John Donaldson
[edit] Biography
John Donaldson (John David Donaldson) was born on May 5, 1943 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on August 26, 1966 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1967, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 0 home runs and 28 RBI. Donaldson played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Pilots over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that John Donaldson's best season was 1967, when he hit for a .276 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 15
| 30
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .212
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| 105
| 377
| 27
| 104
| 0
| 28
| .276
| .343
| .345
| 16
| 5
| 37
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 3
| 4
|
| 1968
| OAK
| A
| 127
| 363
| 37
| 80
| 2
| 27
| .220
| .307
| .273
| 9
| 2
| 45
| 44
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 8
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| 95
| 338
| 22
| 79
| 1
| 19
| .234
| .307
| .284
| 8
| 3
| 36
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 5
| 5
|
| 1969
| OAK
| A
| 12
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .200
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1969
| TOT
| A
| 107
| 351
| 23
| 80
| 1
| 19
| .228
| .303
| .276
| 8
| 3
| 38
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 6
| 5
|
| 1970
| OAK
| A
| 41
| 89
| 4
| 22
| 1
| 11
| .247
| .316
| .326
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| 1974
| OAK
| A
| 10
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 405
| 1225
| 96
| 292
| 4
| 86
| .238
| .313
| .295
| 35
| 11
| 132
| 133
| 4
| 13
| 19
| 12
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 9
| 7
| 59
| 22
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 101
| 100
| 877
| 210
| 230
| 8
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1968
| OAK
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 98
| 87
| 793.1
| 169
| 263
| 13
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1968
| OAK
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 4
| 38
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 90
| 89
| 800.2
| 209
| 242
| 12
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1969
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1969
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 91
| 90
| 809.2
| 211
| 246
| 13
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1970
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 21
| 16
| 147.2
| 24
| 48
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1970
| OAK
| A
| SS
| 6
| 5
| 45
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| OAK
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| OAK
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 3
| 31.1
| 11
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1974
| OAK
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 8.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 11
| 6
| 60.2
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 9
| 5
| 50
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 327
| 303
| 2718
| 647
| 813
| 36
| 159
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Minnesota Twins (1963).
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Minnesota Twins in the first-year minor league draft (December 2, 1963).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Seattle Pilots in exchange for Larry Haney (June 14, 1969).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Roberto Pena (May 18, 1970).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Daryl Patterson (May 22, 1971).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Bill Burbach (February, 1972).
- Sold by Baltimore Orioles to San Diego Padres (April, 1972).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (October 24, 1974).
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