Ed McDonald
1911–1913 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs
176G
.244AVG
.362OBP
.334SLG
More career statistics
155H
3HR
55RBI
33SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 634 | 633 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 760 | 759 |
| Batting · RBI | 55 | 59 |
| Batting · Walks | 110 | 109 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 760 | 634 | 98 | 155 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 55 | 110 | 130 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 212 | .244 | .362 | .334 | .696 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1912-05-07 to 1912-05-15
19longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1912-08-31 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1912-07-31 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 82 | 370 | 82 | 0 | 29 | 47 | 59 | .258 | .349 | .343 |
| Away | 94 | 389 | 73 | 3 | 30 | 62 | 71 | .232 | .347 | .327 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | .216 | .356 | .297 |
| May | 27 | 122 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 21 | .297 | .402 | .446 |
| June | 23 | 107 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | .242 | .355 | .352 |
| July | 22 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 25 | .236 | .303 | .292 |
| August | 43 | 187 | 44 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 24 | .278 | .358 | .373 |
| September | 40 | 166 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 28 | .187 | .307 | .246 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | .217 | .394 | .261 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 29 | 126 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 22 | .192 | .325 | .263 |
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 119 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 18 | .204 | .303 | .282 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 19 | .255 | .345 | .319 |
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 107 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 13 | .267 | .374 | .344 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 26 | 116 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 16 | .312 | .431 | .495 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 96 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 24 | .253 | .302 | .310 |
| new-york-giants | 20 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | .239 | .354 | .343 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Boston Braves | 54 | 175 | 36 | 1 | 24 | 11 | .206 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 121 | 458 | 119 | 2 | 35 | 22 | .260 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |