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Danny Ainge

Daniel Ray Ainge

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 17, 1959 in Eugene, OR
High School: North HS (Eugene, OR)
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1979
Team: BlueJays 1979-1981

Final Game: September 22, 1981
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 TOR AL 20 2B 86 86 79 737.2 470 198 261 11 67 .977 2 3 5.60 5.34 .978 5.50 5.43
1979 TOR AL 20 DH 1 0
1980 TOR AL 21 OF 29 28 21 235.2 71 67 3 1 2 .986 -1 -4 2.67 2.41 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 TOR AL 21 CF 22 22 17 185.2 55 52 2 1 1 .982 -2 -16 2.62 2.45 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 TOR AL 21 LF 6 5 4 43.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 2 59 3.14 2.50 .980 2.34 2.35
1980 TOR AL 21 3B 3 1 1 17.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1 56 3.18 2.00 .952 3.02 3.00
1980 TOR AL 21 DH 2 2
1980 TOR AL 21 2B 1 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 5.00 5.00 .980 5.60 5.60
1980 TOR AL 21 RF 1 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -86 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.10
1981 TOR AL 22 3B 77 64 54 591.1 217 73 133 11 19 .949 1 2 3.14 2.68 .950 2.95 2.94
1981 TOR AL 22 SS 6 5 3 32.1 15 6 8 1 1 .933 -1 -48 3.90 2.33 .967 4.98 4.98
1981 TOR AL 22 OF 4 1 1 19.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 3.66 2.00 .982 2.47 2.48
1981 TOR AL 22 CF 3 0 0 10.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 34 4.22 1.67 .988 2.87 2.90
1981 TOR AL 22 2B 2 2 0 15.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.60 3.00 .982 5.52 5.50
1981 TOR AL 22 DH 2 1
1981 TOR AL 22 RF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 3.00 .980 2.20 2.20
3 Seasons 2B 89 89 80 761.2 481 201 269 11 68 .977 2 3 5.55 5.28 .978 5.50 5.43
2 Seasons 3B 80 65 55 608.1 223 73 139 11 19 .951 2 3 3.14 2.65 .950 2.95 2.94
2 Seasons OF 33 29 22 255.1 79 75 3 1 2 .987 -0 -2 2.75 2.36 .979 2.47 2.46
2 Seasons CF 25 22 17 196.1 60 57 2 1 1 .983 -2 -13 2.70 2.36 .983 2.92 2.91
1 Season SS 6 5 3 32.1 15 6 8 1 1 .933 -1 -48 3.90 2.33 .967 4.98 4.98
1 Season LF 6 5 4 43.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 2 59 3.14 2.50 .980 2.34 2.35
2 Seasons RF 2 2 1 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -38 1.69 1.50 .980 2.19 2.15
3 Seasons TOT 208 188 160 1657.2 798 355 419 24 90 .970 1 1 4.20 3.72 .970 4.09 3.99
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1979 TOR AL 20 2B 2 3 1 1 -1 1
1980 TOR AL 21 CF -2 -16 -2 0 -2 0
1980 TOR AL 21 LF 2 59 1 -1 2 1
1980 TOR AL 21 3B 1 56 1 0 0 0
1980 TOR AL 21 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TOR AL 21 RF -0 -86 -0 -0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 22 3B 1 2 -0 2 -2 1
1981 TOR AL 22 SS -1 -48 -1 -0 -1 0
1981 TOR AL 22 CF 0 34 0 -0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 22 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 22 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2B 2 3 1 1 -1 1
2 Seasons 3B 2 3 1 2 -2 1
2 Seasons CF -2 -13 -2 0 -2 0
1 Season LF 2 59 1 -1 2 1
1 Season SS -1 -48 -1 -0 -1 0
2 Seasons RF -0 -38 -0 -0 0 0
3 Seasons TOT 1 1 -2 2 -4 2 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 TOR AL 20 87 86 87 86 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 TOR AL 21 38 32 38 32 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 22 1 29 2 3 1
1981 TOR AL 22 86 73 86 84 0 0 0 2 77 6 0 3 1 4 2 0 6
3 Seasons 211 191 211 202 0 0 0 89 80 6 6 25 2 33 5 3 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 TOR AL 20 3199 58% 84% 27% 288 97% 1 195 63 97 36 262 228 24 0 5 11 3 6 2 4 67 20 15 16 4 58 21 36 7 2 5
1980 TOR AL 21 41 32% 80% 27% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 22 62 44% 92% 27% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3302 57% 84% 27% 296 97% 1 198 64 98 37 270 235 25 0 5 11 3 6 2 4 68 20 15 17 4 59 22 36 7 2 5
MLB Averages 60% 83% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1980 TOR AL 21 78 54% 83% 26% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 22 2524 49% 83% 28% 203 89% 5 73 56 7 10 129 97 21 4 4 11 0 10 1 10 19 12 2 17 1 1 0 5 80%
2 Seasons 2602 49% 83% 28% 210 89% 5 73 56 7 10 135 102 22 4 4 11 0 10 1 10 19 12 2 17 1 1 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 60% 83% 28% 88% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 TOR AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 16 11 0 11 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 35 16 45.7% 19 0 0.0% 2 827 43% 84% 25% 110 47%
1981 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 44 52% 86% 34% 6 83%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 16 11 0 11 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 6 4 0 37 18 48.6% 19 0 0.0% 2 871 43% 85% 26% 116 49%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.4% 60% 83% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 1 188 48% 79% 23% 29 48%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 1 188 48% 79% 23% 29 48%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.7% 60% 83% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 TOR AL 22 155 52% 83% 25% 16 81% 0 6 5 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1 Season 155 52% 83% 25% 16 81% 0 6 5 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages 60% 83% 28% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 TOR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 32 41% 72% 19% 3 0%
1981 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 49 37% 78% 24% 10 30%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 81 38% 75% 22% 13 23%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.1% 60% 83% 27% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1981 AL  73 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1979 AL  5.34 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1981 AL  3.14 (5th)

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

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