4	0	20	0	0	2	42	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	16.9	5.00