Mike Donlin

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: May 30, 1878 in Peoria, IL us

Died: September 24, 1933 in Hollywood, CA

Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, NJ

Debut: July 19, 1899 (Age 21-050d, 2,158th in major league history)

Last Game: October 1, 1914 (Age 36-124d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: Michael Joseph Donlin

Nicknames: Turkey Mike

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.8

3854

1282

.333

669

RBI

543

213

OBP

.386

SLG

.468

OPS

.854

OPS+

144

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 51 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead, 45 lacking some details

6 Tms
NYG	18
STL	16
CIN	8
BLA	5
PIT	2
BSN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	43
vs LHP	7
vs ?HP	1

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	18

Outs
Unk	35
0	7
1	6
2	3

13 Opps
CIN	11
PHI	8
BSN	6
CHC	5
PIT	4
STL	4
NYG	3
WSH	2
WHS	2
PHA	2
BRO	2
CLV	1
MLA	1

41 Pitchers
Ed Scott	3
Chick Fraser	3
Togie Pittinger	2
Nick Maddox	2
Win Mercer	2
Harry McIntire	2
Doc Newton	2
Vic Willis	2
Tom Walker	1
Joe McGinnity	1
Bobby Keefe	1
Tom Seaton	1
Wiley Piatt	1
Pink Hawley	1
Bill Dinneen	1
John Brackenridge	1
Johnny Lush	1
Sam Leever	1
Dick Cogan	1
John Malarkey	1
Bill Reidy	1
Rube Marquard	1
Dan McFarlan	1
Jimmy Lavender	1
Slim Sallee	1
Bob Ewing	1
Buster Brown	1
Ted Lewis	1
Orval Overall	1
Noodles Hahn	1
Tully Sparks	1
Chappie McFarland	1
Dale Gear	1
Red Donahue	1
Jack Harper	1
Frank Kitson	1
Jack Taylor	1
Bill Bernhard	1
Mordecai Brown	1
Carl Lundgren	1
Irvin Wilhelm	1

12 Parks
Robison Fld (STL)	14
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	13
PalaceOFans (CIN)	5
South End (BOS)	3
Oriole Pk (BAL)	3
WestSide Grd (CHI)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Baker Bowl (PHI)	2
League Pk (CIN)	2
Expo Pk (PIT)	2
LloydSt Grd (MIL)	1
Columbia Pk (PHI)	1

Where Hit
8	1
89	1

27 Inside the Park

3 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	2
1-3	1

84 RBI
RISP	1
1 on	2
2 on	1
Any on	3

Inning
1	8
2	2
3	7
4	4
5	7
6	6
7	4
8	11
9	2

1-3	17
4-6	17
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
-1	2
-4..	1
Unk	45

Ahead	3
Behind	3
Unk	45

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	21
LF	13
RF	8
1B	5
PH	3
P	1

OrderPos
1st	15
2nd	13
3rd	8
4th	6
7th	5
9th	3
Unk	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1899-08-26	STL		PHI	Bill Bernhard		b 1	0		1	1	8			Lead-Off
2	2	2	1	1899-08-27 (1)	STL		WHS	Dan McFarlan		b 5			2	1	8
3	3	3	1	1899-08-29	STL		WHS	Bill Dinneen		b 6			1	9	1
4	4	4	1	1899-09-03	STL	@	CHC	Dick Cogan		t 3			2	1	8			IPHR
5	5	5	1	1899-10-01	STL		CLV	Jack Harper		b 6			1	1	8			IPHR
6	6	6	1	1899-10-08 (1)	STL		CIN	Pink Hawley		b 3			1	1	8
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1900-05-08	STL		CIN	Doc Newton		b 2			3	2	8			IPHR
8	8	2	1	1900-05-28	STL		PHI	Wiley Piatt		b 6			1	2	8
9	9	3	1	1900-06-02	STL	@	BSN	Ted Lewis		t 7			1	3	8			Bounced
10	10	4	1	1900-06-18	STL		CIN	Doc Newton		b 1			1	2	8
11	11	5	1	1900-08-05	STL		NYG	Win Mercer		b 8			2	7	3
12	12	6	1	1900-08-09	STL		BRO	Frank Kitson		b 4			1	7	3
13	13	7	1	1900-09-04	STL	@	PHI	Red Donahue		t 9			1		PH
14	14	8	1	1900-10-05	STL	@	CIN	Ed Scott		t 2			1	7	3			IPHR
15	15	9	2	1900-10-05	STL	@	CIN	Ed Scott		t 6			2	7	3			IPHR
16	16	10	1	1900-10-14	STL		CIN	Ed Scott		b 8			2	7	3			IPHR
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1901-05-06	BLA	@	PHA	Chick Fraser		t 5			3	2	7
18	18	2	1	1901-05-08	BLA		WSH	Win Mercer		b 1	0		2	2	7			IPHR
19	19	3	1	1901-05-25	BLA	@	MLA	Bill Reidy		t 5			1	2	7
20	20	4	1	1901-06-28	BLA		PHA	Chick Fraser		b 1	1		1	2	7			IPHR
21	21	5	1	1901-08-03 (2)	BLA		WSH	Dale Gear		b 5			2	2	7			IPHR
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1903-05-04	CIN		STL	Mordecai Brown		b 5			2	3	9			IPHR
23	23	2	1	1903-07-08	CIN		BSN	Togie Pittinger		b 8			2	1	7			IPHR
24	24	3	1	1903-07-09 (2)	CIN		BSN	John Malarkey		b 3			1	1	7			IPHR
25	25	4	1	1903-07-16	CIN		PHI	Chick Fraser		b 3			1	1	7			IPHR
26	26	5	1	1903-07-24	CIN	@	CHC	Jack Taylor		t 8			1	1	7			IPHR
27	27	6	1	1903-08-07	CIN	@	STL	Chappie McFarland		t 4			1	1	7
28	28	7	1	1903-08-15	CIN	@	NYG	Joe McGinnity		t 7			1	1	7
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1904-05-20	CIN		PHI	John Brackenridge		b 4			2	2	7			IPHR
30	30	2	1	1904-08-15	NYG		CIN	Noodles Hahn		b 8	1		2	4	8			IPHR
31	31	3	1	1904-09-22 (2)	NYG		CIN	Tom Walker		b 1	0		1	1	7			Lead-Off
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1905-04-14	NYG		BSN	Irvin Wilhelm		b 4			3	1	8			IPHR
33	33	2	1	1905-05-17	NYG		CHC	Carl Lundgren		b 7			1	1	8			IPHR
34	34	3	1	1905-05-23	NYG		CIN	Orval Overall		b 1	0		1	1	8			Lead-Off,IPHR
35	35	4	1	1905-07-15	NYG		PIT	Sam Leever		b 3			2	2	8			Bounced
36	36	5	1	1905-08-24 (2)	NYG		CIN	Bob Ewing		b 6			1	2	8
37	37	6	1	1905-09-07 (2)	NYG		BSN	Vic Willis		b 8			1	2	8			IPHR
38	38	7	1	1905-10-06	NYG		PHI	Togie Pittinger		b 1			1	3	8			IPHR
1906	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1906-04-25	NYG		PHI	Tully Sparks		b 1	1		2	3	8			Bounced
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1908-04-22	NYG		BRO	Harry McIntire	behind 1-2	b 9	2		2	3	9			Walk-Off
41	41	2	1	1908-05-12	NYG	@	PIT	Nick Maddox		t 3			2	3	9			IPHR
42	42	3	1	1908-08-15	NYG	@	STL	Slim Sallee		t 5	1		3	4	9			IPHR
43	43	4	1	1908-08-16 (1)	NYG	@	STL	Johnny Lush		t 8	0		3	4	9			IPHR
44	44	5	1	1908-08-24 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	Vic Willis		t 8			2	4	9			IPHR
45	45	6	1	1908-09-18 (1)	NYG		PIT	Nick Maddox		b 5			3	4	9
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1911-07-18	NYG		CIN	Bobby Keefe	behind 1-8	b 8	0		1	9	PH
47	47	2	1	1911-08-17	BSN		CHC	Harry McIntire	ahead 10-2	b 6	1		1	4	8
48	48	3	1	1911-10-07	BSN	@	NYG	Rube Marquard		t 3	2		2	2	8			IPHR
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1912-06-05	PIT	@	BSN	Buster Brown	ahead 5-2	t 8	2	1--	2	3	8	0.060	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Carey Scores/unER; M. Donlin Scores/unER
50	50	2	1	1912-09-11	PIT	@	PHI	Tom Seaton	ahead 7-3	t 7	0	1--	2	3	9	0.037	98%		Home Run (CF-RF); M. Carey Scores
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1914-05-26	NYG	@	CHC	Jimmy Lavender	behind 6-7	t 8	1	1-3	3	9	PH	0.473	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; S. Piez Scores; B. Dyer Scores

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