McDonough was born in Elgin, Illinois. He started his baseball career joining the Jersey City Skeeters of the Eastern League in 1909 at the age of 23. McDonough then transferred up to their MLB affiliate Phillies the same year, making his debut on August 3, 1909, in a Phillies 5-1 loss to the Cardinals. It was the only game McDonough played that season, as he had one unsuccessful at-bat while playing catcher.\n', '

The next year McDonough played with the Scranton Miners of the New York State League. He went back to the Philadelphia and played just 5 games for the Phillies. He had a .111 batting average in 9 at-bats that year a hit and a run. His final game came on October 11, 1910, also the final game of the season for the Phillies, when they played the New York Giants in a 6–1 win. McDonough went back to the Miners for the remainder of the 1911 season.\n', '

The following year in 1912, McDonough signed with the Chicago Green Sox of the "outlaw" United States Baseball League. It was a league that folded after just over a month of play.\n', '

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