:James Donnelly (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1867–1933)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=James Donnelly

|position=Third baseman

|image=

|bats=

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|birth_date={{Birth date|1867|1|6|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Boston, Massachusetts

|death_date={{death date and age|1933|12|31|1867|1|6}}

|death_place=Somerville, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 11

|debutyear={{By|1884}}

|debutteam=Kansas City Cowboys (UA)

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 18

|finalyear={{By|1884}}

|finalteam=Kansas City Cowboys (UA)

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.130

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Kansas City Cowboys (UA) (1884)

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James Henry Donnelly (January 6, 1867 – December 31, 1933) was a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Union Association's Kansas City Cowboys in {{By|1884}}. His statistics are often included with those of Jim Donnelly, though the two were separate players.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdonnj101.htm Retrosheet page for Jim Donnelly][http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdonnj103.htm Retrosheet page for James Donnelly]

Donnelly played in the minor leagues with the Minneapolis Millers and for a team in Lynn, Massachusetts, before signing with Kansas City. He played in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in {{By|1885}} and {{By|1886}}, and Medford and Randolph in {{By|1887}}. From {{By|1891}}, he managed the semi-pro Cambridge Reds. Off-season, he worked as a bookkeeper in Boston's Clinton Market.{{cn|date=June 2022}}