Jim Donnelly (baseball)

Jim Donnelly
Jim Donnelly Old Judge baseball card, 1887
Third baseman
Born: (1865-07-19)July 19, 1865 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died: March 5, 1915(1915-03-05) (aged 49) Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 1884, for the Indianapolis Hoosiers
Last MLB appearance
May 12, 1898, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Batting average	.230
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	237
Stolen bases	173
Teams
Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884) Detroit Wolverines (1885) Kansas City Cowboys (1886) Washington Nationals (1887–89) St. Louis Browns (1890) Columbus Solons (1891) Baltimore Orioles (1896) Pittsburgh Pirates (1897) New York Giants (1897) St. Louis Browns (1898)

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.