Josh Donaldson stats
Third Baseman · #3
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2010
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 48
- College
- Auburn
- AL MVP
- 2015
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2x
- Hank Aaron Award
- 2015
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2010
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 48
- College
- Auburn
- AL MVP
- 2015
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2x
- Hank Aaron Award
- 2015
Stats
Standard
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ATH | 14 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .156 |
| 2012 | ATH | 75 | 274 | 34 | 66 | 9 | 33 | 4 | .241 |
| 2013 | ATH | 158 | 579 | 89 | 174 | 24 | 93 | 5 | .301 |
| 2014 | ATH | 158 | 608 | 93 | 155 | 29 | 98 | 8 | .255 |
| 2015 | TOR | 158 | 620 | 122 | 184 | 41 | 123 | 6 | .297 |
| 2016 | TOR | 155 | 577 | 122 | 164 | 37 | 99 | 7 | .284 |
| 2017 | TOR | 113 | 415 | 65 | 112 | 33 | 78 | 2 | .270 |
| 2018 |  TOR/CLE | 52 | 187 | 30 | 46 | 8 | 23 | 2 | .246 |
| 2019 | ATL | 155 | 549 | 96 | 142 | 37 | 94 | 4 | .259 |
| 2020 | MIN | 28 | 81 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .222 |
| 2021 | MIN | 135 | 457 | 73 | 113 | 26 | 72 | 0 | .247 |
| 2022 | NYY | 132 | 478 | 59 | 106 | 15 | 62 | 2 | .222 |
| 2023 |  NYY/MIL | 50 | 165 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 0 | .152 |
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ATH | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2012 | ATH | 294 | 109 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | ATH | 668 | 289 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4.0 |
| 2014 | ATH | 695 | 277 | 62 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | TOR | 711 | 352 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | TOR | 700 | 317 | 74 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 4.2 |
| 2017 | TOR | 496 | 232 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | TOR/CLE | 219 | 84 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | ATL | 659 | 286 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 4.2 |
| 2020 | MIN | 102 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | MIN | 543 | 217 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | NYY | 546 | 179 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | NYY/MIL | 189 | 69 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ATH | -0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 32 | 1 |
| 2012 | ATH | 1.3 | 30.7 | 3.8 | .157 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30.4 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | ATH | 8.0 | 109.1 | 6.9 | .199 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 24.1 | 0.8 |
| 2014 | ATH | 7.4 | 95.7 | 5.5 | .201 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21 | 0.8 |
| 2015 | TOR | 8.8 | 126.9 | 7.4 | .271 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | TOR | 7.4 | 126.8 | 7.9 | .265 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 15.6 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | TOR | 4.8 | 89.2 | 7.7 | .289 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | TOR/CLE | 1.2 | 30.8 | 5.7 | .203 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 23.4 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | ATL | 6.1 | 108.3 | 6.9 | .262 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | MIN | 0.4 | 14.2 | 5.6 | .247 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 13.5 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | MIN | 3.2 | 73.8 | 5.3 | .228 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 17.6 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | NYY | 2.4 | 54.5 | 3.7 | .153 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 31.9 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | NYY/MIL | 0.0 | 16.4 | 3 | .267 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 1 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
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| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Oct 04 | vs ARIL 5-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 03 | vsARIL 6-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 01 | vs CHCW 4-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat, Sep 30 | vsCHCL 10-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 29 | vsCHCW 4-3 F/10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 28 | vs STLW 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 10,340 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 11 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 1 won, 2 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ARI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | CLE | Won 3-2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 |  HOU | Lost 0-4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Josh Donaldson against each club
- vs Boston Red Sox (22)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (18)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (15)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (13)
- vs Athletics (10)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (10)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (10)
- vs Chicago White Sox (9)
- vs Houston Astros (9)
- vs Seattle Mariners (9)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Miami Marlins (7)
- vs Detroit Tigers (6)
- vs Kansas City Royals (6)
- vs New York Mets (6)
- vs Texas Rangers (6)
- vs Minnesota Twins (4)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (4)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (3)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (3)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (3)
- vs San Francisco Giants (3)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (2)
- vs Colorado Rockies (2)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (2)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (2)
- vs Washington Nationals (2)
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