What years did John McDonald play?

John McDonald played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014.

Was John McDonald a pitcher?

No. John McDonald was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did John McDonald hit?

John McDonald hit 28 career home runs with 568 hits.

What was John McDonald's career batting average?

John McDonald batted .233 over his career, with 568 hits in 2,434 at bats.

How many RBI did John McDonald have?

John McDonald drove in 210 runs in his career.

What was John McDonald's career ERA?

John McDonald finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.

John McDonald

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2014)

John McDonald was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014 for 8 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,100 career games, he hit .233 with 568 hits, 28 home runs, and 210 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .233

HR 28

RBI 210

H 568

OPS .596

PIV -7,456

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 185 lb
Born: 9/24/1974 in New London, CT, USA
MLB Debut: 1999-07-04
Last Game: 2014-09-28

Full name: John Joseph McDonald

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Career Batting Statistics

John McDonald — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,100	2,434	276	568	105	14	28	210	34	118	379	.233	.273	.323	.596	-7,456

Career AVG .233 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 11.0% below league average.

Career OBP .273 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 17.2% below league average.

Career SLG .323 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 22.5% below league average.

Career OPS .596 vs. league average .747 across their career seasons — 20.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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John McDonald (b. 1974) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	CLE	AL	18	21	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CLE	AL	9	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CLE	AL	17	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CLE	AL	93	264	35	66	11	3	1	12	3	10	50	.250	.261 (-4%)	.331 (-13%)	.416 (-22%)	.747 (-18%)	-796.9
2003	CLE	AL	82	214	21	46	9	1	1	14	3	11	31	.215	.264 (-19%)	.332 (-23%)	.422 (-34%)	.754 (-29%)	-1035.2
2004	CLE	AL	66	93	17	19	5	1	2	7	0	4	11	.204	.266 (-23%)	.335 (-29%)	.427 (-20%)	.762 (-24%)	-393.6
2005	TOR	AL	37	93	8	27	3	0	0	12	5	6	12	.290	.264 (+10%)	.330 (+3%)	.418 (-23%)	.749 (-12%)	-161.2
2005	DET	AL	31	73	10	19	3	1	0	4	1	5	12	.260	.264 (-2%)	.330 (-7%)	.418 (-22%)	.749 (-15%)	-161.2
2006	TOR	AL	104	260	35	58	7	3	3	23	7	16	41	.223	.269 (-17%)	.336 (-19%)	.431 (-29%)	.768 (-25%)	-1095.6
2007	TOR	AL	123	327	32	82	20	2	1	31	7	11	48	.251	.268 (-6%)	.335 (-17%)	.422 (-21%)	.758 (-19%)	-1088.7
2008	TOR	AL	84	186	21	39	8	0	1	18	3	10	25	.210	.263 (-21%)	.333 (-23%)	.416 (-35%)	.749 (-30%)	-934.2
2009	TOR	AL	73	151	18	39	7	0	4	13	0	1	18	.258	.262 (-2%)	.332 (-19%)	.417 (-8%)	.750 (-13%)	-350.8
2010	TOR	AL	63	152	27	38	9	2	6	23	2	6	26	.250	.257 (-3%)	.325 (-16%)	.402 (+13%)	.728 (avg)	-96.3
2011	TOR	AL	65	168	19	42	8	1	2	20	2	8	18	.250	.255 (-2%)	.320 (-11%)	.399 (-13%)	.719 (-12%)	-359.0
2011	ARI	NL	19	59	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	4	9	.169	.255 (-34%)	.320 (-31%)	.399 (-49%)	.719 (-41%)	-359.0
2012	ARI	NL	70	197	16	49	9	0	6	22	0	12	33	.249	.254 (-2%)	.318 (-7%)	.405 (-5%)	.724 (-6%)	-192.3
2013	PIT	NL	16	31	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	8	.065	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CLE	AL	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	PHI	NL	21	23	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	.174	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BOS	AL	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	LAA	AL	95	76	4	13	2	0	0	5	1	7	18	.171	.251 (-32%)	.313 (-18%)	.386 (-49%)	.700 (-35%)	-397.4
Career · 21 seasons			1,100	2,434	276	568	105	14	28	210	34	118	379	.233	—	—	—	—	-7,421

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

John McDonald — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 3.87 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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John McDonald — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	PHI	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	1	0.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

John McDonald — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

John McDonald — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2011	NLDS2	ARI	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

John McDonald — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	539	1138	135	243	15	99	.214
Away	561	1296	141	325	13	111	.251

Pitching — Home / Away

John McDonald — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	0.1	2	0	0	1	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

John McDonald — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI
2014-09-28	LAA	SEA	L	2	1	1	1
2014-09-27	LAA	SEA	L	0	0	0	0
2014-09-19	LAA	TEX	L	1	1	0	0
2014-09-17	LAA	SEA	W	0	0	0	0
2014-09-15	LAA	SEA	W	0	0	0	0
2014-09-12	LAA	HOU	W	1	0	0	0
2014-09-11	LAA	TEX	W	0	0	0	0
2014-09-10	LAA	TEX	W	0	0	0	0
2014-09-09	LAA	TEX	W	0	0	0	0
2014-09-08	LAA	CLE	W	0	0	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

John McDonald — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2013-08-24	PHI	AZ	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

John McDonald — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	218	145	277	510	9	133
3B	216	76	81	222	15	30
OF	7	4	6	0	0	0
P	1	0	0	0	0	0
SS	590	435	717	1406	62	339

Season-by-Season Fielding

John McDonald — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	CLE	2B	7	1	7	11	0	4
1999	CLE	SS	6	1	1	10	1	1
2000	CLE	2B	2	0	2	2	0	0
2000	CLE	SS	7	0	2	6	0	1
2001	CLE	2B	3	0	2	2	0	1
2001	CLE	3B	3	0	0	2	0	0
2001	CLE	SS	9	3	8	13	1	2
2002	CLE	2B	64	56	94	184	4	42
2002	CLE	3B	10	6	4	11	2	0
2002	CLE	SS	21	14	31	42	2	10
2003	CLE	2B	37	31	49	95	3	27
2003	CLE	3B	23	9	10	17	3	2
2003	CLE	SS	27	20	39	54	4	17
2004	CLE	2B	12	4	10	23	0	5
2004	CLE	3B	9	1	1	12	0	0
2004	CLE	SS	30	15	25	65	5	16
2005	TOR	2B	5	2	9	7	0	3
2005	TOR	SS	32	25	38	88	3	19
2005	DET	2B	8	3	5	9	0	3
2005	DET	3B	1	1	2	0	0	0
2005	DET	SS	22	17	29	69	5	16
2006	TOR	2B	10	5	11	15	0	3
2006	TOR	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
2006	TOR	SS	90	76	105	231	14	57
2007	TOR	3B	15	8	10	29	1	5
2007	TOR	SS	102	94	148	294	8	66
2008	TOR	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	TOR	3B	4	2	0	5	0	0
2008	TOR	SS	67	52	80	134	9	33
2009	TOR	2B	8	5	8	30	0	7
2009	TOR	3B	10	9	3	17	2	2
2009	TOR	OF	4	2	3	0	0	0
2009	TOR	SS	31	19	38	66	1	22
2010	TOR	2B	23	15	32	50	1	20
2010	TOR	3B	19	12	11	26	3	3
2010	TOR	OF	2	2	2	0	0	0
2010	TOR	SS	19	11	24	42	1	13
2011	TOR	2B	21	16	24	57	1	13
2011	TOR	3B	26	15	18	39	1	8
2011	TOR	SS	20	10	21	47	1	14
2011	ARI	SS	18	15	28	52	1	8
2012	ARI	2B	4	3	6	10	0	2
2012	ARI	3B	5	1	2	3	0	0
2012	ARI	SS	54	47	67	142	1	31
2013	PIT	2B	4	1	6	6	0	1
2013	PIT	SS	13	8	9	19	2	6
2013	CLE	3B	8	2	1	6	1	1
2013	PHI	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0
2013	PHI	3B	8	0	3	7	0	4
2013	PHI	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
2013	PHI	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013	PHI	SS	6	3	5	13	1	3
2013	BOS	2B	6	2	7	6	0	1
2014	LAA	2B	2	1	4	3	0	1
2014	LAA	3B	73	10	16	48	2	5
2014	LAA	SS	16	5	19	19	2	4

Career Games by Position

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John McDonald (b. 1974) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
Second Base	218
Third Base	216
Shortstop	590
Left Field	7
Designated Hitter	20

Salary History

John McDonald — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	LAA	AL	$850,000
2013	PIT	NL	$1,500,000
2012	ARI	NL	$1,500,000
2011	TOR	AL	$1,500,000
2010	TOR	AL	$1,500,000
2009	TOR	AL	$1,900,000
2008	TOR	AL	$1,900,000
2007	TOR	AL	$750,000
2006	TOR	AL	$500,000
2005	TOR	AL	$400,000
2004	CLE	AL	$324,400
2003	CLE	AL	$314,400
2002	CLE	AL	$210,000
2001	CLE	AL	$209,000
Total Career Earnings			$13,357,800

College History

John McDonald — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Connecticut at Avery Point	Groton	CT	1993, 1994
Providence College	Providence	RI	1995, 1996

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John McDonald: the record in brief

John McDonald's major league career runs from a debut on July 4, 1999 to a final game on September 28, 2014. The season rows list, in order, the Cleveland Indians (1999 to 2013), the Toronto Blue Jays (2005 to 2011), the Detroit Tigers (2005), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2011 to 2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013), the Philadelphia Phillies (2013), the Boston Red Sox (2013), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2014). Born on September 24, 1974, in New London, CT, USA, McDonald is listed as a shortstop and threw and hit right-handed. McDonald's listed size is 185 pounds on a 5-foot-9 frame. On the record, John McDonald was born John Joseph McDonald.

McDonald collected 568 hits in 2,434 at bats across 1,100 games, good for a .233 batting average; the totals also include 28 homers, 210 RBI, and 34 stolen bases. McDonald's career OPS of .596 combines a .273 on-base mark with .323 slugging. Over the seasons McDonald played, league hitters batted .262; the .233 career figure is 11.0% below that.

Frequently Asked Questions about John McDonald

What years did John McDonald play?: John McDonald played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014.
Was John McDonald a pitcher?: No. John McDonald was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did John McDonald hit?: John McDonald hit 28 career home runs with 568 hits.
What was John McDonald's career batting average?: John McDonald batted .233 over his career, with 568 hits in 2,434 at bats.
How many RBI did John McDonald have?: John McDonald drove in 210 runs in his career.
What was John McDonald's career ERA?: John McDonald finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.