Jose Bautista vs Josh Donaldson

Jose BautistaJosh Donaldson

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson compared on their MLB careers: Jose Bautista played 15 seasons, 2004 to 2018, Josh Donaldson 13 seasons, 2010 to 2023. Jose Bautista has .247 batting average to Josh Donaldson's .261.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson career totals
1,798GP1,383
6,051AB5,022
1,022R816
1,496H1,310
344HR279
975RBI816
70SB40
0.2AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.5SLG0.5
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson postseason
20GP50
74AB186
12R21
18H46
6HR5
16RBI16
0SB1
0.2AVG0.2
0.4OBP0.3
0.5SLG0.4
0.9OPS0.7

Where each stands all time

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson all-time places
108th (344)Home runs204th (279)
291st (975)RBI—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Jose Bautista: 0 championships; AL Silver Slugger ×3, Hank Aaron Award ×2
  • Josh Donaldson: 0 championships; AL MVP, AL Silver Slugger ×2, Hank Aaron Award

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st2004.205022010.15614
2nd2005.143012012.241933
3rd2006.23516512013.3012493
4th2007.25415632014.2552998
5th2008.23815542015.29741123
6th2009.23513402016.2843799
7th2010.260541242017.2703378
8th2011.302431032018.246823
9th2012.24127652019.2593794
10th2013.25928732020.222611
11th2014.286351032021.2472672
12th2015.250401142022.2221562
13th2016.23422692023.1521326
14th2017.2032365————
15th2018.2031348————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI