John McDonald

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 185lb (175cm, 83kg)

Born: September 24, 1974 in New London, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Providence College (Providence, RI).

High School: East Lyme HS (East Lyme, CT)

Schools: University of Connecticut at Avery Point (Groton, CT), Providence College (Providence, RI)

Debut: July 4, 1999 (Age 24-283d, 17,499th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2014 (Age 40-004d)
vs. SEA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: John Joseph McDonald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

2434

568

.233

276

RBI

210

OBP

.273

SLG

.323

OPS

.596

OPS+

Summary of 28 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
TOR	17
ARI	6
CLE	4
PHI	1

Platoon
vs RHP	18
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	13

Outs
2	11
1	9
0	8

16 Opps
SEA	4
NYY	3
BOS	3
MIN	2
TBR	2
SFG	2
ANA	2
BAL	2
COL	1
CHC	1
DET	1
PIT	1
LAD	1
TOR	1
CHW	1
MIL	1

25 Pitchers
Jarrod Washburn	2
Michael Bowden	2
John Lackey	2
Barry Zito	1
Cla Meredith	1
Jeremy Affeldt	1
Javier Vázquez	1
Rick Porcello	1
Dave Bush	1
Guillermo Moscoso	1
Jeff Niemann	1
Jim Parque	1
Jeremy Guthrie	1
Emiliano Fruto	1
Chris Capuano	1
Jon Rauch	1
Jon Lester	1
Adam Russell	1
Tyler Clippard	1
Andy Pettitte	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Jason Vargas	1
Zack Greinke	1
Matt Garza	1
Jason Grilli	1

13 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	11
Chase Field (PHO)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	26
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	7
3	7
2	7
6	3
4	2
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	5
-2-	2
12-	1
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

44 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	17
1 on	7
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	11

Inning
2	2
3	4
4	4
5	1
6	7
7	3
8	4
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	6
4-6	12
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	6
-1	6
-3	2
-4..	3

Ahead	11
Tied	6
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
1-0	6
3-2	3
1-1	3
0-2	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	17
2B	7
3B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
9th	14
8th	9
2nd	3
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-09-05	CLE	@	CHW	Jim Parque	ahead 10-4	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	4	0.006	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2003-05-07	CLE	@	ANA	John Lackey	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	5	0.084	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2004-07-20	CLE	@	ANA	Jarrod Washburn	ahead 8-1	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.007	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
4	4	2	1	2004-08-05	CLE	@	TOR	Dave Bush	tied 1-1	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	8	4	0.099	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2006-07-15	TOR		SEA	Jamie Moyer	tied 2-2	b 4	2	-2-	3,(0-2) CSX	2	9	6	0.209	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Mottola Scores
6	6	2	1	2006-07-25	TOR	@	SEA	Emiliano Fruto	ahead 8-3	t 9	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	9	6	0.006	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Glaus Scores; B. Molina Scores; A. Hill Scores
7	7	3	1	2006-08-11	TOR	@	MIN	Matt Garza	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	6	0.061	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Molina Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2007-05-30	TOR		NYY	Tyler Clippard	behind 2-5	b 4	1	---	7,(3-2) BCBBCFX	1	9	6	0.091	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2008-07-27	TOR		SEA	Jarrod Washburn	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.149	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2009-07-06	TOR	@	NYY	Andy Pettitte	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	9	4	0.050	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	2009-09-08	TOR		MIN	Jon Rauch	tied 3-3	b 6	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	9	4	0.327	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); K. Millar Scores; E. Encarnación Scores
12	12	3	1	2009-09-21	TOR		BAL	Cla Meredith	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	9	6	0.047	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
13	13	4	1	2009-10-04	TOR	@	BAL	Jeremy Guthrie	behind 3-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	6	0.184	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2010-06-20	TOR		SFG	Jeremy Affeldt	behind 3-9	b 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	4	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Lewis Scores
15	15	2	1	2010-07-09	TOR		BOS	Jon Lester	behind 0-14	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	3	1	2010-08-20	TOR	@	BOS	Michael Bowden	ahead 11-0	t 6	2	-23	2,(1-0) B.X	3	8	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Buck Scores; L. Overbay Scores
17	17	4	1	2010-08-29	TOR		DET	Rick Porcello	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	6	0.050	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
18	18	5	1	2010-08-31	TOR	@	TBR	Jeff Niemann	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	0.122	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	2010-09-04	TOR	@	NYY	Javier Vázquez	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	8	6	0.174	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Buck Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2011-04-22	TOR		TBR	Adam Russell	tied 4-4	b 11	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	9	4	0.362	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Woodward Scores
21	21	2	1	2011-05-11	TOR		BOS	John Lackey	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	5	0.106	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2012-04-17	ARI		PIT	Jason Grilli	behind 3-4	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) BFCBBX	1	3	6	0.323	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2012-05-26	ARI		MIL	Zack Greinke	behind 4-5	b 3	1	1-3	3,(0-2) SSX	3	8	6	0.241	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Goldschmidt Scores; K. Schmidt Scores
24	24	3	1	2012-05-28	ARI	@	SFG	Barry Zito	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	6,(1-2) .BCCFFX	1	9	PH	0.059	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	2012-06-20	ARI		SEA	Jason Vargas	behind 4-5	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.142	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	2012-09-02	ARI	@	LAD	Chris Capuano	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	6	0.121	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	6	1	2012-10-02	ARI		COL	Guillermo Moscoso	behind 0-1	b 7	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	0.376	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Kubel Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2013-08-08	PHI		CHC	Michael Bowden	ahead 10-1	b 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	3	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Ruiz Scores