Jiggs Donahue

John Augustus Donahue

Positions: First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: July 13, 1879 in Springfield, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1900
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Brewers/Browns/Pirates 1900-1909

Final Game: October 2, 1909
Died: July 19, 1913 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Springfield, OH
Relatives: Brother of Pat Donahue
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1900	PIT	NL	20	C	2				9	7	1	1	0	.889		4.00	.949		5.00		2		2	1	33%	45%
1900	PIT	NL	20	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		2.20	0-0-1
1901	TOT	MLB	21	C	20				104	73	24	7	0	.933		4.85	.950		5.03		5		31	20	39%	44%
1901	PIT	NL	21	C	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.20		1		0	0
1901	PIT	NL	21	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10	1-0-0
1901	MLA	AL	21	C	19				104	73	24	7	0	.933		5.11	.950		4.97		4		31	20	39%	44%
1901	MLA	AL	21	1B	13				129	113	6	10	8	.922		9.15	.974		10.77
1902	SLB	AL	22	C	23				114	80	29	5	2	.956		4.74	.957		4.90		10		24	23	49%	44%
1902	SLB	AL	22	1B	5				41	38	0	3	4	.927		7.60	.980		10.94
1904	CHW	AL	24	1B	101				1177	1067	85	25	49	.979		11.41	.982		11.03
1905	CHW	AL	25	1B	149				1780	1645	114	21	77	.988		11.81	.982		10.78
1906	CHW	AL	26	1B	154				1837	1697	118	22	62	.988		11.79	.982		10.85
1907	CHW	AL	27	1B	157				1998	1846	140	12	78	.994		12.65	.982		11.15
1908	CHW	AL	28	1B	83				1031	968	57	6	30	.994		12.35	.984		11.36
1909	TOT	AL	29	1B	83				826	777	36	13	28	.984		9.80	.985		11.13
1909	CHW	AL	29	1B	2				11	11	0	0	0	1.000		5.50	.985		11.15
1909	WSH	AL	29	1B	81				815	766	36	13	28	.984		9.90	.985		11.13
	8 Seasons			1B	745				8819	8151	556	112	336	.987		11.69	.982		11.01
	3 Seasons			C	45				227	160	54	13	2	.943		4.76	.953		4.96		17		57	44	44%	44%
	2 Seasons			OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.940		2.15	1-0-1
	9 Seasons			TOT	792				9047	8312	610	125	338	.986		11.27	.982		10.64	1-0-1	17		57	44	44%	44%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	LF	RF	OF
1900	PIT	NL	20	3	3	2	0	0	1	1
1901	MLA	AL	21	37	37	19	13	0	0	0
1901	PIT	NL	21	2	2	1	0	1	0	1
1902	SLB	AL	22	30	30	23	5	0	0	0
1904	CHW	AL	24	102	102	0	101	0	0	0
1905	CHW	AL	25	149	149	0	149	0	0	0
1906	CHW	AL	26	154	154	0	154	0	0	0
1907	CHW	AL	27	157	157	0	157	0	0	0
1908	CHW	AL	28	93	93	0	83	0	0	0
1909	WSH	AL	29	84	84	0	81	0	0	0
1909	CHW	AL	29	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			813	813	45	745	1	1	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y 1905 AL 1,645 (1st) 1906 AL 1,697 (1st) 1907 AL 1,846 (1st)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1902 AL 48.9 (4th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1905 AL 149 (2nd) 1906 AL 154 (1st) 1907 AL 157 (1st)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1905 AL 1,645 (1st) 1906 AL 1,697 (1st) 1907 AL 1,846 (1st)
Assists as 1B s c a p y 1904 AL 85 (3rd) 1905 AL 114 (1st) 1906 AL 118 (1st) 1907 AL 140 (1st)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1904 AL 25 (4th) 1905 AL 21 (4th) Career 112 (99th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1904 AL 11.41 (2nd) 1905 AL 11.81 (2nd) 1906 AL 11.79 (1st) 1907 AL 12.65 (1st) 1908 AL 12.35 (1st) Career 11.69 (1st)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1905 AL .988 (2nd) 1906 AL .988 (1st) 1907 AL .994 (1st) 1908 AL .994 (1st)
Youngest s c a p y 1900 NL born 1879-07-13 (4th)

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