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Merkle923 · 07-19-2015, 07:00 PM

McDonald completed a tour of three different major leagues even though his career lasted less than 16 calendar months.

He broke in as a catcher with the Washington Nationals of the one-season Union Association in 1884, moved to Pittsburgh of the American Association later the same year as a third baseman, and finished up with a handful of late-season games with the 1885 Buffalo Bisons of the National League.

His minor league career had begun in San Francisco no later than 1878 and lasted until 1894, and his stay with Oakland's Greenhood & Morans in 1888 was commemorated on three separate baseball cards: the S.F. Hess shown here, an Old Judge, and the Gypsy Queen shown here, which is a part of a set undiscovered until 2001 in which there are only three players known.

07-19-2015, 07:00 PM	#25715
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,186	Jim McDonald 1884 McDonald completed a tour of three different major leagues even though his career lasted less than 16 calendar months. He broke in as a catcher with the Washington Nationals of the one-season Union Association in 1884, moved to Pittsburgh of the American Association later the same year as a third baseman, and finished up with a handful of late-season games with the 1885 Buffalo Bisons of the National League. His minor league career had begun in San Francisco no later than 1878 and lasted until 1894, and his stay with Oakland's Greenhood & Morans in 1888 was commemorated on three separate baseball cards: the S.F. Hess shown here, an Old Judge, and the Gypsy Queen shown here, which is a part of a set undiscovered until 2001 in which there are only three players known. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-01-2017 at 11:07 PM.