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Mike
Donlin		  
Nickname: Turkey mike
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 30, 1878 in Peoria, IL.
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1906   
Gold Glove Award 1904   
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 23 PHA AL $ 7,870,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 7 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10
1902 24 PHA AL $ 7,870,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 7 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10
1903 25 PHA AL $ 7,870,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 4 6 5 10 10 10
1904 26 NY1 NL $ 7,870,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1905 27 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1906 28 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1907 29 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 10 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 5 4 10 10 10
1908 30 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 5 4 10 10 10
1909 31 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 5 4 10 10 10
1910 32 NY1 NL $ 13,000,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 5 4 10 10 10
1911 33 NY1 NL $ 14,500,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 7 9 8 3 5 4 10 10 10
1912 34 NY1 NL $ 14,500,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 7 8 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1913 35 NY1 NL $ 14,500,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 4 3 6 7 7
1914 36 NY1 NL $ 14,500,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,870,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,500,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 10 10 10
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
1900 22 SLN   78 276 40 90 8 6 10 48 14 0 14 0 .326 .359 .507 .866 48.8  
1901 23 PHA AL 140 560 80 167 36 11 4 60 42 32 67 18 .298 .372 .423 .795 85.0 22.9
1902 24 PHA AL 133 512 104 181 30 13 10 97 31 14 58 10 .354 .417 .521 .938 104.3 29.2
1903 25 PHA AL 128 503 101 163 32 13 5 89 16 11 46 27 .324 .380 .469 .849 83.6 17.6
1904 26 NY1 NL 135 499 103 181 32 25 6 87 36 21 60 18 .363 .432 .563 .995 104.8 26.7
1905 27 NY1 NL 143 585 126 223 46 21 9 101 17 16 56 32 .381 .433 .578 1.011 122.5 33.1
1906 28 NY1 NL 143 551 79 200 21 14 1 70 10 14 58 24 .363 .422 .457 .880 95.7 30.3
1907 29 NY1 NL 136 500 100 160 21 12 3 75 17 12 66 28 .320 .399 .428 .827 81.9 23.1
1908 30 NY1 NL 146 576 91 172 28 13 1 69 15 8 46 32 .299 .348 .398 .746 76.8 19.8
1909 31 NY1 NL 144 563 84 182 20 14 2 96 18 17 52 29 .323 .385 .419 .804 85.2 21.7
1910 32 NY1 NL 152 587 83 192 23 13 5 103 19 17 64 29 .327 .394 .436 .830 93.1 26.4
1911 33 NY1 NL 144 555 102 181 29 14 3 73 11 20 64 18 .326 .393 .445 .838 86.9 15.9
1912 34 NY1 NL 146 574 100 177 25 21 5 70 11 5 56 41 .308 .366 .451 .818 88.7 19.8
1913 35 NY1 NL 148 578 81 173 22 12 2 69 8 6 46 68 .299 .353 .389 .742 70.9 15.0
1914 36 NY1 NL 28 89 7 20 3 0 0 10 1 1 3 22 .225 .247 .258 .506 4.0 0.0
14 Years Sim 1866 7232 1241 2372 368 196 56 1069 252 194 742 396 .328 .390 .456 .846 1183.5 301.4
15 Years Pro 1944 7508 1281 2462 376 202 66 1117 266 194 756 396 .328 .389 .458 .848 1232.3  
162 Game Average 627 107 205 31 17 4 92 21 16 64 34 .328 .390 .456 .846 102.7  
Career Highs 152 587 126 223 46 25 10 103 42 32 67 68 .381 .433 .578 1.011 122.5  
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   5413 1001 1876 297 155 51 811 203 157 602 262 .347 .411 .487 .898 986.4
vs LH   1819 240 496 71 41 5 258 49 37 140 134 .273 .325 .365 .690 208.0
Home 929 3492 605 1157 188 95 26 512 116 100 371 185 .331 .395 .462 .856 586.5
Away 937 3740 636 1215 180 101 30 557 136 94 371 211 .325 .385 .451 .836 608.0
RISP   2014 0 718 121 55 23 953 0 0 307 106 .357 .433 .505 .939 416.9
Pinch Hitting   39 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 .282 .349 .282 .631 3.9
Close/Late   836 142 271 37 18 2 93 0 1 143 44 .324 .424 .419 .843 149.3
Mar/Apr 162 641 107 199 25 19 4 87 14 13 55 38 .310 .368 .427 .796 93.6
May 355 1356 237 461 80 41 13 220 59 32 150 75 .340 .404 .488 .892 247.9
June 316 1208 223 380 52 37 9 148 46 27 132 55 .315 .382 .441 .823 194.9
July 338 1321 238 448 69 38 12 209 43 35 132 81 .339 .398 .476 .874 228.6
August 324 1240 202 419 73 29 12 206 45 42 126 64 .338 .396 .473 .869 211.2
Sep/Oct 371 1466 234 465 69 32 6 199 45 45 147 83 .317 .379 .420 .799 218.2
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   DWS
1901 23 PHA AL LF 140 140 1257.0 238 8 29 2 .895 1.76   3.4
1902 24 PHA AL LF 130 130 1172.0 231 11 19 2 .927 1.86   3.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1903 25 PHA AL LF 116 115 1031.7 222 7 19 1 .923 2.00   3.1
    CF 8 7 65.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.91    
    2B 2 2 21.0 7 4 2 0 .846 4.71   0.0
1904 26 NY1 NL LF 130 130 1151.7 302 11 26 2 .923 2.45   2.9
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1905 27 NY1 NL LF 142 142 1274.3 327 12 26 4 .929 2.39   4.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1906 28 NY1 NL LF 141 141 1259.7 300 8 13 2 .960 2.20   2.5
1907 29 NY1 NL LF 132 132 1178.7 280 14 28 4 .913 2.24   2.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1908 30 NY1 NL LF 146 145 1298.3 259 11 33 4 .891 1.87   2.6
1909 31 NY1 NL LF 139 139 1257.0 193 9 24 1 .894 1.45   1.8
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1910 32 NY1 NL CF 79 79 707.3 190 9 1 1 .995 2.53   3.5
    LF 69 69 624.7 107 4 12 0 .902 1.60    
    1B 2 2 19.7 21 2 1 1 .958 10.53   0.0
1911 33 NY1 NL CF 103 102 920.7 276 12 0 2 1.000 2.82   6.4
    LF 38 38 341.7 71 3 5 1 .937 1.95    
1912 34 NY1 NL CF 125 125 1114.3 281 11 0 1 1.000 2.36   4.8
    LF 19 18 160.0 35 1 1 1 .973 2.03    
1913 35 NY1 NL CF 134 134 1199.3 318 11 2 3 .994 2.47   5.7
    LF 10 10 93.3 20 1 1 1 .955 2.03    
1914 36 NY1 NL CF 8 8 69.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.3
    LF 6 5 51.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.59    
    1B 7 5 50.3 72 2 1 8 .987 13.23   0.1
  LF 1358 1354 12151.0 2594 100 237 25 .919 2.00   26.1
  CF 461 455 4083.7 1105 43 3 7 .997 2.53   20.7
  1B 10 7 71.0 94 4 2 9 .980 12.42   0.2
  2B 2 2 21.0 7 4 2 0 .846 4.71   0.0
Career Totals   1831 1818 16326.6 3800 151 244 41 .942 2.18   47.0
Career Highs   150 150 1351.7 347 15 33 8 .997 5.23    
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.
Batting Average
1902-3-.354
1903-10-.324
1904-2-.363
1905-3-.381
1906-1-.363
1907-4-.320
1909-4-.323
1910-3-.327
1911-8-.326
CAR-4-.328
 On-Base Pct
1901-8-.372
1902-3-.417
1904-2-.432
1905-3-.433
1906-1-.422
1907-5-.399
1910-7-.394
CAR-12-.390
 Slugging Pct
1902-4-.521
1903-9-.469
1904-1-.563
1905-2-.578
1906-1-.457
1907-2-.428
1908-6-.398
1909-5-.419
1910-3-.436
1911-6-.445
1912-8-.451
CAR-19-.456
 OPS
1901-10-.795
1902-2-.938
1904-1-.995
1905-2-1.011
1906-1-.880
1907-3-.827
1909-4-.804
1910-4-.830
1911-7-.838
1912-10-.818
CAR-11-.846
 XR
1901-7-85.0
1902-4-104.3
1904-7-104.8
1905-2-122.5
1906-1-95.7
1907-9-81.9
1909-5-85.2
1910-4-93.1
1912-8-88.7
CAR-14-1183.5
 Games
1901-1-140
1910-2-152
1913-8-148
CAR-37-1866
At-Bats
1901-2-560
1908-5-576
1910-3-587
1913-8-578
CAR-27-7232
 Runs
1902-4-104
1903-10-101
1905-2-126
1907-3-100
1908-6-91
1910-10-83
1911-7-102
1912-8-100
CAR-15-1241
 Hits
1901-6-167
1902-3-181
1905-2-223
1906-1-200
1908-6-172
1909-3-182
1910-2-192
1911-7-181
1912-8-177
1913-9-173
CAR-14-2372
 Total Bases
1901-6-237
1902-4-267
1904-8-281
1905-2-338
1906-1-252
1908-5-229
1909-4-236
1910-3-256
1911-9-247
1912-6-259
CAR-14-3300
 Singles
1902-7-128
1905-4-147
1906-2-164
1909-1-146
1910-1-151
1911-10-135
1913-9-137
CAR-14-1752
 Doubles
1901-2-36
1905-7-46
1907-10-21
1908-2-28
1911-10-29
CAR-18-368
Triples
1901-8-11
1902-6-13
1903-8-13
1904-2-25
1905-2-21
1906-2-14
1907-4-12
1908-4-13
1909-2-14
1910-5-13
1911-8-14
1912-3-21
1913-7-12
CAR-5-196
 Homeruns
1905-7-9
1910-2-5
 RBIs
1902-4-97
1903-10-89
1905-8-101
1907-10-75
1909-3-96
1910-2-103
CAR-17-1069
 Caught Stealing
1901-1-32
1904-5-21
1911-7-20
CAR-42-194
 Walks
1901-4-67
1902-8-58
1904-6-60
1907-10-66
1910-10-64
CAR-36-742
 Strikeouts
1913-9-68
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 195    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Fred Snodgrass (846)
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  8. Oscar Charleston (842)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1901
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1902, hitting .583 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1902, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1902, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1902, hitting .363 with 2 HR, 26 RBI
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 9/12/1902
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,870,000 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/18/1903
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,870,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to New York (N) on 3/16/1904 (Going to NY1: SS Bill Dahlen, 3B Jim Delahanty, LF Mike Donlin. Going to PHA: SS Honus Wagner, P Dummy Deegan, 3B Harry Steinfeldt, 1B Jake Beckley)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/1904, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1904
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/15/1905 to a 6-year deal worth $13,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/1905, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/25/1905
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1905, hitting .467 with 4 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/1905, hitting .615 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/10/1906
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1906, hitting .409 with 0 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1906, hitting .424 with 0 HR, 16 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1906, hitting .363 with 1 HR, 70 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1907, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 7/9/1907 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1907, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1907, hitting .430 with 2 HR, 19 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/11/1908
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1909, hitting .340 with 1 HR, 24 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/2/1910
6/13/1910: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $14,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 7/9/1910
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/1910, hitting .529 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/14/1911, off Ed Killian (PHI)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1911, hitting .611 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
 
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