Jim McDonald was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 136 career appearances, with a 4.27 ERA and 158 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.
Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 3.79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1.74 |
| 1951 | SLA | 4 | 7 | 4.07 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 84.0 | 84 | 38 | 46 | 28 | 1.55 |
| 1952 | NYY | 3 | 4 | 3.50 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 69.1 | 71 | 27 | 40 | 20 | 1.60 |
| 1953 | NYY | 9 | 7 | 3.82 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 129.2 | 128 | 55 | 39 | 43 | 1.29 |
| 1954 | NYY | 4 | 1 | 3.17 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 71.0 | 54 | 25 | 45 | 20 | 1.39 |
| 1955 | BAL | 3 | 5 | 7.14 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 51.2 | 76 | 41 | 30 | 20 | 2.05 |
| 1956 | CWS | 0 | 2 | 8.68 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18.2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1.93 |
| 1957 | CWS | 0 | 1 | 2.01 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1.25 |
| 1958 | CWS | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.29 |
| Career Totals | — | 24 | 27 | 4.27 | 136 | 55 | 1 | 468.0 | 489 | 222 | 231 | 158 | 1.54 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | BOS | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 |
| 1951 | SLA | 17 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .207 | .233 | .310 | .544 |
| 1952 | NYY | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .316 | .409 | .474 | .883 |
| 1953 | NYY | 29 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .237 |
| 1954 | NYY | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .211 | .375 | .263 | .638 |
| 1955 | BAL | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 |
| 1956 | CWS | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 |
| 1957 | CWS | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| 1958 | CWS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals | — | 139 | 128 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 48 | .180 | .281 | .234 | .515 |