Red Donahue Notable

b. January 23, 1873 · New York Giants 1893, St. Louis Browns 1895–1897, Philadelphia Phillies 1898–1901, St. Louis Browns 1902–1903, Cleveland Naps 1903–1905, Detroit Tigers 1906

Red Donahue played for five clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Giants in 1893 and closing with the Detroit Tigers in 1906.

He went 164 and 175 with a 3.61 earned run average, pitching 2,966.3 innings in 367 games. He struck out 787, completed 312 of his 340 starts and threw 25 shutouts. Across 372 games he batted .152, with 175 hits and 82 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 21 doubles and 8 stolen bases.

He has a page for his starting pitcher in 1898.

He was born in Waterbury, CT, USA on January 23, 1873, and died on August 25, 1913. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1893	NYG	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1895	STL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1896	STL	33	107	5	17	2	0	0	9	3	23	1	.159
1897	STL	49	155	11	33	7	2	1	14	4	36	1	.213
1898	PHI	35	112	8	16	0	1	0	10	4	22	1	.143
1899	PHI	35	111	12	20	0	0	0	7	2	21	2	.180
1900	PHI	32	90	9	20	0	0	0	12	3	18	1	.222
1901	PHI	34	113	11	11	2	0	0	2	4	25	0	.097
1902	SLB	35	118	6	11	1	1	0	3	3	35	0	.093
1903	CLE/SLB	32	104	5	16	4	0	0	10	1	40	0	.154
1904	CLE	35	101	11	17	4	0	0	8	5	28	2	.168
1905	CLE	20	53	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	.075
1906	DET	29	81	2	10	0	1	0	2	3	25	0	.123
Career	—	372	1150	82	175	21	5	1	77	32	289	8	.152

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1893	NYG	0	0	2	0	1	5.0	8	5	3	1	9.00
1895	STL	0	1	1	1	0	8.0	9	6	3	2	6.75
1896	STL	7	24	32	32	0	267.0	376	172	98	70	5.80
1897	STL	10	35	46	42	1	348.0	485	237	106	64	6.13
1898	PHI	16	17	35	35	0	284.1	327	112	80	57	3.55
1899	PHI	21	8	35	31	0	279.0	292	105	63	51	3.39
1900	PHI	15	10	32	24	0	240.0	299	96	50	41	3.60
1901	PHI	20	13	34	33	1	295.1	299	85	59	88	2.59
1902	SLB	22	11	35	34	0	316.1	322	97	65	63	2.76
1903	CLE/SLB	15	16	32	30	0	267.2	287	77	34	96	2.59
1904	CLE	19	14	35	32	0	277.0	281	74	49	127	2.40
1905	CLE	6	12	20	18	0	137.2	132	52	25	45	3.40
1906	DET	13	14	28	28	0	241.0	260	73	54	82	2.73
Career	—	164	175	367	340	3	2966.1	3377	1191	689	787	3.61

On this day & linked events

1873

Born January 23, 1873

Waterbury, CT, USA

1913

Died August 25, 1913

1893

Major-league debut: Red Donahue

Red Donahue made a major-league debut on May 6, 1893.

1898

Red Donahue's No-Hitter

Red Donahue started as the Philadelphia Phillies held the Boston Beaneaters without a hit on July 8, 1898, winning 5–0.

1906

Final major-league game: Red Donahue

Red Donahue played a final major-league game on September 28, 1906.

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