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Jiggs Donahue
John Augustus Donahue

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 10, 1900
Final Game October 2, 1909
Born July 13, 1879 in Springfield, OH
Died July 19, 1913 in Columbus, OH

Brother of Pat Donahue

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1900 20 PIT NL   3   10    1    2   0  1   0    3   1      0      .200  .200  .400   63    4   0           0    
 1901 21 TOT     39  107   10   34   5  4   0   16   4     10      .318  .387  .439  134   47   1           2    
         PIT NL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0                               0   0           0    
         MLA AL  37  107   10   34   5  4   0   16   4     10      .318  .387  .439  134   47   1           2    
 1902 22 SLB AL  30   89   11   21   1  1   1    7   2     12      .236  .327  .303   76   27   2           0    
 1904 24 CHW AL 102  367   46   91   9  7   1   48  18     25      .248  .298  .319   98  117  13           1    
 1905 25 CHW AL 149  533   71  153  22  4   1   76  32     44      .287  .346  .349  124  186  27           4    
 1906 26 CHW AL 154  556   70  143  17  7   1   57  36     48      .257  .320  .318  101  177  36           3    
 1907 27 CHW AL 157  609   75  158  16  4   0   68  27     28      .259  .295  .299   92  182  15           3    
 1908 28 CHW AL  93  304   22   62   8  2   0   22  14     25      .204  .271  .243   69   74   8           3    
 1909 29 TOT AL  86  287   13   67  12  1   0   30   9     23      .233  .293  .282   86   81  14           1    
         CHW AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    2   0      1      .000  .200  .000  -35    0   0           0    
         WSH AL  84  283   13   67  12  1   0   28   9     22      .237  .294  .286   87   81  14           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      813 2862  319  731  90 31   4  327 143  0 215   0  .255  .311  .313   99  895 116   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   64  146  18  6   1   65  28  0  43   0  .255  .311  .313   99  178  23   0   0   3   0
 Career High    157  609   75  158  22  7   1   76  36  0  48   0  .287  .346  .349  124  186  36   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1900 20 PIT NL   10    8    1   3.3    99| .200  .288| .200  .350| .400  .380| .600  .729|  63  .380  -0.7  -0.1     
 1901 21 TOT     120   74   18   6.4    93| .318  .278| .387  .334| .439  .373| .826  .707| 134  .670   5.0   0.5     
         PIT NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
         MLA AL  120   74   18   6.4    93| .318  .278| .387  .334| .439  .373| .826  .707| 134  .670   5.0   0.5     
 1902 22 SLB AL  103   70    9   3.4    97| .236  .283| .327  .340| .303  .381| .630  .721|  76  .398  -2.7  -0.3     
 1904 24 CHW AL  406  289   35   3.2    70| .248  .247| .298  .298| .319  .324| .617  .622|  98  .507  -1.1  -0.1     
 1905 25 CHW AL  608  407   64   4.2    70| .287  .243| .346  .302| .349  .318| .695  .620| 124  .633  15.5   1.8     
 1906 26 CHW AL  643  449   56   3.3    73| .257  .254| .320  .309| .318  .325| .638  .634| 101  .513   1.7   0.2     
 1907 27 CHW AL  655  466   53   3.0    70| .259  .251| .295  .306| .299  .314| .594  .619|  92  .488  -6.5  -0.8     
 1908 28 CHW AL  340  250   20   2.2    67| .204  .244| .271  .300| .243  .310| .514  .610|  69  .361  -9.7  -1.2     
 1909 29 TOT AL  325  234   24   2.7    70| .233  .247| .293  .307| .282  .313| .575  .620|  86  .450  -4.1  -0.5     
         CHW AL    5    4    0   0.0    71| .000  .248| .200  .308| .000  .315| .200  .623| -35  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
         WSH AL  320  230   24   2.8    70| .237  .247| .294  .307| .286  .313| .580  .620|  87  .456  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3210 2247  280   3.3    72| .255  .250| .311  .307| .313  .322| .624  .629|  99  .515  -2.6  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1900 20 PIT NL C 2 7 1 1 0 .889 .952 4.00 4.75 2 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1901 21 TOT C 20 73 24 7 0 .933 .950 4.85 4.85 5 PIT NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 1 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 MLA AL C 19 73 24 7 0 .933 .950 5.11 4.79 4 1B 13 113 6 10 8 .922 .974 9.15 10.53 1902 22 SLB AL C 23 80 29 5 2 .956 .957 4.74 4.70 10 1B 5 38 0 3 4 .927 .979 7.60 10.72 1904 24 CHW AL 1B 101 1067 85 25 49 .979 .982 11.41 9.90 1905 25 CHW AL 1B 149 1645 114 21 77 .988 .982 11.81 6.71 1906 26 CHW AL 1B 154 1697 118 22 62 .988 .982 11.79 6.49 1907 27 CHW AL 1B 157 1846 140 12 78 .994 .982 12.65 6.37 1908 28 CHW AL 1B 83 968 57 6 30 .994 .984 12.35 11.05 1909 29 TOT AL 1B 83 777 36 13 28 .984 .985 9.80 10.80 CHW AL 1B 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 5.50 10.80 WSH AL 1B 81 766 36 13 28 .984 .985 9.90 10.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 21 MLA AL 1B 13 113 6 10 8 .922 .974 9.15 10.53 1902 22 SLB AL 1B 5 38 0 3 4 .927 .979 7.60 10.72 1904 24 CHW AL 1B 101 1067 85 25 49 .979 .982 11.41 9.90 1905 25 CHW AL 1B 149 1645 114 21 77 .988 .982 11.81 6.71 1906 26 CHW AL 1B 154 1697 118 22 62 .988 .982 11.79 6.49 1907 27 CHW AL 1B 157 1846 140 12 78 .994 .982 12.65 6.37 1908 28 CHW AL 1B 83 968 57 6 30 .994 .984 12.35 11.05 1909 29 TOT AL 1B 83 777 36 13 28 .984 .985 9.80 10.80 CHW AL 1B 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 5.50 10.80 WSH AL 1B 81 766 36 13 28 .984 .985 9.90 10.80 1900 20 PIT NL C 2 7 1 1 0 .889 .952 4.00 4.75 2 1901 21 TOT C 20 73 24 7 0 .933 .950 4.85 4.85 5 PIT NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 1 MLA AL C 19 73 24 7 0 .933 .950 5.11 4.79 4 1902 22 SLB AL C 23 80 29 5 2 .956 .957 4.74 4.70 10 1900 20 PIT NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1901 21 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 745 8151 556 112 336 .987 .982 11.69 8.06 C 45 160 54 13 2 .943 .954 4.76 4.77 17 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 792 8312 610 125 338 .986 .982 11.27 7.86
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHW CHC     W   6  18   0   5  2  1  0   4   3   4  .278  .409  .500   0  2   2   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1905 AL-.287-7

On-base %
1905 AL-.346-9

Games
1906 AL-154-3
1907 AL-157-1

At Bats
1907 AL-609-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1906 AL-643-8
1907 AL-655-6

Hits
1907 AL-158-7

RBI
1905 AL-76-3
1907 AL-68-7

Stolen Bases
1905 AL-32-8
1906 AL-36-5

Singles
1905 AL-126-4
1907 AL-138-4

Sac. Hits
1905 AL-27-10
1906 AL-36-2

Outs
1906 AL-449-2
1907 AL-466-1

Youngest Player
1900 NL-20-4

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (927) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3866) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2118) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 7, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

May 16, 1909: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Nick Altrock and Gavvy Cravath to the Washington Senators for Bill Burns.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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