Jim Donnelly Baseball player

James B. Donnelly (July 19, 1865 – March 5, 1915) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1884 to 1900. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a third baseman, for nine different major league clubs. In his 11 major league seasons, Donnelly compiled a .230 career batting average and led the National League's third basemen with 73 errors in 1886 and 275 assists in 1887.Donnelly's longest stints were with the Washington Nationals (243 games from 1887 to 1889), the Kansas City Cowboys (113 games in 1886), and the Baltimore Orioles (106 games in 1896). In 1896, he raised his batting average to .328 and was the starting third baseman for the 1896 Baltimore Orioles team than won the National League pennant with a 90–39 record.

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Jim Donnelly
Birth dateJuly 19, 1865
Birth place
New Haven Connecticut
Date of deathMarch 05, 1915
Place of death
Meriden Connecticut

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 11, 1884
Career endMay 12, 1898
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former teams
St. Louis Cardinals
Indianapolis Hoosiers (American Association)
position
Third baseman
teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
Detroit Wolverines
Kansas City Cowboys (National League)
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Nationals (1886–89)
Columbus Solons
Indianapolis Hoosiers (American Association)
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