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Jerry DaVanon

Frank Gerald DaVanon

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 21, 1945 in Oceanside, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
School: Westmont College
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Angels/Orioles/Padres 1969-1977

Final Game: May 4, 1977
Relatives: Father of Jeff DaVanon
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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
1966	20	STL-min	Rk,A,AA	42	137	137	5	48	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	.350	.350	.409	.759		56						CDS,SPT,ARK · GULF,FLOR,TL
1967	21	STL-min	A	133	522	465	73	117	10	4	3	51	29	5	57	61	.252	.333	.310	.643		144						SPT · FLOR
1968	22	STL-min	AA	130	487	425	73	108	16	1	2	32	21	11	62	76	.254	.349	.311	.660		132						ARK · TL
1969	23	STL-min	AAA	79	309	263	38	74	15	5	1	35	8	2	39	40	.281	.373	.388	.760		102		1	3	3		TUL · AA
1969	23	TOT	NL	40	108	99	11	20	4	0	1	10	0	3	9	20	.202	.269	.273	.541	54	27	4	0	0	0	1	64
1969	23	SDP	NL	24	62	59	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	12	.136	.177	.153	.330	-5	9	2	0	0	0	0	4/6
1969	23	STL	NL	16	46	40	7	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	6	8	.300	.391	.450	.841	136	18	2	0	0	0	1	6
1970	24	STL-min	AAA	76	292	254	33	59	9	3	3	27	8	5	36	39	.232	.332	.327	.659		83		2	0	0		TUL · AA
1970	24	STL	NL	11	20	18	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.111	.200	.167	.367	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	/54
1971	25	BAL	AL	38	94	81	14	19	5	0	0	4	0	0	12	20	.235	.340	.296	.637	83	24	5	1	0	0	0	46/53

1973	27	ANA-min	AAA	29	126	116	19	35	6	0	1	7	3	5	10	13	.302	.357	.379	.736		44		0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1973	27	CAL	AL	41	52	49	6	12	3	0	0	2	1	2	3	9	.245	.288	.306	.595	74	15	0	0	0	0	0	64/5D
1974	28	STL-min	AAA	79	338	304	48	84	14	4	8	34	11	7	26	2	.276	.337	.428	.765		130		3	3	2		TUL · AA
1974	28	STL	NL	30	47	40	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	1	4	5	.150	.255	.175	.430	23	7	1	2	0	1	0	6/549
1975	29	HOU-min	AAA	90	378	309	53	96	17	3	0	34	18	8	57	27	.311	.421	.385	.806		119		5	3	4		IWA · AA
1975	29	HOU	NL	32	114	97	15	27	4	2	1	10	2	0	16	7	.278	.386	.392	.778	124	38	3	1	0	0	1	6/45
1976	30	HOU	NL	61	130	107	19	31	3	3	1	20	0	2	21	12	.290	.408	.402	.810	141	43	2	1	0	1	1	46/5
1977	31	STL	NL	9	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
8 Seasons				262	574	499	73	117	21	5	3	50	3	8	68	80	.234	.331	.315	.646	86	157	16	5	0	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	355	309	45	72	13	3	2	31	2	5	42	49	.234	.331	.315	.646	86	97	10	3	0	1	2

STL (4 yrs)				66	122	106	15	20	5	0	1	11	0	1	13	20	.189	.287	.264	.551	54	28	4	2	0	1	1
HOU (2 yrs)				93	244	204	34	58	7	5	2	30	2	2	37	19	.284	.398	.397	.795	133	81	5	2	0	1	2
SDP (1 yr)				24	62	59	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	12	.136	.177	.153	.330	-5	9	2	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				41	52	49	6	12	3	0	0	2	1	2	3	9	.245	.288	.306	.595	74	15	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				38	94	81	14	19	5	0	0	4	0	0	12	20	.235	.340	.296	.637	83	24	5	1	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				183	428	369	53	86	13	5	3	44	2	6	53	51	.233	.334	.320	.654	88	118	11	4	0	2	3
AL (2 yrs)				79	146	130	20	31	8	0	0	6	1	2	15	29	.238	.322	.300	.622	80	39	5	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	23	SDP	NL	62	-8	-1	-1	0	-2	1	2	-8	-0.9	-7	-0.8	-0.1	$	4/6
1969	23	STL	NL	46	2	0	0	-1	2	1	2	6	0.6	4	0.4	0.2	$	6
1970	24	STL	NL	20	-3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,000	/54
1971	25	BAL	AL	94	-1	2	1	-1	1	1	3	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$13,000	46/53

1973	27	CAL	AL	52	-2	0	0	0	-3	1	2	-2	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$	64/5D
1974	28	STL	NL	47	-4	0	0	0	-4	1	1	-6	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$	6/549
1975	29	HOU	NL	114	5	0	1	-1	2	2	3	12	1.3	10	1.1	0.2	$	6/45
1976	30	HOU	NL	130	7	-2	0	0	4	1	4	13	1.4	10	1.1	0.3	$	46/5
1977	31	STL	NL	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/4
8 Seasons				574	-6	-1	2	-3	1	8	18	19	1.9	18	1.9	-0.0	$23,000

STL (4 yrs)				122	-7	0	1	-1	-1	2	4	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$10,000
HOU (2 yrs)				244	12	-2	1	-1	6	3	7	25	2.7	20	2.2	0.5	$
SDP (1 yr)				62	-8	-1	-1	0	-2	1	2	-8	-0.9	-7	-0.8	-0.1	$
CAL (1 yr)				52	-2	0	0	0	-3	1	2	-2	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$
BAL (1 yr)				94	-1	2	1	-1	1	1	3	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$13,000

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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
1969	TOT	NL	23	SS	23	13	13	139.1	98	36	58	4	9	.959	1	8	6.07	4.09	.963	4.93	4.90
1969	SDP	NL	23	2B	15	9	7	94.1	59	27	28	4	4	.932	-0	-5	5.25	3.67	.974	5.19	5.15
1969	SDP	NL	23	SS	7	3	3	34.0	27	7	19	1	3	.963	-1	-42	6.88	3.71	.963	4.92	4.90
1969	STL	NL	23	SS	16	10	10	105.1	71	29	39	3	6	.958	2	24	5.81	4.25	.963	4.93	4.90
1970	STL	NL	24	3B	5	3	3	30.0	12	6	6	0	3	1.000	0	0	3.60	2.40	.945	2.91	2.90
1970	STL	NL	24	2B	3	1	0	11.0	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	1	153	8.18	3.33	.979	5.32	5.30
1971	BAL	AL	25	2B	20	11	10	118.2	67	34	31	2	6	.970	1	10	4.93	3.25	.980	5.31	5.28
1971	BAL	AL	25	SS	11	9	2	74.0	40	10	28	2	6	.950	1	13	4.62	3.45	.965	4.90	4.88
1971	BAL	AL	25	3B	3	1	1	17.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-48	0.51	0.33	.960	3.06	3.03
1971	BAL	AL	25	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		9.90	9.50
1973	CAL	AL	27	SS	14	6	4	65.2	41	13	25	3	5	.927	-2	-27	5.21	2.71	.963	5.10	5.07
1973	CAL	AL	27	2B	12	6	3	59.0	34	12	20	2	1	.941	-0	-8	4.88	2.67	.980	5.45	5.41
1973	CAL	AL	27	3B	7	1	1	20.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-1	-84	1.80	0.57	.950	3.02	2.99
1973	CAL	AL	27	DH	5	0
1974	STL	NL	28	SS	14	3	2	51.1	25	8	13	4	3	.840	-3	-65	3.68	1.50	.961	4.96	4.97
1974	STL	NL	28	3B	8	0	0	14.2	6	2	3	1	0	.833	-1	-57	3.07	0.63	.948	3.07	3.04
1974	STL	NL	28	2B	7	4	4	47.0	28	9	19	0	5	1.000	0	3	5.36	4.00	.973	5.48	5.47
1974	STL	NL	28	OF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
1974	STL	NL	28	RF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00
1975	HOU	NL	29	SS	21	18	17	174.0	108	37	65	6	13	.944	1	6	5.28	4.86	.963	4.99	4.99
1975	HOU	NL	29	2B	9	8	4	61.0	41	16	24	1	3	.976	0	8	5.90	4.44	.975	5.53	5.54
1975	HOU	NL	29	3B	3	1	1	11.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1	95	4.76	2.00	.945	2.94	2.97
1976	HOU	NL	30	2B	17	17	12	141.1	99	30	67	2	7	.980	6	51	6.18	5.71	.975	5.48	5.47
1976	HOU	NL	30	SS	17	7	6	85.0	45	20	21	4	8	.911	-2	-25	4.34	2.41	.964	5.05	5.04
1976	HOU	NL	30	3B	9	1	1	27.2	10	3	6	1	1	.900	-1	-30	2.93	1.00	.952	2.93	2.92
1977	STL	NL	31	2B	5	1	1	19.0	13	4	8	1	0	.923	-0	-25	5.68	2.40	.977	5.26	5.24
	6 Seasons			SS	100	56	44	589.1	357	124	210	23	44	.936	-3	-7	5.10	3.34	.963	4.98	4.97
	8 Seasons			2B	88	57	41	551.1	351	134	205	12	26	.966	8	17	5.53	3.85	.976	5.38	5.35
	6 Seasons			3B	35	7	7	121.1	40	17	20	3	4	.925	-3	-26	2.74	1.06	.948	2.97	2.97
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		9.90	9.50
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00
	8 Seasons			TOT	225	120	92	1263.2	748	275	435	38	74	.949	1	1	5.06	3.16	.969	4.97	4.82
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.

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Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 1976 NL 6 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1976 NL 6 (4th)

Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 36th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 1966: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).
October 14, 1968: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 24th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
May 22, 1969: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Bill Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Sonny Ruberto and John Sipin.
November 30, 1970: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Moe Drabowsky.
June 10, 1972: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the California Angels for Roger Repoz.
September 25, 1973: Traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Stein.
January 3, 1975: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
January 23, 1975: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 19, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
April 9, 1975: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Cleveland Indians.
November 23, 1976: Traded by the Houston Astros with Larry Dierker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson.
May 11, 1977: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1970	24	St. Louis Cardinals	$10,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1971	25	Baltimore Orioles	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$23,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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