Jim McDonald
1950–1958 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
139G
.180AVG
.281OBP
.234SLG
More career statistics
23H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
24–27W–L
468.0IP
158K
4.27ERA
55GS
1SV
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 48 | 47 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 153 | 151 |
| Batting · Walks | 18 | 16 |
| Pitching · p er | 222 | 228 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | 153 | 128 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .180 | .281 | .234 | .515 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468.0 | 136 | 55 | 15 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 489 | 262 | 222 | 24 | 231 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 4.27 | 1.538 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1951-08-26 to 1951-09-11
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1951-08-21 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1954-04-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 15 hits allowed | 1951-08-26 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 19 | 5 |
| 1951 |  St. Louis Browns | 17 | 29 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .207 | 84 | 28 |
| 1952 |  New York Yankees | 26 | 19 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .316 | 69 | 20 |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | 29 | 41 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .098 | 129 | 43 |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 16 | 19 | 4 | – | – | – | .211 | 71 | 20 |
| 1955 |  Baltimore Orioles | 21 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 51 | 20 |
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 10 |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 22 | 12 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |