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Jim Donnelly
James B. Donnelly

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.

Debut July 11, 1884
Final Game May 12, 1898
Born July 19, 1865 in Meriden, CT
Died March 5, 1915 in New Haven, CT

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 18 TOT     46  157   24   37   3  2   0    0   0      6      .236  .281  .280   88   44               4    
         KCC UA   6   23    2    3   1  0   0        0      1      .130  .167  .174   22    4                    
         IND AA  40  134   22   34   2  2   0    0   0      5      .254  .301  .299   98   40               4    
 1885 19 DTN NL  56  211   24   49   4  3   1   22         10  29  .232  .267  .294   81   62                    
 1886 20 KCN NL 113  438   51   88  11  3   0   38  16     36  57  .201  .262  .240   49  105                    
 1887 21 WHS NL 117  425   51   85   9  6   1   46  42     16  26  .200  .234  .256   39  109               3    
 1888 22 WHS NL 122  428   43   86   9  4   0   23  44     20  16  .201  .242  .241   58  103               3    
 1889 23 WHS NL   4   13    3    2   0  0   0    0   1      2   0  .154  .267  .154   22    2               0    
 1890 24 STL AA  11   42   11   14   0  0   0    3   5      8      .333  .451  .333  119   14               1    
 1891 25 COL AA  17   54    6   13   0  0   0    9   7     13   5  .241  .388  .241   85   13               0    
 1896 30 BLN NL 106  396   70  130  14 10   0   71  38     34  11  .328  .387  .414  109  164  20           4    
 1897 31 TOT NL  67  246   41   47   7  0   0   25  20     25      .191  .268  .220   31   54   4           1    
         PIT NL  44  161   22   31   4  0   0   14  14     16      .193  .270  .217   31   35   3           1    
         NYG NL  23   85   19   16   3  0   0   11   6      9      .188  .266  .224   31   19   1           0    
 1898 32 STL NL   1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0     1.000 1.000 1.000  468    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     660 2411  324  552  57 28   2  237 173  0 170 144  .229  .284  .278   65  671  24   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   80  135  14  7   0   58  42  0  42  35  .229  .284  .278   65  165   6   0   0   4   0
 Career High    122  438   70  130  14 10   1   71  44  0  36  57  .328  .387  .414  109  164  20   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 18 TOT     167  120   12   2.6    64| .236  .240| .281  .277| .280  .325| .561  .601|  88  .403  -1.5  -0.2     
         KCC UA   24   20    1   1.3    53| .130  .233| .167  .259| .174  .302| .341  .562|  22  .157  -1.4  -0.2     
         IND AA  143  100   11   2.9    66| .254  .241| .301  .279| .299  .328| .600  .608|  98  .448  -0.1   0.0     
 1885 19 DTN NL  221  162   17   2.8    69| .232  .247| .267  .290| .294  .330| .561  .620|  81  .411  -4.8  -0.6     
 1886 20 KCN NL  474  350   27   2.0    84| .201  .264| .262  .314| .240  .362| .502  .676|  49  .244 -26.5  -2.9     
 1887 21 WHS NL  444  340   25   1.9    93| .200  .269| .234  .326| .256  .382| .490  .708|  39  .179 -35.0  -3.5     
 1888 22 WHS NL  451  342   24   1.8    67| .201  .239| .242  .286| .241  .327| .483  .614|  58  .263 -19.7  -2.3     
 1889 23 WHS NL   15   11    1   2.4    91| .154  .265| .267  .336| .154  .362| .421  .698|  22  .254  -1.3  -0.1     
 1890 24 STL AA   51   28    6   5.6    97| .333  .275| .451  .356| .333  .362| .784  .719| 119  .668   1.8   0.2     
 1891 25 COL AA   67   41    5   3.2    87| .241  .255| .388  .338| .241  .345| .629  .682|  85  .393   0.0   0.0     
 1896 30 BLN NL  454  286   63   5.7   109| .328  .300| .387  .365| .414  .400| .801  .766| 109  .577   5.4   0.5     
 1897 31 TOT NL  276  203   14   1.8   104| .191  .294| .268  .357| .220  .391| .488  .748|  31  .142 -23.7  -2.3     
         PIT NL  181  133    9   1.8   104| .193  .293| .270  .357| .217  .390| .487  .747|  31  .137 -15.4  -1.5     
         NYG NL   95   70    5   1.8   105| .188  .295| .266  .358| .224  .392| .490  .750|  31  .149  -8.2  -0.8     
 1898 32 STL NL    1    0    1          93|1.000  .280|1.000  .345|1.000  .360|2.000  .705| 468         0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2621 1883  195   2.7    87| .229  .266| .284  .321| .278  .363| .562  .685|  65  .327 -104.7 -11.2     

* 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 ------+
1884 18 TOT 3B 29 31 35 22 2 .750 .831 2.28 2.94 KCC UA 3B 5 8 7 13 0 .536 .777 3.00 2.94 C 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .896 6.00 7.90 3 IND AA 3B 24 23 28 9 2 .850 .849 2.12 2.94 SS 8 2 27 9 0 .763 .863 3.62 4.22 OF 6 7 3 1 9 .909 .847 1.67 1.62 2 2 2 2B 2 1 4 2 0 .714 .909 2.50 5.90 1885 19 DTN NL 3B 56 73 102 31 4 .850 .866 3.12 3.22 1B 1 13 1 1 1 .933 .972 14.00 10.80 1886 20 KCN NL 3B 113 153 245 73 13 .845 .865 3.52 3.27 1887 21 WHS NL 3B 115 136 275 63 21 .867 .870 3.57 3.37 SS 2 3 7 1 0 .909 .893 5.00 4.95 1888 22 WHS NL 3B 117 126 230 51 15 .875 .877 3.04 3.11 SS 5 7 13 5 1 .800 .881 4.00 4.44 1889 23 WHS NL 3B 4 2 6 4 1 .667 .889 2.00 3.52 1890 24 STL AA 3B 11 15 16 8 4 .795 .864 2.82 3.64 1891 25 COL AA 3B 17 19 46 11 5 .855 .872 3.82 3.58 1896 30 BLN NL 3B 106 140 217 47 15 .884 .892 3.37 3.41 1897 31 TOT NL 3B 67 69 122 20 3 .905 .892 2.85 3.29 PIT NL 3B 44 51 87 12 1 .920 .892 3.14 3.29 NYG NL 3B 23 18 35 8 2 .869 .892 2.30 3.29 1898 32 STL NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1885 19 DTN NL 1B 1 13 1 1 1 .933 .972 14.00 10.80 1884 18 IND AA 2B 2 1 4 2 0 .714 .909 2.50 5.90 1884 18 TOT 3B 29 31 35 22 2 .750 .831 2.28 2.94 KCC UA 3B 5 8 7 13 0 .536 .777 3.00 2.94 IND AA 3B 24 23 28 9 2 .850 .849 2.12 2.94 1885 19 DTN NL 3B 56 73 102 31 4 .850 .866 3.12 3.22 1886 20 KCN NL 3B 113 153 245 73 13 .845 .865 3.52 3.27 1887 21 WHS NL 3B 115 136 275 63 21 .867 .870 3.57 3.37 1888 22 WHS NL 3B 117 126 230 51 15 .875 .877 3.04 3.11 1889 23 WHS NL 3B 4 2 6 4 1 .667 .889 2.00 3.52 1890 24 STL AA 3B 11 15 16 8 4 .795 .864 2.82 3.64 1891 25 COL AA 3B 17 19 46 11 5 .855 .872 3.82 3.58 1896 30 BLN NL 3B 106 140 217 47 15 .884 .892 3.37 3.41 1897 31 TOT NL 3B 67 69 122 20 3 .905 .892 2.85 3.29 PIT NL 3B 44 51 87 12 1 .920 .892 3.14 3.29 NYG NL 3B 23 18 35 8 2 .869 .892 2.30 3.29 1898 32 STL NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.40 1884 18 KCC UA C 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .896 6.00 7.90 3 1884 18 IND AA OF 6 7 3 1 9 .909 .847 1.67 1.62 2 2 2 1884 18 IND AA SS 8 2 27 9 0 .763 .863 3.62 4.22 1887 21 WHS NL SS 2 3 7 1 0 .909 .893 5.00 4.95 1888 22 WHS NL SS 5 7 13 5 1 .800 .881 4.00 4.44
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 636 764 1295 331 83 .862 .874 3.24 3.28 SS 15 12 47 15 1 .797 .874 3.93 4.39 OF 6 7 3 1 9 .909 .847 1.67 1.62 2 2 2 2B 2 1 4 2 0 .714 .909 2.50 5.90 1B 1 13 1 1 1 .933 .972 14.00 10.80 C 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .896 6.00 7.90 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 661 802 1351 352 94 .859 .875 3.26 3.32
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.

Sac. Hits
1896 NL-20-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1888 NL-26.8-3

Outs
1886 NL-350-7

Youngest Player
1884 AA-18-3
1884 UA-18-9
1885 NL-19-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3858) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1809) (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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Transactions 

June 15, 1885: Purchased by the Detroit Wolverines from the Indianapolis (Western).

Before 1886 Season: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Detroit Wolverines.

March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.

March 9, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the Washington Nationals.

August 25, 1891: Released by the Columbus Solons.

November 11, 1896: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Steve Brodie to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jake Stenzel, Tom O'Brien, Harry Truby, and Elmer Horton.

November 11, 1897: Traded by the New York Giants with Ducky Holmes and $3,500 to the St. Louis Browns for Mike Grady and Fred Hartman.


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