Josh Donaldson stats

Third Baseman · #3

Age 40 · 6' 1"

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Josh Donaldson played 13 MLB seasons, 2010 to 2023.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,383
AB
5,022
R
816
H
1,310
HR
279
RBI
816
SB
40
AVG
.261

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2010ATH143215140.156
2012ATH7527434669334.241
2013ATH1585798917424935.301
2014ATH1586089315529988.255
2015TOR158620122184411236.297
2016TOR15557712216437997.284
2017TOR1134156511233782.270
2018TOR/CLE5218730468232.246
2019ATL1555499614237944.259
2020MIN288114186110.222
2021MIN1354577311326720.247
2022NYY1324785910615622.222
2023NYY/MIL50165182513260.152

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
50
AB
186
R
21
H
46
HR
5
RBI
16
SB
1
AVG
.247

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,856
TB
2,458
XBH
578
HBP
58
IBB
22
GIDP
135
P/PA
4.03

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2010ATH34920004.1
2012ATH294109255063.7
2013ATH6682896462154.0
2014ATH6952776275163.9
2015TOR7113528460164.0
2016TOR7003177496164.2
2017TOR496232543154.2
2018TOR/CLE21984220234.0
2019ATL6592867082134.2
2020MIN1023882144.4
2021MIN5432175242223.9
2022NYY5461794381134.0
2023NYY/MIL18969180063.8

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
50.7
RC
876.7
RC/27
6.10
ISOP
.229
SECA
.379
BB/K
0.59
AB/HR
18.0
GO/FO
0.80

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2010ATH-0.31.61.6.1250.20.2321
2012ATH1.330.73.8.1570.20.230.40.7
2013ATH8.0109.16.9.1990.30.724.10.8
2014ATH7.495.75.5.2010.30.6210.8
2015TOR8.8126.97.4.2710.40.615.10.8
2016TOR7.4126.87.9.2650.50.915.60.7
2017TOR4.889.27.7.2890.50.712.60.7
2018TOR/CLE1.230.85.7.2030.40.623.40.9
2019ATL6.1108.36.9.2620.40.714.80.7
2020MIN0.414.25.6.2470.50.813.51.2
2021MIN3.273.85.3.2280.40.717.60.8
2022NYY2.454.53.7.1530.30.431.90.8
2023NYY/MIL0.016.43.2670.40.412.71

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
40 yearsDec 8, 1985
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2010
Birthplace
Pensacola, OK
Draft
2007Rd 1, Pk 48
College
Auburn
AL MVP
2015
AL Silver Slugger
2x
Hank Aaron Award
2015

Latest performance

Josh Donaldson

Oct 04 · vs ARI · L 5-2

AB
3
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.286

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Wed, Oct 04vsARIL 5-230000
Tue, Oct 03vsARIL 6-341200
Sun, Oct 01vsCHCW 4-030001
Sat, Sep 30vsCHCL 10-640000
Fri, Sep 29vsCHCW 4-3 F/1030000
Thu, Sep 28vsSTLW 3-020100

What were Josh Donaldson's career stats?

Josh Donaldson played 13 seasons for the Athletics, the Blue Jays, the Braves, the Twins and the Yankees. He was a career .261 hitter with 1,310 hits, 279 home runs and 816 RBI. His best season was 2013: a .301 batting average, 24 home runs and 93 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 8 postseasons, 2010 to 2023

Josh Donaldson finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 204th in home runs (279)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Josh Donaldson

Playoff series

Josh Donaldson played 50 games across 9 MLB postseasons in 13 series — 4 won, 9 lost.

Josh Donaldson's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2023ARILost 0-227200
2022CLEWon 3-2516400
2022HOULost 0-4413100
2019STLLost 2-3519313
2018HOULost 0-3311100
2016BALWon 1-015200
2016TEXWon 3-0313703
2016CLELost 1-4518612
2015TEXWon 3-2518424
2015KCLost 2-4623614
2014KCLost 0-115200
2013DETLost 2-3521300
2012DETLost 2-3517500

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Josh Donaldson’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.