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Career Summary
| Years | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | WARP |
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| 9 | 131 | 512.3 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 4.20 | 2.2 |
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WARP Summary
MLB Statistics
Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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| YEAR | Team | Lg | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | BB | SO | HR | PPF | H/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | K/9 | GB% | BABIP | WHIP | FIP | ERA | cFIP | DRA | DRA- | WARP |
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| 2008 | LAN | MLB | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0% | .238 | 1.00 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 97 | 3.88 | 82.8 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | LAN | MLB | 45 | 4 | 63.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 91 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 0% | .298 | 1.49 | 4.43 | 4.00 | 105 | 5.04 | 108.0 | 0.2 |
| 2010 | LAN | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 12.9 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 0% | .400 | 2.09 | 4.92 | 8.22 | 96 | 4.42 | 99.7 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | PIT | 0 | 11 | 11 | 64.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 24 | 61 | 3 | 90 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0% | .311 | 1.30 | 2.92 | 3.52 | 100 | 4.57 | 103.2 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | PIT | MLB | 31 | 31 | 171.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 142 | 24 | 96 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 0% | .302 | 1.49 | 4.64 | 4.21 | 109 | 4.99 | 115.9 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | PIT | MLB | 30 | 29 | 171.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 147 | 69 | 151 | 21 | 97 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 0% | .269 | 1.26 | 4.24 | 4.21 | 99 | 4.32 | 98.9 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | PIT | MLB | 6 | 6 | 29.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 102 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0% | .315 | 1.65 | 4.10 | 5.76 | 119 | 6.43 | 153.9 | -0.5 |
| 2010 | TOT | MLB | 15 | 12 | 71.7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 29 | 68 | 4 | 89 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 0% | .000 | 1.38 | 3.14 | 4.02 | 100 | 4.55 | 102.8 | 0.6 |
| Career | MLB | 131 | 82 | 512.3 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 487 | 231 | 442 | 56 | 95 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 40% | .294 | 1.40 | 4.22 | 4.20 | 105 | 4.78 | 109.2 | 2.2 | |
Statistics for All Levels
'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
| YEAR | Team | Lg | LG | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | H | BB | SO | HR | PPF | H/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | K/9 | GB% | BABIP | WHIP | FIP | ERA | cFIP | DRA | DRA- |
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| 2005 | OGD | Rk | PIO | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 0% | -.333 | 1.00 | 2.51 | 1.50 | 71 | 2.15 | 42.4 |
| 2006 | CGA | A | SAL | 30 | 22 | 142.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 65 | 146 | 15 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 0% | .287 | 1.30 | 4.23 | 3.99 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
| 2007 | SBR | A+ | CLF | 16 | 15 | 82.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 21 | 104 | 8 | 96 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 11.4 | 0% | .350 | 1.22 | 3.45 | 3.95 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | JAX | AA | SOU | 10 | 10 | 52.7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 64 | 5 | 92 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 0% | .289 | 1.10 | 3.21 | 1.71 | 79 | 2.93 | 60.1 |
| 2008 | LAN | MLB | NL | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0% | .238 | 1.00 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 97 | 3.88 | 82.8 |
| 2008 | JAX | AA | SOU | 22 | 22 | 118.7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 46 | 113 | 12 | 99 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 8.6 | 0% | .274 | 1.21 | 3.96 | 3.18 | 96 | 3.85 | 78.9 |
| 2008 | LVG | AAA | PCL | 5 | 4 | 22.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 105 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 11.3 | 0% | .259 | 1.08 | 4.06 | 3.63 | 78 | 2.08 | 42.6 |
| 2009 | LAN | MLB | NL | 45 | 4 | 63.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 91 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 0% | .298 | 1.49 | 4.43 | 4.00 | 105 | 5.04 | 108.0 |
| 2009 | ABQ | AAA | PCL | 6 | 6 | 30.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 96 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 0% | .288 | 1.16 | 3.05 | 3.27 | 81 | 2.79 | 58.6 |
| 2009 | LIC | Wnt | DWL | 3 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 15.8 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 0% | .485 | 2.37 | 4.00 | 9.28 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
| 2010 | LAN | MLB | NL | 4 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 12.9 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 0% | .400 | 2.09 | 4.92 | 8.22 | 96 | 4.42 | 99.7 |
| 2010 | PIT | MLB | NL | 11 | 11 | 64.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 24 | 61 | 3 | 90 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0% | .311 | 1.30 | 2.92 | 3.52 | 100 | 4.57 | 103.2 |
| 2010 | ABQ | AAA | PCL | 12 | 12 | 63.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 24 | 57 | 4 | 121 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 0% | .319 | 1.39 | 3.97 | 4.41 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | DOD | Rk | AZL | 2 | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 0% | .250 | 1.05 | 3.02 | 1.58 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
| 2011 | PIT | MLB | NL | 31 | 31 | 171.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 142 | 24 | 96 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 0% | .302 | 1.49 | 4.64 | 4.21 | 109 | 4.99 | 115.9 |
| 2012 | PIT | MLB | NL | 30 | 29 | 171.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 147 | 69 | 151 | 21 | 97 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 0% | .269 | 1.26 | 4.24 | 4.21 | 99 | 4.32 | 98.9 |
| 2013 | PIT | MLB | NL | 6 | 6 | 29.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 102 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0% | .315 | 1.65 | 4.10 | 5.76 | 119 | 6.43 | 153.9 |
| 2013 | BRD | A+ | FSL | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0% | .375 | 2.00 | 8.74 | 9.00 | 115 | 6.21 | 134.9 | |
| 2013 | ALT | AA | EAS | 2 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 0% | .231 | 1.93 | 8.46 | 5.79 | 143 | 6.49 | 141.1 |
| 2013 | IND | AAA | INT | 4 | 4 | 20.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 104 | 11.3 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 0% | .348 | 1.69 | 4.89 | 6.53 | 118 | 6.82 | 148.3 |
| 2013 | PIR | Rk | GCL | 3 | 3 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0% | .294 | 1.06 | 2.75 | 6.35 | 94 | 3.27 | 71.1 |
Plate Discipline
| YEAR | Pits | Zone% | Swing% | Contact% | Z-Swing% | O-Swing% | Z-Contact% | O-Contact% | SwStr% |
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| 2008 | 95 | 0.4526 | 0.4737 | 0.8000 | 0.6279 | 0.3462 | 0.8519 | 0.7222 | 0.2000 |
| 2009 | 1113 | 0.4726 | 0.4349 | 0.7665 | 0.6331 | 0.2572 | 0.8108 | 0.6689 | 0.2335 |
| 2010 | 1190 | 0.4992 | 0.4403 | 0.7767 | 0.6044 | 0.2768 | 0.8719 | 0.5697 | 0.2233 |
| 2011 | 2877 | 0.4852 | 0.4539 | 0.8009 | 0.6261 | 0.2917 | 0.8513 | 0.6991 | 0.1991 |
| 2012 | 2776 | 0.4993 | 0.4377 | 0.7827 | 0.5988 | 0.2770 | 0.8651 | 0.6052 | 0.2173 |
| 2013 | 509 | 0.4597 | 0.4008 | 0.7941 | 0.6026 | 0.2291 | 0.8652 | 0.6349 | 0.2059 |
| Career | 8560 | 0.4882 | 0.4413 | 0.7867 | 0.6138 | 0.2773 | 0.8542 | 0.6432 | 0.2133 |
Injury History — No longer being updated | Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET |
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2014-03-21 | 2014-09-29 | 60-DL | 192 | 162 | Right | Shoulder | Tendonitis | - | - | |
| 2014-03-18 | 2014-03-21 | Camp | 3 | 0 | Right | Shoulder | Strain | - | - | |
| 2013-05-01 | 2013-09-07 | 60-DL | 129 | 113 | Right | Shoulder | Strain | - | - | |
| 2011-03-12 | 2011-03-31 | Camp | 19 | 0 | Left | Trunk | Soreness | - | ||
| 2010-05-27 | 2010-06-28 | Minors | 32 | 0 | Right | Thigh | Strain | Hamstring | - | |
| 2010-04-19 | 2010-04-29 | Minors | 10 | 0 | Right | Fingers | Laceration | Fingernail | - |
Compensation
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2019 Preseason Forecast | Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET |
| PCT | W | L | SV | G | GS | IP | H | BB | SO | HR | BABIP | WHIP | ERA | DRA | VORP | WARP |
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| Weighted Mean | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0.0 | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | .000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ? | 0.0 | 0.0 |
BP Articles
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| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Is there anything the Bucs have done this off-season to give a fan some hope? Or is it a matter of improving by doing nothing to destroy the future? (Frank from Vegas) | The farm system is doing well, and it just spit out Alvarez, Tabata, Walker, and not too long ago, McCutchen. I like James McDonald a lot, and Correia is by no means an answer in the rotation, but he gives them someone else who knows what a strike looks like besides McDonald and Charlie Morton. It's a slow road to improve the team, but they are moving from embarrassing to just bad. Which is more than you can say for basically the rest of this stretch of failure. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-10-07 13:00:00 (link to chat) | What do the Dodgers do this winter to patch up their rotation on a shoestring budget? Kuroda, Lilly, Padilla are all free agents, and the team needs to find innings to prevent Kershaw and Billingsley from being worked to death. (The Duke of Flatbush from Brooklyn) | I think they'll sign Lilly and then try to patch the No. 4 starter spot with an inexpensive free agent then give the No. 5 spot to John Ely or someone of his ilk and cross your fingers. I just can't figure whey they never gave James McDonald a shot. (John Perrotto) |
| 2009-02-11 14:00:00 (link to chat) | John, was signing Randy Wolf the right call over aving that money and giving James McDonald a real shot at a rotation spot? (Gray (Chicago) from Chicago) | If the Dodgers were serious about repeating, they needed one more reliable pitcher in that rotation. I liked it at 5M for one year. (John Perrotto) |
| 2008-11-07 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Aren't the Dodgers better off saving money and letting James McDonald round out their rotation? (Gray from Chicago) | Kuroda/Billingsley/Kershaw/McDonald...I think there's definitely room for a signing. Doesn't need to be a high-upside guy so much as someone who will definitely make 32 starts. (Joe Sheehan) |
| 2008-09-15 14:00:00 (link to chat) | Why do some teams call-up minor leaguers in Sept. and don't use them at all? Wouldn't it be better to keep them in the minors, since they will at least keep getting innings/at bats. For example, James McDonald of the Dodgers has not pitched yet after being called up 2 weeks ago. Speaking of McDonald, will he have a good chance of being in the rotation for 09? (Andrew from Washington, D.C.) | Well, the minor league regular season ended on Labor Day for most leagues, so there is no more chances for them to pitch. For many like McDonald, it's kind of a reward for a job well done. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2008-07-22 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Kershaw is now up in the bigs for the 2nd time this year after spending time at AA Jacksonville. Meanwhile, James McDonald, having a great year as well for Jacksonville(although not as dominant as Kershaw), still hasn't even gotten a sniff of AAA despite being nearly 4 years older than Kershaw and dominating the same league LAST year. What's LA waiting for? (albert2b from NYC) | I talk to a scout about McDonald in tommorow's edition of Future Shock. (Kevin Goldstein) |
BP Roundtables
| Date | Roundtable Name | Comment |
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| 2008-10-02 11:00:00 | Thursday Playoff Games | Fair point. What do you think about James McDonald and Scott Elbert in terms of their 2008 progress. Did any pitchers in the Dodger org take a big step forward? (Jay Jaffe) |
PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile
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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, James McDonald threw 8,852 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Sinker (92mph) and Curve (77mph). He also rarely threw a Change (84mph) and Slider (81mph).
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