James McDonald (baseball)

Infobox MLB player
name = James McDonald


width = 150
caption =
team = Los Angeles Dodgers
number = 52
position = Starting pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|10|19
birthplace = city-state|Long Beach|California
bats = Left
throws = Right
debutdate = September 17
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Los Angeles Dodgers
statyear = September 18, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 0.00
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 2
stat4label = Innings
stat4value = 6.0
teams =
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2008-present)

James Zell McDonald (born October 19, 1984 in Long Beach, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

McDonald was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the June 2002 MLB Draft out of Long Beach Poly High School. He pitched for the Gulf Coast Dodgers in by|2003, but missed all of the by|2004 season and most of the by|2005 season due to injury. He returned to pitch for the Ogden Raptors at the end of 2005 and the Columbus Catfish in by|2006. McDonald started by|2007 with the Inland Empire 66ers before he was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. In August, he was promoted to the Dodgers Triple-A affiliate, Las Vegas 51s. He went 1-0 in his first two starts, striking out 20 batters in that span. He was called up to the Dodgers on September 1, mlby|2008. He made his major league debut on September 17, 2008, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, working one scoreless inning in relief.
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/James-McDonald.shtml Baseball Cube stats]

External links

* [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=James%20McDonald&pos=P&sid=l111&t=p_pbp&pid=457428 Minor League Baseball bio]