Josh Donaldson was reinstated from the injured list and was back in the Yankees’ starting lineup Friday for the first time since the series against Tim Anderson and the White Sox last month.

The third baseman’s one-game suspension for helping incite a bench-clearing incident by referring to Anderson by Jackie Robinson’s first name on May 21 is still pending an appeal.

Both Aaron Judge and Aaron Boone strongly rebuked Donaldson, but the manager reiterated that he doesn’t believe the incident will linger in the Yankees’ clubhouse.

“I think our clubhouse is a source of strength. I think it’s been one of our strengths. I think it’ll continue to be,” Boone said before the Yankees hosted the Tigers on Friday night. “We’ve worked through things over these last couple of weeks. Not going to get into too many details about that, but I’m fired up to get Josh back because not only is he a big part of our team, with what he brings on the field and how well he’s played on both sides of the ball, but an important part of what we’re doing in that clubhouse.

“We’ve certainly had conversations and have had to work through things. But that’s also part of a season and part of being a team and part of being a family. And he’s an enormous part of that and excited to get him back in the fold today.”

The third baseman was activated after missing 10 games, first on the COVID-19 list and then retroactively on the 10-day IL with right shoulder inflammation.

The 35-year-old Donaldson had said earlier this week that Judge’s criticism of him — in the aftermath of his admission that he called Anderson “Jackie” multiple times on the field during games — “was definitely tough to hear.”

“I talked to my teammates as soon as it happened and let them know what my intentions were,” Donaldson said Wednesday. I think everybody responded to what I had to say. I think they know my heart. That’s not my intention.”

Donaldson explained on the night of his latest on-field flap with Anderson that he often jokingly used Robinson’s name because the White Sox shortstop had referred to himself as “today’s Jackie Robinson” during a 2019 Sports illustrated article.

Anderson responded last week that he never felt those jabs were jokes. Judge also said in the days after the incident that “joke or not, I don’t think it’s the right thing to do there.” Boone similarly stated that Donaldson “shouldn’t have gone there” by invoking Robinson’s name.

“That’s something we’ll handle internally and get it figured out,’’ Judge said Wednesday. “He’s a big leader in this room, and a lot of guys look up to him. That was a tough situation he’s been in, and he’s on the injured list now and he’s coming back from that.”

Donaldson was batting .238 with five homers and 15 RBIs in 37 games before batting in the cleanup spot Friday night.

“He’s kind of passed all of the tests he’s needed to. He’s been feeling really good the last three or four days. So I think it was inevitable it was going to probably be this day, when he was eligible,” Boone said Friday. “Excited to get him back. I know he feels really good physically.”