Josh Donaldson Contract, Salary, Age, Height, Teams, Suspension

Joshua Adam Donaldson (Josh Donaldson) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Donaldson made his MLB debut with the Athletics in 2010 as a catcher, progressing with the team, switching positions to third base, and eventually becoming an All-Star in the 2014 MLB season.

After being traded to the Blue Jays, Donaldson was voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2015 MLB season and was named as a starter to the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, earning the most fan votes obtained by a player in the process.

Donaldson also won the Silver Slugger Award and led the American League in RBIs (runs batted in) and runs scored.

Josh Donaldson teams

Donaldson has played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, and most recently, the Minnesota Twins.

Josh Donaldson age

Donaldson was born on December 8, 1985 in Pensacola, Florida.

Josh Donaldson height

Donaldson is 1.85m tall.

Josh Donaldson contract

Donaldson was initially drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2007 MLB draft after playing college baseball at Auburn University.

Donaldson made his MLB debut with the Athletics in 2010 as a catcher, progressing with the team, switching positions to third base, and eventually becoming an All-Star in the 2014 MLB season.

After being traded to the Blue Jays, Donaldson was voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2015 MLB season and was named as a starter to the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, earning the most fan votes obtained by a player in the process.

Donaldson also won the Silver Slugger Award and led the American League in RBIs (runs batted in) and runs scored.

Donaldson was traded to the Indians in August 2018, and then signed as a free agent with the Braves in November 2018.

After a successful year with the Braves in 2019, Donaldson agreed to a four-year deal with the Minnesota Twins on January 14, 2020.

On March 13, 2022, Donaldson together with Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and Ben Rortvedt were traded by the Minnesota Twinsto the New York Yankees in exchange for Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela.

Josh Donaldson salary

Donaldson earns an estimated annual salary of $20 million.

Josh Donaldson suspension

After Saturday’s (May 21, 2002) game between White Sox and Yankees, we learned that the benches-clearing incident among Yasmani Grandal, Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson went beyond your regular baseball dustup.

Tony La Russa said of the incident; “(Donaldson) made a racist comment, and that’s all I’m going to say.”

Donaldson did admit that he called White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson “Jackie” in reference to Jackie Robinson, referring to an interview with Sports Illustrated that Anderson did back in 2019 where he said that he feels “like today’s Jackie Robinson.”

Major League Baseball is reportedly investigating the incident and the possibility of a suspension has been bandied about.