Billy Beane vs. Jim Donahue — Career Comparison

Billy Beane
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Jim Donahue
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationCatcher

Looking at the career totals, Billy Beane and Jim Donahue are closely matched on the surface stats. Jim Donahue posted stronger numbers in OPS (.570 vs .542) and on-base percentage (.295 vs .246). Billy Beane had the advantage in slugging (.296 vs .275). By the career numbers, Jim Donahue had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Beane and Jim Donahue

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
281.9
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
147.62
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
315
600
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1386
600
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
301
573.33
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1275
551.95
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
66
125.71
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
129
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
49
93.33
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
261
112.99
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.67
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
10.39
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.76
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.71
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.87
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.38
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
16.02
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
20.51
39.07
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116.1
50.26
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
169.52
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
151.52
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
77
146.67
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
177.06
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
30
57.14
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
57.58
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
29
55.24
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
57.58
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
56
106.67
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
114.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
18.77
35.74
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.3
57.71
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.03
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
11
20.95
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
45.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
80
152.38
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
34.63
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.33
17.33
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
1.3
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.81
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.9
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.24
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.52
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
14.29
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.52
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.05
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
14.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Beane and Jim Donahue

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.6
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
1.08
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1991
27
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8793
27
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
663.2
9
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2931
9
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
2.6
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
3.86
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.42
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
0.59
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
2.66
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1913
5.87
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
2.64
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1720
5.28
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.49
99.49
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.91
89.91
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.59
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.3