donahue had his greatest success from 1904 to 1908, after switching to first base for the chicago white sox. donahue's defensive skills were a key to the white sox' 1906 world series championship team, and he led american league first basemen in fielding percentage, assists, and putouts for 3 consecutive seasons, from 1905 to 1907. in 1907, donahue had 1,846 putouts, which is still the major league record for putouts by a first baseman. he also holds the major league single season record for most chances accepted per game with 12.65 in 1907.