Atley Donald

Richard Atley Donald (August 19, 1910 – October 19, 1992) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of Morton, Mississippi, the right-hander played for the New York Yankees from 1938 to 1945. "Swampy", as he was nicknamed, stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighed 186 lbs.

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Major League pitching statistics for Atley Donald.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1938	NYY	0-1	5.25	2	2	0	0	0	12	7	8	7	14	6
1939	NYY	13-3	3.71	24	20	11	2	1	153	144	74	63	60	55
1940	NYY	8-3	3.03	24	11	6	1	0	118	113	49	40	59	60
1941	NYY	9-5	3.57	22	20	10	0	0	159	141	69	63	69	71
1942	NYY	11-3	3.11	20	19	10	1	0	147	133	58	51	45	53
1943	NYY	6-4	4.60	22	15	2	0	0	119	134	69	61	38	57
1944	NYY	13-10	3.34	30	19	9	0	0	159	173	77	59	59	48
1945	NYY	5-4	2.97	9	9	6	2	0	63	62	29	21	25	19
Career		65-33	-	153	115	54	6	1	-	907	433	365	369	369

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Major League fielding statistics for Atley Donald.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1938	NYY	2	-	1	4	0	0	1.000
1939	NYY	24	-	3	22	0	2	1.000
1940	NYY	24	-	2	12	4	0	0.778
1941	NYY	22	-	8	28	2	2	0.947
1942	NYY	20	-	7	21	2	1	0.933
1943	NYY	22	-	3	15	0	0	1.000
1944	NYY	30	-	4	24	0	4	1.000
1945	NYY	9	-	1	7	3	0	0.727
Career		153	-	29	133	11	9	-

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Major League batting statistics for Atley Donald.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1938	NYY	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.167	0.167	0.167
1939	NYY	24	60	7	15	1	1	0	7	4	15	0.250	0.297	0.300
1940	NYY	24	41	2	6	0	0	0	2	1	11	0.146	0.167	0.146
1941	NYY	22	62	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	22	0.081	0.109	0.097
1942	NYY	20	61	4	9	1	0	0	3	1	16	0.148	0.161	0.164
1943	NYY	22	47	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	7	0.128	0.128	0.149
1944	NYY	30	55	3	10	2	0	0	4	3	15	0.182	0.224	0.218
1945	NYY	9	24	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	4	0.208	0.208	0.333
Career		153	356	27	57	6	1	1	23	11	90	-	-	-

First Name	Richard
Middle Name	Atley
Last Name	Donald
Full Name at Birth	Richard Atley Donald
Other Names	Swampy
Age	82 (age at death)
Date of Birth	August 19, 1910
Birthplace	Morton, MS
Date of Death	October 19, 1992
Location of Death	West Monroe, LA
Buried	Sibley Cemetery (Lincoln Parish), Sibley, LA
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	186 lbs (84.4 kg)
Star Sign	Leo
Nationality	American
University	Louisiana Tech University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	21 April 1938
Last MLB Game	13 July 1945