John Donaldson
John David Donaldson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 5, 1943 in Charlotte, NC
High School: Garinger (Charlotte, NC)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1966
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 KCA AL 23 2B 9 7 59.0 34 22 12 0 2 1.000 -2.1 -42.7 -1.1 -1.3 0.1 -1 5.19 3.78 .974 5.09 4.38
1967 KCA AL 24 2B 101 100 877.0 448 210 230 8 40 .982 -6.1 -8.3 -4.1 -1.6 -2.5 -2 4.52 4.36 .979 4.95 4.19
1967 KCA AL 24 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
1968 OAK AL 25 2B 98 87 793.1 445 169 263 13 48 .971 6.3 9.5 5.3 5.3 0.0 1 4.90 4.41 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 OAK AL 25 3B 5 4 38.0 16 9 7 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -12.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 3.79 3.20 .950 3.06 2.68
1968 OAK AL 25 SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.10
1969 TOT AL 26 2B 91 90 809.2 470 211 246 13 57 .972 -7.9 -11.7 -5.9 -5.6 -0.3 -2 5.08 5.02 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 OAK AL 26 2B 1 1 9.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 6.00 6.00 .986 5.20 4.60
1969 SEP AL 26 2B 90 89 800.2 463 209 242 12 56 .974 -7.7 -11.5 -5.7 -5.6 -0.1 -2 5.07 5.01 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 SEP AL 26 3B 2 2 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 3.20 2.75
1969 SEP AL 26 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
1970 OAK AL 27 2B 21 16 147.2 73 24 48 1 7 .986 2.0 16.3 2.0 0.4 1.6 0 4.39 3.43 .979 5.35 4.64
1970 OAK AL 27 SS 6 5 45.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 1.1 29.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 4.40 3.67 .964 4.94 4.38
1970 OAK AL 27 3B 1 0 5.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.6 144.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 5.40 3.00 .933 3.06 2.70
1974 OAK AL 31 2B 7 3 31.1 26 11 14 1 5 .962 0.4 15.3 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 7.18 3.57 .977 5.37 4.56
1974 OAK AL 31 3B 3 0 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -27.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 3.12 2.77
6 Seasons 2B 327 303 2718.0 1496 647 813 36 159 .976 -7.4 -3.3 -3.4 -2.3 -1.2 -4 4.83 4.46 .977 5.10 4.39
4 Seasons 3B 11 6 60.2 20 9 11 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 2.97 1.82 .950 3.09 2.72
4 Seasons SS 9 5 50.0 24 8 16 0 1 1.000 2.0 48.0 2.0 1.1 0.9 0 4.32 2.67 .967 4.93 4.32
6 Seasons TOT 347 314 2828.2 1540 664 840 36 162 .977 -5.4 -2.3 -1.4 -1.4 -0.1 -4 4.79 4.33 .954 5.06 4.33

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 KCA AL 23 15 7 15 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1967 KCA AL 24 105 100 105 105 0 0 0 101 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 OAK AL 25 127 91 127 127 0 0 0 98 5 1 0 0 0 0 33 1
1969 SEP AL 26 95 91 95 95 0 0 0 90 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 OAK AL 26 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1970 OAK AL 27 41 21 41 41 0 0 0 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 16 0
1974 OAK AL 31 10 3 10 9 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 405 314 405 404 0 0 0 327 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 73 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1966 KCA AL 23 266 66% 69% 15% 23 96% 0 22 13 6 4 13 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1967 KCA AL 24 3788 57% 75% 22% 306 95% 3 210 101 68 43 232 190 22 2 4 9 2 5 2 3 39 12 6 5 1 26 6 20 10 8 1
1968 OAK AL 25 3338 53% 76% 26% 320 95% 5 174 77 69 28 266 219 35 4 6 13 0 13 0 8 48 16 9 16 0 44 17 26 1 0 1
1969 SEP AL 26 3585 61% 76% 25% 292 93% 3 207 74 89 45 241 200 32 2 3 12 1 10 1 8 57 21 8 16 2 51 18 30 5 3 2
1969 OAK AL 26 46 72% 87% 37% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 27 621 55% 78% 25% 55 98% 0 25 10 4 11 48 39 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 0 8 5 2 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 31 154 85% 82% 27% 9 100% 0 11 0 10 1 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 11798 57% 76% 24% 1009 95% 11 651 275 248 132 817 674 100 8 14 37 3 30 4 21 160 53 26 44 3 137 48 84 16 11 4
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 OAK AL 25 154 55% 74% 21% 10 90% 0 7 5 1 1 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1969 SEP AL 26 52 29% 75% 35% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 27 21 67% 81% 24% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 31 39 64% 79% 23% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 266 52% 76% 24% 16 94% 0 8 6 1 1 10 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 KCA AL 24 8 75% 75% 38% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1968 OAK AL 25 7 57% 100% 43% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SEP AL 26 3 33% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 27 190 53% 77% 26% 20 95% 0 7 4 2 1 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 208 53% 78% 26% 25 96% 0 8 5 2 1 19 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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