John Donahue

John Frederick Donahue
(Jiggs)

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.

• Debut September 25, 1923
• Final Game October 7, 1923
• Born April 19, 1894 in Roxbury, MA USA
• Died October 3, 1949 in Boston, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder John Donahue played over 1,100 minor league games, but his major league career consisted of a ten-game cup of coffee with the Boston Red Sox at the tail end of the 1923 season. He was a hometown boy, as his birthplace of Roxbury, MA is part of the city of Boston.

Related Sites

• John Donahue at the SABR Bio Project