James McDonald
- #53 SP
- Throws: R, Bats: L
- Pittsburgh Pirates
2012 Season
| ERA | W-L | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.51 | 3-2 | 58 | 0.99 |
Career | |||
| 3.80 | 21-22 | 324 | 1.38 |
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JAMES MCDONALD NEWS FEED
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MONDAY FANTASY FACTS - McDonald likes seeing Reds
James McDonald is 3-0 with a 1.78 ERA in his last 5 starts against the Reds; he's allowed no more than 1 earned run in 4 of those 5 starts.
about 17 hours ago | ESPN Stats and Information -
The Talented Mr. Roto: Picks and flicks to click
Matthew Berry reveals his picks for the top movies of the summer and the top players to buy and sell now before they turn things around; for better or for worse.
about 3 days ago | Matthew Berry | ESPN.com -
TUESDAY FANTASY FACTS - McDonald right at home
In 4 starts at home this year, James McDonald has posted a 1.65 ERA in 27.1 innings with 26 strikeouts and a .170 opponents' batting average.
about 6 days ago | ESPN Stats and Information -
MLB - How They Won (McDonald)
James McDonald threw 35 of 48 fastballs for strikes (72.9 percent), his highest percentage in a start this season. He threw 31 of 48 fastballs in the strike zone (64.6 percent), his highest percentage in a start in his career.
about 9 days ago | ESPN Stats and Information -
MLB - Old McDonald has a strikeout
With 11 strikeouts against the Nationals, James McDonald has 7-or-more strikeouts in each of his last five games. That's tied for the longest streak for a Pirates pitcher since Bob Veale did so in six straight games in 1965.
about 9 days ago | ESPN Stats and Information -
60 Feet, 6 Inches: Comparing mid-May rankings
Tristan H. Cockcroft highlights the differences between his and the staff's mid-May consensus rankings with regards to starting pitchers.
about 11 days ago | Tristan H. Cockcroft | ESPN.com -
FRIDAY FANTASY FACTS - Lowrie effective vs righties
Jed Lowrie is hitting .315 with two home runs versus right handed pitchers this season and .341 against righties on the road. Lowrie will face right-handed starter James McDonald in Pittsburgh on Friday.
about 17 days ago | ESPN Stats and Information -
Mcdonald Handles Righties And Beats Reds
From Elias: James McDonald earned his second win of the season as the Pirates downed the Reds, 3-2, and McDonald continued to dominate right-handed batters, allowing them only three hits in 16 at-bats in Saturday's game. Right-handed batters are hitting .169 against McDonald this season, one of the 10 lowest such opponent averages among National League pitchers (minimum: 50 at-bats).
about 21 days ago | Elias Sports Bureau -
Cain Tosses A Gem In Home Opener
From Elias: Matt Cain tossed a one-hit shutout, striking out 11, in his team's home opener as the Giants blanked the Pirates, 5-0. Pittsburgh's only baserunner of the game was losing pitcher James McDonald, who singled with two out in the sixth. Cain was the first major-leaguer to throw a one-hitter in which an opposing pitcher had the only hit since the Mets' R.A. Dickey downed the Phillies, 1-0, in August 2010 (Cole Hamels had a sixth-inning single for the only hit). By the way, Dickey's game also came on a Friday the 13th. You have to go back more than 25 years to find the last major-leaguer to throw a nine-inning complete game in which an opposing pitcher's hit created the lone baserunner. And while Cain doing it in the home opener added a measure of excitement, the pitcher who did it back in 1986 was making his major-league debut! On September 21 of that year, Jimmy Jones of the Padres, in his first game in the majors, blanked the Astros, 5-0, in Houston, with pitcher Bob Knepper the only man to reach base against him by virtue of a third-inning triple. Cain was the first pitcher in the Giants' 130-year history to throw a one-hit shutout in the team's home opener. The last major leaguer to do that was Cleveland's Rick Waits in 1979, and the last National Leaguer to do it was the Cubs' Hippo Vaughn in 1918. Cain became the second straight Giants pitcher to take a no-hitter into the sixth inning; Madison Bumgarner did the same in Denver on Thursday afternoon. The last three times that a big-league team has seen its starters hold opponents without a hit in each of two consecutive games, that team has been the Giants. (Ryan Vogelsong and Tim Lincecum did it in May of last year, and Lincecum and Jonathan Sanchez did it in July 2009.)
about 43 days ago | Elias Sports Bureau