Josh Donaldson

3B/DH · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2010–2023 BORN: PENSACOLA, USA

MVP 2015 All-Star ×3 Silver Slugger ×2

Career

1310 H · 279 HR · 816 RBI · 40 SB

.261 AVG · .847 OPS · 1384 G

2023 Season

.142 AVG · 10 HR · 15 RBI · 0 SB

.225 OBP · .434 SLG · .659 OPS

Salary / Contract

2023: $21.8M

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Josh Donaldson was a third baseman in MLB. Across 1384 career games, with a .261 batting average and 279 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	OAK	14	32	1	5	1	0	1	4	0	2	12	.156	.206	.281	.487
2012	OAK	75	274	34	66	16	0	9	33	4	14	61	.241	.289	.398	.687
2013	OAK	158	579	89	174	37	3	24	93	5	76	110	.301	.384	.499	.883
2014	OAK	158	608	93	155	31	2	29	98	8	76	130	.255	.342	.456	.798
2015	TOR	158	620	122	184	41	2	41	123	6	73	133	.297	.371	.568	.939
2016	TOR	155	577	122	164	32	5	37	99	7	109	119	.284	.404	.549	.953
2017	TOR	113	415	65	112	21	0	33	78	2	76	111	.270	.385	.559	.944
2018	CLE	16	50	8	14	3	0	3	7	0	10	10	.280	.400	.520	.920
2018	TOR	36	137	22	32	11	0	5	16	2	21	44	.234	.333	.423	.757
2019	ATL	155	549	96	142	33	0	37	94	4	100	155	.259	.379	.521	.900
2020	MIN	28	81	14	18	2	0	6	11	0	18	24	.222	.373	.469	.842
2021	MIN	135	457	73	113	26	0	26	72	0	74	114	.247	.352	.475	.827
2022	NYY	132	478	59	106	28	0	15	62	2	54	148	.222	.308	.374	.682
2023	MIL	17	59	5	10	4	0	3	11	0	10	18	.169	.290	.390	.680
2023	NYY	34	106	13	15	1	0	10	15	0	12	32	.142	.225	.434	.659
Career Totals	—	1384	5022	816	1310	287	12	279	816	40	725	1221	.261	.358	.489	.847

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	NYY	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Career Totals	—	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Awards & Achievements

Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2019
Hank Aaron Award (1): 2015
MLB Players Choice Comeback Player (1): 2019
MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player (1): 2015
MLB Players Choice Player of the Year (1): 2015
Most Valuable Player (1): 2015
Player of the Month (1): 2013
Player of the Week (4): 2013, 2015, 2015, 2016
Silver Slugger (2): 2015, 2016
This Year in Baseball Best Play - Defense (1): 2015
TSN All-Star (1): 2016
TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2019
TSN Major League Player of the Year (1): 2015

All-Star Selections

2014, 2015, 2016

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
2012	$480,000
2013	$492,500
2014	$500,000
2015	$4,300,000
2016	$11,650,000
2017	$17,000,000
2018	$23,000,000
2019	$23,000,000
2020	$18,750,000
2021	$21,750,000
2022	$23,750,000
2023	$21,750,000

Career Total: $166,422,500 (12 seasons)

Average: $13,868,542

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.