John
McDonald
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 6, 1981 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2010   
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
2000 19 WI GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3
2001 20 WI GE   0 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
2002 21 WI GE   1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2003 22 WI GE   3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5
2004 23 WI GE   4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
2005 24 WI GE $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7
2006 25 WI GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
2007 26 WI GE $ 300,000 6 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
2008 27 WI GE $ 300,000 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
                                             
  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 28 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
2010 29 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
2011 30 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
2012 31 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
2013 32 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 9 10
2014 33 WI GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
2015 34 WI GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
2016 35 WI GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
2017 36 WI GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
2018 37 FL FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
2000 19 A   155 523 41 97 20 1 4 41 9 5 19 112 .185 .214 .250 .465 22.8  
2001 20 A   158 583 66 146 28 1 17 67 11 8 47 97 .250 .306 .389 .696 69.1  
2002 21 A   123 382 38 87 13 3 9 51 4 6 33 73 .228 .289 .348 .637 38.1  
2003 22 A   135 532 62 148 25 1 14 50 11 3 44 77 .278 .333 .408 .741 72.3  
2004 23 AAA   26 89 9 19 5 0 1 6 4 1 14 20 .213 .320 .303 .624 10.0  
    AA   99 402 46 114 24 0 6 49 14 10 37 42 .284 .344 .388 .732 52.2  
2005 24 WI GE 107 309 32 78 14 4 5 28 7 3 15 31 .252 .284 .372 .657 31.9 1.9
2006 25 WI GE 155 530 61 135 21 3 10 74 6 3 35 43 .255 .304 .362 .667 55.1 7.0
2007 26 WI GE 157 589 51 150 23 4 4 49 13 12 27 31 .255 .293 .328 .620 51.8 4.3
2008 27 WI GE 152 555 77 166 26 6 8 47 14 6 38 34 .299 .348 .411 .758 76.7 14.3
2009 28 WI GE 125 467 62 144 19 4 5 36 24 11 33 25 .308 .355 .398 .753 65.7 12.4
2010 29 WI GE 157 603 78 191 27 7 4 53 24 20 33 25 .317 .357 .405 .761 80.8 18.4
2011 30 WI GE 156 612 78 169 23 4 14 62 23 13 27 16 .276 .313 .395 .708 72.8 15.3
2012 31 WI GE 158 597 75 180 23 3 7 73 22 14 36 17 .302 .347 .385 .732 74.9 15.9
2013 32 WI GE 140 577 85 179 19 6 10 61 18 12 34 18 .310 .356 .416 .772 80.8 16.8
2014 33 WI GE 155 624 89 179 30 5 8 59 12 5 34 32 .287 .326 .389 .716 76.4 15.9
2015 34 WI GE 125 441 56 109 15 2 7 48 9 5 34 36 .247 .309 .338 .647 46.2 7.3
2016 35 WI GE 154 565 85 174 25 3 6 57 17 12 44 32 .308 .361 .395 .756 76.0 15.9
2017 36 WI GE 147 478 57 128 17 4 4 48 7 5 30 21 .268 .318 .345 .663 51.9 8.3
2018 37 FL FF 83 156 9 31 1 2 0 16 2 4 13 18 .199 .259 .231 .489 10.5 0.0
    AAA   32 128 20 35 4 0 4 14 6 4 12 14 .273 .336 .398 .734 17.1  
14 Years Sim 1971 7103 895 2013 283 57 92 711 198 125 433 379 .283 .329 .378 .707 851.5 153.7
2 Years AAA 58 217 29 54 9 0 5 20 10 5 26 34 .249 .331 .359 .690 27.1  
1 Years AA 99 402 46 114 24 0 6 49 14 10 37 42 .284 .344 .388 .732 52.2  
4 Years A 571 2020 207 478 86 6 44 209 35 22 143 359 .237 .291 .350 .642 202.4  
7 Years Minors 728 2639 282 646 119 6 55 278 59 37 206 435 .245 .303 .357 .660 281.6  
162 Game Average 583 73 165 23 4 7 58 16 10 35 31 .283 .329 .378 .707 70.0  
Career Highs 158 624 89 191 30 7 14 74 24 20 44 43 .317 .361 .416 .772 80.8  
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   5382 666 1520 217 41 71 546 157 87 322 282 .282 .327 .378 .705 635.8
vs LH   1721 229 493 66 16 21 165 41 38 111 97 .286 .335 .380 .715 204.5
Home 973 3461 435 1006 144 24 47 354 113 61 209 179 .291 .336 .387 .723 428.0
Away 998 3642 460 1007 139 33 45 357 85 64 224 200 .276 .322 .370 .692 412.2
RISP   1540 0 441 51 14 19 573 0 0 119 90 .286 .333 .375 .708 192.1
Pinch Hitting   159 12 37 4 2 0 14 3 5 14 18 .233 .303 .283 .586 12.4
Close/Late   905 102 241 31 6 15 102 0 0 68 55 .266 .320 .364 .683 104.0
Mar/Apr 275 1047 140 315 41 5 12 106 35 28 56 56 .301 .337 .384 .721 126.6
May 313 1139 138 304 48 8 18 100 27 12 67 68 .267 .315 .371 .685 127.4
June 337 1240 152 365 50 17 14 124 34 22 71 59 .294 .337 .396 .733 155.1
July 322 1145 143 329 34 7 14 115 37 22 64 64 .287 .326 .366 .692 132.0
August 351 1220 139 323 53 12 18 128 29 19 90 66 .265 .320 .372 .692 140.2
Sep/Oct 373 1312 183 377 57 8 16 138 36 22 85 66 .287 .338 .380 .718 159.0
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
2005 24 WI GE SS 65 55 472.0 57 151 16 30 .929 3.97   2.7
    3B 37 28 267.3 17 62 2 4 .975 2.66   1.0
    2B 2 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
2006 25 WI GE SS 117 113 990.7 135 323 18 61 .962 4.16   5.2
    3B 37 34 289.0 19 58 2 3 .975 2.40   0.7
2007 26 WI GE SS 147 141 1251.7 194 411 29 85 .954 4.35   6.5
    2B 4 3 42.0 9 17 1 4 .963 5.57   0.2
    3B 4 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
2008 27 WI GE SS 149 142 1255.3 198 398 29 65 .954 4.27   3.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2009 28 WI GE SS 121 115 1025.3 158 359 23 62 .957 4.54   2.5
    3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2010 29 WI GE SS 152 144 1311.3 209 475 33 89 .954 4.69   5.9
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 30 WI GE SS 152 143 1303.3 201 479 33 90 .954 4.70   4.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2012 31 WI GE SS 149 141 1264.3 198 447 35 91 .949 4.59   3.0
    3B 4 0 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
2013 32 WI GE SS 136 134 1206.7 179 431 31 77 .952 4.55   2.2
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2014 33 WI GE SS 150 142 1271.3 191 509 35 87 .952 4.96   3.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2015 34 WI GE SS 121 114 993.7 162 395 27 57 .954 5.04   2.8
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 35 WI GE SS 145 137 1225.3 164 466 29 71 .956 4.63   3.4
    2B 3 0 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
2017 36 WI GE SS 88 71 671.0 90 267 22 50 .942 4.79   1.9
    2B 49 42 384.3 86 159 8 33 .968 5.74   1.8
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2018 37 FL FF 3B 19 14 132.0 8 23 0 5 1.000 2.11   0.4
    2B 15 13 97.0 24 40 3 7 .955 5.94   0.5
    SS 14 7 64.0 13 23 2 6 .947 5.06   0.3
    RF 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
  SS 1706 1599 14306.0 2149 5134 362 921 .953 4.58   48.8
  3B 115 77 738.7 49 161 4 15 .981 2.56   2.5
  2B 77 59 546.3 123 223 12 45 .966 5.70   2.7
  RF 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1901 1735 15597.6 2322 5518 378 981 .954 4.52   54.0
Career Highs   155 147 1315.3 209 510 35 91 .964 5.12    
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
2010 29 WI GE 5 20 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .350 .350 .350 .700
2015 34 WI GE 15 60 5 12 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 10 .200 .222 .217 .439
2018 37 FL FF 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 81 7 20 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 10 .247 .262 .259 .521
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.
Batting Average
2010-4-.317
2013-8-.310
2016-3-.308
On-Base Pct
2010-8-.357
Games
2007-4-157
2010-4-157
2012-4-158
At-Bats
2010-2-603
2011-1-612
2012-8-597
2014-2-624
Runs
2014-10-89
Hits
2010-1-191
2011-5-169
2012-7-180
2013-8-179
2014-4-179
2016-4-174
Singles
2008-9-126
2010-1-153
2011-7-128
2012-3-147
2013-4-144
2014-5-136
2016-2-140
CAR-39-1581
Triples
2010-3-7
2013-5-6
2014-9-5
Caught Stealing
2010-2-20
CAR-50-125
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 47th round, 1110th overall pick, by Wisc. Lumberjacks in 2000
Injured on 5/4/2000 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/9/2001 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/20/2004 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 4/7/2005 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/21/2005, off Angelo Ambriz (Cal)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/2005, off Eric Song (Kan)
Drove in 7 runs against Texas on 10/1/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/2006, hitting .471 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 5/2/2009 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Illinois on 6/22/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2010, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2010, hitting .388 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2011, hitting .579 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 6/15/2012
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kansas on 6/19/2013
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/1/2013
Injured on 9/18/2013 with a Broken Hand, out for 9 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Texas on 4/15/2017
Traded from Wisconsin to Florida on 4/21/2018 (Going to FL: 2B Brendan Freedman, SS John McDonald, RF Hugh Garner, C Wilburn Reilly, LF Ignacio Arvizu. Going to WI: 3B Phil Schenck, P Valerio de la Paz)
Had 2000th career hit on 7/20/2018, off Aaron Hightower (DC)