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John Donaldson

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Full Name: John David Donaldson Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160 First Game: August 26, 1966
Birthdate: May 5, 1943 Final Game: October 2, 1974
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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