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John Donaldson

Positions: Centerfielder, Starting Pitcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 20, 1891 in Glasgow, MO us

Died: April 14, 1970 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: John Wesley Donaldson

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

817

242

.296

128

RBI

118

OBP

.341

SLG

.382

OPS

.723

OPS+

106

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1915	24	-4.0	Royal Poinciana	FLHL	Wtr		4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	1
1916	25	-2.2	Kansas City	BLK	Non		6	20	20	2	6	1	1	0	3	1		0		.300	.300	.450	.750	9		0	0
1917	26	-1.1	Kansas City	BLK	Non		15	60	50	6	13	2	0	0	10	2		8		.260	.362	.300	.662	15		0	2
1918	27		2 Teams	BLK	Non		23	93	80	11	26	4	3	0	13	1		9		.325	.393	.450	.843	36		0	4
1918	27	-0.4	Indianapolis	BLK	Non		6	18	14	3	5	1	1	0	3	0		4		.357	.500	.571	1.071	8		0	0
1918	27	-0.4	Brooklyn	BLK	Non		17	75	66	8	21	3	2	0	10	1		5		.318	.366	.424	.790	28		0	4
1919	28	0.1	Detroit	BLK	Non		33	117	98	10	17	1	2	1	14	0		7		.174	.236	.255	.491	25		1	11
1920	29	1.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	75	330	295	40	87	13	2	5	45	10		18		.295	.336	.403	.739	119		0	17
1921	30	2.4	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	101	433	388	67	110	12	5	0	51	14		24		.284	.327	.340	.667	132		1	20
1922	31	3.8	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	25	103	92	14	31	4	3	1	17	3		7		.337	.384	.478	.862	44		0	4
1923	32	4.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	8	41	37	7	13	3	0	0	5	0		3		.351	.415	.432	.847	16		1	0
1924	33	6.1	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	2	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		1		.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0

1931	40	9.8	Kansas City	BLK	Non		18	69	58	10	14	1	1	0	4	1		5	2	.241	.313	.293	.606	17		1	5
1932	41	11.1	Donaldson's	BLK	Non		1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		211	914	817	128	242	32	10	6	118	29		53		.296	.341	.382	.723	312		2	41
Black Baseball (6 seasons)					Black Baseball		96	362	308	40	76	9	7	1	44	5		30	3	.247	.318	.331	.649	102		2	22
Other (1 season)					Other		4	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	1
All Levels (12 Seasons)							311	1287	1135	168	319	41	17	7	162	34		83	3	.281	.332	.366	.698	415		4	64