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Atley Donald

Richard Atley Donald (Swampy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: August 19, 1910 in Morton, MS
School: Louisiana Tech University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1938
Team: Yankees 1938-1945

Final Game: July 13, 1945
Died: October 19, 1992 in West Monroe, LA
Buried: Sibley Cemetery (Lincoln Parish), Sibley, LA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1938 27 NYY AL 0 1 .000 5.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 8 7 0 14 6 1 0 1 55 89 1.750 5.3 0.0 10.5 4.5 0.43
1939 28 NYY AL 13 3 .813 3.71 24 20 2 11 2 1 153.0 144 74 63 12 60 55 0 1 1 657 119 1.333 8.5 0.7 3.5 3.2 0.92
1940 29 NYY AL 8 3 .727 3.03 24 11 10 6 1 0 118.2 113 49 40 11 59 60 2 2 2 519 133 1.449 8.6 0.8 4.5 4.6 1.02
1941 30 NYY AL 9 5 .643 3.57 22 20 2 10 0 0 159.0 141 69 63 11 69 71 3 0 5 673 111 1.321 8.0 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.03
1942 31 NYY AL 11 3 .786 3.11 20 19 0 10 1 0 147.2 133 58 51 6 45 53 0 0 5 607 111 1.205 8.1 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.18
1943 32 NYY AL 6 4 .600 4.60 22 15 5 2 0 0 119.1 134 69 61 10 38 57 0 1 3 528 70 1.441 10.1 0.8 2.9 4.3 1.50
1944 33 NYY AL 13 10 .565 3.34 30 19 9 9 0 0 159.0 173 77 59 13 59 48 2 0 3 693 105 1.459 9.8 0.7 3.3 2.7 0.81
1945 34 NYY AL 5 4 .556 2.97 9 9 0 6 2 0 63.2 62 29 21 3 25 19 0 0 1 277 118 1.366 8.8 0.4 3.5 2.7 0.76
8 Seasons 65 33 .663 3.52 153 115 28 54 6 1 932.1 907 433 365 66 369 369 8 4 21 4009 107 1.369 8.8 0.6 3.6 3.6 1.00
162 Game Avg. 16 8 .663 3.52 39 29 7 14 2 0 237 230 110 93 17 94 94 2 1 5 1017 107 1.369 8.8 0.6 3.6 3.6 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1938 27 NYY AL 12.0 2 8 9 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
1939 28 NYY AL 153.0 20 74 104 7 1.0 30 1.7 $
1940 29 NYY AL 118.2 11 49 78 2 1.0 29 2.1 $
1941 30 NYY AL 159.0 20 69 98 5 1.0 29 2.0 $
1942 31 NYY AL 147.2 19 58 77 5 1.0 19 1.1 $
1943 32 NYY AL 119.1 15 69 56 2 1.0 -13 -1.9 $
1944 33 NYY AL 159.0 19 77 79 2 1.0 2 0.2 $
1945 34 NYY AL 63.2 9 29 31 1 1.0 2 0.1 $
8 Seasons 932.1 115 433 532 24 1.0 99 5.3 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 30 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 21 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 4.5 0.67
1942 31 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 35 2.000 11.6 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
2 WS 0 1 .000 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 35 2.000 11.6 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60

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
1938 27 NYY AL 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0 /1
1939 28 NYY AL 24 64 60 7 15 1 1 0 7 0 1 4 15 .250 .297 .300 .597 54 18 1 0 0 1
1940 29 NYY AL 24 47 41 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .146 .167 .146 .313 -17 6 2 0 5 1
1941 30 NYY AL 22 64 62 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 .081 .109 .097 .206 -45 6 1 0 0 1
1942 31 NYY AL 20 64 61 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .148 .161 .164 .325 -8 10 2 0 2 1
1943 32 NYY AL 22 51 47 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .128 .128 .149 .277 -20 7 1 0 4 1
1944 33 NYY AL 30 59 55 3 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .182 .224 .218 .442 24 12 1 0 1 1
1945 34 NYY AL 9 26 24 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .208 .208 .333 .542 53 8 0 0 2 /1
8 Seasons 153 381 356 27 57 6 1 1 23 0 1 11 90 .160 .185 .191 .376 3 68 8 0 14
162 Game Avg. 162 403 377 29 60 6 1 1 24 0 1 12 95 .160 .185 .191 .376 3 72 0 15

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 Awards
1938 27 NYY AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1939 28 NYY AL 64 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 NYY AL 47 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1941 30 NYY AL 64 -14 0 0 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 1
1942 31 NYY AL 64 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1943 32 NYY AL 51 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1944 33 NYY AL 59 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1945 34 NYY AL 26 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /1
8 Seasons 381 -50 0 0 0 0 24 9 -17 -1.9 -17 -1.7 -0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 31 NYY AL WS STL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 NYY AL 27 P 2 2 0 12.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75 2.50 .952 2.10 2.05
1939 NYY AL 28 P 24 20 11 153.0 25 3 22 0 2 1.000 1.47 1.04 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 NYY AL 29 P 24 11 6 118.2 18 2 12 4 0 .778 1.06 0.58 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 NYY AL 30 P 22 20 10 159.0 38 8 28 2 2 .947 2.04 1.64 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 NYY AL 31 P 20 19 10 147.2 30 7 21 2 1 .933 1.71 1.40 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 NYY AL 32 P 22 15 2 119.1 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.82 .963 2.27 2.30
1944 NYY AL 33 P 30 19 9 159.0 28 4 24 0 4 1.000 1.58 0.93 .960 2.09 2.10
1945 NYY AL 34 P 9 9 6 63.2 11 1 7 3 0 .727 1.13 0.89 .955 2.25 2.23
8 Seasons P 153 115 54 932.1 173 29 133 11 9 .936 1.56 1.06 .957 2.13 2.12
8 Seasons TOT 153 115 54 932.1 173 29 133 11 9 .936 1.56 1.06 .957 2.13 2.12
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 AL  .813 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 AL  1.321 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  7.981 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  4.019 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 AL  2 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  13 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 AL  5 (6th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1940 AL  4 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1944 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1763), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Joe Hatten (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elmer Riddle (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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