Jiggs Donahue
1900–1909 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, MLA, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
813G
.255AVG
.311OBP
.313SLG
More career statistics
731H
4HR
327RBI
143SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,862 | 2,860 |
| Batting · Doubles | 90 | 91 |
| Batting · Home runs | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,210 | 3,225 |
| Batting · Runs | 319 | 318 |
| Batting · RBI | 327 | 317 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 143 | 141 |
| Batting · Triples | 31 | 30 |
| Batting · Walks | 215 | 237 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 813 | 3,210 | 2,862 | 319 | 731 | 90 | 31 | 4 | 327 | 215 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 895 | .255 | .311 | .313 | .624 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1905-05-28 to 1905-06-15
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1904-06-27 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1907-09-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1906-09-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 418 | 1608 | 359 | 1 | 149 | 120 | 69 | .254 | .298 | .313 |
| Away | 395 | 1617 | 372 | 4 | 168 | 117 | 97 | .258 | .302 | .314 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 280 | 62 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 16 | .245 | .279 | .296 |
| May | 135 | 543 | 127 | 0 | 51 | 37 | 32 | .261 | .302 | .337 |
| June | 157 | 650 | 144 | 1 | 61 | 55 | 31 | .253 | .306 | .301 |
| July | 193 | 767 | 162 | 2 | 66 | 52 | 38 | .235 | .279 | .278 |
| August | 113 | 431 | 99 | 1 | 47 | 28 | 24 | .259 | .295 | .338 |
| September | 119 | 449 | 110 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 21 | .286 | .343 | .340 |
| October | 27 | 105 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .284 | .305 | .368 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 124 | 505 | 125 | 0 | 48 | 36 | 19 | .277 | .319 | .314 |
| cleveland-guardians | 119 | 469 | 114 | 2 | 54 | 32 | 26 | .268 | .311 | .353 |
| boston-red-sox | 109 | 427 | 85 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 24 | .226 | .269 | .298 |
| st-louis-browns | 109 | 432 | 93 | 0 | 49 | 39 | 17 | .251 | .306 | .311 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 108 | 426 | 82 | 0 | 37 | 35 | 37 | .218 | .275 | .255 |
| new-york-yankees | 104 | 428 | 103 | 2 | 39 | 29 | 24 | .269 | .308 | .321 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 98 | 393 | 93 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 14 | .269 | .305 | .318 |
| chicago-white-sox | 29 | 107 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .229 | .271 | .271 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1901 | MLA, Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 107 | 34 | – | 16 | 4 | .318 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 30 | 89 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .236 | – | – |
| 1904 |  Chicago White Sox | 102 | 368 | 91 | 1 | 48 | 18 | .247 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 149 | 533 | 153 | 1 | 70 | 32 | .287 | – | – |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 555 | 143 | 1 | 55 | 36 | .258 | – | – |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 157 | 607 | 158 | 1 | 71 | 25 | .260 | – | – |
| 1908 | Chicago White Sox | 93 | 304 | 62 | – | 22 | 14 | .204 | – | – |
| 1909 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 86 | 287 | 67 | – | 25 | 9 | .233 | – | – |