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Don
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 7, 1947 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1969 22 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1970 23 PIT NL     5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1971 24 PIT NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
1972 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1973 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1974 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1975 28 PIT NL $ 357,143   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1976 29 PIT NL $ 1,207,143   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1977 30 PIT NL $ 1,207,143   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1978 31 PIT NL $ 3,950,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1979 32 PIT NL $ 3,950,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1980 33 OAK AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1981 34 OAK AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 35 PIT NL $ 4,200,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 21 AA   132 451 57 118 16 2 18 52 3 2 64 57 .262 .353 .426 .779 70.2  
1969 22 AAA   116 486 62 133 24 1 24 70 0 1 43 59 .274 .333 .475 .808 75.3  
1970 23 AAA   137 567 66 160 28 1 10 50 3 1 48 68 .282 .338 .388 .726 73.6  
1971 24 AAA   137 562 72 173 29 2 26 72 1 0 64 80 .308 .379 .505 .884 103.0  
1972 25 PIT NL 152 441 49 101 13 0 4 28 1 1 38 66 .229 .293 .286 .579 35.6 1.7
1973 26 PIT NL 155 500 56 130 29 4 5 37 0 0 27 60 .260 .296 .364 .660 50.3 6.3
1974 27 PIT NL 139 476 49 126 24 2 8 66 1 0 24 56 .265 .302 .374 .676 53.5 8.5
1975 28 PIT NL 155 613 61 161 28 0 12 53 0 0 28 73 .263 .295 .367 .662 62.5 7.3
1976 29 PIT NL 154 616 62 175 23 1 5 49 0 0 35 69 .284 .324 .349 .673 65.5 9.7
1977 30 PIT NL 155 607 80 166 30 5 11 68 1 1 45 79 .273 .325 .394 .718 73.1 14.6
1978 31 PIT NL 121 461 69 139 25 1 9 55 0 0 34 56 .302 .353 .419 .772 64.9 13.5
1979 32 PIT NL 149 603 72 169 32 1 9 72 2 0 39 81 .280 .322 .381 .703 71.0 11.1
1980 33 OAK AL 155 594 60 159 30 2 14 66 0 0 36 94 .268 .314 .396 .710 65.5 12.4
1981 34 OAK AL 110 255 20 63 8 0 1 18 0 1 17 38 .247 .296 .290 .586 19.5 1.8
1982 35 PIT NL 62 104 11 23 1 0 3 7 0 0 4 16 .221 .250 .317 .567 6.3 0.0
11 Years Sim 1507 5270 589 1412 243 16 81 519 5 3 327 688 .268 .312 .366 .678 567.6 86.8
3 Years AAA 390 1615 200 466 81 4 60 192 4 2 155 207 .289 .352 .455 .807 251.9  
1 Years AA 132 451 57 118 16 2 18 52 3 2 64 57 .262 .356 .426 .781 70.2  
4 Years Minors 522 2066 257 584 97 6 78 244 7 4 219 264 .283 .353 .449 .802 322.1  
162 Game Average 566 63 151 26 1 8 55 0 0 35 73 .268 .312 .366 .678 61.0  
Career Highs 155 616 80 175 32 5 14 72 2 1 45 94 .302 .353 .419 .772 73.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3566 372 946 166 11 48 332 2 1 180 460 .265 .303 .358 .661 370.3
vs LH   1704 217 466 77 5 33 187 3 2 147 228 .273 .331 .383 .713 214.7
Home 744 2568 286 701 125 8 41 281 1 3 154 329 .273 .315 .376 .691 293.2
Away 763 2702 303 711 118 8 40 238 4 0 173 359 .263 .309 .357 .666 291.8
RISP   1104 0 306 47 2 18 408 0 0 74 146 .277 .320 .372 .692 129.9
Pinch Hitting   95 5 28 5 0 0 16 0 1 6 15 .295 .340 .347 .687 10.4
Close/Late   635 44 177 34 1 8 67 0 0 39 80 .279 .321 .373 .694 73.3
Mar/Apr 248 880 93 251 44 2 11 74 0 1 58 103 .285 .329 .377 .707 105.6
May 278 993 92 244 40 3 10 84 0 0 51 122 .246 .283 .322 .605 87.3
June 250 858 107 236 47 3 12 97 1 0 61 112 .275 .327 .379 .705 102.4
July 238 869 102 241 40 2 18 91 3 1 59 118 .277 .322 .390 .712 107.3
August 253 848 99 228 45 5 11 84 1 1 54 116 .269 .315 .373 .687 95.6
Sep/Oct 240 822 96 212 27 1 19 89 0 0 44 117 .258 .299 .363 .661 86.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 25 PIT NL 3B 87 85 694.7 49 158 5 12 .976 2.68   3.2
    SS 65 63 539.7 90 193 6 29 .979 4.72   3.3
1973 26 PIT NL 3B 121 120 1035.0 64 230 11 21 .964 2.56   3.8
    SS 33 30 271.7 44 86 2 17 .985 4.31   1.1
1974 27 PIT NL 3B 94 90 789.7 50 199 10 19 .961 2.84   2.6
    LF 23 22 189.7 53 0 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.5
    SS 11 11 95.0 15 46 1 7 .984 5.78   0.6
1975 28 PIT NL 2B 140 140 1209.0 278 513 37 118 .955 5.89   2.8
    SS 6 0 21.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1976 29 PIT NL 2B 144 144 1249.7 314 532 43 134 .952 6.09   3.8
    LF 5 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 30 PIT NL SS 151 148 1299.7 219 540 18 97 .977 5.26   5.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 31 PIT NL SS 117 112 961.0 159 425 17 57 .972 5.47   5.9
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 32 PIT NL SS 147 144 1255.0 210 566 16 105 .980 5.56   9.8
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1980 33 OAK AL SS 147 145 1277.0 246 571 18 108 .978 5.76   6.2
    3B 4 1 16.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 34 OAK AL SS 71 47 452.3 93 195 8 43 .973 5.73   2.0
    3B 12 6 62.0 5 10 1 0 .938 2.18   0.1
    LF 8 2 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
1982 35 PIT NL SS 39 12 179.7 35 77 3 13 .974 5.61   0.4
    3B 20 7 82.3 6 22 2 2 .933 3.06   0.3
    LF 3 1 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  SS 790 712 6357.0 1114 2706 89 477 .977 5.41   34.9
  3B 345 309 2691.3 176 627 29 54 .965 2.69   10.1
  2B 284 284 2458.7 592 1045 80 252 .953 5.99   6.7
  LF 44 26 261.3 65 0 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.6
Career Totals   1463 1331 11768.3 1947 4378 198 783 .970 4.84   52.2
Career Highs   154 150 1306.7 315 576 43 134 .980 6.04    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 30 PIT NL 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .143 .250 .143 .393
Career Post-Season Batting 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .143 .250 .143 .393
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1977-10-155
1980-6-155
 At-Bats
1975-3-613
1976-3-616
1977-4-607
1979-4-603
 Hits
1976-8-175
 Singles
1976-1-146
1979-10-127
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Alan Trammell (938)
  7. Dave Rosello (938)
  8. Danny O'Connell (935)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1968
Injured on 8/25/1968 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/10/1969 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1972, off Bob Moose (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1972, off Bill Butler (MON)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
10/14/1977: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,950,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1978, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 8/11/1978 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/7/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $4,200,000 per year
 
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