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Red Donahue
Francis Rostell Donahue

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.
School Villanova University

Debut May 6, 1893
Final Game September 28, 1906
Born January 23, 1873 in Waterbury, CT
Died August 25, 1913 in Philadelphia, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1893 20 NYG NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  1    5.0    8   10    5   1    3    1   0   0     0       0  9.00  4.66   52 2.200
 1895 22 STL NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0    9    6    6   2    3    2   0   0     0       0  6.75  4.82   71 1.500
 1896 23 STL NL   7  24  32  32  28   0   0  0  267.0  376  235  172   6   98   70   0   5     0       0  5.80  4.36   75 1.775
 1897 24 STL NL  10  35  46  42  38   1   4  1  348.0  484  306  237  16  106   64  22   9     0       0  6.13  4.39   72 1.695
 1898 25 PHI NL  16  17  35  35  33   1   0  0  284.3  327  165  112   7   80   57  14   2     0       0  3.55  3.42   97 1.431
 1899 26 PHI NL  21   8  35  31  27   4   3  0  279.0  292  147  105   6   63   51  14   2     0       0  3.39  3.69  109 1.272
 1900 27 PHI NL  15  10  32  24  21   2   7  0  240.0  299  144   96   6   50   41   9   3     0       1  3.60  3.62  101 1.454
 1901 28 PHI NL  20  13  34  33  33   1   1  1  295.3  299  111   85   2   59   88   9   3  1254       0  2.59  3.39  131 1.212
 1902 29 SLB AL  22  11  35  34  33   2   1  0  316.3  322  134   97   7   65   63   8   1  1330       0  2.76  3.53  128 1.223
 1903 30 TOT AL  15  16  32  30  28   4   2  0  267.7  287  120   77   3   34   96   6   0  1133       0  2.59  2.87  111 1.199
         SLB AL   8   7  16  15  14   0   1  0  131.0  145   59   40   0   22   51   0   0   564       0  2.75  2.90  106 1.275
         CLE AL   7   9  16  15  14   4   1  0  136.7  142   61   37   3   12   45   6   0   569       0  2.44  2.84  117 1.127
 1904 31 CLE AL  19  14  35  32  30   6   2  0  277.0  281   96   74   2   49  127   5   2  1154       0  2.40  2.54  106 1.191
 1905 32 CLE AL   6  12  20  18  14   1   2  0  137.7  132   68   52   2   25   45   6   0     0       0  3.40  2.62   77 1.140
 1906 33 DET AL  13  14  28  28  26   3   0  0  241.0  260   96   73   1   54   82   8   0     0       0  2.73  2.77  102 1.303
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .484 164 175 367 340 312  25  23  3 2966.3 3376 1638 1191  61  689  787 101  27  4871       1  3.61  3.46   96 1.370
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  16  35  32  30   2   2  0  285.0  324  157  114   5   66   75   9   2   468   0   0  3.61  3.46   96 1.370
 Career High     22  35  46  42  38   6   7  1  348.0  484  306  237  16  106  127  22   9  1330   0   1  2.40  4.39  131 1.140
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 20 NYG NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1895 22 STL NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1896 23 STL NL  33  107    5   17   2  0   0    9   1      3  23  .159  .189  .178   -1   19   3           1    
 1897 24 STL NL  49  155   11   33   7  2   1   14   1      4      .213  .233  .303   42   47   4           0    
 1898 25 PHI NL  35  112    8   16   0  1   0   10   1      4      .143  .172  .161   -3   18   7           0    
 1899 26 PHI NL  35  111   12   20   0  0   0    7   2      2      .180  .209  .180    8   20   5           2    
 1900 27 PHI NL  32   90    9   20   0  0   0   12   1      3      .222  .255  .222   33   20   5           1    
 1901 28 PHI NL  34  113   11   11   2  0   0    2   0      4      .097  .128  .115  -30   13   3           0    
 1902 29 SLB AL  35  118    6   11   1  1   0    3   0      3      .093  .123  .119  -33   14   5           1    
 1903 30 TOT AL  32  104    5   16   4  0   0   10   0      1      .154  .162  .192    7   20   3           0    
         SLB AL  16   51    4    8   1  0   0    4   0      0      .157  .157  .176    1    9   2           0    
         CLE AL  16   53    1    8   3  0   0    6   0      1      .151  .167  .208   13   11   1           0    
 1904 31 CLE AL  35  101   11   17   4  0   0    8   2      5      .168  .208  .208   32   21   5           0    
 1905 32 CLE AL  20   53    2    4   1  0   0    0   0      0      .075  .075  .094  -47    5   3           0    
 1906 33 DET AL  29   81    2   10   0  1   0    1   0      3      .123  .155  .148   -6   12   5           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     372 1150   82  175  21  5   1   76   8  0  32  25  .152  .179  .182    3  209  48   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        501   36   76   9  2   0   33   3  0  14  11  .152  .179  .182    3   91  21   0   0   2   0
 Career High     49  155   12   33   7  2   1   14   2  0   5  23                          47   7   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 20 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .287| .000  .366| .000  .391| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1895 22 STL NL    3    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .301| .000  .367| .000  .407| .000  .774|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1896 23 STL NL  114   93    3   0.8   104| .159  .292| .189  .357| .178  .390| .367  .747|  -1  .039 -15.7  -1.5     
 1897 24 STL NL  163  126   11   2.3   106| .213  .296| .233  .360| .303  .393| .536  .753|  42  .202 -13.8  -1.3     
 1898 25 PHI NL  123  103    3   0.8    88| .143  .273| .172  .337| .161  .350| .333  .687|  -3  .047 -15.1  -1.6     
 1899 26 PHI NL  120   96    4   1.1    97| .180  .286| .209  .348| .180  .373| .389  .721|   8  .074 -14.0  -1.4     
 1900 27 PHI NL   99   75    5   1.7    98| .222  .286| .255  .347| .222  .377| .477  .723|  33  .162  -8.4  -0.9     
 1901 28 PHI NL  120  105    2   0.5    90| .097  .278| .128  .333| .115  .363| .243  .696| -30  .023 -19.0  -2.1     
 1902 29 SLB AL  127  112    2   0.5    97| .093  .283| .123  .340| .119  .381| .242  .721| -33  .017 -21.5  -2.3     
 1903 30 TOT AL  108   91    3   0.9    80| .154  .260| .162  .309| .192  .352| .354  .661|   7  .070 -11.6  -1.3     
         SLB AL   53   45    1   0.6    80| .157  .260| .157  .309| .176  .351| .333  .660|   1  .036  -6.1  -0.7     
         CLE AL   55   46    2   1.2    81| .151  .261| .167  .310| .208  .353| .375  .662|  13  .111  -5.5  -0.6     
 1904 31 CLE AL  111   89    4   1.2    72| .168  .250| .208  .302| .208  .329| .416  .631|  32  .143  -7.7  -0.9     
 1905 32 CLE AL   56   52    0   0.0    73| .075  .249| .075  .308| .094  .325| .169  .633| -47  .000  -8.9  -1.1     
 1906 33 DET AL   89   76    2   0.7    77| .123  .259| .155  .315| .148  .332| .303  .647|  -6  .058 -10.3  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     1235 1023   39   1.0    91| .152  .276| .179  .335| .182  .364| .361  .700|   3  .072 -147.5 -15.8     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1893 20 NYG NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1.80 2.52 0 5.0 1895 22 STL NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.48 1 8.0 1896 23 STL NL P 32 13 58 7 4 .910 .916 2.22 2.20 2.39 2.72 32 267.0 OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 1897 24 STL NL P 46 24 97 3 1 .976 .920 2.63 2.10 3.13 2.55 42 348.0 OF 2 7 0 1 0 .875 .933 3.50 2.05 1 1 0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 1898 25 PHI NL P 35 12 87 9 4 .917 .918 2.83 2.25 3.13 2.65 35 284.3 1899 26 PHI NL P 35 10 82 4 0 .958 .909 2.63 2.24 2.97 2.68 31 279.0 1900 27 PHI NL P 32 9 58 2 0 .971 .922 2.09 2.17 2.51 2.67 24 240.0 1901 28 PHI NL P 34 8 73 4 0 .953 .934 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.75 34 304.3 1902 29 SLB AL P 35 15 130 8 3 .948 .928 4.14 2.65 4.13 3.10 34 316.3 1903 30 TOT AL P 32 11 93 9 2 .920 .948 3.25 2.73 3.50 3.19 30 267.7 SLB AL P 16 7 43 5 0 .909 .949 3.12 2.73 3.44 3.19 15 131.0 CLE AL P 16 4 50 4 2 .931 .947 3.38 2.73 3.56 3.19 15 136.7 1904 31 CLE AL P 35 6 101 2 2 .982 .952 3.06 3.01 3.48 3.45 32 277.0 1905 32 CLE AL P 20 9 48 0 2 1.000 .944 2.85 2.61 3.73 3.24 18 137.7 1906 33 DET AL P 28 10 73 3 4 .965 .947 2.96 2.52 3.10 3.22 28 241.0 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.90 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 24 STL NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 1896 23 STL NL OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 1897 24 STL NL OF 2 7 0 1 0 .875 .933 3.50 2.05 1 1 0 1906 33 DET AL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1893 20 NYG NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1.80 2.52 0 5.0 1895 22 STL NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.48 1 8.0 1896 23 STL NL P 32 13 58 7 4 .910 .916 2.22 2.20 2.39 2.72 32 267.0 1897 24 STL NL P 46 24 97 3 1 .976 .920 2.63 2.10 3.13 2.55 42 348.0 1898 25 PHI NL P 35 12 87 9 4 .917 .918 2.83 2.25 3.13 2.65 35 284.3 1899 26 PHI NL P 35 10 82 4 0 .958 .909 2.63 2.24 2.97 2.68 31 279.0 1900 27 PHI NL P 32 9 58 2 0 .971 .922 2.09 2.17 2.51 2.67 24 240.0 1901 28 PHI NL P 34 8 73 4 0 .953 .934 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.75 34 304.3 1902 29 SLB AL P 35 15 130 8 3 .948 .928 4.14 2.65 4.13 3.10 34 316.3 1903 30 TOT AL P 32 11 93 9 2 .920 .948 3.25 2.73 3.50 3.19 30 267.7 SLB AL P 16 7 43 5 0 .909 .949 3.12 2.73 3.44 3.19 15 131.0 CLE AL P 16 4 50 4 2 .931 .947 3.38 2.73 3.56 3.19 15 136.7 1904 31 CLE AL P 35 6 101 2 2 .982 .952 3.06 3.01 3.48 3.45 32 277.0 1905 32 CLE AL P 20 9 48 0 2 1.000 .944 2.85 2.61 3.73 3.24 18 137.7 1906 33 DET AL P 28 10 73 3 4 .965 .947 2.96 2.52 3.10 3.22 28 241.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 367 127 903 51 22 .953 .930 2.81 2.42 341 2975.3 OF 4 8 1 2 0 .818 .938 2.25 2.02 2 1 1 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 372 137 904 53 22 .952 .931 2.80 2.44
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

ERA
1901 NL-2.59-7
1902 AL-2.76-6

Wins
1901 NL-20-6
1902 AL-22-3
1904 AL-19-10

Won-Loss %
1899 NL-.724-5
1900 NL-.600-8
1902 AL-.667-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1902 AL-1.223-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1899 NL-2.03-10
1900 NL-1.88-7
1902 AL-1.85-6
1903 AL-1.14-3
1904 AL-1.59-9

Games
1897 NL-46-1
1902 AL-35-9

Saves
1893 NL-1-6
1897 NL-1-8
1901 NL-1-6

Innings
1897 NL-348.0-2
1902 AL-316.3-5

Games Started
1897 NL-42-1
1902 AL-34-6

Comp. Games
1897 NL-38-1
1901 NL-33-5
1902 AL-33-5
Car-312-35

Shutouts
1899 NL-4-2
1900 NL-2-10
1902 AL-2-10
1903 AL-4-6
1904 AL-6-6

Home Runs Allow.
1897 NL-16-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1897 NL-106-9

Hits Allowed
1897 NL-484-1
1902 AL-322-7
1903 AL-287-8
1906 AL-260-9
Car-3376-75

SO to Walk
1903 AL-2.82-7
1904 AL-2.59-8

Losses
1896 NL-24-5
1897 NL-35-1
1903 AL-16-6
Car-175-81

Earned Runs Allow.
1896 NL-172-4
1897 NL-237-1

Hit Batsmen
1897 NL-22-6
Car-101-61

Batters Faced
1901 NL-1254-9
1902 AL-1330-6

Games Finished
1900 NL-7-4

Adjusted ERA+
1901 NL-131-7
1902 AL-128-6

Youngest Player
1893 NL-20-9

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (459) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 69 (347) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.0 (417) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 41.5 (314) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 10, 1897: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Monte Cross and Klondike Douglass to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Clements, Jack Taylor, and $1,000.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Browns.

August 1, 1903: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cleveland Naps for Gene Wright.

December 24, 1905: Traded by the Cleveland Naps to the Detroit Tigers for Happy Townsend.


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