Grady
McDonaghey
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 16, 1981 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Bick Horizon Award 2006   
Zachary Matthews Award 2014   
All-Star Selections 2007    2008    2012    2016    2017    2018    2020   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2005 23 DC FF   4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
2006 24 DC FF $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 3 3 3
2007 25 DC FF $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 5 4 4 4
2008 26 IL GE $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 8 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 5 5
2010 28 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5
2011 29 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5
2012 30 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 5 5
2013 31 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5
2014 32 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 5 6 5 5 5 5
2015 33 KS GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
2016 34 KS GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
2017 35 PA FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5
2018 36 PA FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5
2019 37 UT GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
2020 38 UT GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 23 AAA   110 427 62 117 25 3 17 65 6 6 34 126 .274 .328 .466 .794 62.6  
    AA   27 108 9 33 5 0 2 17 2 1 10 33 .306 .364 .407 .772 15.7  
2006 24 DC FF 154 561 79 151 34 2 22 74 0 0 46 140 .269 .326 .455 .781 77.9 14.1
2007 25 DC FF 156 560 92 169 41 5 23 82 2 7 54 117 .302 .368 .516 .884 97.2 22.0
2008 26 IL GE 155 565 99 171 41 3 34 121 4 3 72 119 .303 .382 .566 .948 115.6 26.5
2009 27 IL GE 155 575 97 160 34 6 29 93 1 3 53 116 .278 .343 .510 .852 94.4 21.2
2010 28 IL GE 149 534 81 147 21 4 28 81 2 4 58 98 .275 .343 .487 .830 88.1 19.8
2011 29 IL GE 154 569 95 152 29 1 36 98 0 1 50 83 .267 .332 .511 .844 91.1 22.4
2012 30 IL GE 155 562 92 159 30 5 38 101 3 3 53 92 .283 .350 .557 .907 102.6 25.7
2013 31 IL GE 110 367 51 110 11 2 16 62 0 5 40 61 .300 .369 .471 .841 61.4 14.5
2014 32 IL GE 154 531 72 149 33 5 27 82 1 3 50 89 .281 .343 .514 .857 86.1 17.8
2015 33 IL GE 70 197 28 44 12 0 11 35 0 3 15 44 .223 .276 .452 .727 24.1 3.7
  KS GE 63 220 38 71 11 0 12 53 1 3 24 36 .323 .389 .536 .925 41.9 11.2
  TOT   133 417 66 115 23 0 23 88 1 6 39 80 .276 .336 .496 .833 66.0 15.0
2016 34 KS GE 152 541 92 156 21 11 33 102 4 4 52 105 .288 .351 .551 .902 98.1 24.1
2017 35 KS GE 83 294 41 87 15 1 15 61 2 4 34 47 .296 .372 .507 .878 50.9 12.3
  PA FF 73 264 39 71 14 4 11 37 1 3 25 49 .269 .336 .477 .813 38.9 9.4
  TOT   156 558 80 158 29 5 26 98 3 7 59 96 .283 .355 .493 .848 89.8 21.8
2018 36 PA FF 157 609 102 184 25 6 30 97 1 5 49 94 .302 .361 .511 .871 106.7 27.2
2019 37 PA FF 30 115 17 35 4 0 5 25 0 0 6 24 .304 .344 .470 .814 17.1 3.2
  UT GE 126 415 79 125 22 2 15 56 0 1 39 72 .301 .364 .472 .836 66.7 14.1
  TOT   156 530 96 160 26 2 20 81 0 1 45 96 .302 .360 .472 .831 83.8 17.3
2020 38 UT GE 160 598 88 183 34 8 20 98 1 2 43 101 .306 .356 .490 .846 96.5 20.4
15 Years Sim 2256 8077 1282 2324 432 65 405 1358 23 54 763 1487 .288 .352 .508 .859 1355.3 309.8
1 Years AAA 110 427 62 117 25 3 17 65 6 6 34 126 .274 .330 .466 .796 62.6  
1 Years AA 27 108 9 33 5 0 2 17 2 1 10 33 .306 .364 .407 .772 15.7  
2 Years Minors 137 535 71 150 30 3 19 82 8 7 44 159 .280 .337 .454 .791 78.3  
162 Game Average 579 92 166 31 4 29 97 1 3 54 106 .288 .352 .508 .859 97.3  
Career Highs 160 609 102 184 41 11 38 121 4 7 72 140 .306 .382 .566 .948 115.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6040 990 1807 332 50 335 1080 16 40 621 1122 .299 .367 .537 .904 1113.3
vs LH   2037 292 517 100 15 70 278 7 14 142 365 .254 .305 .421 .726 253.5
Home 1156 4000 663 1182 218 30 210 713 16 30 374 699 .296 .359 .523 .881 702.5
Away 1100 4077 619 1142 214 35 195 645 7 24 389 788 .280 .345 .493 .838 664.4
RISP   2005 0 585 107 17 104 893 0 0 274 377 .292 .374 .518 .891 379.8
Pinch Hitting   206 44 64 14 2 10 41 1 3 21 34 .311 .380 .544 .924 38.3
Close/Late   1058 163 290 47 10 37 142 0 0 147 199 .274 .365 .442 .807 171.8
Mar/Apr 328 1219 196 343 55 10 76 241 2 7 106 228 .281 .340 .530 .870 210.5
May 377 1328 209 375 74 17 66 208 6 11 119 252 .282 .344 .513 .857 221.5
June 364 1320 202 381 70 9 67 211 1 10 117 248 .289 .351 .508 .858 220.4
July 357 1260 224 401 83 11 67 246 5 5 135 216 .318 .383 .561 .945 250.4
August 398 1460 241 394 74 9 71 242 6 11 130 256 .270 .334 .479 .813 224.3
Sep/Oct 432 1490 210 430 76 9 58 210 3 10 156 287 .289 .358 .468 .827 239.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 DC FF 3B 152 140 1265.0 87 265 17 17 .954 2.50   3.8
2007 25 DC FF 3B 156 143 1285.0 108 277 19 17 .953 2.70   3.9
2008 26 IL GE 3B 151 144 1298.3 82 309 16 22 .961 2.71   4.4
2009 27 IL GE 3B 152 143 1315.7 99 322 17 21 .961 2.88   4.1
2010 28 IL GE 3B 144 137 1230.3 91 275 16 18 .958 2.68   2.4
    2B 3 3 27.0 12 9 1 1 .955 7.00   0.2
2011 29 IL GE 3B 149 143 1316.7 93 339 18 19 .960 2.95   5.5
2012 30 IL GE 3B 151 144 1305.7 101 299 23 23 .946 2.76   3.5
2013 31 IL GE 3B 104 92 854.7 57 227 13 15 .956 2.99   3.4
2014 32 IL GE 3B 143 128 1215.7 87 316 12 13 .971 2.98   5.8
2015 33 IL GE 2B 31 31 238.4 51 84 4 17 .971 5.10   0.7
    3B 29 23 192.0 14 47 3 2 .953 2.86   0.5
  KS GE 2B 27 27 275.2 59 98 4 19 .975 5.13   0.6
    3B 27 20 221.6 16 55 3 2 .959 2.88   1.1
  TOT   2B 58 58 513.6 110 182 8 36 .973 5.12   1.3
      3B 56 43 413.6 30 102 6 4 .957 2.87   1.7
2016 34 KS GE 2B 143 138 1251.3 258 409 20 94 .971 4.80   3.7
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2017 35 KS GE 2B 43 41 373.7 74 132 11 18 .949 4.96   0.0
    3B 37 33 304.1 18 67 5 4 .944 2.52   1.0
  PA FF 2B 37 36 329.7 66 116 9 16 .953 4.97   1.7
    3B 32 29 268.3 16 60 4 4 .950 2.55   0.5
  TOT   2B 80 77 703.4 140 248 20 34 .951 4.96   1.7
      3B 69 62 572.4 34 127 9 8 .947 2.53   1.5
2018 36 PA FF 2B 102 99 887.7 211 311 22 71 .960 5.29   2.9
    3B 52 48 440.0 31 96 8 10 .941 2.60   1.7
2019 37 PA FF 3B 26 24 236.4 16 52 3 5 .958 2.59   0.7
    2B 1 0 4.4 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  UT GE 3B 107 101 889.3 62 196 12 18 .956 2.61   3.0
    2B 3 0 16.6 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.88   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.23   0.0
  TOT   3B 133 125 1125.7 78 248 15 23 .956 2.61   3.7
      2B 4 0 21.0 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.71   0.1
      1B 1 0 4.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.18   0.0
2020 38 UT GE 3B 149 147 1303.7 90 313 24 29 .944 2.78   3.0
    2B 8 0 14.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 7.07   0.1
  3B 1763 1639 14945.3 1069 3515 213 239 .956 2.76   48.6
  2B 398 375 3418.0 736 1176 71 237 .964 5.03   9.9
  1B 1 0 4.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.18   0.0
Career Totals   2162 2014 18368.2 1810 4691 284 476 .958 3.19   58.5
Career Highs   157 147 1327.7 259 409 30 94 .971 4.79    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 26 IL GE 13 57 11 19 4 0 3 10 0 0 1 17 .333 .345 .561 .906
2009 27 IL GE 14 51 10 17 5 0 4 11 1 0 6 13 .333 .404 .667 1.070
2010 28 IL GE 8 28 3 9 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 5 .321 .406 .643 1.049
2011 29 IL GE 14 53 9 13 3 0 2 11 0 0 3 9 .245 .288 .415 .703
2012 30 IL GE 12 49 9 11 3 1 2 3 0 0 4 15 .224 .283 .449 .732
2013 31 IL GE 16 59 9 14 3 0 1 6 0 0 6 9 .237 .303 .339 .642
2014 32 IL GE 18 64 9 13 5 1 2 7 0 0 5 14 .203 .261 .406 .667
2015 33 KS GE 5 17 3 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .294 .364 .529 .893
2016 34 KS GE 4 16 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750
2017 35 PA FF 5 20 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .450 .736
2018 36 PA FF 6 25 2 4 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 .160 .160 .320 .480
2019 37 UT GE 12 46 4 12 4 1 1 4 0 0 4 7 .261 .320 .457 .777
Career Post-Season Batting 127 485 74 126 38 4 19 74 1 0 37 98 .260 .311 .472 .783
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2008-6-.382
Slugging Pct
2008-2-.566
2009-7-.510
2010-10-.487
2011-5-.511
2012-2-.557
2014-4-.514
2016-2-.551
2018-1-.511
2020-7-.490
CAR-14-.508
OPS
2008-2-.948
2011-9-.844
2012-4-.907
2014-8-.857
2016-4-.902
2018-4-.871
CAR-29-.859
XR
2008-3-115.6
2009-10-94.4
2012-5-102.6
2018-2-106.7
2020-10-96.5
CAR-24-1355.3
Games
2018-10-157
2020-1-160
CAR-40-2256
At-Bats
2009-7-575
2018-3-609
2020-8-598
CAR-36-8077
Runs
2008-6-99
2009-5-97
2011-6-95
2012-9-92
2018-3-102
CAR-29-1282
Hits
2008-9-171
2018-4-184
2020-8-183
CAR-33-2324
Total Bases
2008-3-320
2009-5-293
2011-4-291
2012-1-313
2014-9-273
2016-5-298
2018-2-311
2020-4-293
CAR-18-4101
Doubles
2007-8-41
2008-4-41
2009-8-34
2014-6-33
2020-10-34
CAR-20-432
Triples
2009-5-6
2014-9-5
2016-1-11
2017-6-4
2018-3-6
2020-4-8
CAR-39-65
Homeruns
2008-1-34
2009-5-29
2010-9-28
2011-1-36
2012-1-38
2014-10-27
2016-4-33
2018-5-30
CAR-9-405
RBIs
2008-1-121
2009-6-93
2011-3-98
2012-2-101
2016-7-102
2018-5-97
2020-4-98
CAR-15-1358
Strikeouts
2006-3-140
2009-8-116
2010-9-98
2016-6-105
2020-5-101
CAR-10-1487
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 132    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by D.C. in 2005
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/2006, off Albert Olmos (Mas)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2006, off Jose Langlois (Mas)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2006, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year in 2006, hitting .269 with 22 HR, 74 RBI
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Virginia on 8/23/2007
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/2007, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Named DC Senators MVP for the 2007 season
Traded from D.C. to Illinois on 4/7/2008 (Going to DC: LF J. Fleury, 3B W. Fox. Going to Ill: 3B G. McDonaghey)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2008, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2008, hitting .330 with 8 HR, 30 RBI
Won Ruth Award in 2008, hitting .303 with 34 HR, 121 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 4 runs on 8/13/2009
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Injured on 4/10/2010 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Nevada, driving in 5 runs on 4/27/2011
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/2012, hitting .636 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/22/2012
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2012, hitting .369 with 11 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 7/15/2012
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2012, hitting .341 with 10 HR, 29 RBI
Injured on 5/9/2013 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2014, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Mays Award at Third Base in 2014
Injured on 4/24/2015 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Traded from Illinois to Kansas on 7/11/2015 (Going to Kan: SS Mark Delia, 3B Grady McDonaghey, P Jack Teitelbaum. Going to Ill: P James Lantigua, P Miltons Lost)
Injured on 9/27/2015 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2016, hitting .357 with 10 HR, 25 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2016, hitting .357 with 10 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/2016 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2018, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2018, hitting .367 with 8 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 4/24/2019, off Russ Gobbler (FL)
Traded from Pennsylvania to Utah on 5/11/2019 (Going to PA: P Robert Silvera, P Joseph Min, 3B David Reddaway, UT's 3rd round pick in 2020. Going to UT: P Skip Burns, 3B Grady McDonaghey)