Danny Ainge
Daniel Ray Ainge
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 17, 1959 in Eugene, OR
High School: North (Eugene, OR)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1979
Final Game: September 22, 1981
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 20 TOR AL 87 331 308 26 73 7 1 2 19 1 0 12 58 .237 .269 .286 .554 50 88 8 2 7 2 1 4/D
1980 21 TOR AL 38 115 111 11 27 6 1 0 4 3 0 2 29 .243 .263 .315 .578 55 35 3 1 1 0 0 8/75D49
1981 22 TOR AL 86 275 246 20 46 6 2 0 14 8 5 23 41 .187 .258 .228 .486 38 56 5 1 4 1 1 *5/684D9
3 Seasons 211 721 665 57 146 19 4 2 37 12 5 37 128 .220 .264 .269 .533 47 179 16 4 12 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 554 511 44 112 15 3 2 28 9 4 28 98 .220 .264 .269 .533 47 137 12 3 9 2 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1979 20 TOR AL 331 252 23 2.4 102 .284 .237 .270 .269 .334 .286 .408 .554 .743 50 .230 -22.3 -2.2 .424 .091 .049 1.3
1980 21 TOR AL 115 88 9 2.8 103 .329 .243 .275 .263 .338 .315 .408 .578 .746 55 .281 -7.3 -0.7 .471 .117 .072 .0
1981 22 TOR AL 275 215 15 1.9 94 .223 .187 .263 .258 .328 .228 .382 .486 .711 38 .194 -20.3 -2.2 .395 .146 .041 .0
3 Seasons 721 555 47 2.3 99 .268 .220 .268 .264 .333 .269 .399 .533 .731 47 .225 -50.0 -5.1 .420 .116 .050 3.4
162 Game Avg. 554 426 36 2.3 99 .268 .220 .268 .264 .333 .269 .399 .533 .731 47 .225 -50.0 -5.1 .420 .116 .050 3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 20 TOR AL 331 0.6% 17.5% 3.6% 3.0% 14% 4.83 5.3 154.0 16.2 2.20 76%
1980 21 TOR AL 115 0.0% 25.2% 1.7% 6.1% 26% 14.50 3.8 27.8 1.23 71%
1981 22 TOR AL 275 0.0% 14.9% 8.4% 2.9% 17% 1.78 6.0 17.6 1.33 75%
3 Seasons 721 0.3% 17.8% 5.1% 3.5% 17% 3.46 5.2 332.5 18.0 1.65 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 20 TOR AL 1 0 28% 108 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 52% 19 11 8 4 2 2 4 0 4
1980 21 TOR AL 2 0 37% 36 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 64% 5 2 3 1 0 1 5 1 3
1981 22 TOR AL 2 0 29% 98 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 8 65% 15 7 8 2 0 2 6 1 5
3 Seasons 5 0 30% 242 12 5 71% 11 4 1 1 0 0 6 3 10 17 59% 39 20 19 7 2 5 15 2 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 20 TOR AL 331 31% 73 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 100% 54 8 15% 39 15 38% 175 18 10% 15 6 40% 22 11 50% 0
1980 21 TOR AL 115 44% 27 3 0 0 0 2.44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 19 3 16% 7 4 57% 54 4 7% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1981 22 TOR AL 275 44% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 52 5 10% 33 12 36% 142 14 10% 15 7 47% 17 8 47% 0
3 Seasons 721 38% 146 3 0 0 0 2.44 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 13 12 92% 125 16 13% 79 31 39% 371 36 10% 31 14 45% 42 21 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 20 87 331 308 26 73 7 1 2 19 1 0 12 58 .237 .269 .286 .554 50 88 8 2 7 2 1
1980 21 125 446 419 37 100 13 2 2 23 4 0 14 87 .239 .267 .294 .561 52 123 11 3 8 2 1
1981 22 211 721 665 57 146 19 4 2 37 12 5 37 128 .220 .264 .269 .533 47 179 16 4 12 3 2

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 20 88 325 309 26 73 7 1 2 19 1 12 58 .236 .268 .285 .552 23 87
1980 21 38 114 111 11 27 6 1 0 4 3 2 29 .243 .263 .315 .578 9 38
1981 22 130 418 377 32 74 10 3 0 23 13 37 62 .196 .270 .239 .509 24 86
3 Seasons 256 857 797 69 174 23 5 2 46 17 51 149 .218 .268 .267 .536 56 211
162 Game Avg. 162 542 504 44 110 15 3 1 29 11 32 94 .218 .268 .267 .536 35 211

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1979 AL--born 1959-03-17--6th

                                         

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