#19 James McDonald, Reliever, 33 yrs, New York (M) Mets

#19 James McDonald, Reliever, 33 yrs, New York (M) Mets
Monday, 7/12/2018

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James McDonald

10/19/1984
33
United States
6"5
210

Reliever
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,250,000
2018
8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days)
107 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 93 Days (1641 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	5	8	93-96 Mph
Versus LHB	9	5	7
Versus RHB	10	6	9
Talent	10	6	9

Pitching Ratings
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8
67
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	6	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	6	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	6	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/26	@PIT	W 11-2		0.2	0	0	0	0	1
5/12	ARI	W 8-1		1	0	0	0	0	1
5/23	@LAD	W 7-2		1	1	0	0	2	1
5/27	@PIT	L 4-5		2	1	0	0	1	2
5/29	@PIT	L 5-6		2.2	3	0	0	0	2
5/30	@PIT	W 9-4		3.1	5	2	2	2	5
6/4	PIT	L 6-16		3	4	3	2	1	1
6/12	CAL	W 18-6		2	4	4	4	1	2
7/7	CIN	L 1-2		1.1	2	2	2	0	2	L
7/9	LAD	L 3-6		0.1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 2018

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	11	0	0	1	0	4.91	18.1	21	11	10	7	17	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	20	0	0	2	0	4.91	33.0	39	20	18	13	31

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	2	1	.0	11	7	13.7	10.3	8.3	3.4	2	1	50.0	9	2	22.2	5.84

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	43	13	4	0	2	8	7	6	12	0	0	0	.302	.373	.535	.907
vs. RHB	28	8	1	0	2	4	4	1	5	0	0	0	.286	.310	.536	.846

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	5	0	0	1	0	9.39	7.2	10	9	8	2	6
Road	6	0	0	0	0	1.69	10.2	11	2	2	5	11
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	0	0	1	0	10.80	1.2	2	2	2	0	2

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.2	1	0	0	0	1
May	5	0	0	0	0	1.80	10.0	10	2	2	5	11
June	2	0	0	0	0	10.80	5.0	8	7	6	2	3
July	2	0	0	1	0	10.80	1.2	2	2	2	0	2

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2009	27	27	3	17	0	6.38	122.2	150	91	87	9	64	93	0	0	1.74	.366	CHC
2010	7	7	2	3	0	4.19	38.2	43	18	18	3	16	25	0	0	1.53	.328	CHC PHI
2011	8	8	3	3	0	4.34	37.1	25	25	18	2	30	32	0	0	1.47	.232	PHI
2012	38	38	13	8	0	4.17	202.2	187	107	94	11	90	195	0	0	1.37	.312	PHI
2013	90	1	10	6	3	4.96	123.1	125	75	68	17	82	121	0	0	1.68	.316	PHI
2014	76	0	8	6	3	3.00	132.0	98	46	44	6	59	125	0	0	1.19	.264	PHI CHW
2015	32	0	3	1	1	3.72	58.0	50	26	24	5	35	59	0	0	1.47	.300	CHW,AL
2016	24	24	3	13	0	4.96	138.0	153	78	76	21	45	119	0	0	1.43	.320	TEX
2017	21	0	2	1	2	2.97	39.1	26	13	13	3	19	23	0	0	1.14	.207	TEX NYM
2018	11	0	0	1	0	4.91	18.1	21	11	10	4	7	17	0	0	1.53	.340	NYM
Total	334	105	47	59	9	4.47	910.1	878	490	452	81	447	809	0	0	1.46	.308

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2002, A	30	30	6	11	0	4.44	174.1	154	94	86	24	83	130	0	0	1.36	.259
2003, A	30	30	12	13	0	4.40	190.1	186	107	93	22	58	118	0	0	1.28	.280
2004, A	30	30	13	7	0	3.78	183.1	170	83	77	19	87	147	1	1	1.40	.280
2005, A	30	30	14	7	0	3.68	183.2	154	76	75	15	75	127	0	0	1.25	.264
2006, A	24	24	11	3	0	3.37	147.0	123	65	55	17	68	124	0	0	1.30	.261
2006, AA	5	5	0	3	0	4.25	29.2	30	17	14	5	14	30	0	0	1.48	.305
2007, AA	24	24	8	11	0	4.28	145.0	136	72	69	17	51	163	0	0	1.29	.318
2008, AA	6	6	2	1	0	2.08	39.0	31	9	9	2	12	35	0	0	1.10	.279
2008, AAA	21	21	7	7	0	4.90	115.2	135	67	63	14	60	96	0	0	1.69	.339
2009, AAA	5	5	2	3	0	7.09	26.2	38	21	21	5	8	24	0	0	1.73	.371
2010, AAA	34	0	2	4	0	3.22	64.1	61	25	23	4	27	68	0	0	1.37	.341
2011, AAA	29	27	19	4	0	2.36	175.2	120	47	46	8	53	206	0	0	0.98	.269

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2011	4	4	1	3	0	7.78	19.2	22	17	17	13	15	0	0
2013	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2015	1	0	0	0	0	15.00	3.0	3	5	5	2	3	0	0
Total	6	4	1	3	0	8.37	23.2	25	22	22	15	19	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2009	27	35	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	14	1	0	.114	.114	.114	.229	CHC
2010	7	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	CHC PHI
2011	8	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	PHI
2012	38	58	8	4	0	0	3	5	1	28	0	0	.138	.153	.207	.359	PHI
2013	90	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	PHI
2014	76	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	PHI CHW
2015	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHW,AL
2016	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
2017	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX NYM
Total	323	125	16	5	0	0	6	8	3	54	1	0	.128	.148	.168	.316

Fielding Stats 2018

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

18.1

3.44

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/3/2002 to a minor league contract.
Traded from Seattle to Chicago (C) on 4/3/2002 (Going to CHC: P James McDonald, P J.D. Durbin. Going to SEA: 3B Jeff Cirillo, P Scott Linebrink)...
Injured on 8/1/2002 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 7/17/2005 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days...
Injured on 8/12/2005 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days...
Injured on 5/2/2007 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days...
Injured on 7/4/2007 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
Had first career hit on 5/22/2009, off Franklin Morales (SD)...
Earned first career win on 6/23/2009...
Traded from Chicago (C) to Philadelphia on 5/13/2010 (Going to CHC: 2B Whit Merrifield. Going to PHI: P James McDonald, P Jon Leicester, 1B Wes Bankston, 2B Neil Walker)...
2/2/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $417,143 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Philadelphia to Chicago (W) on 7/24/2014 (Going to PHI: P Kirk Saarloos, C Brian McCann. Going to CHW: P James McDonald)...
2/2/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,400,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 6/23/2015 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,400,000 through salary arbitration...
10/12/2016: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Released by Texas on 2/3/2017...
Signed as a free agent by New York (M) on 2/17/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses
2009 - 17 - 5th

BB
2012 - 90 - 10th

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