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Don
Nottebart		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 23, 1936 in Usa, MA, WEST NEWTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1963    1965    1967   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 7 6 8 8 8
1961 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 6 7 6 8 9 9
1962 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1963 27 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1964 28 SDP NL $ 4,507,143 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 9 10 9
1965 29 SDP NL $ 4,814,286 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9
1966 30 SDP NL $ 4,814,286 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9
1967 31 SDP NL $ 4,360,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1968 32 SDP NL $ 4,360,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1969 33 SDP NL $ 4,360,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1970 34 KCR AL $ 4,360,000 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8
1971 35 KCR AL $ 1,900,000 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 36 SDP NL $ 1,900,000 5 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 6 6
1973 37 SDP NL $ 1,900,000 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,814,286 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 9 10 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 SDP NL $ 4,507,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 SDP NL $ 4,814,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 SDP NL $ 4,814,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 SDP NL $ 4,360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 SDP NL $ 4,360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 SDP NL $ 4,360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 KCR AL $ 4,360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 KCR AL $ 1,900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 36 SDP NL $ 1,900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 37 SDP NL $ 1,900,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,814,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1960 24 SDP NL 5 8 .385 16 16 2 0 0 102.3 122 65 10 38 57 5.72 .292 .351 .400 .751 0.2
    AAA   7 8 .467 17 17 2 1 0 121.3 122 47 4 39 92 3.49 .251 .307 .346 .652  
1961 25 SDP NL 12 14 .462 33 33 1 0 0 229.3 237 102 21 95 132 4.00 .268 .338 .410 .748 12.8
1962 26 SDP NL 15 12 .556 39 39 2 1 0 282.3 272 93 9 82 154 2.96 .255 .308 .325 .633 20.6
1963 27 SDP NL 18 13 .581 38 38 7 2 0 271.3 265 90 9 88 162 2.99 .259 .318 .336 .653 18.6
1964 28 SDP NL 18 11 .621 40 40 1 0 0 282.7 248 91 11 94 179 2.90 .239 .302 .326 .628 24.5
1965 29 SDP NL 18 10 .643 40 40 0 0 0 277.7 281 95 8 80 144 3.08 .266 .317 .336 .654 19.3
1966 30 SDP NL 14 14 .500 40 40 5 1 0 275.7 275 133 21 85 167 4.34 .258 .311 .374 .685 8.7
1967 31 SDP NL 17 10 .630 40 40 3 1 0 285.3 244 85 16 98 200 2.68 .230 .295 .333 .628 23.9
1968 32 SDP NL 11 16 .407 41 41 1 0 0 236.7 226 85 19 60 145 3.23 .249 .296 .357 .653 11.3
1969 33 SDP NL 9 12 .429 31 25 1 0 2 173.0 193 99 18 71 113 5.15 .281 .347 .430 .777 5.6
1970 34 SDP NL 7 4 .636 16 16 1 0 0 107.7 109 41 6 33 61 3.43 .262 .315 .370 .685 7.8
  KCR AL 4 6 .400 13 13 0 0 0 90.0 82 37 4 32 47 3.70 .243 .306 .341 .648 4.5
  TOT   11 10 .524 29 29 1 0 0 197.7 191 78 10 65 108 3.55 .254 .311 .357 .668 12.3
1971 35 KCR AL 6 5 .545 19 13 0 0 0 104.0 89 41 13 36 63 3.55 .230 .294 .375 .668 6.7
1972 36 SDP NL 0 2 .000 20 2 0 0 0 41.7 56 44 5 32 30 9.51 .320 .422 .451 .873 0.0
1973 37 AAA   2 2 .500 39 0 0 0 5 56.0 49 22 4 25 42 3.54 .234 .316 .344 .661  
13 Years Sim 154 137 .529 426 396 24 5 2 2759.6 2699 1101 170 924 1654 3.59 .257 .316 .359 .675 164.5
2 Years AAA 9 10 .474 56 17 2 1 5 177.3 171 69 8 64 134 3.50 .246 .310 .345 .655  
Season Average 11 10 .524 32 30 1 0 0 212.3 207 84 13 71 127 3.59 .257 .316 .359 .675  
Career Highs 18 16 .643 41 41 7 2 2 285.3 281 133 21 98 200 9.51 .320 .422 .451 .873  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1397 590 82 435 986   .246 .300 .342 .642
vs LH   1302 511 88 489 668   .269 .336 .379 .714
Home 73 67 .521 217 198 12 2 3 1391.0 1321 548 85 476 797 3.55 .251 .314 .351 .664
Away 81 70 .536 209 198 12 3 0 1368.6 1378 553 85 448 857 3.64 .262 .320 .367 .687
Mar/Apr 24 18 .571 68 66 3 1 0 448.0 457 169 27 155 275 3.40 .263 .324 .359 .682
May 26 27 .491 72 70 5 3 0 489.6 439 178 24 144 310 3.27 .241 .297 .348 .645
June 26 20 .565 67 60 3 0 0 429.0 376 156 32 158 252 3.27 .237 .306 .345 .651
July 26 23 .531 78 70 5 0 0 478.3 514 209 22 154 275 3.93 .274 .329 .367 .696
August 28 27 .509 71 70 2 0 0 492.6 491 213 35 162 288 3.89 .259 .317 .365 .682
Sep/Oct 24 22 .522 70 60 6 1 3 422.0 422 176 30 151 254 3.75 .262 .326 .369 .695
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
1960 24 SDP NL 16 34 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .176 .200 .206 .406 1.1 0.0
1961 25 SDP NL 33 72 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .111 .111 .111 .222 -2.1 0.0
1962 26 SDP NL 39 91 8 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 32 .121 .130 .143 .273 -1.0 0.0
1963 27 SDP NL 38 99 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 41 .071 .080 .091 .171 -4.7 0.0
1964 28 SDP NL 40 102 6 18 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 38 .176 .184 .216 .400 2.5 0.0
1965 29 SDP NL 40 92 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 34 .109 .118 .109 .227 -1.9 0.0
1966 30 SDP NL 40 94 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 38 .117 .126 .117 .243 -1.5 0.0
1967 31 SDP NL 40 98 7 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 29 .163 .188 .214 .402 3.3 0.0
1968 32 SDP NL 41 86 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 41 .105 .105 .128 .233 -2.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 327 768 42 96 10 0 2 28 0 0 9 295 .125 .135 .146 .281 -6.3 0.0
162 Game Average 380 20 47 4 0 0 13 0 0 4 146 .125 .135 .146 .281 -3.1  
Career Highs 41 102 8 18 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 41 .176 .200 .216 .406 3.3  
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   492 26 58 6 0 2 19 0 0 5 195 .118 .127 .142 .269 -7.8
vs LH   276 16 38 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 100 .138 .150 .152 .302 -1.6
Home 163 350 16 44 6 0 1 18 0 0 5 144 .126 .138 .151 .289 -3.4
Away 164 418 26 52 4 0 1 10 0 0 4 151 .124 .133 .141 .274 -6.0
RISP   166 0 20 1 0 1 26 0 0 2 69 .120 .131 .145 .276 -2.2
Close/Late   51 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .078 .078 .098 .176 -2.3
Mar/Apr 52 115 7 15 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 43 .130 .138 .157 .294 -0.8
May 54 129 7 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 49 .116 .123 .124 .247 -2.9
June 50 115 4 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 38 .139 .154 .157 .310 -0.4
July 58 134 7 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 56 .097 .117 .134 .251 -2.7
August 59 145 12 23 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 55 .159 .164 .166 .330 0.3
Sep/Oct 54 130 5 14 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 54 .108 .115 .138 .253 -2.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1960 24 SDP NL P 16 16 102.3 8 32 0 2 1.000 3.52    
1961 25 SDP NL P 33 33 229.3 10 37 1 5 .979 1.84    
1962 26 SDP NL P 39 39 282.3 10 45 3 5 .948 1.75    
1963 27 SDP NL P 38 38 271.3 12 51 0 6 1.000 2.09    
1964 28 SDP NL P 40 40 282.7 21 43 2 5 .970 2.04    
1965 29 SDP NL P 40 40 277.7 10 47 0 4 1.000 1.85    
1966 30 SDP NL P 40 40 275.7 19 58 2 4 .975 2.51    
1967 31 SDP NL P 40 40 285.3 15 36 2 4 .962 1.61    
1968 32 SDP NL P 41 41 236.7 18 32 1 1 .980 1.90    
1969 33 SDP NL P 31 25 173.0 8 30 1 2 .974 1.98    
1970 34 SDP NL P 16 16 107.7 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.01    
  KCR AL P 13 13 90.0 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.00    
  TOT   P 29 29 197.7 13 31 0 2 1.000 2.00    
1971 35 KCR AL P 19 13 104.0 1 18 1 1 .950 1.64    
1972 36 SDP NL P 20 2 41.7 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.94    
Career Totals   426 396 2759.6 150 464 13 41 .979 2.00    
Career Highs   41 41 285.3 21 58 3 6 1.000 3.52    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 26 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 19 9 0 5 3 5.40 .328 .381 .362 .743
1963 27 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 18 9 0 5 6 6.23 .353 .411 .490 .901
1964 28 SDP NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 18 10 2 3 10 7.72 .360 .396 .540 .936
1965 29 SDP NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 0 2 6 7.20 .364 .417 .545 .962
1966 30 SDP NL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 4.7 10 7 1 3 3 13.52 .476 .542 .714 1.256
1968 32 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 8 4 1 4 5 2.30 .143 .200 .268 .468
1970 34 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 7.7 5 2 1 3 5 2.35 .185 .267 .296 .563
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 4 .429 20 9 0 0 1 72.6 86 45 5 25 38 5.58 .302 .358 .432 .790
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
1962 26 SDP NL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400
1963 27 SDP NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1964 28 SDP NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 29 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 32 SDP NL 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 9 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .150 .250
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1963-7-2.99
1964-10-2.90
1967-4-2.68
 Wins
1963-9-18
1965-9-18
 Winning Pct
1963-9-.581
1967-9-.630
 Shutouts
1963-7-2
 Walks Allowed
1961-9-95
1963-9-88
1964-9-94
1967-10-98
 Hits per 9IP
1967-10-7.7
OSLG
1962-6-.325
1963-9-.336
1964-8-.326
1965-10-.336
1967-7-.333
 OOPS
1967-9-.628
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Danny McDevitt (936)
  5. Steve Hargan (936)
  6. Mike Marshall (935)
  7. Carl Hubbell (930)
  8. Stu Miller (924)
  9. Bill Slayback (918)
  10. Tom Seaver (918)
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  1. Steve Hamilton (992)
  2. Jim Brewer (992)
  3. Gaylord Perry (991)
  4. Lefty Grove (991)
  5. Dick Donovan (990)
  6. Ralph Lumenti (988)
  7. Humberto Robinson (987)
  8. Bob Anderson (987)
  9. Ken Heintzelman (986)
  10. Denny Galehouse (985)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by San Diego in 1960
Had first career hit on 7/7/1960, off Don Drysdale (NYA)
Earned first career win on 7/7/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1961, winning 2 games with a 2.40 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1963, going 5-1, 2.25
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1964, winning 2 games with a 3.21 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1964, off Gene Conley (COL)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1965, going 6-1, 1.52
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,814,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,360,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1967, winning 2 games with a 1.65 ERA
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 9/26/1967 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/3/1969 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 7/1/1970 (Going to KCR: P Don Nottebart. Going to SDP: P Joe Sparma)
7/1/1970: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/1/1972 (Going to SDP: 2B Wayne Causey, P Don Nottebart. Going to KCR: C Dave Adlesh)
Injured on 4/19/1973 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/10/1973 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
 
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