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John
Donaldson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 20, 1892 in Glasgow, MO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923   
Cy Young Award 1919    1921    1924   
Rookie of the Year Award 1918   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1919 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1920 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 9 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1921 29 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 7 7
1922 30 CIN NL $ 5,128,571 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 7 7 7
1923 31 CIN NL $ 8,000,000 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 7 7 7
1924 32 CIN NL $ 8,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 7 7
1925 33 CIN NL $ 8,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 7 7
1926 34 CIN NL $ 8,000,000 9 8 8 8 9 8 9 7 7 7
1927 35 CIN NL $ 11,500,000 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
1928 36 CLE AL $ 11,500,000 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1929 37 CLE AL $ 11,500,000 8 7 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000 9 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1918 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1919 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1920 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1921 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1922 30 CIN NL $ 5,128,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1923 31 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1924 32 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1925 33 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1926 34 CIN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1927 35 CIN NL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1928 36 CLE AL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1929 37 CLE AL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1918 26 CIN NL 20 10 .667 34 34 25 3 0 294.3 262 97 4 59 200 2.97 .237 .275 .336 .611 23.5
    AAA   3 0 1.000 3 3 3 1 0 27.0 12 3 0 5 33 1.00 .135 .181 .169 .349  
1919 27 CIN NL 26 9 .743 39 39 32 5 0 340.0 289 89 5 61 224 2.36 .230 .267 .311 .578 34.6
1920 28 CIN NL 24 9 .727 41 41 29 5 0 350.7 318 109 15 53 211 2.80 .239 .273 .346 .618 34.5
1921 29 CIN NL 21 6 .778 32 32 25 0 0 272.3 259 88 17 51 141 2.91 .249 .285 .370 .655 29.8
1922 30 CIN NL 22 16 .579 41 41 31 1 0 349.3 369 158 25 69 199 4.07 .271 .308 .421 .729 24.4
1923 31 CIN NL 26 16 .619 43 43 32 1 0 370.0 354 157 26 68 170 3.82 .249 .286 .385 .671 34.1
1924 32 CIN NL 21 10 .677 34 34 27 4 0 287.7 287 103 15 47 125 3.22 .258 .288 .375 .663 26.9
1925 33 CIN NL 23 13 .639 41 41 29 0 0 334.3 386 168 21 63 151 4.52 .288 .321 .431 .753 20.1
1926 34 CIN NL 18 13 .581 35 35 28 2 0 291.3 292 122 24 70 126 3.77 .259 .303 .389 .693 19.2
1927 35 CIN NL 20 14 .588 35 35 30 3 0 298.7 313 141 33 66 126 4.25 .270 .309 .438 .747 17.9
1928 36 CLE AL 19 15 .559 38 38 29 2 0 309.7 325 146 33 69 110 4.24 .266 .306 .434 .740 19.4
1929 37 CLE AL 7 12 .368 26 19 13 0 0 160.7 169 89 20 60 43 4.99 .270 .330 .462 .793 5.2
12 Years Sim 247 143 .633 439 432 330 26 0 3659.0 3623 1467 238 736 1826 3.61 .257 .295 .389 .684 289.8
1 Years AAA 3 0 1.000 3 3 3 1 0 27.0 12 3 0 5 33 1.00 .135 .181 .169 .349  
Season Average 20 11 .645 36 36 27 2 0 304.9 301 122 19 61 152 3.61 .257 .295 .389 .684  
Career Highs 26 16 .778 43 43 32 5 0 370.0 386 168 33 70 224 4.99 .288 .330 .462 .793  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2261 932 169 473 1040   .260 .298 .401 .700
vs LH   1362 535 69 263 786   .252 .287 .369 .656
Home 120 67 .642 209 207 166 14 0 1807.0 1780 700 100 369 931 3.49 .256 .294 .379 .673
Away 127 76 .626 230 225 164 12 0 1852.0 1843 767 138 367 895 3.73 .258 .294 .398 .692
Mar/Apr 27 17 .614 45 45 35 3 0 376.3 410 190 26 82 181 4.54 .277 .315 .421 .736
May 45 32 .584 87 87 65 3 0 733.3 727 303 49 183 362 3.72 .257 .302 .379 .682
June 44 24 .647 74 74 63 5 0 626.3 599 207 33 93 292 2.97 .249 .277 .371 .648
July 43 28 .606 84 80 61 4 0 678.0 648 258 48 126 376 3.42 .249 .284 .388 .671
August 47 19 .712 77 77 58 7 0 659.3 654 279 46 137 324 3.81 .258 .296 .398 .694
Sep/Oct 41 23 .641 72 69 61 5 0 585.7 585 230 36 115 291 3.53 .260 .296 .392 .688
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
1918 26 CIN NL 34 107 12 26 5 1 1 9 0 0 5 16 .243 .277 .336 .613 9.7 1.8
1919 27 CIN NL 39 123 13 38 3 2 0 20 0 1 9 17 .309 .358 .366 .724 15.9 3.3
1920 28 CIN NL 41 118 22 33 5 0 3 13 0 1 11 19 .280 .346 .398 .744 15.6 2.7
1921 29 CIN NL 32 96 14 27 2 0 0 9 0 1 11 13 .281 .352 .302 .654 11.8 1.0
1922 30 CIN NL 41 133 23 51 3 2 2 19 0 0 6 15 .383 .414 .481 .895 23.6 4.3
1923 31 CIN NL 43 134 17 52 10 0 0 24 0 0 9 14 .388 .427 .463 .889 23.9 4.8
1924 32 CIN NL 34 103 10 26 2 0 0 9 0 0 4 11 .252 .280 .272 .552 7.8 0.0
1925 33 CIN NL 41 123 22 45 3 0 2 22 0 0 11 8 .366 .418 .439 .857 20.1 3.9
1926 34 CIN NL 35 103 16 28 2 1 0 8 0 0 4 10 .272 .299 .311 .610 9.5 0.9
1927 35 CIN NL 35 106 15 32 1 2 2 20 0 1 5 6 .302 .327 .406 .733 15.0 2.7
1928 36 CLE AL 38 108 7 32 3 0 0 12 0 1 4 7 .296 .321 .324 .646 9.7 0.8
1929 37 CLE AL 26 46 5 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 7 1 .326 .415 .391 .806 7.7 1.5
12 Years Sim 439 1300 176 405 42 8 10 171 0 5 86 137 .312 .355 .379 .734 170.3 27.6
162 Game Average 479 64 149 15 2 3 63 0 1 31 50 .312 .355 .379 .734 62.8  
Career Highs 43 134 23 52 10 2 3 24 0 1 11 19 .388 .427 .481 .895 23.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   963 133 304 31 6 9 117 0 3 71 98 .316 .363 .388 .752 130.4
vs LH   337 43 101 11 2 1 54 0 2 15 39 .300 .329 .353 .682 36.7
Home 209 597 93 191 20 3 7 71 0 3 44 72 .320 .368 .399 .767 83.1
Away 230 703 83 214 22 5 3 100 0 2 42 65 .304 .343 .363 .706 84.1
RISP   386 0 128 14 5 0 150 0 0 20 38 .332 .363 .394 .756 51.8
Close/Late   126 17 33 5 0 0 10 0 0 11 12 .262 .319 .302 .620 12.4
Mar/Apr 45 131 18 44 3 0 2 13 0 1 11 17 .336 .385 .405 .789 19.6
May 87 263 28 73 4 1 2 27 0 0 14 24 .278 .313 .323 .636 26.3
June 74 232 31 66 7 2 2 34 0 0 15 23 .284 .328 .358 .686 26.7
July 84 236 36 75 10 2 1 27 0 2 16 29 .318 .366 .390 .756 31.1
August 77 223 31 77 5 2 3 38 0 2 19 18 .345 .395 .426 .821 35.3
Sep/Oct 72 215 32 70 13 1 0 32 0 0 11 26 .326 .360 .395 .755 28.2
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    
1918 26 CIN NL P 34 34 294.3 15 40 3 1 .948 1.68    
1919 27 CIN NL P 39 39 340.0 13 42 2 2 .965 1.46    
1920 28 CIN NL P 41 41 350.7 17 48 0 3 1.000 1.67    
1921 29 CIN NL P 32 32 272.3 19 42 0 4 1.000 2.02    
1922 30 CIN NL P 41 41 349.3 27 38 2 3 .970 1.67    
1923 31 CIN NL P 43 43 370.0 28 52 4 6 .952 1.95    
1924 32 CIN NL P 34 34 287.7 14 41 4 2 .932 1.72    
1925 33 CIN NL P 41 41 334.3 11 49 0 5 1.000 1.62    
1926 34 CIN NL P 35 35 291.3 14 32 1 0 .979 1.42    
1927 35 CIN NL P 35 35 298.7 20 30 1 0 .980 1.51    
1928 36 CLE AL P 38 38 309.7 25 46 5 2 .934 2.06    
1929 37 CLE AL P 26 19 160.7 4 17 1 0 .955 1.18    
Career Totals   439 432 3659.0 207 477 23 28 .967 1.68    
Career Highs   43 43 370.0 28 52 5 6 1.000 2.06    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1919 27 CIN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 19 8 1 5 11 4.60 .297 .348 .438 .785
1921 29 CIN NL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 21.0 34 16 3 4 13 6.86 .362 .388 .532 .920
1923 31 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5 5 3 0 0 40.0 45 22 3 11 29 4.95 .278 .324 .395 .719
1924 32 CIN NL 0 2 .000 4 4 2 0 0 34.0 34 15 4 7 18 3.97 .254 .291 .418 .709
1925 33 CIN NL 3 1 .750 4 4 4 1 0 35.0 43 8 0 6 18 2.06 .299 .327 .382 .709
1926 34 CIN NL 1 2 .333 3 3 3 0 0 26.0 28 10 3 6 7 3.46 .283 .324 .424 .748
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 10 .474 21 21 13 1 0 171.7 203 79 14 39 96 4.14 .291 .329 .423 .752
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 27 CIN NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1921 29 CIN NL 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571
1923 31 CIN NL 5 13 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .308 .357 .538 .896
1924 32 CIN NL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
1925 33 CIN NL 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1926 34 CIN NL 3 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 21 53 3 11 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 9 .208 .222 .283 .505
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1919-2-2.36
1920-3-2.80
1921-1-2.91
1923-6-3.82
1924-1-3.22
 Wins
1918-9-20
1919-1-26
1920-3-24
1921-4-21
1922-2-22
1923-2-26
1924-2-21
1925-2-23
1926-5-18
1927-6-20
1928-6-19
CAR-9-247
 Losses
1922-8-16
1923-6-16
1928-7-15
 Winning Pct
1918-6-.667
1919-2-.743
1920-2-.727
1921-1-.778
1922-8-.579
1923-8-.619
1924-4-.677
1925-4-.639
1926-6-.581
1927-8-.588
CAR-5-.633
 Games Pitched
1919-4-39
1920-5-41
1922-4-41
1923-6-43
1925-5-41
CAR-35-439
 Games Started
1919-2-39
1920-1-41
1922-1-41
1923-1-43
1925-1-41
CAR-24-432
Complete Games
1919-2-32
1920-6-29
1921-8-25
1922-3-31
1923-3-32
1924-2-27
1925-2-29
1926-5-28
1927-5-30
1928-5-29
CAR-16-330
 Shutouts
1918-10-3
1919-1-5
1920-1-5
1923-7-1
1924-1-4
1926-5-2
1927-2-3
1928-6-2
CAR-27-26
 Innings Pitched
1919-2-340.0
1920-3-350.7
1922-2-349.3
1923-1-370.0
1925-3-334.3
CAR-23-3659.0
 Hits Allowed
1922-4-369
1923-5-354
1925-2-386
1928-8-325
CAR-24-3623
 Homeruns Allowed
1920-5-15
1921-7-17
1922-4-25
1923-5-26
1924-10-15
1926-3-24
1927-1-33
1928-1-33
1929-6-20
CAR-2-238
 Strikeouts
1918-4-200
1919-5-224
1920-4-211
1921-8-141
1922-2-199
1923-3-170
1924-1-125
1925-2-151
1926-3-126
1927-2-126
1928-6-110
CAR-21-1826
Walks per 9IP
1918-9-1.8
1919-5-1.6
1920-3-1.4
1921-3-1.7
1922-4-1.8
1923-1-1.7
1924-2-1.5
1925-5-1.7
1926-7-2.2
1927-6-2.0
1928-8-2.0
CAR-36-1.8
 Hits per 9IP
1919-3-7.7
1920-4-8.2
1921-2-8.6
1922-9-9.5
1923-3-8.6
1924-3-9.0
1926-8-9.0
1927-7-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1918-4-6.1
1919-6-5.9
1920-6-5.4
1921-7-4.7
1922-4-5.1
1923-5-4.1
1924-2-3.9
1925-3-4.1
1926-2-3.9
1927-5-3.8
1928-8-3.2
CAR-31-4.5
 WHiP
1918-6-1.09
1919-1-1.03
1920-1-1.06
1921-2-1.14
1922-4-1.25
1923-1-1.14
1924-1-1.16
1925-6-1.34
1926-4-1.24
1927-5-1.27
1928-9-1.27
CAR-24-1.19
 OAVG
1918-9-.237
1919-3-.230
1920-3-.239
1921-3-.249
1922-9-.271
1923-1-.249
1924-3-.258
1926-8-.259
1927-8-.270
 OOBP
1918-3-.275
1919-1-.267
1920-1-.273
1921-2-.285
1922-4-.308
1923-1-.286
1924-1-.288
1925-6-.321
1926-3-.303
1927-5-.309
1928-7-.306
CAR-13-.295
OSLG
1919-4-.311
1920-8-.346
1921-6-.370
 OOPS
1919-3-.578
1920-3-.618
1921-1-.655
1923-6-.671
1924-3-.663
1926-10-.693
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 251    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 105    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  6. Doc White (851)
  7. George Uhle (845)
  8. Charlie Shields (845)
  9. Bugs Raymond (845)
  10. Rube Kroh (842)
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  1. George Uhle (965)
  2. Jimmy Zinn (961)
  3. Eddie Onslow (960)
  4. Art Shires (941)
  5. Joe Shaute (939)
  6. Rube Ward (937)
  7. Buck Leonard (922)
  8. Ray Knode (914)
  9. Johnny Mokan (911)
  10. Myrl Brown (911)
History
Earned first career win on 5/1/1918
Had first career hit on 5/13/1918, off Mule Watson (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/14/1918, off George Daly (SLN)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1918, going 20-10, 2.97 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1919, going 5-2, 1.31
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1919, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1919, going 6-0, 2.57
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
Won Cy Young Award in 1919, going 26-9, 2.36 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1920, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1920, going 6-1, 1.72
Injured on 8/21/1921 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Cy Young Award in 1921, going 21-6, 2.91 ERA
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1922: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 9/18/1923
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1924, going 5-2, 2.18
Injured on 8/19/1924 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Won Cy Young Award in 1924, going 21-10, 3.22 ERA
Injured on 5/26/1926 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
7/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $11,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Cleveland on 2/12/1928 (Going to CIN: P Happy Foreman. Going to CLE: P John Donaldson)
 
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