Atley Donald Notable

b. August 19, 1910 · New York Yankees 1938–1945

Atley Donald played 1938 to 1945 for the New York Yankees as a pitcher.

He went 65 and 33 with a 3.52 earned run average, pitching 932.3 innings in 153 games. He struck out 369, completed 54 of his 115 starts and threw 6 shutouts. Across 153 games he batted .160, with 57 hits and 27 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 6 doubles.

He was born in Morton, MS, USA on August 19, 1910, and died on October 19, 1992. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1938	NYY	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
1939	NYY	24	60	7	15	1	1	0	7	4	15	.250
1940	NYY	24	41	2	6	0	0	0	2	1	11	.146
1941	NYY	22	62	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	22	.081
1942	NYY	20	61	4	9	1	0	0	3	1	16	.148
1943	NYY	22	47	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	7	.128
1944	NYY	30	55	3	10	2	0	0	4	3	15	.182
1945	NYY	9	24	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	4	.208
Career	—	153	356	27	57	6	1	1	23	11	90	.160

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1938	NYY	0	1	2	2	0	12.0	7	7	14	6	5.25
1939	NYY	13	3	24	20	1	153.0	144	63	60	55	3.71
1940	NYY	8	3	24	11	0	118.2	113	40	59	60	3.03
1941	NYY	9	5	22	20	0	159.0	141	63	69	71	3.57
1942	NYY	11	3	20	19	0	147.2	133	51	45	53	3.11
1943	NYY	6	4	22	15	0	119.1	134	61	38	57	4.60
1944	NYY	13	10	30	19	0	159.0	173	59	59	48	3.34
1945	NYY	5	4	9	9	0	63.2	62	21	25	19	2.97
Career	—	65	33	153	115	1	932.1	907	365	369	369	3.52

On this day & linked events

1910

Born August 19, 1910

Morton, MS, USA

1992

Died October 19, 1992

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