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Don August
Donald Glenn August

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Chapman University

Debut June 2, 1988
  vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game October 1, 1991
Born July 3, 1963 in Inglewood, CA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1984. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 24 MIL AL  13   7  24  22   6   1   0  0  148.3  137   55   51  12   48   66   0   5   614   6   0  3.09  3.98  128 1.247 RoY-4
 1989 25 MIL AL  12  12  31  25   2   1   2  0  142.3  175   93   84  17   58   51   2   3   648   2   1  5.31  3.85   73 1.637
 1990 26 MIL AL   0   3   5   0   0   0   1  0   11.0   13   10    8   0    5    2   0   2    51   0   0  6.55  3.88   59 1.636
 1991 27 MIL AL   9   8  28  23   1   1   3  0  138.3  166   87   84  18   47   62   3   5   613   2   0  5.47  4.02   74 1.540
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .531  34  30  88  70   9   3   6  0  440.0  491  245  227  47  158  181   5  15  1926  10   1  4.64  3.95   85 1.475
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  12  37  30   3   1   2  0  189.3  211  105   97  20   68   77   2   6   828   4   0  4.64  3.95   85 1.475
 Career High     13  12  31  25   6   1   3  0  148.3  175   93   84  18   58   66   3   5   648   6   1  3.09  4.02  128 1.247

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 24 MIL AL P 24 22 24 0 2 1.000 .960 1.92 0.67 2.79 1.78 22 148.3 1989 25 MIL AL P 31 13 25 2 5 .950 .960 1.23 0.66 2.40 1.87 25 142.3 1990 26 MIL AL P 5 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.60 0.58 2.45 1.80 0 11.0 1991 27 MIL AL P 28 11 21 0 1 1.000 .955 1.14 0.58 2.08 1.80 23 138.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 24 MIL AL P 24 22 24 0 2 1.000 .960 1.92 0.67 2.79 1.78 22 148.3 1989 25 MIL AL P 31 13 25 2 5 .950 .960 1.23 0.66 2.40 1.87 25 142.3 1990 26 MIL AL P 5 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.60 0.58 2.45 1.80 0 11.0 1991 27 MIL AL P 28 11 21 0 1 1.000 .955 1.14 0.58 2.08 1.80 23 138.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 88 47 72 3 8 .975 .959 1.35 0.63 2.43 1.82 70 440.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 88 47 72 3 8 .975 .959 1.35 0.63 2.43 1.82 70 440
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1988 AL-.650-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2077) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1984.

August 15, 1986: Traded by the Houston Astros with Mark Knudson to the Milwaukee Brewers for Danny Darwin.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Milwaukee Brewers$170,000
Career (may be incomplete)$170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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