What years did Pete Donohue play?

Pete Donohue played in Major League Baseball from 1921 to 1932.

Was Pete Donohue a pitcher?

Yes. Pete Donohue pitched in the major leagues, recording 134 wins and 571 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Pete Donohue hit?

Pete Donohue hit 6 career home runs with 180 hits.

What was Pete Donohue's career batting average?

Pete Donohue batted .246 over his career, with 180 hits in 732 at bats.

How many RBI did Pete Donohue have?

Pete Donohue drove in 87 runs in his career.

What was Pete Donohue's career ERA?

Pete Donohue finished with a 3.87 career ERA, going 134-118 with 571 strikeouts.

Pete Donohue

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1921-1932)

Pete Donohue was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1921 to 1932 for 4 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 12 seasons. Across 344 career appearances, he went 134-118 with a 3.87 ERA and 571 strikeouts. He also batted .246 with 6 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 26748.3.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 134–118

ERA 3.87

WHIP 1.35

SO 571

Pitcher PIV 26748.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 11/5/1900 in Athens, TX, USA
Died: 2/23/1988 in Fort Worth, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1921-07-01
Last Game: 1932-05-06

Full name: Peter Joseph Donohue

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Career Pitching Statistics

Pete Donohue — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
134	118	344	270	137	16	12	2112.1	2,439	909	68	422	571	3.87	26748.3

Career ERA 3.87 vs. league average 4.24 across their career seasons — 8.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Pete Donohue Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1921	CIN	NL	7	6	21	11	7	0	1	118.1	117	44	26	44	3.35	4.02 (+17%)	1182.0
1922	CIN	NL	18	9	33	30	18	2	1	242.0	257	84	43	66	3.12	4.18 (+25%)	3557.6
1923	CIN	NL	21	15	42	36	19	2	3	274.1	304	103	68	84	3.38	4.03 (+16%)	4476.6
1924	CIN	NL	16	9	35	32	16	3	0	222.1	248	89	36	72	3.60	4.13 (+13%)	2535.7
1925	CIN	NL	21	14	42	38	27	3	2	301.0	310	103	49	78	3.08	4.55 (+32%)	6653.7
1926	CIN	NL	20	14	47	38	17	5	2	285.2	298	107	39	73	3.37	4.11 (+18%)	5851.3
1927	CIN	NL	6	16	33	24	12	1	1	190.2	253	87	32	48	4.11	4.08 (-1%)	3832.1
1928	CIN	NL	7	11	23	18	8	0	0	150.0	180	79	32	37	4.74	4.13 (-15%)	-125.9
1929	CIN	NL	10	13	32	24	7	0	0	177.2	243	107	51	30	5.42	4.60 (-18%)	-945.8
1930	CIN	NL	1	3	8	5	2	0	1	34.1	53	24	13	4	6.29	4.80 (-31%)	175.0
1930	NY1	NL	7	6	18	11	4	0	1	86.2	135	59	18	26	6.13	4.80 (-28%)	442.2
1931	NY1	NL	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	11.1	14	7	4	4	5.56	4.10 (-36%)	-152.8
1931	CLE	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	5	5	4	8.44	—	0.0
1932	BOS	AL	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	12.2	18	11	6	1	7.82	4.13 (-89%)	-733.5
Career · 14 seasons			134	118	344	270	137	16	12	2,112.1	2,439	909	422	571	3.87	—	26,748

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Pete Donohue — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
346	732	44	180	17	4	6	87	1	21	78	.246	.270	.305	.574	-2,280

Career AVG .246 vs. league average .284 across their career seasons — 13.3% below league average.

Career OBP .270 vs. league average .345 across their career seasons — 21.9% below league average.

Career SLG .305 vs. league average .399 across their career seasons — 23.6% below league average.

Career OPS .574 vs. league average .744 across their career seasons — 22.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Pete Donohue Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1921	CIN	NL	21	38	3	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	8	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	CIN	NL	33	88	4	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	17	.182	.285 (-36%)	.345 (-47%)	.397 (-49%)	.743 (-48%)	-695.4
1923	CIN	NL	42	96	5	24	3	1	1	11	0	2	11	.250	.282 (-12%)	.344 (-23%)	.390 (-15%)	.734 (-19%)	-310.4
1924	CIN	NL	36	73	4	14	3	0	1	8	0	3	6	.192	.283 (-32%)	.345 (-35%)	.389 (-30%)	.734 (-32%)	-394.8
1925	CIN	NL	43	109	13	32	3	1	1	12	0	4	9	.294	.288 (+2%)	.349 (-7%)	.407 (-10%)	.756 (-9%)	-160.0
1926	CIN	NL	47	106	8	33	5	2	0	14	0	5	8	.311	.279 (+11%)	.345 (+1%)	.390 (+2%)	.735 (+1%)	5.3
1927	CIN	NL	33	64	1	16	0	0	0	6	0	2	4	.250	.282 (-11%)	.344 (-21%)	.392 (-36%)	.736 (-29%)	-295.8
1928	CIN	NL	23	48	3	7	0	0	1	4	0	4	6	.146	—	—	—	—	-336.1
1929	CIN	NL	32	60	1	20	0	0	0	13	1	1	5	.333	.289 (+15%)	.353 (avg)	.415 (-20%)	.769 (-11%)	-93.1
1930	CIN	NL	8	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	NY1	NL	18	33	2	9	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1931	NY1	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1931	CLE	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	BOS	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			346	732	44	180	17	4	6	87	1	21	78	.246	—	—	—	—	-2,280

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Pete Donohue — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	173	369	23	100	1	50	.271
Away	173	363	21	80	5	40	.220

Pitching — Home / Away

Pete Donohue — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	173	1113.0	1257	420	218	306	3.40
Away	171	998.1	1180	492	204	266	4.44

Last 10 Games — Batting

Pete Donohue — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1932-05-06	BOS	SLA	L	2	0
1932-05-03	BOS	PHA	L	0	0
1932-04-29	BOS	NYY	L	0	0
1932-04-24	BOS	NYY	L	1	1
1931-06-20	CLE	MIN	L	1	0
1931-06-15	CLE	PHA	L	1	1
1931-05-28	NY1	BSN	L	0	0
1931-05-17	NY1	STL	L	0	0
1931-04-24	NY1	PHI	L	0	0
1931-04-21	NY1	BSN	L	2	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Pete Donohue — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1932-05-06	BOS	SLA	L	6.2	9	6	6	2	1	1
1932-05-03	BOS	PHA	—	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1
1932-04-29	BOS	NYY	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1932-04-24	BOS	NYY	—	3.0	6	2	2	3	0	0
1931-06-20	CLE	MIN	—	2.2	6	5	5	3	2	0
1931-06-15	CLE	PHA	—	2.2	3	1	1	2	2	1
1931-05-28	NY1	BSN	—	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0
1931-05-17	NY1	STL	—	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
1931-04-24	NY1	PHI	—	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0
1931-04-21	NY1	BSN	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Pete Donohue — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	344	0	71	499	29	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Pete Donohue — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1921	CIN	P	21	4	41	2	0
1922	CIN	P	33	7	62	3	2
1923	CIN	P	42	9	70	8	4
1924	CIN	P	35	8	46	0	3
1925	CIN	P	42	6	62	4	2
1926	CIN	P	47	6	60	4	2
1927	CIN	P	33	11	42	2	4
1928	CIN	P	23	8	42	1	0
1929	CIN	P	32	7	44	4	4
1930	CIN	P	8	1	12	0	2
1930	NY1	P	18	3	11	1	0
1931	NY1	P	4	0	2	0	0
1931	CLE	P	2	0	0	0	0
1932	BOS	P	4	1	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Pete Donohue Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	344

Awards & Honors

Pete Donohue — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

College History

Pete Donohue — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Texas Christian University	Fort Worth	TX	1920, 1921

Award Voting History

Pete Donohue — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1925	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	4.0	80	0

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Pete Donohue: the record in brief

According to the bio, Pete Donohue debuted on July 1, 1921 and played a final game on May 6, 1932. The team column moves through the Cincinnati Reds (1921 to 1930), the New York Giants (1930 through 1931), the Cleveland Indians (1931), and the Boston Red Sox (1932). Donohue played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on November 5, 1900, in Athens, TX, USA, Donohue was listed at 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Donohue died on February 23, 1988, in Fort Worth, TX, USA. Pete Donohue was the playing name; the full given name is Peter Joseph.

Across 344 games (270 starts), Donohue recorded 134 wins against 118 losses with a 3.87 ERA. The same table counts 571 strikeouts, 137 complete games, 16 shutouts, and 12 saves. The leagues Donohue pitched in allowed 4.24 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.6% better than average. The best win total was 21, in 1923.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pete Donohue

What years did Pete Donohue play?: Pete Donohue played in Major League Baseball from 1921 to 1932.
Was Pete Donohue a pitcher?: Yes. Pete Donohue pitched in the major leagues, recording 134 wins and 571 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Pete Donohue hit?: Pete Donohue hit 6 career home runs with 180 hits.
What was Pete Donohue's career batting average?: Pete Donohue batted .246 over his career, with 180 hits in 732 at bats.
How many RBI did Pete Donohue have?: Pete Donohue drove in 87 runs in his career.
What was Pete Donohue's career ERA?: Pete Donohue finished with a 3.87 career ERA, going 134-118 with 571 strikeouts.