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Don
Demola		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 5, 1952 in Usa, NY, GLEN COVE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1980   
All-Star Selections 1978    1980    1984    1985    1987    1989   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 BSN NL   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4
1975 22 WAS NL   6 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4
1976 23 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1977 24 MIA NL   7 7 8 8 8 9 9 3 3 3
1978 25 MIA NL $ 300,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 3 3 3
1979 26 MIA NL $ 300,000 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 3 3 3
1980 27 MIA NL $ 300,000 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 3 3 3
1981 28 MIA NL $ 6,264,286 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 3 3 3
1982 29 MIA NL $ 6,264,286 7 9 10 10 9 10 10 3 3 3
1983 30 MIA NL $ 6,264,286 7 9 10 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1984 31 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 9 10 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1985 32 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 9 10 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1986 33 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 9 10 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1987 34 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1988 35 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 3 3 3
1989 36 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 3 3 3
1990 37 BAL AL $ 4,500,500 7 8 9 8 9 10 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,264,286 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 4 4 4
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
1974 21 AAA   1 2 .333 48 1 0 0 7 54.7 59 28 10 20 49 4.61 .274 .336 .484 .820  
1975 22 AAA   6 14 .300 25 25 3 0 0 164.7 167 73 31 50 117 3.99 .259 .312 .461 .773  
1976 23 WAS NL 0 4 .000 6 6 1 0 0 40.3 53 31 6 16 22 6.92 .325 .379 .491 .870 0.0
    AAA   7 1 .875 13 13 0 0 0 88.0 92 33 8 25 71 3.38 .269 .319 .380 .699  
1977 24 AAA   6 13 .316 25 25 3 0 0 187.7 175 68 32 51 150 3.26 .247 .298 .422 .720  
    AA   2 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 26.7 20 6 1 4 30 2.03 .204 .235 .286 .521  
1978 25 MIA NL 17 13 .567 35 35 10 1 0 264.3 223 106 30 59 153 3.61 .224 .268 .360 .628 20.1
1979 26 MIA NL 10 12 .455 35 35 10 2 0 271.0 254 100 36 31 184 3.32 .244 .269 .399 .667 18.8
1980 27 MIA NL 19 7 .731 34 34 7 3 0 265.0 199 71 19 36 197 2.41 .205 .233 .309 .542 27.9
1981 28 MIA NL 17 10 .630 34 34 14 4 0 263.7 218 85 28 20 174 2.90 .220 .240 .356 .596 23.6
1982 29 MIA NL 15 13 .536 32 32 11 3 0 250.7 217 77 25 32 186 2.76 .227 .252 .352 .604 22.5
1983 30 MIA NL 15 13 .536 35 35 10 3 0 276.7 235 93 26 39 209 3.03 .226 .253 .365 .618 21.3
1984 31 BAL AL 16 11 .593 36 36 8 1 0 285.0 241 95 37 22 247 3.00 .225 .242 .374 .616 20.8
1985 32 BAL AL 21 7 .750 35 34 10 4 0 276.0 242 92 27 27 240 3.00 .230 .249 .366 .615 21.7
1986 33 BAL AL 15 9 .625 30 30 6 3 0 227.3 182 72 18 28 215 2.85 .212 .236 .337 .573 19.5
1987 34 BAL AL 21 5 .808 35 35 2 1 0 243.0 203 78 24 49 206 2.89 .225 .266 .346 .612 21.4
1988 35 BAL AL 17 11 .607 36 36 2 1 0 240.3 225 90 29 39 212 3.37 .239 .270 .391 .661 17.7
1989 36 BAL AL 22 8 .733 35 35 4 2 0 240.3 207 57 19 27 193 2.13 .227 .251 .340 .590 23.1
1990 37 BAL AL 9 11 .450 36 36 1 0 0 202.0 207 86 17 39 191 3.83 .262 .297 .394 .691 10.8
14 Years Sim 214 134 .615 454 453 96 28 0 3345.6 2906 1133 341 464 2629 3.05 .229 .257 .363 .620 269.0
4 Years AAA 20 30 .400 111 64 6 0 7 495.0 493 202 81 146 387 3.67 .258 .311 .435 .745  
1 Years AA 2 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 26.7 20 6 1 4 30 2.03 .204 .235 .286 .521  
5 Years Minors 22 30 .423 115 68 7 1 7 521.6 513 208 82 150 417 3.59 .255 .307 .428 .735  
Season Average 15 9 .625 32 32 6 2 0 239.0 207 80 24 33 187 3.05 .229 .257 .363 .620  
Career Highs 22 13 .808 36 36 14 4 0 285.0 254 106 37 59 247 6.92 .325 .379 .491 .870  
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   1265 518 166 175 1452   .213 .236 .347 .583
vs LH   1641 615 175 289 1177   .243 .274 .376 .650
Home 115 65 .639 235 235 42 18 0 1744.0 1485 558 175 215 1367 2.88 .225 .250 .356 .606
Away 99 69 .589 219 218 54 10 0 1601.6 1421 575 166 249 1262 3.23 .233 .264 .369 .633
Mar/Apr 38 15 .717 69 69 13 5 0 520.0 419 141 39 77 352 2.44 .218 .248 .331 .579
May 37 26 .587 77 77 16 3 0 573.6 540 220 72 68 474 3.45 .243 .266 .387 .653
June 36 24 .600 77 77 23 7 0 574.6 485 181 57 88 458 2.83 .224 .255 .356 .611
July 31 21 .596 78 78 15 7 0 565.9 506 192 63 64 456 3.05 .234 .257 .383 .640
August 45 20 .692 78 78 16 5 0 576.6 466 191 64 80 471 2.98 .215 .243 .354 .597
Sep/Oct 27 28 .491 75 74 14 2 0 534.6 490 208 46 87 418 3.50 .239 .270 .360 .631
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1976 23 WAS NL P 6 6 40.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.12    
1978 25 MIA NL P 35 35 264.3 17 39 1 3 .982 1.91    
1979 26 MIA NL P 35 35 271.0 15 45 1 4 .984 1.99    
1980 27 MIA NL P 34 34 265.0 19 29 1 4 .980 1.63    
1981 28 MIA NL P 34 34 263.7 13 37 3 1 .943 1.71    
1982 29 MIA NL P 32 32 250.7 16 32 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1983 30 MIA NL P 35 35 276.7 23 35 0 2 1.000 1.89    
1984 31 BAL AL P 36 36 285.0 15 34 1 2 .980 1.55    
1985 32 BAL AL P 35 34 276.0 15 51 1 1 .985 2.15    
1986 33 BAL AL P 30 30 227.3 10 28 0 2 1.000 1.50    
1987 34 BAL AL P 35 35 243.0 21 34 0 4 1.000 2.04    
1988 35 BAL AL P 36 36 240.3 12 31 0 1 1.000 1.61    
1989 36 BAL AL P 35 35 240.3 17 27 1 0 .978 1.65    
1990 37 BAL AL P 36 36 202.0 7 21 1 2 .966 1.25    
Career Totals   454 453 3345.6 202 446 10 26 .985 1.74    
Career Highs   36 36 285.0 23 51 3 4 1.000 2.15    
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
1986 33 BAL AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 13 9 4 1 20 5.40 .224 .237 .483 .720
1987 34 BAL AL 2 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 29.7 18 7 2 4 33 2.12 .171 .202 .305 .507
1988 35 BAL AL 1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 29 11 3 2 28 2.83 .216 .228 .358 .586
1989 36 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 16 6 2 2 10 4.15 .296 .321 .519 .840
1990 37 BAL AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.3 15 7 0 1 17 3.86 .231 .242 .308 .550
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 4 .500 16 16 1 1 0 109.0 91 40 11 10 108 3.30 .219 .237 .375 .612
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1980-2-2.41
1982-6-2.76
1983-8-3.03
1984-5-3.00
1985-7-3.00
1986-4-2.85
1987-3-2.89
1988-10-3.37
1989-2-2.13
CAR-17-3.05
 Wins
1978-7-17
1980-3-19
1981-8-17
1984-7-16
1985-2-21
1987-1-21
1988-3-17
1989-1-22
 Winning Pct
1980-4-.731
1985-2-.750
1986-9-.625
1987-1-.808
1989-4-.733
CAR-35-.615
 Games Started
1978-6-35
1979-2-35
1980-10-34
1983-8-35
1984-2-36
1985-10-34
1987-5-35
1988-4-36
1989-4-35
1990-1-36
 Complete Games
1978-9-10
1979-5-10
1981-2-14
1982-9-11
1983-8-10
1984-9-8
1985-8-10
1986-9-6
1989-8-4
1990-4-1
 Shutouts
1979-8-2
1980-5-3
1981-1-4
1982-4-3
1983-3-3
1985-1-4
1986-3-3
1987-5-1
1988-10-1
1989-4-2
CAR-24-28
Innings Pitched
1978-7-264.3
1979-2-271.0
1980-7-265.0
1981-9-263.7
1983-5-276.7
1984-1-285.0
1985-4-276.0
1987-2-243.0
1988-4-240.3
1989-4-240.3
1990-9-202.0
 Hits Allowed
1979-5-254
1988-7-225
1990-10-207
 Homeruns Allowed
1978-5-30
1979-1-36
1981-5-28
1984-1-37
1985-4-27
1987-8-24
1988-1-29
CAR-47-341
 Strikeouts
1979-4-184
1980-2-197
1981-9-174
1982-6-186
1983-3-209
1984-1-247
1985-3-240
1986-2-215
1987-1-206
1988-3-212
1989-6-193
1990-3-191
CAR-36-2629
 Walks per 9IP
1978-10-2.0
1979-3-1.0
1980-7-1.2
1981-1-0.7
1982-4-1.1
1983-3-1.3
1984-1-0.7
1985-1-0.9
1986-3-1.1
1988-4-1.5
1989-3-1.0
1990-6-1.7
CAR-9-1.2
 Hits per 9IP
1978-6-7.6
1980-2-6.8
1981-9-7.4
1982-10-7.8
1983-10-7.6
1984-5-7.6
1986-6-7.2
1987-5-7.5
CAR-50-7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
1979-10-6.1
1980-6-6.7
1982-7-6.7
1983-8-6.8
1984-4-7.8
1985-4-7.8
1986-1-8.5
1987-3-7.6
1988-6-7.9
1990-4-8.5
 WHiP
1978-2-1.07
1979-1-1.05
1980-1-0.89
1981-1-0.90
1982-1-0.99
1983-1-0.99
1984-1-0.92
1985-1-0.97
1986-1-0.92
1987-1-1.04
1988-3-1.10
1989-2-0.97
1990-9-1.22
CAR-3-1.01
 OAVG
1978-6-.224
1980-1-.205
1981-7-.220
1982-6-.227
1983-9-.226
1984-4-.225
1985-8-.230
1986-5-.212
1987-5-.225
1989-10-.227
CAR-33-.229
 OOBP
1978-2-.268
1979-1-.269
1980-1-.233
1981-1-.240
1982-1-.252
1983-1-.253
1984-1-.242
1985-1-.249
1986-1-.236
1987-1-.266
1988-2-.270
1989-2-.251
CAR-2-.257
 OSLG
1980-5-.309
1986-7-.337
1987-7-.346
1989-9-.340
 OOPS
1978-6-.628
1980-1-.542
1981-6-.596
1982-4-.604
1983-9-.618
1984-6-.616
1985-7-.615
1986-2-.573
1987-1-.612
1989-3-.590
CAR-15-.620
 
   Black Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 264    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 63    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1974
Injured on 6/25/1974 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to BSN: P Mike Marshall, 3B Sal Bando. Going to WAS: P John Denny, P Don Demola, 1B Dan Meyer)
Injured on 5/10/1975 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/26/1976 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 4/19/1977 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/5/1978
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 9/25/1978 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/3/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1980, going 4-0, 0.82
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1980, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1980, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,264,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/28/1981 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,264,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/9/1982 with a Strained Back, out for 2-3 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,264,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/14/1984 to a 7-year deal worth $4,500,500 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1984, going 3-1, 1.26
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1984, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1985, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Injured on 4/13/1986 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/2/1986 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1987, going 21-5, 2.89 ERA
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1989, going 4-1, 1.73
Won Platinum Arm in 1989, going 22-8, 2.13 ERA
 
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