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Darnell
McDonald		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 17, 1978 in N/a
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2005 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2006 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2007 28 BAL AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2008 29 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2009 30 BAL AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2010 31 STL NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2011 32 STL NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2012 33 STL NL $ 1,305,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2013 34 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2014 35 PIT NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 BAL AL 4 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.4 0.4
    AAA   24 92 16 26 5 0 8 26 1 0 9 18 .283 .347 .598 .944 18.5  
    AA   108 400 92 125 18 2 20 59 10 4 67 78 .313 .411 .518 .929 83.2  
2005 26 BAL AL 86 209 27 52 5 0 3 18 5 4 10 64 .249 .302 .316 .618 18.9 1.4
2006 27 BAL AL 96 255 28 59 8 1 7 23 7 5 21 73 .231 .301 .353 .654 27.2 2.1
2007 28 AAA   127 501 92 154 16 1 24 71 20 8 57 121 .307 .378 .487 .865 90.7  
2008 29 BAL AL 154 531 72 118 10 1 21 59 9 3 29 132 .222 .288 .363 .651 56.9 4.0
2009 30 BAL AL 14 32 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .094 .121 .094 .215 -0.8 0.0
2010 31 STL NL 108 192 28 57 12 1 6 31 11 2 13 56 .297 .357 .464 .820 32.6 6.2
2011 32 STL NL 125 264 42 75 14 2 11 47 11 2 19 72 .284 .361 .477 .839 45.1 9.0
2012 33 STL NL 112 273 35 79 14 1 10 47 9 3 21 72 .289 .348 .458 .806 41.8 7.3
2013 34 PIT NL 153 525 66 126 31 1 15 60 8 7 23 158 .240 .289 .389 .678 56.1 6.4
2014 35 PIT NL 91 309 40 77 10 0 12 42 11 7 13 100 .249 .305 .398 .703 37.8 4.4
10 Years Sim 943 2598 342 649 105 7 85 328 72 33 149 737 .250 .310 .394 .704 316.9 41.2
2 Years AAA 151 593 108 180 21 1 32 97 21 8 66 139 .304 .388 .504 .892 109.3  
1 Years AA 108 400 92 125 18 2 20 59 10 4 67 78 .313 .423 .518 .941 83.2  
3 Years Minors 259 993 200 305 39 3 52 156 31 12 133 217 .307 .403 .510 .912 192.5  
162 Game Average 446 58 111 18 1 14 56 12 5 25 126 .250 .310 .394 .704 54.4  
Career Highs 154 531 72 126 31 2 21 60 11 7 29 158 .375 .375 .500 .875 56.9  
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   1886 234 474 75 6 57 233 48 25 106 543 .251 .312 .388 .700 211.4
vs LH   712 108 175 30 1 28 95 24 8 43 194 .246 .306 .409 .714 85.8
Home 464 1270 170 318 50 6 43 164 35 15 62 364 .250 .307 .401 .707 144.8
Away 479 1328 172 331 55 1 42 164 37 18 87 373 .249 .313 .387 .700 152.4
RISP   642 0 170 26 2 21 240 0 0 40 169 .265 .323 .410 .733 79.8
Pinch Hitting   214 30 52 8 1 8 30 6 4 19 66 .243 .315 .402 .717 26.5
Close/Late   324 49 86 18 2 5 38 0 0 25 105 .265 .333 .380 .713 38.4
Mar/Apr 166 443 50 117 20 3 10 50 16 7 29 119 .264 .329 .391 .719 53.1
May 173 485 53 116 22 1 11 57 6 6 25 150 .239 .292 .357 .649 46.0
June 167 503 59 117 14 0 13 60 16 7 24 136 .233 .292 .338 .630 45.5
July 140 402 61 108 15 1 20 60 11 5 10 126 .269 .310 .460 .770 52.2
August 138 363 45 75 15 2 11 37 10 2 26 111 .207 .283 .350 .633 34.6
Sep/Oct 159 402 74 116 19 0 20 64 13 6 35 95 .289 .358 .485 .843 65.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 25 BAL AL LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2005 26 BAL AL RF 68 48 441.0 82 1 2 0 .976 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 8 0 14.0 7 0 1 0 .875 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2006 27 BAL AL RF 41 37 311.7 56 5 1 4 .984 1.76 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 13 11 95.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 16 9 89.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 29 BAL AL LF 75 75 650.0 113 4 2 1 .983 1.62 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    RF 74 73 623.3 140 5 4 1 .973 2.09 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 13.0 21 1 0 2 1.000 15.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 30 BAL AL LF 4 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 1 13.7 10 2 0 0 1.000 7.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
2010 31 STL NL 1B 25 14 144.7 177 10 0 6 1.000 11.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 13 10 83.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 10 6 62.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 8 6 54.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
2011 32 STL NL LF 22 16 150.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 17 15 141.0 136 8 1 9 .993 9.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 19 16 135.7 31 1 1 0 .970 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 13 12 101.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 33 STL NL CF 31 28 249.3 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 25 7 108.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 13 9 93.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 9 84.3 72 12 0 7 1.000 8.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2013 34 PIT NL LF 142 139 1222.3 246 5 3 2 .988 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 8 6 57.0 17 2 0 2 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2014 35 PIT NL LF 86 82 705.7 142 5 5 1 .967 1.87 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 4 3 30.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 370 341 3020.3 587 15 11 4 .982 1.79 0 0 .000 0 9.9
  RF 250 197 1762.7 360 15 8 7 .979 1.91 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  CF 84 63 582.3 164 1 2 0 .988 2.55 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  1B 57 39 396.7 416 33 1 24 .998 10.19 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   764 640 5767.3 1530 65 22 35 .986 2.49 0 0 .000 0 14.9
Career Highs   153 149 1302.3 280 12 6 9 1.000 6.04 0 0 .000 0  
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
2012 33 STL NL 10 11 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .364 .417 .364 .780
2013 34 PIT NL 17 59 6 13 2 1 3 16 1 0 3 23 .220 .254 .441 .695
Career Post-Season Batting 27 70 8 17 2 1 3 19 1 0 4 27 .243 .280 .429 .709
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Doug Rieth (966)
  2. Ryan Ludwick (950)
  3. Robert Prioleau (947)
  4. Carlos Bauza (946)
  5. Romeo Mendez (942)
  6. Rudy Guillen (939)
  7. Larry Bigbie (938)
  8. Warner Madrigal (937)
  9. Joseph Nesbit (935)
  10. Andrew Inglis (935)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/2004, off Orlando Hernandez (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/2005, off Jeremy Affeldt (KCA)
Injured on 5/25/2007 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Injured on 8/24/2007 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Baltimore on 5/15/2009
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/14/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,305,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/28/2012 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/18/2013 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 4/29/2014
Released by Pittsburgh on 7/25/2014
 
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