Red Donahue
[edit] Biography
Born on January 23, 1873 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Red Donahue (Francis Rostell Donahue) played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Perfectos, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Naps and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career. Donahue broke into the bigs on May 6, 1893 with the New York Giants, and put up a 5.80 ERA in 267 innings pitched in 1896, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Red Donahue's best season was 1904, when he posted a 2.40 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 127 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| 32
| 32
| 7
| 24
| 5.80
| 70
| 235
| 172
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 267
| 376
| 6
| 98
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| 46
| 42
| 10
| 35
| 6.13
| 64
| 306
| 237
| 38
| 1
| 1
| 348
| 484
| 16
| 106
| 0
| 9
| 22
|
| 1898
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 35
| 16
| 17
| 3.55
| 57
| 165
| 112
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 284.1
| 327
| 7
| 80
| 0
| 2
| 14
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 31
| 21
| 8
| 3.39
| 51
| 147
| 105
| 27
| 4
| 0
| 279
| 292
| 6
| 63
| 0
| 2
| 14
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 24
| 15
| 10
| 3.60
| 41
| 144
| 96
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 240
| 299
| 6
| 50
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 33
| 20
| 13
| 2.59
| 88
| 111
| 85
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 295.1
| 299
| 2
| 59
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 35
| 34
| 22
| 11
| 2.76
| 63
| 134
| 97
| 33
| 2
| 0
| 316.1
| 322
| 7
| 65
| 0
| 1
| 8
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 16
| 15
| 8
| 7
| 2.75
| 51
| 59
| 40
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 145
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 15
| 7
| 9
| 2.44
| 45
| 61
| 37
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 136.2
| 142
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1903
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 30
| 15
| 16
| 2.59
| 96
| 120
| 77
| 28
| 4
| 0
| 267.2
| 287
| 3
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 32
| 19
| 14
| 2.40
| 127
| 96
| 74
| 30
| 6
| 0
| 277
| 281
| 2
| 49
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 18
| 6
| 12
| 3.40
| 45
| 68
| 52
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 137.2
| 132
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 28
| 28
| 13
| 14
| 2.73
| 82
| 96
| 73
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 241
| 260
| 1
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 217
| 198
| 89
| 108
| 4.26
| 374
| 1124
| 818
| 181
| 9
| 3
| 1726.2
| 2094
| 46
| 462
| 0
| 24
| 68
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 150
| 142
| 75
| 67
| 2.71
| 413
| 514
| 373
| 131
| 16
| 0
| 1239.2
| 1282
| 15
| 227
| 0
| 3
| 33
|
| Total
|
|
| 367
| 340
| 164
| 175
| 3.61
| 787
| 1638
| 1191
| 312
| 25
| 3
| 2966.1
| 3376
| 61
| 689
| 0
| 27
| 101
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1893
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 58
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 97
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1898
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 87
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 82
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 58
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 73
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 130
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 43
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 50
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1903
| TOT
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 93
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 101
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 73
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 367
| 0
| 0
| 127
| 903
| 51
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| STL
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| STL
| N
| 33
| 107
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 9
| .159
| .189
| .178
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| 49
| 155
| 11
| 33
| 1
| 14
| .213
| .233
| .303
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 112
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 10
| .143
| .172
| .161
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 111
| 12
| 20
| 0
| 7
| .180
| .209
| .180
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 90
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 12
| .222
| .255
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 113
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .097
| .128
| .115
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| STL
| A
| 35
| 118
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .093
| .123
| .119
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| STL
| A
| 16
| 51
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .157
| .157
| .176
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 53
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 6
| .151
| .167
| .208
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| TOT
| A
| 32
| 104
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 10
| .154
| .162
| .192
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 101
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 8
| .168
| .208
| .208
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 53
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .075
| .075
| .094
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 29
| 81
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .123
| .155
| .148
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 221
| 693
| 56
| 117
| 1
| 54
| .169
| .197
| .198
| 11
| 3
| 20
| 25
| 4
| 27
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 151
| 457
| 26
| 58
| 0
| 22
| .127
| .151
| .158
| 10
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 372
| 1150
| 82
| 175
| 1
| 76
| .152
| .179
| .182
| 21
| 5
| 32
| 25
| 5
| 48
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Monte Cross and Klondike Douglass to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Clements, Jack Taylor and $1000 (November 10, 1897).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Cleveland Naps in exchange for Gene Wright (August 1, 1903).
- Traded by Cleveland Naps to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Happy Townsend (December 24, 1905).
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