Jim Donohue
James Thomas Donohue
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
Final Game: June 22, 1962
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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
1961 22 TOT AL 5 7 .417 4.18 52 7 23 0 0 6 120.2 116 58 56 18 65 6 99 0 0 4 533 106 1.500 8.7 1.3 4.8 7.4 1.52
1961 22 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.54 14 0 8 0 0 1 20.1 23 10 8 2 15 2 20 0 0 2 98 116 1.869 10.2 0.9 6.6 8.9 1.33
1961 22 LAA AL 4 6 .400 4.31 38 7 15 0 0 5 100.1 93 48 48 16 50 4 79 0 0 2 435 105 1.425 8.3 1.4 4.5 7.1 1.58
1962 23 TOT AL 1 1 .500 4.67 18 2 4 0 0 1 34.2 36 22 18 6 17 0 17 2 0 1 153 84 1.529 9.3 1.6 4.4 4.4 1.00
1962 23 LAA AL 1 0 1.000 3.70 12 1 1 0 0 0 24.1 24 14 10 4 11 0 14 2 0 1 107 104 1.438 8.9 1.5 4.1 5.2 1.27
1962 23 MIN AL 0 1 .000 6.97 6 1 3 0 0 1 10.1 12 8 8 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 46 59 1.742 10.5 1.7 5.2 2.6 0.50
2 Seasons 6 8 .429 4.29 70 9 27 0 0 7 155.1 152 80 74 24 82 6 116 2 0 5 686 101 1.506 8.8 1.4 4.8 6.7 1.41
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .429 4.29 60 8 23 0 0 6 134 131 69 64 21 71 5 100 2 0 4 590 101 1.506 8.8 1.4 4.8 6.7 1.41
LAA (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.19 50 8 16 0 0 5 124.2 117 62 58 20 61 4 93 2 0 3 542 105 1.428 8.4 1.4 4.4 6.7 1.52
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.97 6 1 3 0 0 1 10.1 12 8 8 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 46 59 1.742 10.5 1.7 5.2 2.6 0.50
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.54 14 0 8 0 0 1 20.1 23 10 8 2 15 2 20 0 0 2 98 116 1.869 10.2 0.9 6.6 8.9 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 22 TOT AL 52 532 457 58 116 22 5 18 7 1 65 99 .254 .345 .442 .787 .286 202 7 0 7 3 6
1961 22 DET AL 14 98 80 10 23 4 0 2 1 0 15 20 .288 .400 .413 .813 .362 33 1 0 3 0 2
1961 22 LAA AL 38 434 377 48 93 18 5 16 6 1 50 79 .247 .333 .448 .781 .270 169 6 0 4 3 4
1962 23 TOT AL 18 153 130 22 36 5 4 6 5 3 17 17 .277 .369 .515 .885 .280 67 3 2 4 0 0
1962 23 LAA AL 12 107 93 14 24 3 2 4 4 2 11 14 .258 .349 .462 .811 .267 43 2 2 1 0 0
1962 23 MIN AL 6 46 37 8 12 2 2 2 1 1 6 3 .324 .419 .649 1.067 .313 24 1 0 3 0 0
2 Seasons 70 685 587 80 152 27 9 24 12 4 82 116 .259 .350 .458 .808 .284 269 10 2 11 3 6
162 Game Avg. 60 590 505 69 131 23 8 21 10 3 71 100 .259 .350 .458 .808 .284 232 9 2 9 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 22 TOT AL 52 7 0 2 5 0 2 3 4 .429 0 3 0 0 4 57% 74 31 26 11 4 1 4.4 1.9 5.5
1961 22 LAA AL 38 7 0 2 5 0 2 3 4 .429 0 3 0 0 4 57% 50 74 31 21 11 4 1 4.4 1.9 5.5
1962 23 TOT AL 18 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 49 34 7 4 1 1 3.5 4.5 3.8
1962 23 LAA AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49 49 49 5 3 1 0 2.0 4.5 3.3
1962 23 MIN AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 2 1 0 1 5.0 4.5 4.3
2 Seasons 56 9 0 2 7 0 2 3 6 .333 0 4 0 0 4 44% 48 74 31 28 15 5 2 4.2 2.4 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 22 TOT AL 52 45 23 5 5 9 6 3 67% 12 2 29 7 24% 0.959 18 10 17 17 6 22 16 29 23 11 25 9 5.5
1961 22 DET AL 14 14 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 10 2 20% 8 0.753 5 2 7 4 2 8 5 9 7 5 8 1 4.4
1961 22 LAA AL 38 31 15 4 4 7 5 2 71% 8 1 19 5 26% 9 1.007 13 8 10 13 4 14 11 20 16 6 17 8 6.0
1962 23 TOT AL 18 16 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 12 5 42% 0.701 4 1 11 3 2 11 6 10 10 5 10 2 5.1
1962 23 LAA AL 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 5 71% 2 0.505 2 0 9 1 1 9 4 7 7 3 7 2 5.7
1962 23 MIN AL 6 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 5 0 0% 6 1.158 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 0 3.6
2 Seasons 70 61 27 6 6 10 7 3 70% 15 3 41 12 29% 0.901 22 11 28 20 8 33 22 39 33 16 35 11 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 22 TOT AL 532 40% 3.4% 18.6% 12.2% 8.5% 39% 0.85 64% 100 7 7%
1961 22 DET AL 98 41% 2.0% 20.4% 15.3% 6.1% 26% 0.71 59% 27 1 4%
1961 22 LAA AL 434 39% 3.7% 18.2% 11.5% 9.0% 42% 0.88 66% 73 6 8%
1962 23 TOT AL 153 35% 3.9% 11.1% 11.1% 9.8% 42% 0.91 70% 31 3 10%
1962 23 LAA AL 107 32% 3.7% 13.1% 10.3% 8.4% 38% 0.73 70% 21 2 10%
1962 23 MIN AL 46 41% 4.4% 6.5% 13.0% 13.0% 50% 1.45 70% 10 1 10%
2 Seasons 685 39% 3.5% 16.9% 12.0% 8.8% 40% 0.86 66% 131 10 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1961 22 TOT AL 524 116 18 1 8 8 10 14 4 30 12 10 40% 3 4 3 199 7 1 88% 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 12 8
1961 22 DET AL 98 23 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 2 33% 2 2 1 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 22 LAA AL 426 93 16 1 6 8 8 12 4 24 10 8 42% 1 2 2 150 6 1 86% 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 8
1962 23 TOT AL 153 36 6 0 2 2 4 2 4 13 7 1 54% 1 1 0 60 5 3 63% 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
1962 23 LAA AL 107 24 4 0 1 1 3 1 3 10 5 1 50% 1 1 0 39 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
1962 23 MIN AL 46 12 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 677 152 24 1 10 10 14 16 8 43 19 11 44% 4 5 3 259 12 4 75% 10 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 14 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1961 22 5 7 .417 4.18 52 7 23 0 0 6 120.2 116 58 56 18 65 6 99 0 0 4 533 106 1.500 8.7 1.3 4.8 7.4 1.52 106
1962 23 6 8 .429 4.29 70 9 27 0 0 7 155.1 152 80 74 24 82 6 116 2 0 5 686 101 1.506 8.8 1.4 4.8 6.7 1.41 101

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1961 22 7 6 .538 3.75 120.0 111 56 50 17 62 98 0 1.442 8.3 4.7 7.4 1.58 1.3 52
1962 23 1 2 .333 4.91 33.0 36 20 18 6 17 16 2 1.606 9.8 4.6 4.4 0.94 1.6 18
2 Seasons 8 8 .500 4.00 153.0 147 76 68 23 79 114 2 1.477 8.6 6.7 1.44 1.4 70

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1961 AL  52 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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