#43 Jim Mcdonald, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Detroit Tigers Monday, 10/2/1955 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Jim Mcdonald
5/17/1927 28 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 $ 150,000 1955 6 Year(s), 10 Days (1042 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 55 Days (1259 total Days) 8 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 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
Talent | 4 | 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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 33 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5.20 | 232.0 | 254 | 152 | 134 | 142 | 70 | 3 | 9.1 | 1 | 13 | 39.4 |
Projected | 35 | 35 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 5.20 | 244.0 | 267 | 160 | 141 | 149 | 74 | | | | | |
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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 | 15.4 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 5.39 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 335 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .394 | .445 | .839 |
vs. RHB | 570 | 154 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 77 | 90 | 80 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 | .356 | .402 | .758 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 14 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5.55 | 97.1 | 115 | 70 | 60 | 63 | 30 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4.95 | 134.2 | 139 | 82 | 74 | 79 | 40 |
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 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.73 | 41.2 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 |
May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.43 | 42.2 | 48 | 23 | 21 | 31 | 12 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.72 | 47.2 | 48 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 18 |
July | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.06 | 36.2 | 57 | 42 | 41 | 23 | 11 |
August | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.27 | 54.2 | 60 | 42 | 32 | 34 | 12 |
Sept./Oct. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 8.2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
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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 |
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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% |
Pitcher | 33 | 33 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 1.000 | 232.0 | 2.06 | | | | |
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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...
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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
| BB 1952 - 132 - 7th 1953 - 144 - 5th 1954 - 196 - 2nd
| SHO 1953 - 2 - 6th
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