Jim Donohue

James Thomas Donohue

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 31, 1938 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1961
Teams (by GP): Angels/Tigers/Twins 1961-1962

Final Game: June 22, 1962
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Standard Batting

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
1956	17	STL-min	D	16	32	32		3	1	0	0						.094	.094	.125	.219		4							GAI · FLOR
1957	18	STL-min	C	32	48	48		6	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250		6							WPG · NORL
1958	19	STL-min	A,AA	34	54	50	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.080	.115	.080	.195		4		0	2	0			YOR,HSN · EL,TL
1959	20	STL-min	AAA	36	50	45	4	8	0	0	0	1	0		1	11	.178	.196	.178	.373		8		0	4	0	0		OMA,ROC · AA,IL
1960	21	LAD-STL-min	AAA	38	30	28	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	12	.143	.200	.143	.343		4		0	0	0			STP,ROC · AA,IL
1961	22	TOT	AL	52	28	28	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.143	.143	.179	.321	-18	5	2	0	0	0	0	1
1961	22	DET	AL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1961	22	LAA	AL	38	27	27	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.148	.148	.185	.333	-15	5	1	0	0	0	0	1
1962	23	MIN-min	A,AAA	5	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571		2		0	0	0	0		CHR,VAN · SALL,PCL
1962	23	TOT	AL	18	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	23	LAA	AL	12	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	83	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	23	MIN	AL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	24	MIN-min	AA,AAA	30	11	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.364	.636		4							CHR,DFW · SALL,PCL
1964	25	MIN-min	AA,AAA	37	27	25	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	10	.080	.148	.200	.348		5		0	0	0			CHR,ATA · SOUL,IL
2 Yrs				70	36	34	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.147	.171	.176	.348	-9	6	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	83	79	2	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	23	.147	.171	.176	.348	-9	14	5	0	2	0	0

LAA (2 yrs)				50	33	31	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.161	.188	.194	.381	-1	6	1	0	1	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1961	22	DET	AL	14	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	22	LAA	AL	38	27	-5	-0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	23	LAA	AL	12	6	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1962	23	MIN	AL	6	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
2 Seasons				70	36	-6	-0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

LAA (2 yrs)				50	33	-5	-0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
MIN (1 yr)				6	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				14	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1961	22	TOT	AL	28	26	1	1.0	112	.190	.143	.275	.143	.352	.179	.428	.321	.780	-18	.060	-4.9	-0.5	.192	.036	.036
1961	22	DET	AL	1	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1961	22	LAA	AL	27	24	1	1.1	112	.200	.148	.275	.148	.352	.185	.428	.333	.780	-15	.068	-4.6	-0.5	.208	.037	.037
1962	23	TOT	AL	8	6	1	4.5	102	.333	.167	.262	.286	.334	.167	.409	.452	.743	26	.492	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
1962	23	LAA	AL	6	4	1	6.7	100	.500	.250	.260	.400	.331	.250	.404	.650	.736	83	.671	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1962	23	MIN	AL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.417	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				36	32	2	1.7	110	.208	.147	.273	.171	.348	.176	.424	.348	.773	-9	.134	-5.5	-0.6	.226	.059	.029
162 Game Avg.				83	74	5	1.7	110	.208	.147	.273	.171	.348	.176	.424	.348	.773	-9	.134	-5.5	-0.6	.226	.059	.029

LAA (2 yrs)				33	28	2	1.9	110	.227	.161	.273	.188	.349	.194	.425	.381	.774	-1	.165	-4.7	-0.5	.259	.065	.032
MIN (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.417	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	22	TOT	AL	28	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	3.6%	25%		4.0		28.0	5.33	75%
1961	22	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1961	22	LAA	AL	27	0.0%	25.9%	0.0%	3.7%	25%		3.9		27.0	4.67	74%
1962	23	TOT	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.0		6.0	1.00	38%
1962	23	LAA	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0		4.0		33%
1962	23	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
2 Yrs				36	0.0%	27.8%	2.8%	2.8%	20%	10.00	3.4		17.0	4.25	67%
MLB Averages					2.5%	13.9%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.56	6.4	36.2	8.1	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1961	22	TOT	AL	-5.0	-0.5	28	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.87	-0.5	-0.0	-5.8	-0.5	0.95	-5.9
1961	22	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.28	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.39	-0.6
1961	22	LAA	AL	-4.7	-0.5	27	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.89	-0.5	-0.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.93	-5.3
1962	23	TOT	AL	-0.6	-0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.72	-0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.93	0.2
1962	23	LAA	AL	-0.0	0.0	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.65	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.92	0.8
1962	23	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.92	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.95	-0.6
2 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	36	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.84	-0.5	-0.0	-4.7	-0.4	0.95	-5.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1961	22	TOT	AL	0%	4	0%	1	1
1961	22	DET	AL		0		0	0
1961	22	LAA	AL	0%	4	0%	1	1
1962	23	TOT	AL	50%	4		0	0
1962	23	LAA	AL	50%	4		0	0
1962	23	MIN	AL		0		0	0
2 Yrs				17%	8	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1961	22	TOT	AL	28	43%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	4	0	0%	16	1	6%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1961	22	DET	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	22	LAA	AL	27	44%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	15	1	7%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	23	TOT	AL	8	13%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1962	23	LAA	AL	6	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1962	23	MIN	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				36	36%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	4	0	0%	21	2	10%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1961	22	52	28	28	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.143	.143	.179	.321	-18	5	2	0	0	0	0
1962	23	70	36	34	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.147	.171	.176	.348	-9	6	2	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	22	52	29	29	5	1	1	0	7	.172	.172	.207	.379	1	52
1962	23	18	8	6	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	18
2 Yrs		70	37	35	5	1	1	1	10	.143	.167	.171	.338	1	70
162 Game Avg.		162	86	81	12	2	2	2	23	.143	.167	.171	.338	2	70

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