Jim McDonald Stats

Jim McDonald was born on Tuesday, May 17, 1927, in Grants Pass, Oregon. McDonald was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 27, 1950, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim McDonald baseball stats page.

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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 (500 Oldest Living)
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

Jim McDonald Pitching Stats

1950 23 Red Sox 9 0 1 1 0 1.000 3.79 0 0 0 19.0 85 23 8 9 1 10 0 5 0 1 0 -
1951 24 Browns 16 11 2 4 7 .364 4.07 5 0 1 84.0 375 84 38 48 5 46 2 28 1 2 0 -
1952 25 Yankees 26 5 9 3 4 .429 3.50 1 0 0 69.1 312 71 27 31 1 40 2 20 1 2 0 -
1953 26 Yankees 27 18 5 9 7 .563 3.82 6 2 0 129.2 539 128 55 64 4 39 0 43 0 1 0 -
1954 27 Yankees 16 10 3 4 1 .800 3.17 3 1 0 71.0 302 54 25 28 3 45 2 20 0 1 0 -
1955 28 Orioles 21 8 6 3 5 .375 7.14 0 0 0 51.2 253 76 41 48 5 30 1 20 1 0 0 -
1956 29 White Sox 8 3 0 0 2 .000 8.68 0 0 0 18.2 88 29 18 18 2 7 0 10 1 1 0 -
1957 30 White Sox 10 0 4 0 1 .000 2.01 0 0 0 22.1 92 18 5 8 2 10 1 12 3 0 0 -
1958 31 White Sox 3 0 0 0 0 .000 19.29 0 0 0 2.1 18 6 5 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
9 Years 136 55 30 24 27 .471 4.27 15 3 1 468.0 2,064 489 222 262 24 231 8 158 7 8 0 -

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Jim McDonald Hitting Stats

1950 23 Red Sox 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333
1951 24 Browns 17 29 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 .207 .233 .310
1952 25 Yankees 26 19 3 6 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .316 .409 .474
1953 26 Yankees 29 41 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 18 3 0 0 0 .098 .140 .098
1954 27 Yankees 16 19 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 2 0 0 0 .211 .375 .263
1955 28 Orioles 21 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 .182 .357 .182
1956 29 White Sox 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000
1957 30 White Sox 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
1958 31 White Sox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
9 Years 139 128 14 23 5 1 0 0 10 18 0 48 7 0 0 0 .180 .281 .234

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Jim McDonald Fielding Stats

1950 Red Sox P 9 0 57 10 1.1 10 3 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.74
1951 Browns P 16 11 252 27 1.7 25 9 16 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 2.68
1952 Yankees P 26 5 208 31 1.2 31 7 24 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.02
1953 Yankees P 27 18 389 38 1.4 37 7 30 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.57
1954 Yankees P 16 10 213 21 1.3 21 7 14 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.66
1955 Orioles P 21 8 155 18 0.9 17 2 15 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.96
1956 White Sox P 8 3 56 5 0.6 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.93
1957 White Sox P 10 0 67 7 0.7 6 3 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.42
1958 White Sox P 3 0 7 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
P Totals 136 55 1,404 158 1.2 152 39 113 6 13 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.92
9 Years 136 55 1,404 158 1.2 152 39 113 6 13 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.92

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Jim McDonald Miscellaneous Stats

1950 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.50 2.37 4.74
1951 Browns 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 4.1 9.7 0.61 3.00 4.93
1952 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 6.3 0.50 2.60 5.19
1953 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 2 n/a 0.0 2.3 10.3 1.10 2.98 2.71
1954 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.44 2.54 5.70
1955 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.67 3.48 5.23
1956 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.43 4.82 3.37
1957 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.20 4.84 4.03
1958 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 15.43
9 Years 0 0 .000 0 3 n/a 0.0 2.7 12.8 0.68 3.04 4.44

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Jim McDonald Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1950 Boston Red Sox 26 Undetermined - -
1951 St. Louis Browns 24, 51 Undetermined - -
1952 New York Yankees 18, 19 Undetermined - -
1953 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - Stats
1954 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1956 Chicago White Sox 36 Undetermined - -
1957 Chicago White Sox 36 Undetermined - -
1958 Chicago White Sox 36 Undetermined - -

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