American baseball player (1900-1988)
Baseball player
Pete Donohue Pitcher Born: (1900-11-05 ) November 5, 1900Athens, Texas , U.S.Died: February 23, 1988(1988-02-23) (aged 87)Fort Worth, Texas , U.S.Batted: Right
Threw: Right
July 1, 1921, for the Cincinnati Reds May 6, 1932, for the Boston Red Sox Win–loss record 134–118 Earned run average 3.87 Strikeouts 574
Peter Joseph Donohue (November 5, 1900 – February 23, 1988) was an American right-handed starting pitcher with a 12-year career from 1921 to 1932. He played for the Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants , both of the National League , and the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox of the American League . His interment was located at Fort Worth's Greenwood Memorial Park along with Tom Baker and Jackie Tavener .
During a start on June 12, 1928, Donohue pitched 6+ 1 ⁄3 innings and allowed 11 earned runs on 14 hits . However, thanks in part to his own home run , he was credited with the win .[ 1] As of 2022[update] , his game score of 1 is the lowest for a winning pitcher since the earned run became an official statistic in 1913.[ 2]
Donohue was a very good hitting pitcher in his major league career, posting a .246 batting average (180-for-732) with 44 runs , 6 home runs , 87 RBI and drawing 21 bases on balls .
Led National League in wins (1926, with 20 wins)
1876: Spalding
1877: Bond
1878: Bond
1879: Ward
1880: J. McCormick
1881: Corcoran & Whitney
1882: J. McCormick
1883: Radbourn
1884: Radbourn
1885: Clarkson
1886: Baldwin & Keefe
1887: Clarkson
1888: Keefe
1889: Clarkson
1890: Hutchison
1891: Hutchison
1892: Hutchison & Young
1893: Killen
1894: Rusie
1895: Young
1896: Killen & Nichols
1897: Nichols
1898: Nichols
1899: Hughes & McGinnity
1900: McGinnity
1901: Donovan
1902: Chesbro
1903: McGinnity
1904: McGinnity
1905: Mathewson
1906: McGinnity
1907: Mathewson
1908: Mathewson
1909: Brown
1910: Mathewson
1911: Alexander
1912: Cheney & Marquard
1913: Seaton
1914: Alexander
1915: Alexander
1916: Alexander
1917: Alexander
1918: Vaughn
1919: Barnes
1920: Alexander
1921: W. Cooper & Grimes
1922: Rixey
1923: Luque
1924: Vance
1925: Vance
1926: Donohue , Kremer , Meadows & Rhem
1927: Root
1928: Benton & Grimes
1929: Malone
1930: Kremer & Malone
1931: Elliott , Hallahan & Meine
1932: Warneke
1933: Hubbell
1934: Dean
1935: Dean
1936: Hubbell
1937: Hubbell
1938: Lee
1939: Walters
1940: Walters
1941: Higbe & Wyatt
1942: M. Cooper
1943: M. Cooper , Riddle & Sewell
1944: Walters
1945: Barrett
1946: Pollet
1947: Blackwell
1948: Sain
1949: Spahn
1950: Spahn
1951: Jansen & Maglie
1952: Roberts
1953: Roberts & Spahn
1954: Roberts
1955: Roberts
1956: Newcombe
1957: Spahn
1958: Friend & Spahn
1959: Burdette , S. Jones & Spahn
1960: Broglio & Spahn
1961: Jay & Spahn
1962: Drysdale
1963: Koufax & Marichal
1964: L. Jackson
1965: Koufax
1966: Koufax
1967: M. McCormick
1968: Marichal
1969: Seaver
1970: Gibson & Perry
1971: Jenkins
1972: Carlton
1973: Bryant
1974: Messersmith & P. Niekro
1975: Seaver
1976: R. Jones
1977: Carlton
1978: Perry
1979: J. Niekro & P. Niekro
1980: Carlton
1981: Seaver
1982: Carlton
1983: Denny
1984: Andújar
1985: Gooden
1986: Valenzuela
1987: Sutcliffe
1988: Hershiser & D. Jackson
1989: Scott
1990: Drabek
1991: Glavine & Smiley
1992: Glavine & Maddux
1993: Burkett & Glavine
1994: Hill & Maddux
1995: Maddux
1996: Smoltz
1997: Neagle
1998: Glavine
1999: Hampton
2000: Glavine
2001: Morris & Schilling
2002: Johnson
2003: Ortiz
2004: Oswalt
2005: Willis
2006: Harang , Lowe , Penny , Smoltz , Webb & Zambrano
2007: Peavy
2008: Webb
2009: Wainwright
2010: Halladay
2011: Kennedy & Kershaw
2012: González
2013: Wainwright & Zimmermann
2014: Kershaw
2015: Arrieta
2016: Scherzer
2017: Kershaw
2018: Lester , Mikolas & Scherzer
2019: Strasburg
2020: Darvish
2021: Urías
2022: Wright
2023: Strider