Christopher Barton Donnels is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He is an alumnus of Loyola Marymount University where he was a standout for the Lions' baseball team. Donnels was drafted out of college in the first round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent the next few years ascending through the Mets minor league affiliates. On May 7, 1991, Donnels made his Major League Baseball debut for the Mets. Over the course of his rookie year, Donnels played in 37 games, compiling a .225 batting average. Donnels spent only limited time with the Mets in the 1992 season. He... appeared in 45 games, but struggled considerably, putting together a .174 batting average. At the conclusion of the 1992 season, the Mets failed to protect Donnels, and he was chosen by the Florida Marlins as the 67th pick of the 1992 expansion draft. Only a month later, the Marlins placed Donnels on waivers. Almost immediately after being placed on waivers by Florida, Donnels was signed to a contract by the Houston Astros.
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