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Jiggs
Donahue		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 188
 
Born: July 13, 1879 in Springfield, OH.
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 8 9 9
1902 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 9
1903 23 CLE AL $ 445,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1904 24 CLE AL $ 445,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 2 9 10 9
1905 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
1906 26 BSN NL $ 540,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1907 27 BSN NL $ 540,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1908 28 BSN NL $ 540,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1909 29 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 5 6 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
1910 30 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1911 31 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8
1912 32 CHN NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 21 CLE AL 81 281 31 62 6 5 2 29 23 5 8 20 .221 .258 .299 .556 19.6 0.8
1902 22 CLE AL 69 244 38 67 14 3 1 38 26 5 9 14 .275 .306 .369 .675 29.5 5.7
1903 23 CLE AL 87 296 36 65 14 6 2 39 14 5 14 33 .220 .292 .328 .619 29.3 1.7
1904 24 CLE AL 48 170 25 50 10 2 3 25 5 4 8 11 .294 .328 .429 .757 23.5 4.3
    AAA   38 144 29 50 5 0 10 19 7 1 9 13 .347 .386 .590 .976 30.5  
1905 25 CLE AL 91 330 39 76 11 5 5 39 20 3 14 32 .230 .261 .339 .600 31.8 3.0
1906 26 BSN NL 88 287 24 65 7 4 0 30 9 2 14 27 .226 .270 .279 .549 24.3 3.0
1907 27 BSN NL 137 545 49 118 16 3 1 34 18 4 25 76 .217 .252 .262 .514 30.7 0.0
1908 28 BSN NL 111 389 46 102 15 1 2 57 17 3 26 43 .262 .310 .321 .632 39.0 7.3
1909 29 BSN NL 116 377 45 76 9 3 0 43 18 3 31 57 .202 .290 .241 .531 30.0 2.6
1910 30 BSN NL 106 362 28 77 9 4 2 49 24 1 35 48 .213 .298 .276 .575 32.1 4.5
1911 31 BSN NL 95 316 39 83 9 2 3 47 22 2 36 44 .263 .343 .332 .675 40.1 5.4
1912 32 A   105 396 49 80 11 2 5 27 14 2 86 99 .202 .344 .278 .622 49.0  
11 Years Sim 1029 3597 400 841 120 38 21 430 196 37 220 405 .234 .289 .306 .594 329.8 38.2
1 Years AAA 38 144 29 50 5 0 10 19 7 1 9 13 .347 .387 .590 .977 30.5  
1 Years A 105 396 49 80 11 2 5 27 14 2 86 99 .202 .346 .278 .623 49.0  
2 Years Minors 143 540 78 130 16 2 15 46 21 3 95 112 .241 .356 .361 .717 79.5  
162 Game Average 566 62 132 18 5 3 67 30 5 34 63 .234 .289 .306 .594 51.9  
Career Highs 137 545 49 118 16 6 5 57 26 5 36 76 .294 .343 .429 .757 40.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2894 331 712 99 32 17 360 157 28 193 296 .246 .303 .320 .623 286.5
vs LH   703 69 129 21 6 4 70 39 9 27 109 .183 .229 .248 .476 34.3
Home 517 1778 188 419 62 15 6 202 90 22 83 203 .236 .281 .298 .579 143.8
Away 512 1819 212 422 58 23 15 228 106 15 137 202 .232 .295 .314 .609 177.0
RISP   1022 0 261 39 10 6 389 0 0 66 117 .255 .309 .331 .640 99.5
Pinch Hitting   33 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 .273 .351 .303 .654 3.8
Close/Late   515 37 114 14 3 2 59 0 1 35 67 .221 .284 .272 .556 36.7
Mar/Apr 94 333 33 76 5 2 1 33 24 2 16 31 .228 .279 .264 .543 25.6
May 182 656 80 156 22 7 6 84 33 5 44 75 .238 .297 .320 .617 63.6
June 196 692 73 172 18 11 7 92 47 8 41 84 .249 .297 .337 .634 72.4
July 206 719 77 157 26 6 3 84 31 9 39 81 .218 .273 .284 .556 52.3
August 190 637 81 142 24 6 1 80 35 8 46 70 .223 .286 .284 .570 52.3
Sep/Oct 159 560 55 138 25 6 3 57 25 5 34 64 .246 .297 .329 .626 54.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 21 CLE AL C 73 73 655.3 171 77 15 1 .943 3.41 197 52 .264 4 3.9
    LF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1902 22 CLE AL C 59 58 531.3 104 50 17 0 .901 2.61 156 34 .218 4 2.4
    1B 5 3 29.7 41 4 1 4 .978 13.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 3 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1903 23 CLE AL C 69 64 573.7 200 60 18 0 .935 4.08 158 41 .259 2 2.6
    LF 7 7 63.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 3 31.0 36 5 1 4 .976 11.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1904 24 CLE AL C 46 46 408.3 139 40 10 2 .947 3.95 87 26 .299 0 2.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1905 25 CLE AL C 88 85 784.0 278 67 12 2 .966 3.96 168 45 .268 7 3.4
    LF 2 2 19.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1906 26 BSN NL C 84 84 749.3 294 75 27 3 .932 4.43 216 55 .255 4 3.1
    1B 2 0 6.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1907 27 BSN NL 1B 96 96 863.7 1152 64 21 66 .983 12.67 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 36 36 326.0 149 28 7 0 .962 4.89 93 18 .194 3 1.7
    LF 5 4 37.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1908 28 BSN NL C 106 103 933.7 528 75 39 4 .939 5.81 207 53 .256 1 5.4
    1B 3 3 29.0 38 2 2 2 .952 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1909 29 BSN NL C 100 97 859.3 364 79 23 2 .951 4.64 205 59 .288 1 5.6
    1B 10 6 68.3 90 8 0 8 1.000 12.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 5 39.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1910 30 BSN NL C 95 95 838.7 383 72 27 1 .944 4.88 211 56 .265 1 3.4
    1B 8 6 54.0 69 1 2 6 .972 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1911 31 BSN NL C 77 76 669.3 311 63 23 0 .942 5.03 167 44 .263 2 2.2
    LF 3 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 3 25.0 27 1 0 2 1.000 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 833 817 7329.0 2921 686 218 15 .943 4.43 1865 483 .259 29 36.4
  1B 134 120 1109.7 1465 87 27 95 .983 12.59 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  LF 30 25 230.3 45 0 1 0 .978 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.5
Career Totals   997 962 8668.9 4431 773 246 110 .955 5.40 1865 483 .259 29 38.7
Career Highs   137 136 1227.0 1306 92 41 66 .980 10.25 216 59 .299 7  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1907-9-76
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Harry Smith (916)
  7. Jack Zalusky (912)
  8. Fred Tenney (902)
  9. Art Phelan (890)
  10. Hans Lobert (887)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 115th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1901
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1901, off Happy Townsend (WS1)
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $445,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $445,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $445,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Cleveland on 9/29/1905
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/15/1906 to a 3-year deal worth $540,000 per year
9/11/1908: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 8/31/1911 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 5/11/1912 to a minor league deal
 
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