Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 2004
- Draft
- 1997Rd 1, Pk 26
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 2004
- Draft
- 1997Rd 1, Pk 26
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 331
- AB
- 764
- R
- 102
- H
- 191
- HR
- 20
- RBI
- 83
- SB
- 14
- AVG
- .250
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | BAL | 17 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .156 |
| 2007 | MIN | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| 2009 | CIN | 47 | 105 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .267 |
| 2010 | BOS | 117 | 319 | 40 | 86 | 9 | 34 | 9 | .270 |
| 2011 | BOS | 79 | 157 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 24 | 2 | .236 |
| 2012 |  BOS/NYY | 42 | 88 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .205 |
| 2013 | CHC | 25 | 53 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .302 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 854
- TB
- 303
- XBH
- 67
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 17
- P/PA
- 3.87
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | BAL | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | MIN | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | CIN | 111 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | BOS | 363 | 137 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2011 | BOS | 175 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 2012 | BOS/NYY | 103 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | CHC | 57 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.9
- RC
- 95.0
- RC/27
- 4.20
- ISOP
- .147
- SECA
- .247
- BB/K
- 0.37
- AB/HR
- 38.2
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | BAL | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | .031 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | MIN | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | CIN | -0.4 | 11.7 | 3.9 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 52.5 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | BOS | 0.9 | 47.6 | 5.1 | .160 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 35.4 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | BOS | 0.2 | 18.5 | 3.9 | .166 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 26.2 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | BOS/NYY | 0.2 | 9.7 | 3.5 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 44 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | CHC | 0.2 | 6.7 | 4.4 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 53 | 1.4 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Darnell McDonald's career stats?
Darnell McDonald played 7 seasons for the Orioles, the Twins, the Reds, the Red Sox and the Cubs. He was a career .250 hitter with 191 hits, 20 home runs and 83 RBI. His best season was 2013: a .302 batting average, 1 home run and 5 RBI.
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