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Josh Donaldson

3B

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 12/8/1985 (39)
Height, Weight 6'1", 210 lb
Hometown Pensacola, FL

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
PA R HR RBI SB AVG wOBA
189 18 13 26 0 .152 .284
- 453
PA
348th 56
R
185th 15
HR
325th 54
RBI
327th 9
SB
- .250
AVG
301st .320
wOBA
K% BB% IPA% HC% xAVG xwOBA
26.5% 11.6% 19.6% 31.4% .186 .317
261st 22.6%
K%
57th 8.6%
BB%
339th 25.9%
IPA%
55th 26.6%
HC%
346th .243
xAVG
176th .319
xwOBA

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Josh Donaldson Overview

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Year Team G PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG wOBA xwOBA Z-Con% K% BB% HR/FB% BABIP Brl% ICR IPA%
2010 OAK 14 34 1 1 4 0 .156 .206 .281 - - - 35.3% 5.9% - - - - -
2012 OAK 80 312 35 9 33 4 .244 .281 .395 - - - 20.8% 4.8% - - - - -
2013 OAK 163 690 89 25 93 5 .295 .375 .485 - - - 17.1% 11.2% - - - - -
2014 OAK 159 701 94 29 98 8 .256 .339 .455 - - - 18.8% 11.0% - - - - -
2015 TOR 169 759 131 44 131 7 .293 .369 .566 - - - 18.8% 10.4% - - - - -
2016 TOR 164 739 128 40 104 7 .292 .401 .553 - - - 17.1% 15.2% - - - - -
2017 TOR 113 496 65 33 78 2 .270 .383 .559 - - - 22.4% 15.3% - - - - -
2018 CLE/TOR 52 219 30 8 23 2 .246 .352 .449 .345 - - 24.7% 14.2% - .302 - - -
2019 ATL 155 659 96 37 94 4 .259 .379 .521 .377 - - 23.5% 15.2% - .292 - - -
2020 MIN 28 102 14 6 11 0 .222 .373 .469 .362 .359 75.7% 23.5% 17.6% 50.0% .231 7.0% 32.8% 18.6%
2021 MIN 135 543 73 26 72 0 .247 .352 .475 .353 .396 78.2% 21.0% 13.6% 36.6% .268 16.7% 39.9% 25.8%
2022 NYY 132 546 59 15 62 2 .222 .308 .374 .302 .304 74.1% 27.1% 9.9% 20.5% .283 8.6% 38.1% 23.4%
2023 NYY/MIL 50 189 18 13 26 0 .152 .249 .418 .284 .317 78.9% 26.5% 11.6% 40.6% .115 13.8% 31.6% 19.6%
MLB Percentile 0 0 1 47 8 7 0 1 51 15 50 19 26 84 97 0 91 9 4
MLB AVG 119 453 56 15 54 9 .250 .321 .418 .320 .319 83.5% 22.6% 8.6% 20.0% .298 8.0% 38.6% 25.9%
Career 1,414 5,989 833 286 829 41 .257 .339 .463 .348 .335 76.5% 22.8% 11.9% 55.9% .268 12.5% 23.3% 14.3%

Josh Donaldson Game Log

Josh Donaldson Standard

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Year Team 1B 2B 3B HR SB CS K BB HBP H TB HC Brl
2010 OAK 3 1 0 1 0 0 12 2 0 5 - - -
2012 OAK 45 17 0 9 4 1 65 15 0 71 - - -
2013 OAK 112 37 3 25 5 2 118 77 2 177 - - -
2014 OAK 95 31 2 29 8 0 132 77 5 157 - - -
2015 TOR 104 44 2 44 7 0 143 79 0 194 - - -
2016 TOR 96 38 5 40 7 1 126 112 7 179 - - -
2017 TOR 58 21 0 33 2 2 111 76 1 112 - - -
2018 CLE/TOR 24 14 0 8 2 0 54 31 0 46 115 - 0
2019 ATL 72 33 0 37 4 2 155 100 8 142 394 - 0
2020 MIN 10 2 0 6 0 0 24 18 2 18 58 31 4
2021 MIN 61 26 0 26 0 0 114 74 4 113 295 183 58
2022 NYY 63 28 0 15 2 2 148 54 8 106 241 145 29
2023 NYY/MIL 7 5 0 13 0 0 50 22 0 25 91 59 16
MLB Percentile 0 2 16 47 7 85 94 19 3 0 0 0 0
MLB AVG 65 21 2 15 9 2 100 40 5 102 217 122 24
Career 750 297 12 286 41 10 1,252 737 37 1,345 1,194 418 107

Josh Donaldson Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG OBP SLG wOBA ISO BABIP xAVG xSLG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON Max EV FB EV LA
2010 OAK 35.3% 5.9% .156 .206 .281 - .125 - - - - - - - - -
2012 OAK 20.8% 4.8% .244 .281 .395 - .151 - - - - - - - - -
2013 OAK 17.1% 11.2% .295 .375 .485 - .190 - - - - - - - - -
2014 OAK 18.8% 11.0% .256 .339 .455 - .199 - - - - - - - - -
2015 TOR 18.8% 10.4% .293 .369 .566 - .273 - - - - - - - - -
2016 TOR 17.1% 15.2% .292 .401 .553 - .261 - - - - - - - - -
2017 TOR 22.4% 15.3% .270 .383 .559 - .289 - - - - - - - - -
2018 CLE/TOR 24.7% 14.2% .246 .352 .449 .345 .203 .302 - - - - - - - -
2019 ATL 23.5% 15.2% .259 .379 .521 .377 .262 .292 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 23.5% 17.6% .222 .373 .469 .362 .247 .231 .226 .454 .359 .249 .397 110.8 98.6 6.1
2021 MIN 21.0% 13.6% .247 .352 .475 .353 .228 .268 .279 .567 .396 .297 .461 114.7 95.5 14.4
2022 NYY 27.1% 9.9% .222 .308 .374 .302 .152 .283 .219 .387 .304 .277 .368 111.7 93.1 12.0
2023 NYY/MIL 26.5% 11.6% .152 .249 .418 .284 .266 .115 .186 .471 .317 .167 .382 112.3 99.1 11.5
MLB Percentile 26 84 0 1 51 15 0 0 2 77 50 0 56 0 100 37
MLB AVG 22.6% 8.6% .250 .321 .418 .320 .168 .298 .243 .423 .319 .284 .374 111.1 89.9 12.8
Career 22.8% 11.9% .257 .339 .463 .348 .206 .268 .202 .402 .335 .268 .415 114.7 95.4 12.5

Josh Donaldson Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 CLE/TOR - - - - - - - - 13.4% - - - - -
2019 ATL - - - - - - - - 16.4% - - - - -
2020 MIN 56.1% 12.3% 21.1% 10.5% 24.6% 50.0% 29.3% 20.7% 12.9% 66.7% 21.1% 5.3% 7.0% 32.8%
2021 MIN 45.4% 20.7% 20.4% 13.5% 31.3% 46.7% 32.2% 21.1% 16.2% 59.7% 18.4% 5.2% 16.7% 39.9%
2022 NYY 45.5% 22.9% 21.7% 9.8% 36.3% 44.0% 38.4% 17.6% 16.1% 61.9% 22.0% 7.4% 8.6% 38.1%
2023 NYY/MIL 49.1% 12.1% 27.6% 11.2% 25.0% 46.2% 35.0% 18.8% 16.6% 68.0% 12.9% 5.2% 13.8% 31.6%
MLB Percentile 76 0 76 26 1 80 69 7 29 0 1 28 91 9
MLB AVG 44.2% 22.1% 24.4% 9.3% 35.4% 41.5% 33.4% 25.1% 18.0% 61.3% 24.5% 6.3% 8.0% 38.6%
Career 46.7% 19.8% 21.9% 11.6% 32.0% 45.8% 34.8% 19.4% 15.8% 62.3% 19.3% 6.1% 12.5% 23.3%

Josh Donaldson Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 CLE/TOR .246 .345 .302 .343 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 ATL .259 .377 .292 .359 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN .222 .362 .231 .310 .226 .359 .249 .397 92.8 98.6 6.1 50.0% 32.8% 18.6%
2021 MIN .247 .353 .268 .322 .279 .396 .297 .461 94.1 95.5 14.4 36.6% 39.9% 25.8%
2022 NYY .222 .302 .283 .315 .219 .304 .277 .368 90.6 93.1 12.0 20.5% 38.1% 23.4%
2023 NYY/MIL .152 .284 .115 .214 .186 .317 .167 .382 92.0 99.1 11.5 40.6% 31.6% 19.6%
MLB Percentile 0 15 0 0 2 50 0 56 93 100 37 97 9 4
MLB AVG .250 .320 .298 .332 .243 .319 .284 .374 88.7 89.9 12.8 20.0% 38.6% 25.9%
Career .257 .348 .268 .323 .202 .335 .268 .415 92.4 95.4 12.5 55.9% 23.3% 14.3%

Josh Donaldson Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS%
2018 CLE/TOR - 59.5% 41.9% - 31.9% 13.4% 68.1% - - 17.6% 13.4% 30.9% 15.2% 54.2%
2019 ATL - 58.2% 43.9% - 29.7% 16.4% 70.3% - - 14.3% 13.1% 27.3% 14.4% 53.0%
2020 MIN 39.9% 56.3% 39.4% 23.0% 34.5% 12.9% 65.5% 75.7% 46.8% 16.9% 13.6% 30.5% 12.9% 52.3%
2021 MIN 45.6% 60.1% 45.2% 24.2% 27.6% 16.2% 72.4% 78.2% 58.2% 14.9% 12.5% 27.4% 16.5% 54.8%
2022 NYY 44.2% 63.3% 47.3% 31.6% 33.3% 16.1% 66.7% 74.1% 54.2% 16.0% 15.8% 31.8% 15.4% 58.5%
2023 NYY/MIL 44.6% 62.5% 44.8% 27.4% 26.7% 16.6% 73.3% 78.9% 62.4% 17.7% 12.0% 29.7% 16.3% 59.1%
MLB Percentile 39 30 27 72 44 29 44 19 70 33 50 36 0 64
MLB AVG 45.2% 64.0% 47.7% 30.7% 25.5% 18.0% 74.5% 83.5% 57.9% 16.4% 12.2% 28.6% 17.5% 58.3%
Career 26.7% 60.2% 44.7% 27.5% 30.3% 15.8% 69.7% 76.5% 56.0% 15.6% 13.5% 29.1% 15.3% 55.3%

Josh Donaldson Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% iLoc% x-mLoc% oLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% aLoc% gLoc% mmLoc%
2018 CLE/TOR - - - - - - - - - -
2019 ATL - - - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 39.9% 32.5% 20.9% 46.5% 31.0% 21.4% 47.7% 30.1% 49.0% 3.1%
2021 MIN 45.6% 30.9% 24.8% 44.3% 27.8% 24.9% 47.2% 30.8% 44.4% 6.7%
2022 NYY 44.2% 29.7% 24.9% 45.4% 27.6% 23.2% 49.2% 31.6% 43.6% 5.8%
2023 NYY/MIL 44.6% 33.1% 23.3% 43.6% 26.2% 24.8% 49.0% 30.8% 46.0% 6.3%
MLB Percentile 39 86 3 42 22 67 77 34 88 38
MLB AVG 45.2% 29.7% 26.1% 44.3% 30.5% 24.1% 45.4% 34.6% 39.3% 6.6%
Career 26.7% 30.9% 24.3% 44.8% 27.8% 23.9% 48.3% 31.0% 44.6% 6.0%

Josh Donaldson Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 CLE/TOR 57.8% 14.0% 28.4% 10.6% 56.0% 46.3% 22.0% - 21.5%
2019 ATL 55.9% 15.2% 29.0% 11.9% 58.4% 48.1% 17.7% - 19.5%
2020 MIN 51.7% 17.8% 30.7% 8.6% 50.5% 41.6% 21.1% 21.7% 17.4%
2021 MIN 58.7% 13.4% 28.4% 14.3% 57.6% 46.2% 18.5% 18.7% 18.9%
2022 NYY 56.8% 11.8% 31.6% 12.4% 63.6% 52.1% 20.8% 22.3% 21.5%
2023 NYY/MIL 59.2% 11.6% 29.4% 15.8% 65.8% 51.6% 20.2% 20.9% 23.7%
MLB Percentile 40 43 58 72 88 61 40 83 17
MLB AVG 58.8% 11.9% 29.7% 14.6% 61.4% 50.5% 21.4% 25.8% 19.4%
Career 57.0% 13.7% 29.5% 12.6% 59.5% 48.4% 19.4% 12.7% 20.3%

Josh Donaldson PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL
2018 CLE/TOR 883 - - - - - - - -
2019 ATL 2,742 - - - - - - - -
2020 MIN 449 4.80 42.8% 14.1% 43.1% -0.2% 4.3% 4.6 +3
2021 MIN 2,125 5.00 45.8% 17.3% 36.8% 9.0% 5.2% 23.4 +4
2022 NYY 2,176 5.07 48.4% 17.4% 34.1% 14.3% 5.2% 10.4 -1
2023 NYY/MIL 718 5.10 47.4% 20.2% 32.5% 14.9% 5.4% 0.5 -14
MLB Percentile 0 94 84 88 2 2 0 22 6
MLB AVG 1,767 5.00 45.6% 18.4% 36.1% 9.5% 5.8% - +14
Career 9,093 5.03 46.9% 17.5% 35.6% 11.2% 5.2% 38.9 -8
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