#43 Jim Mcdonald, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Jim Mcdonald
5/17/1927 30 USA,OR,GRANTS PASS 6"0 185
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 801,001 1957 6 Year(s), 10 Days (1042 total Days) 0 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 55 Days (1603 total Days) 10 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 4 | 6 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
Talent | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 53 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | BOS DET |
1951 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.82 | 231.0 | 233 | 107 | 98 | 14 | 115 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 1.51 | .280 | DET |
1952 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 6.27 | 239.2 | 299 | 187 | 167 | 31 | 132 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 1.80 | .312 | DET |
1953 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 6.60 | 262.0 | 330 | 212 | 192 | 47 | 144 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 1.81 | .299 | DET |
1954 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 6.91 | 290.1 | 348 | 239 | 223 | 42 | 196 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 1.87 | .304 | DET |
1955 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5.20 | 232.0 | 254 | 152 | 134 | 25 | 142 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1.71 | .283 | DET |
Total | 180 | 179 | 52 | 93 | 0 | 5.83 | 1255.2 | 1464 | 897 | 814 | 159 | 729 | 380 | 36 | 5 | 1.75 | .296 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1950, AAA | 29 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3.80 | 199.0 | 215 | 95 | 84 | 12 | 111 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 1.64 | .323 |
1956, AA | 29 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4.35 | 206.2 | 211 | 109 | 100 | 23 | 89 | 164 | 6 | 0 | 1.45 | .302 |
1957, AA | 27 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3.38 | 199.2 | 168 | 78 | 75 | 13 | 103 | 143 | 9 | 0 | 1.36 | .269 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS DET |
1951 | 30 | 82 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .238 | .280 | .519 | DET |
1952 | 35 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .169 | .313 | DET |
1953 | 40 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .205 | .198 | .402 | DET |
1954 | 41 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .216 | .219 | .435 | DET |
1955 | 33 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .216 | .241 | .457 | DET |
Total | 180 | 429 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 155 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .205 | .221 | .426 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Transactions Traded from Boston (A) to Detroit on 6/15/1950 (Going to DET: 3B Fred Hatfield, P Jim Mcdonald. Going to BOS: P Fred Hutchinson)... Milestones Had first career hit on 4/14/1951, off Ray Scarborough (WS1)... Earned first career win on 4/14/1951... Hit first career homerun on 8/6/1951, off Lou Kretlow (SLA)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1955, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/10/1956 to a 2-year deal worth $801,001 per year... Injured on 7/15/1956 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 8/17/1957 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1951 - 3.82 - 5th
| Losses 1952 - 18 - 6th 1953 - 20 - 5th 1954 - 26 - 1st 1955 - 16 - 7th
| BB 1952 - 132 - 7th 1953 - 144 - 5th 1954 - 196 - 2nd 1955 - 142 - 3rd
| SHO 1953 - 2 - 6th
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