Chris Donnels
Chris Barton Donnels
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 21, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA
School: Loyola Marymount University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1991
Final Game: September 29, 2002
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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
1991 25 NYM NL 37 104 89 7 20 2 0 0 5 1 1 14 19 .225 .330 .247 .577 66 22 0 0 1 0 1 35
1992 26 NYM NL 45 139 121 8 21 4 0 0 6 1 0 17 25 .174 .275 .207 .482 40 25 1 0 1 0 0 54
1993 27 HOU NL 88 199 179 18 46 14 2 2 24 2 0 19 33 .257 .327 .391 .718 95 70 6 0 0 1 0 53/4
1994 28 HOU NL 54 99 86 12 23 5 0 3 5 1 0 13 18 .267 .364 .430 .794 111 37 1 0 0 0 0 5/34
1995 29 TOT MLB 59 134 121 17 32 2 2 2 13 0 0 12 24 .264 .328 .364 .692 81 44 2 0 0 1 2 5/34
1995 29 HOU NL 19 33 30 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .300 .364 .300 .664 84 9 1 0 0 0 2 /54
1995 29 BOS AL 40 101 91 13 23 2 2 2 11 0 0 9 18 .253 .317 .385 .701 80 35 1 0 0 1 0 5/34
2000 34 LAD NL 27 41 34 8 10 3 0 4 9 0 0 6 7 .294 .390 .735 1.126 183 25 3 0 0 1 1 /7354
2001 35 LAD NL 66 101 88 8 15 2 0 3 8 0 0 12 25 .170 .277 .295 .573 54 26 2 1 0 0 2 5/31
2002 36 ARI NL 74 93 80 5 19 4 1 3 16 0 0 10 14 .238 .312 .425 .737 84 34 2 0 0 3 1 5/3
8 Seasons 450 910 798 83 186 36 5 17 86 5 1 103 165 .233 .319 .355 .674 82 283 17 1 2 6 7
162 Game Avg. 162 328 287 30 67 13 2 6 31 2 0 37 59 .233 .319 .355 .674 82 102 6 0 1 2 3
HOU (3 yrs) 161 331 295 34 78 19 2 5 31 3 0 35 57 .264 .341 .393 .735 99 116 8 0 0 1 2
NYM (2 yrs) 82 243 210 15 41 6 0 0 11 2 1 31 44 .195 .299 .224 .523 51 47 1 0 2 0 1
LAD (2 yrs) 93 142 122 16 25 5 0 7 17 0 0 18 32 .205 .310 .418 .728 91 51 5 1 0 1 3
ARI (1 yr) 74 93 80 5 19 4 1 3 16 0 0 10 14 .238 .312 .425 .737 84 34 2 0 0 3 1
BOS (1 yr) 40 101 91 13 23 2 2 2 11 0 0 9 18 .253 .317 .385 .701 80 35 1 0 0 1 0
NL (8 yrs) 410 809 707 70 163 34 3 15 75 5 1 94 147 .231 .320 .351 .670 82 248 16 1 2 5 7
AL (1 yr) 40 101 91 13 23 2 2 2 11 0 0 9 18 .253 .317 .385 .701 80 35 1 0 0 1 0

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
1991 25 NYM NL 104 71 8 3.0 93 .286 .225 .256 .330 .324 .247 .384 .577 .708 66 .356 -3.5 -0.4 .514 .180 .022 .0
1992 26 NYM NL 139 102 8 2.1 91 .219 .174 .258 .275 .323 .207 .380 .482 .703 40 .228 -9.3 -1.0 .426 .182 .033 .0
1993 27 HOU NL 199 140 23 4.4 100 .303 .257 .266 .327 .331 .391 .406 .718 .736 95 .476 -0.8 -0.1 .655 .251 .134 2.0
1994 28 HOU NL 99 64 14 5.9 105 .308 .267 .268 .364 .335 .430 .420 .794 .754 111 .579 1.8 0.2 .797 .326 .163 1.5
1995 29 TOT MLB 134 92 15 4.4 109 .313 .264 .271 .328 .344 .364 .426 .692 .770 81 .426 -3.8 -0.4 .615 .198 .099 .0
1995 29 HOU NL 33 22 3 3.7 101 .375 .300 .262 .364 .330 .300 .408 .664 .738 84 .375 -0.6 -0.1 .545 .100 .000
1995 29 BOS AL 101 70 12 4.6 112 .292 .253 .274 .317 .348 .385 .433 .701 .781 80 .440 -3.2 -0.3 .638 .231 .132 .0
2000 34 LAD NL 41 28 9 8.6 111 .250 .294 .266 .390 .342 .735 .434 1.126 .777 183 .705 4.4 0.4 1.148 .618 .441 .0
2001 35 LAD NL 101 75 7 2.5 104 .200 .170 .259 .277 .329 .295 .424 .573 .753 54 .217 -5.9 -0.6 .520 .261 .125 .0
2002 36 ARI NL 93 66 11 4.5 116 .242 .238 .278 .312 .354 .425 .443 .737 .797 84 .466 -2.0 -0.2 .698 .313 .188 .0
8 Seasons 910 638 95 4.0 102 .272 .233 .265 .319 .334 .355 .411 .674 .745 82 .426 -19.0 -2.1 .621 .256 .122 7.7
162 Game Avg. 328 230 34 4.0 102 .272 .233 .265 .319 .334 .355 .411 .674 .745 82 .426 -19.0 -2.1 .621 .256 .122 3
HOU (3 yrs) 331 226 40 4.7 102 .312 .264 .266 .341 .332 .393 .410 .735 .742 99 .500 0.4 0.0 .684 .258 .129 3.8
NYM (2 yrs) 243 173 16 2.5 92 .247 .195 .257 .299 .324 .224 .382 .523 .705 51 .282 -12.8 -1.4 .462 .181 .029 .0
LAD (2 yrs) 142 103 16 4.2 106 .214 .205 .261 .310 .333 .418 .427 .728 .759 91 .406 -1.5 -0.2 .686 .361 .213 .0
ARI (1 yr) 93 66 11 4.5 116 .242 .238 .278 .312 .354 .425 .443 .737 .797 84 .467 -2.0 -0.2 .698 .313 .188 .0
BOS (1 yr) 101 70 12 4.6 112 .292 .253 .274 .317 .348 .385 .433 .701 .781 80 .440 -3.2 -0.3 .638 .231 .132 .0
NL (8 yrs) 809 568 83 3.9 101 .269 .231 .264 .320 .332 .351 .408 .670 .740 82 .424 -15.8 -1.8 .619 .259 .120 7.5
AL (1 yr) 101 70 12 4.6 112 .292 .253 .274 .317 .348 .385 .433 .701 .781 80 .440 -3.2 -0.3 .638 .231 .132 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
2002 36 ARI NL NLDS STL L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1991 25 NYM NL 104 0.0% 18.3% 13.5% 1.9% 10% 1.36 4.7 17.8 0.75 0.79 67% 25% 0.0% 10%
1992 26 NYM NL 139 0.0% 18.0% 12.2% 2.9% 19% 1.47 4.8 20.2 1.29 1.44 69% 16% 0.0% 7%
1993 27 HOU NL 199 1.0% 16.6% 9.6% 9.1% 39% 1.74 5.4 89.5 7.5 1.15 2.00 73% 22% 3.8% 24%
1994 28 HOU NL 99 3.0% 18.2% 13.1% 8.1% 35% 1.38 4.8 28.7 17.2 1.23 2.00 66% 18% 11.1% 10%
1995 29 TOT MLB 134 1.5% 17.9% 9.0% 4.5% 19% 2.00 5.0 60.5 9.3 0.85 1.23 72% 32% 4.4% 15%
1995 29 HOU NL 33 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.0 15.0 0.71 1.29 73% 29% 0.0% 14%
1995 29 BOS AL 101 2.0% 17.8% 8.9% 5.9% 26% 2.00 5.1 45.5 8.3 0.90 1.21 71% 32% 6.1% 15%
2000 34 LAD NL 41 9.8% 17.1% 14.6% 17.1% 70% 1.17 4.9 8.5 3.8 1.00 2.50 59% 25% 36.4% 8%
2001 35 LAD NL 101 3.0% 24.8% 11.9% 5.0% 33% 2.08 3.5 29.3 11.0 1.07 1.61 59% 25% 12.0% 14%
2002 36 ARI NL 93 3.2% 15.1% 10.8% 8.6% 42% 1.40 5.7 26.7 5.0 1.44 1.94 71% 16% 11.5% 4%
8 Seasons 910 1.9% 18.1% 11.3% 6.4% 31% 1.60 4.8 46.9 9.3 1.08 1.56 68% 22% 6.5% 13%
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
1991 25 NYM NL 1 0 21% 47 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 3
1992 26 NYM NL 1 0 21% 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 6 2 4 3 3 0 3 2 1
1993 27 HOU NL 0 0 25% 66 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 65% 8 4 4 2 0 2 7 2 5
1994 28 HOU NL 1 0 27% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 46% 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 0 3
1995 29 TOT MLB 0 0 36% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 29% 7 6 1 3 2 1 4 2 2
1995 29 HOU NL 0 0 33% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1995 29 BOS AL 0 0 37% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 18% 6 5 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
2000 34 LAD NL 0 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2001 35 LAD NL 3 0 20% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13% 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 1
2002 36 ARI NL 0 0 8% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 6 0 24% 332 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 15 42% 38 25 12 13 9 4 27 7 17
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
1991 25 NYM NL 104 62% 20 10 0 13 1 0 0 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 22 0 0% 14 5 36% 67 5 7% 5 2 40% 10 4 40% 0
1992 26 NYM NL 139 81% 21 9 0 4 0 0 0 1.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 10 3 30% 60 6 10% 5 2 40% 8 3 38% 0
1993 27 HOU NL 199 81% 46 4 0 34 7 0 5 1.52 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 43 6 14% 14 7 50% 141 22 16% 9 5 56% 14 8 57% 0
1994 28 HOU NL 99 89% 23 3 1 30 8 1 1 1.28 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 8 4 50% 48 3 6% 1 0 0% 6 5 83% 0
1995 29 TOT MLB 134 85% 32 2 0 13 6 0 2 1.46 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 2 11% 6 2 33% 79 11 14% 7 5 71% 10 4 40% 0
1995 29 HOU NL 33 100% 9 0 0 9 5 0 0 1.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1995 29 BOS AL 101 80% 23 2 0 4 1 0 2 1.52 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 1 6% 5 2 40% 66 9 14% 6 4 67% 8 3 38% 0
2000 34 LAD NL 41 90% 10 0 0 15 6 1 2 0.76 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% 6 1 17% 21 5 24% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
2001 35 LAD NL 101 97% 15 0 0 33 7 2 5 1.33 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 15 2 13% 8 2 25% 51 6 12% 4 2 50% 6 2 33% 0
2002 36 ARI NL 93 89% 19 2 0 43 10 1 6 0.88 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 2 14% 10 8 80% 56 13 23% 7 7 100% 8 5 63% 0
8 Seasons 910 83% 186 30 1 185 45 5 21 1.23 17 0 17 13 4 8 9 0 3 2 67% 147 17 12% 76 32 42% 523 71 14% 41 24 59% 64 31 48% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1991 25 NYM NL 104 404 3.88 236 58% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 2% 42% 78% 29% 8% 8 0 21% 22 8 9% 9 4 21% 0 0 0
1992 26 NYM NL 139 549 3.95 312 57% 31% 15% 23% 31% 69% 0% 39% 79% 22% 7% 10 0 22% 30 15 11% 15 6 36% 0 0 0
1993 27 HOU NL 168 632 3.76 376 59% 33% 12% 21% 33% 67% 0% 40% 81% 23% 5% 8 0 15% 25 8 11% 18 10 25% 31 0 1
1994 28 HOU NL 81 320 3.95 185 58% 25% 16% 28% 30% 75% 0% 43% 78% 30% 7% 6 0 17% 14 6 12% 10 9 44% 18 0 0
1995 29 TOT MLB 125 468 3.74 284 61% 28% 16% 24% 32% 72% 2% 44% 77% 27% 6% 7 0 18% 22 11 12% 15 13 26% 9 0 1
1995 29 HOU NL 30 112 3.73 71 63% 27% 18% 24% 31% 73% 10% 46% 75% 23% 7% 2 0 27% 8 5 7% 2 2 17% 3 0 0
1995 29 BOS AL 95 356 3.75 213 60% 28% 15% 23% 32% 71% 0% 43% 78% 28% 5% 5 0 15% 14 6 14% 13 11 29% 6 0 1
2000 34 LAD NL 41 155 3.78 82 53% 22% 20% 24% 34% 78% 5% 41% 75% 27% 15% 6 0 22% 9 3 7% 3 2 14% 0 0 0
2001 35 LAD NL 101 408 4.04 250 61% 29% 17% 29% 25% 71% 4% 43% 76% 32% 9% 9 2 16% 16 4 13% 13 8 28% 0 0 0
2002 36 ARI NL 93 353 3.80 218 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 3% 45% 81% 29% 6% 6 0 18% 17 7 8% 7 5 36% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 852 3289 3.86 1943 59% 29% 15% 25% 31% 71% 2% 42% 79% 27% 7% 60 2 18% 155 62 11% 90 57 29% 58 0 2
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
1991 25 37 104 89 7 20 2 0 0 5 1 1 14 19 .225 .330 .247 .577 66 22 0 0 1 0 1
1992 26 82 243 210 15 41 6 0 0 11 2 1 31 44 .195 .299 .224 .523 51 47 1 0 2 0 1
1993 27 170 442 389 33 87 20 2 2 35 4 1 50 77 .224 .311 .301 .612 72 117 7 0 2 1 1
1994 28 224 541 475 45 110 25 2 5 40 5 1 63 95 .232 .321 .324 .645 79 154 8 0 2 1 1
1995 29 283 675 596 62 142 27 4 7 53 5 1 75 119 .238 .322 .332 .655 80 198 10 0 2 2 3
1996 30 283 675 596 62 142 27 4 7 53 5 1 75 119 .238 .322 .332 .655 80 198 10 0 2 2 3
1997 31 283 675 596 62 142 27 4 7 53 5 1 75 119 .238 .322 .332 .655 80 198 10 0 2 2 3
1998 32 283 675 596 62 142 27 4 7 53 5 1 75 119 .238 .322 .332 .655 80 198 10 0 2 2 3
1999 33 283 675 596 62 142 27 4 7 53 5 1 75 119 .238 .322 .332 .655 80 198 10 0 2 2 3
2000 34 310 716 630 70 152 30 4 11 62 5 1 81 126 .241 .326 .354 .680 86 223 13 0 2 3 4
2001 35 376 817 718 78 167 32 4 14 70 5 1 93 151 .233 .320 .347 .667 82 249 15 1 2 3 6
2002 36 450 910 798 83 186 36 5 17 86 5 1 103 165 .233 .319 .355 .674 82 283 17 1 2 6 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1991 25 37 108 92 8 23 2 0 0 5 1 16 19 .250 .361 .272 .633 9 37
1992 26 45 145 125 9 25 5 0 0 7 1 20 25 .200 .310 .240 .550 9 45
1993 27 88 199 179 18 46 14 2 2 24 2 19 33 .257 .327 .391 .718 23 88
1994 28 76 144 124 18 35 8 0 5 7 2 20 25 .282 .382 .468 .850 21 54
1995 29 66 149 135 18 35 2 2 2 14 0 13 27 .259 .322 .348 .670 16 59
2000 34 27 39 33 8 9 3 0 4 8 0 5 7 .273 .359 .727 1.086 8 27
2001 35 66 103 89 9 16 2 0 3 9 0 13 25 .180 .291 .303 .595 8 66
2002 36 74 91 79 5 18 4 1 3 15 0 9 14 .228 .297 .418 .714 10 74
8 Seasons 479 978 856 93 207 40 5 19 89 6 115 175 .242 .330 .367 .697 104 450
162 Game Avg. 162 331 290 31 70 14 2 6 30 2 39 59 .242 .330 .367 .697 35 450

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