Jim McDonald Trades and Transactions

The Jim McDonald trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Jim McDonald has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Jim McDonald
 
 
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Birth Name:   Jimmy Le Roy McDonald
Nickname:   Hot Rod or Jim or Jimmie
Born On:   05-17-1927  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Grants Pass, Oregon
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-23-2004
Place of Death Data Died In:   Kingman, Arizona
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Modesto High School (Modesto, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   07-27-1950 (Age 23)
Last Game:   04-26-1958
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim McDonald

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1945: Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox.
07-18-1951: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Jim Suchecki and Matt Batts) to St. Louis Browns for Les Moss.
11-23-1951: Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees for Clint Courtney.
11-17-1954: Traded by New York Yankees (with Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda, Bill Miller, Kal Segrist and Don Leppert) to Baltimore Orioles for Bob Turley, Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski.
07-30-1955: Traded by Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees for Ed Lopat.
00-00-1956: Trade of unknown type from New York Yankees to Baltimore Orioles.
07-08-1956: Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Jim McDonald trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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