Jim McDonald

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: May 17, 1927 in Grants Pass, OR us

Died: October 23, 2004 in Kingman, AZ

High School: Modesto HS (Modesto, CA)

Debut: July 27, 1950 (Age 23-071d, 10,729th in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1958 (Age 30-344d)
vs. KCA 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Jimmie LeRoy McDonald

Nicknames: Hot Rod

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

4.27

136

468.0

158

WHIP

1.538

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-10 / in Starts: 4-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 4

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	10	92	Jul 27	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.00	2.48	24	7	6	0	0	6	49			0	1	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
2	11	95	Jul 31	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-6	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.35	2.61	6	0	4	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.183	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	12	100	Aug 3(2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	9	2	0	6	1	0	0	1.08	3.50	40	11	13	1	3	9	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.169	.00	0.00%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
4	13	104	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(1-2)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	2.55	4.18	35	11	10	2	0	10	38			0	1	0	31	2	0	1	2	0	1	.66	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
5	14	109	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(1-3)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.78	34						59						33			0		0
6	15	112	Aug 17	SLB		DET	L,4-5	GS-	L(1-4)	4	7.0	7	5	4	4	3	1	0	2.93	4.03	34						44						30			0		0
7	16	116	Aug 21	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	3	4	4	9	6	1	0	3.12	4.32	39	13	8	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.201	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	17	121	Aug 26(1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	GS-	L(2-5)	4	7.2	15	9	9	3	3	0	0	4.13	4.12	41						13						37			0		0
9	18	125	Aug 31	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-5)	4	8.0	6	3	3	5	0	1	0	4.04	4.35	35	15	10	2	0	5	53			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	0.204	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	19	130	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	GS-1	L(3-6)	5	0.2	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.55	4.47	7	1	1	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
11	20	133	Sep 8	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	2-7		1	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.29	4.18	23	6	5	1	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.051	.00	0.00%	2.54	2t 1-3 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
12	21	135	Sep 11(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(4-6)	2	9.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	1	4.15	4.25	36	19	4	0	0	7	60			1	2	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.59	0.366	.00	0.00%	1.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	22	141	Sep 16(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-2	L(4-7)	4	1.2	3	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.61	4.32	12	6	0	0	0	3	24			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.343	.00	0.00%	-5.19	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d6
14	23	144	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.59	4.35	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b 1-3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
15	24	147	Sep 23	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	7-7	BS(1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.64	4.34	5	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-1.65	7b 123 0 out a3	7b 3 out d1
16	25	153	Sep 29	SLB		CHW	L,3-8			5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.61	4.30	2												2			0		0
							6-10		W-L:4-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	84.0	84	48	43	46	28	5	2	4.61	4.30	375	1.45		5%	2%	52	45	9	56%	1	4	0	323	8	1	1	9	0	6	.96	0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.98

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