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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 (Age 20)
Team: BlueJays 1979-1981

Final Game: September 22, 1981 (Age 22)
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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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1979 20 TOR AL 87 331 -24 2 -0 2 3 -17 -1.7 12 -6 -0.6 .479 .489 -0.8 0.5 -7 4/D
1980 21 TOR AL 38 115 -6 0 0 0 -0 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.3 .482 .496 -0.3 -0.0 -3 8/75D49
1981 22 TOR AL 86 275 -20 0 1 -0 2 -18 -2.0 9 -8 -1.1 .477 .488 -1.0 0.2 -8 *5/684D9
3 Seasons 211 721 -50 2 1 1 4 -42 -4.4 25 -17 -2.0 .479 .491 -2.1 0.6 -18

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1981 AL  19 (3rd)

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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