MLB / Players

James McDonald

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 5 in · 205 lb
BornOctober 19, 1984 · Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 17, 2008
Final gameMay 1, 2013
Seasons6 (2008–2013)

Los Angeles Dodgers 2008–2010; Pittsburgh Pirates 2010–2013

Percentile snapshot

2012 season — qualified pitchers

G
30
17.2
GS
29
14.9
W
12
35.6
L
8
73.6
CG
1
41.4
SHO
0
0
H
147
98.9
ER
80
55.2
BB
69
17.2
SO
151
44.8
HR
21
49.4
IP
171.0
6.9
ERA
4.21
26.4
WHIP
1.263
47.1
K/9
7.95
64.4
FIP
4.25
25.3
FIP-
112.7
14.9
ERA+
89.5
19.5
sWAR
1.0
23

of 88 qualified 2012 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.5
72.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
200840000000000000.3
2009451090000000600.000.000.000.000-128.0-100.0.0000.5
201015232121100011200.048.091.095.186-66.0-49.6.0920.6
201131635535100332900.091.138.109.247-42.3-29.6.1230.4
201233634987000182300.143.263.143.40623.817.9.2121.0
2013812112300001500.273.333.273.60678.275.4.287-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
20084000000501206.00.001.0003.002.9470.50.3
20094545500060283454663.04.001.4927.714.44110.7100.20.5
201015124600070322968471.74.021.3818.543.1578.3100.30.6
2011313199000176807814224171.04.211.4857.474.65125.787.90.4
20123029128010147806915121171.04.211.2637.954.25112.789.51.0
2013662200029192025129.75.761.6527.584.10114.961.9-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
136
PA
171
AB
145
R
15
H
16
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
4
BB
13
SO
75
SB
0
BA
.1103
OBP
.1835
SLG
.1241
OPS
.3076

Pitching

G (P)
131
GS
82
W
32
L
30
SV
0
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
512
SO (P)
442
BB allowed
231
ERA
4.198
WHIP
1.4014
K/9
7.76

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2013-04-25PIT @ PHI Gameday202000002
2011-08-04CHC @ PIT Gameday211100302
2010-09-18AZ @ PIT Gameday211100002
2012-06-27PIT @ PHI Gameday301000101
2011-04-10COL @ PIT Gameday311000001

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2012-05-17PIT @ WSH Gameday5.24331110
2012-04-30PIT @ ATL Gameday7.27332101
2012-07-07SF @ PIT Gameday7.04110100
2013-04-20ATL @ PIT Gameday6.0211490
2011-07-25PIT @ ATL Gameday5.1800090

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.