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John
Donaldson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 165
 
Born: May 5, 1943 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Gold Glove 1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1966 23 TAM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 6 8 9 9
1967 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
1968 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1969 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1970 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 8
1971 28 LAD NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 6 9 9 9
1972 29 LAD NL $ 350,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
1973 30 LAD NL $ 1,240,714   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1974 31 LAD NL $ 1,240,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1975 32 LAD NL $ 585,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 33 MIN AL $ 750,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 5 8 8 8
1977 34 MIN AL $ 750,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1978 35 BAL AL $ 956,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 36 OAK AL $ 1,468,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,468,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 23 AA   137 549 69 131 11 4 4 31 15 13 74 38 .239 .329 .295 .624 57.4  
1967 24 AAA   56 232 25 57 5 0 4 26 10 4 26 19 .246 .322 .319 .641 25.9  
    AA   79 294 44 80 13 2 3 27 9 0 46 16 .272 .371 .361 .731 43.5  
1968 25 LAD NL 34 63 13 16 2 1 0 7 1 0 8 7 .254 .338 .317 .655 7.6 1.5
    AAA   51 223 40 70 9 2 1 19 10 1 33 15 .314 .402 .386 .788 37.0  
    AA   54 218 29 74 4 2 0 19 7 5 22 14 .339 .400 .376 .776 32.3  
1969 26 LAD NL 86 148 37 41 7 0 2 26 20 4 17 7 .277 .353 .365 .718 20.8 4.7
1970 27 LAD NL 103 273 44 69 5 1 2 34 19 7 20 20 .253 .305 .300 .605 23.9 1.9
1971 28 LAD NL 80 157 24 36 2 1 1 19 11 6 10 16 .229 .274 .274 .548 11.7 0.0
1972 29 LAD NL 121 358 54 104 10 1 3 43 37 13 34 25 .291 .350 .349 .699 46.5 8.0
1973 30 LAD NL 113 360 45 100 7 2 1 49 29 7 28 33 .278 .330 .317 .647 40.5 5.9
1974 31 LAD NL 119 306 38 68 7 0 2 31 18 10 30 32 .222 .295 .265 .560 23.7 0.7
1975 32 LAD NL 58 84 17 24 3 0 0 6 9 1 10 3 .286 .362 .321 .683 11.3 2.2
1976 33 MIN AL 150 527 59 146 27 3 1 44 23 17 49 75 .277 .340 .345 .685 58.3 7.6
1977 34 MIN AL 153 573 60 151 20 4 4 54 22 16 39 57 .264 .312 .333 .645 56.3 4.4
1978 35 BAL AL 121 300 26 101 12 3 0 29 17 9 25 38 .337 .387 .397 .783 42.2 9.3
1979 36 OAK AL 146 470 46 115 11 3 2 44 22 14 18 65 .245 .276 .294 .569 32.9 1.1
12 Years Sim 1284 3619 463 971 113 19 18 386 228 104 288 378 .268 .323 .325 .648 375.6 47.1
2 Years AAA 107 455 65 127 14 2 5 45 20 5 59 34 .279 .359 .352 .711 62.9  
3 Years AA 270 1061 142 285 28 8 7 77 31 18 142 68 .269 .356 .330 .686 133.2  
5 Years Minors 377 1516 207 412 42 10 12 122 51 23 201 102 .272 .357 .336 .693 196.1  
162 Game Average 456 58 122 14 2 2 48 28 13 36 47 .268 .323 .325 .648 47.4  
Career Highs 153 573 60 151 27 4 4 54 37 17 49 75 .337 .387 .397 .783 58.3  
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   2886 363 780 87 15 15 316 182 76 241 289 .270 .327 .326 .653 319.5
vs LH   733 100 191 26 4 3 70 46 28 47 89 .261 .307 .319 .626 69.5
Home 639 1740 234 445 49 7 7 163 112 50 152 197 .256 .317 .304 .621 175.2
Away 645 1879 229 526 64 12 11 223 116 54 136 181 .280 .329 .344 .673 213.9
RISP   942 0 264 29 7 3 348 0 0 75 100 .280 .332 .335 .668 105.4
Pinch Hitting   108 10 26 4 1 0 22 3 1 11 14 .241 .308 .296 .605 10.5
Close/Late   466 100 129 12 2 1 52 0 0 36 51 .277 .332 .318 .650 49.0
Mar/Apr 203 635 70 162 14 2 1 54 34 22 43 80 .255 .304 .288 .592 54.4
May 208 571 65 154 20 3 2 59 50 15 47 48 .270 .325 .326 .650 65.0
June 189 501 69 137 13 3 1 49 34 15 49 50 .273 .339 .317 .657 57.0
July 203 567 59 161 29 3 3 74 32 13 37 63 .284 .328 .362 .690 66.5
August 246 728 109 203 23 4 5 84 41 18 55 80 .279 .332 .342 .675 83.3
Sep/Oct 235 617 91 154 14 4 6 66 37 21 57 57 .250 .312 .314 .627 62.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 25 LAD NL 1B 14 11 84.0 97 7 0 3 1.000 11.14   0.2
    2B 9 4 46.0 10 18 1 2 .966 5.48   0.1
    3B 5 0 10.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
    SS 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1969 26 LAD NL 1B 32 18 169.0 199 21 1 18 .995 11.72   0.4
    2B 23 13 128.0 20 48 2 5 .971 4.78   0.5
    SS 19 0 31.7 6 12 1 3 .947 5.12   0.2
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 27 LAD NL SS 30 18 189.0 23 71 4 15 .959 4.48   0.9
    1B 16 11 99.3 118 8 2 13 .984 11.42   0.2
    2B 10 5 47.0 8 20 1 2 .966 5.36   0.2
    LF 9 1 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.1
    3B 7 0 13.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.1
1971 28 LAD NL 1B 48 34 323.7 375 30 2 38 .995 11.26   0.7
    SS 11 2 36.3 4 11 0 4 1.000 3.72   0.2
    2B 8 0 11.3 1 7 0 2 1.000 6.35   0.1
    3B 4 0 5.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.18   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 29 LAD NL 1B 102 95 812.0 880 57 9 88 .990 10.39   1.5
    2B 10 0 15.0 3 8 1 3 .917 6.60   0.1
    SS 6 0 8.0 1 3 0 3 1.000 4.50   0.1
    3B 4 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1973 30 LAD NL 1B 102 94 797.7 890 63 9 96 .991 10.75   1.2
    SS 13 1 28.7 1 10 0 2 1.000 3.45   0.1
    2B 5 0 7.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.87   0.0
    3B 5 0 6.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 8.53   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 31 LAD NL 2B 74 68 581.7 130 205 3 51 .991 5.18   1.8
    SS 28 1 58.7 10 32 0 8 1.000 6.44   0.5
    1B 11 4 45.0 53 2 1 6 .982 11.00   0.1
    3B 8 1 19.3 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.72   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 LAD NL 2B 22 16 149.3 34 56 1 20 .989 5.42   0.7
    1B 15 3 44.3 47 2 0 5 1.000 9.95   0.1
    SS 8 0 21.0 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.29   0.1
    3B 3 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 33 MIN AL 2B 136 136 1125.3 297 478 21 126 .974 6.20   4.0
    3B 11 0 21.0 0 7 1 0 .875 3.00   0.1
    1B 9 0 17.0 19 1 1 2 .952 10.59   0.0
    LF 5 0 8.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1977 34 MIN AL SS 148 147 1284.7 230 576 17 128 .979 5.65   5.3
    2B 2 1 11.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 6.55   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 1 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 35 BAL AL 1B 22 12 125.0 145 9 3 17 .981 11.09   0.2
    3B 19 8 85.0 3 20 1 1 .958 2.44   0.2
    LF 14 7 73.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.1
    SS 24 0 49.7 12 27 1 10 .975 7.07   0.5
    2B 6 0 12.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1979 36 OAK AL SS 111 109 925.3 173 435 23 98 .964 5.91   4.4
    3B 32 30 258.0 16 69 4 10 .955 2.97   0.7
    LF 3 0 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  SS 404 278 2642.0 463 1184 46 272 .973 5.61   12.2
  1B 375 282 2524.0 2830 202 28 289 .991 10.81   4.7
  2B 305 243 2134.3 511 857 30 214 .979 5.77   7.8
  3B 102 39 434.0 26 119 6 14 .960 3.01   1.5
  LF 40 8 137.7 30 0 2 0 .938 1.96   0.2
  RF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   1228 850 7877.9 3863 2362 112 789 .982 7.11   26.5
Career Highs   163 148 1301.7 894 582 28 132 .993 10.42    
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
1970 27 LAD NL 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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.
Stolen Bases
1969-5-20
1970-7-19
1972-2-37
1973-4-29
1974-10-18
 Caught Stealing
1970-9-7
1972-3-13
1974-8-10
1976-5-17
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ty Cline (931)
  7. Dave Hilton (926)
  8. Steve Mesner (925)
  9. Bob Aspromonte (921)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1966
Injured on 4/27/1966 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/29/1967 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles on 7/31/1968 (Going to TAM: P Sammy Ellis. Going to LAD: 1B John Donaldson)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/6/1968, off Joe Bonikowski (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1969, off Dennis Bennett (NYA)
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
Injured on 3/28/1971 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2 weeks
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/4/1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,240,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/16/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,240,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $585,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/2/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1976
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 5/2/1977
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $956,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,468,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Miami on 8/21/1979
 
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