According to The Atlanta Constitution (Dick Jemison, 02/11/1916): Years ago when McDonald or Crabtree was playing in the Texas tall grass, he is said to have carried the handle Crabtree.

Fandom decided that "Tex" wasn't really only Crabtree – they agreed he was a crab.

When the fans started calling him "Crab", "Tex" resented it, and, though his contract was good for the remainder of the year, some claim he hopped it, landed in the Western League, where he adopted the name McDonald.

During the 1913 season, he was traded to the Boston Braves for Johnny Kling.

This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1890s is a stub.