David MacKinnon

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = David MacKinnon

|image = David MacKinnon Seibu Lions.jpg

|caption = MacKinnon playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2023

|width=200

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|number =

|position = First baseman

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|15}}

|birth_place = Easton, Massachusetts, U.S.

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate = June 18

|debutyear = 2022

|debutteam = Los Angeles Angels

|debut2league= NPB

|debut2date = March 31

|debut2year = 2023

|debut2team = Saitama Seibu Lions

|debut3league= KBO

|debut3date = March 23

|debut3year = 2024

|debut3team = Samsung Lions

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate = August 26

|finalyear = 2022

|finalteam = Oakland Athletics

|final2league= NPB

|final2date = September 30

|final2year = 2023

|final2team = Saitama Seibu Lions

|final3league= KBO

|final3date = July 4

|final3year = 2024

|final3team = Samsung Lions

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label = Batting average

|stat1value = .140

|stat2label = Home runs

|stat2value = 0

|stat3label = Runs batted in

|stat3value = 6

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label = Batting average

|stat21value = .259

|stat22label = Home runs

|stat22value = 15

|stat23label = Runs batted in

|stat23value = 50

|stat3league = KBO

|stat31label = Batting average

|stat31value = .294

|stat32label = Home runs

|stat32value = 4

|stat33label = Runs batted in

|stat33value = 36

|teams =

Los Angeles Angels ({{mlby|2022}})
Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|2022}})
Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2023}})
Samsung Lions ({{kboy|2024}})

|awards =

;KBO

All-Star (2024)

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David C. MacKinnon (born December 15, 1994) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. MacKinnon played college baseball at the University of Hartford and was selected by the Angels in the 32nd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.

Amateur career

MacKinnon attended Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and soccer.

After graduating high school, MacKinnon enrolled at the University of Hartford where he played both sports for all four years of college.{{cite news |last1=Fenton |first1=Jim |title=COLLEGES: Easton's David MacKinnon excels as two-sport athlete at Hartford |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2014/06/06/colleges-easton-s-david-mackinnon/37182550007/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=The Enterprise |publisher=Gannett |date=June 5, 2014 |location=Brockton, Massachusetts |url-access=limited}} In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and was named a league all-star.{{cite web|url=http://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=736247&seasonid=29031 |title=#10 David MacKinnon - Profile |website=Pointstreak |accessdate=May 29, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Godfrey |first1=Paul |title=MacKinnon's hitting boosts Gatemen |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/sports/2015/06/27/mackinnon-s-hitting-boosts-gatemen/34063018007/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=Cape Cod Times |publisher=Gannett |date=June 26, 2015 |url-access=limited}} He returned to the CCBL in 2016 with the Bourne Braves.{{cite web|url=https://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1000808&seasonid=29795 |title=#25 David MacKinnon - Profile |website=Pointstreak |accessdate=May 29, 2022}} During his senior baseball season at Hartford in 2017, MacKinnon batted .327 with zero home runs and 18 RBIs over fifty games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mackin000dav|title=David MacKinnon Amateur, College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=January 3, 2023}} After the season, he was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 32nd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite news |last1=Fenton |first1=Jim |title=Easton's David MacKinnon drafted by the Angels |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/06/14/easton-s-david-mackinnon-drafted/1229358007/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=wickedlocal.com |publisher=Gannett |date=June 14, 2017 |url-access=limited}}

Professional career

=Los Angeles Angels=

MacKinnon signed with the Angels and split his first professional season between the Arizona League Angels and Orem Owlz. He played 2018 with the Burlington Bees and Inland Empire 66ers, 2019 with the 66ers, and 2021 with the Rocket City Trash Pandas. With the Trash Pandas in 2021, he earned Double-A South Player of the Month honors in June.{{cite news |last1=Cohan |first1=Max |title='I wouldn't change the 32nd round at all': Trash Pandas' MacKinnon reflects on 2017 draft |url=https://www.waaytv.com/news/huntsville/i-wouldn-t-change-the-32nd-round-at-all-trash-pandas-mackinnon-reflects-on-2017/article_621dc6d5-de41-5a98-a1d8-359581bfc107.html |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=WAAY-TV |date=July 11, 2021}}{{cite news |title=David MacKinnon earns Player of the Month for June |url=https://www.enewscourier.com/sports/local_sports/david-mackinnon-earns-player-of-the-month-for-june/article_1394cc90-ddd5-11eb-8ede-3b6621b8d1d4.html |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=The News Courier |publisher=CNHI |date=July 6, 2021 |location=Athens, Alabama}} He opened the 2022 season with the Salt Lake Bees and earned Pacific Coast League Player of the Month honors in May.{{cite news |title=Bees Sweep PCL Monthly Honors |url=https://www.milb.com/news/bees-sweep-pcl-monthly-honors |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=MiLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |date=June 3, 2022}}

On June 18, 2022, the Angels selected MacKinnon's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.{{Cite twitter |number=1538310395982516224 |user=JeffFletcherOCR |title=David MacKinnon has been activated and he will start Game 2 at 1B for the #Angels. |date=June 18, 2022 |access-date=June 18, 2022}} At the time of his promotion, he was batting .327 with 13 home runs over 56 games with Salt Lake.{{cite news |last1=Fletcher |first1=Jeff |title=Angels question the condition of the baseballs in Seattle |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2022/06/18/angels-question-the-condition-of-the-baseballs-in-seattle/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=Orange County Register |publisher=Southern California News Group |date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=limited}} He made his MLB debut that night as the starting first baseman versus the Seattle Mariners and went hitless over two at-bats.{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Tim |title=Trout homers again as Angels sweep twinbill from Mariners |url=https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-dylan-moore-mike-trout-raisel-iglesias-7eaee291f48716372e709f9eee879619 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=Associated Press |date=June 18, 2022}} He recorded his first major league hit on June 22, an RBI single in the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals.{{cite news |title=Ohtani strikes out career-high 13 in Angels' 5-0 win over KC |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401355267 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=June 22, 2022}} On August 2, MacKinnon was designated for assignment.{{cite news |title=Angels' David MacKinnon: DFA'd by Halos |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/angels-david-mackinnon-dfad-by-halos/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=CBSSports.com |publisher=Paramount Global |date=August 2, 2022}}

=Oakland Athletics=

On August 5, 2022, MacKinnon was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Steve |title=A's Claim David MacKinnon, Designate Wandisson Charles |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/athletics-claim-david-mackinnon-angels-dfa-wandisson-charles.html |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=MLB Trade Rumors |date=August 5, 2022}} He was assigned to the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators of the Pacific Coast League and initially spent eight games with the team.{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/transactions/2022-08-06 |title=MiLB Transactions |website=MiLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |date=August 6, 2022 |access-date=January 3, 2023}} On August 16, MacKinnon was promoted to the major leagues to replace an injured Ramón Laureano on the roster.{{cite news |title=Athletics' David MacKinnon: Gets call to Oakland |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/athletics-david-mackinnon-gets-call-to-oakland/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |work=CBSSports.com |publisher=Paramount Global |date=August 16, 2022}} In six major league games for Oakland, MacKinnon went 0-for-13. On August 28, he was optioned to Las Vegas. In 16 games for Las Vegas, MacKinnon batted .297 with a home run and nine RBIs. He was non-tendered by the Athletics and became a free agent on November 18.

=Saitama Seibu Lions=

On December 19, 2022, MacKinnon signed a one-year, 90 million yen (${{Val|{{Round|{{To USD|90000000|Japan|year=2022}}|-3}}|fmt=commas}}) contract with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2022 |title=西武、元エ軍マッキノンと契約へ大谷翔平の元同僚、3Aで打率3割超えの内野手 |url=https://full-count.jp/2022/12/20/post1319369/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |website=Full-Count（フルカウント） ― 野球ニュース・速報・コラム ― |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=西武マキノンの獲得発表 1年契約で年俸9000万円「目標はただ一つ、優勝」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2022/12/21/kiji/20221221s00001173032000c.html |access-date=May 13, 2023 |work=Sports Nippon |date=December 21, 2022|language=ja}} He made his NPB debut on March 31, 2023, going 1-for-4.{{cite web |title=ORIX Buffaloes at Saitama Seibu Lions - Box Score |url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2023/games/s2023033101316.html |website=NPB |access-date=May 13, 2023 |date=March 31, 2023}} On April 2, MacKinnon hit his first NPB home run, a solo shot off Taisuke Yamaoka of the Orix Buffaloes.{{cite news |title=【西武】新外国人マキノン来日１号「うまく打つことができて良かった」昨季は大谷のチームメート |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202304020000765.html |access-date=May 13, 2023 |work=Nikkan Sports |date=April 2, 2023|language=ja}} In 127 games for the team in 2023, he batted .259/.327/.401 with 15 home runs and 50 RBI.

=Samsung Lions=

On December 15, 2023, MacKinnon signed with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League.{{cite web | url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/david-mckinnon-signs-with-kbos-samsung-lions.html | title=David McKinnon Signs with KBO's Samsung Lions | date=December 15, 2023 }} In 72 games for Samsung in 2024, he batted .294/.381/.386 with four home runs and 36 RBI. MacKinnon was released by the Lions following the signing of Ruben Cardenas on July 10.{{Cite web|title=Lions sign new outfielder Cardenas|url=https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.amp.asp?newsIdx=378427|access-date=July 14, 2024|website=koreatimes.co.kr| date=July 10, 2024 |language=en}}

Personal life

MacKinnon and his wife, Jordan, had their first child, a son, in March 2022.{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Jason |title=Welcome to {{as written|th|e The}} Show: OA alum David MacKinnon soaking up MLB debut with LA Angels |url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/sports/pro/2022/06/28/eastons-david-mackinnon-makes-mlb-debut-los-angeles-angels/7749422001/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=The Enterprise |publisher=Gannett |date=June 28, 2022 |location=Brockton, Massachusetts |url-access=limited}}