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Bill
Doran		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 28, 1958 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
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
1982 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 8
1983 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 6 7 9 7 8 8 7 7
1984 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1985 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 7
1986 28 BOS AL $ 964,286   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 7
1987 29 BOS AL $ 964,286   5 5 6 3 2 3 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1988 30 BOS AL $ 1,100,000   5 5 6 3 2 3 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 7
1989 31 BOS AL $ 1,710,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5
1990 32 CLN NL $ 808,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,710,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 7 7 7 9 8 8 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
1982 24 AAA   134 460 65 131 24 3 14 63 9 11 67 35 .285 .376 .441 .817 74.9  
1983 25 BOS AL 147 528 72 122 23 1 9 38 10 4 66 60 .231 .317 .330 .647 58.2 7.3
1984 26 BOS AL 124 383 53 103 24 6 1 44 8 4 40 57 .269 .338 .371 .709 49.5 9.0
1985 27 BOS AL 95 179 29 53 12 1 1 14 5 4 23 24 .296 .374 .391 .765 25.1 4.7
1986 28 BOS AL 69 183 25 47 15 0 1 23 12 5 31 33 .257 .359 .355 .715 25.6 4.3
1987 29 BOS AL 123 416 60 108 26 2 3 36 14 11 38 61 .260 .321 .353 .674 42.7 5.5
1988 30 BOS AL 119 348 58 95 17 3 4 38 12 10 39 58 .273 .344 .374 .717 45.1 7.9
    AAA   29 59 7 12 2 1 0 8 3 0 15 10 .203 .365 .271 .636 8.1  
1989 31 BOS AL 60 173 26 42 8 1 4 18 3 5 19 32 .243 .318 .370 .688 19.0 2.4
1990 32 CLN NL 62 135 15 37 5 0 2 18 1 1 9 24 .274 .319 .356 .675 12.5 1.0
8 Years Sim 799 2345 338 607 130 14 25 229 65 44 265 349 .259 .333 .358 .691 277.8 42.1
2 Years AAA 163 519 72 143 26 4 14 71 12 11 82 45 .276 .373 .422 .794 83.0  
162 Game Average 475 68 123 26 2 5 46 13 8 53 70 .259 .333 .358 .691 56.3  
Career Highs 147 528 72 122 26 6 9 44 14 11 66 61 .296 .374 .391 .765 58.2  
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   1466 215 371 81 8 17 129 34 29 149 216 .253 .321 .354 .675 166.0
vs LH   879 123 236 49 6 8 100 31 15 116 133 .268 .353 .365 .718 118.0
Home 386 1091 160 296 77 9 13 97 26 20 125 146 .271 .346 .394 .740 146.5
Away 413 1254 178 311 53 5 12 132 39 24 140 203 .248 .322 .327 .649 137.6
RISP   531 0 142 28 6 5 189 0 0 58 78 .267 .334 .371 .705 67.5
Pinch Hitting   51 8 17 2 1 1 7 0 0 5 5 .333 .393 .471 .863 8.9
Close/Late   266 47 76 8 0 4 17 0 0 24 24 .286 .345 .361 .706 33.4
Mar/Apr 157 474 61 119 28 4 5 49 17 11 46 71 .251 .316 .359 .675 53.6
May 163 466 76 134 26 1 8 49 10 10 54 60 .288 .361 .399 .761 65.9
June 151 447 64 104 22 1 3 36 10 8 46 81 .233 .303 .306 .610 42.2
July 111 334 53 95 16 4 3 35 9 7 43 40 .284 .366 .383 .749 47.1
August 95 274 36 71 17 1 3 34 7 2 26 43 .259 .323 .361 .685 32.6
Sep/Oct 122 350 48 84 21 3 3 26 12 6 50 54 .240 .333 .343 .675 42.8
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
1983 25 BOS AL 2B 147 145 1212.3 264 525 15 114 .981 5.86   4.1
1984 26 BOS AL 2B 119 116 977.0 195 434 13 79 .980 5.79   5.1
1985 27 BOS AL 2B 84 51 493.7 107 201 2 39 .994 5.62   2.5
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1986 28 BOS AL 2B 51 49 404.0 79 200 7 36 .976 6.22   2.6
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 29 BOS AL 2B 121 121 994.0 205 475 10 92 .986 6.16   5.2
1988 30 BOS AL 2B 119 118 986.3 234 442 19 92 .973 6.17   3.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 31 BOS AL 2B 58 56 471.3 87 215 5 43 .984 5.77   2.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 32 CLN NL 2B 22 9 102.0 20 40 1 10 .984 5.29   0.6
  2B 721 665 5640.7 1191 2532 72 505 .981 5.94   25.2
  SS 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   726 665 5649.7 1191 2535 72 505 .981 5.94   25.3
Career Highs   147 145 1212.3 264 525 19 114 .994 6.17    
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
1986 28 BOS AL 6 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .095 .136 .095 .232
1987 29 BOS AL 18 54 7 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 7 5 .259 .344 .315 .659
Career Post-Season Batting 24 75 8 16 3 0 0 8 0 0 7 11 .213 .289 .253 .542
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.
Caught Stealing
1987-10-11
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bobby Knoop (974)
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  3. Jose Oquendo (960)
  4. Al Kozar (959)
  5. Tom Brookens (959)
  6. Stu Clarke (957)
  7. Derrel Thomas (956)
  8. Jerry Lumpe (951)
  9. Wally Kimmick (951)
  10. Billy Rogell (950)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1982
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Boston (A) on 3/4/1982 (Going to CLE: 3B George Brett, SS Bucky Dent. Going to BOS: 2B Bill Doran, C Don Slaught)
Injured on 5/1/1982 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1983, off Dick Ruthven (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1983, off Luis Aponte (KCR)
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/21/1987 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,710,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/22/1989 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
 
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