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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 Pitching

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 98 118 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 2 435 104 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 86 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 1 107 106 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 61 1.742 10.5 1.7 5.2 2.6 0.50
2 Yrs 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 3 542 104 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 61 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 98 118 1.869 10.2 0.9 6.6 8.9 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1961 22 DET AL 20.1 14 0 10 4.43 4.61 0.34 -0.19 102.3 4.17 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $
1961 22 LAA AL 100.1 38 7 48 4.31 4.69 0.07 -0.09 110.1 4.98 8 0.9 1.5 0.0 1.6 17 .523 .505 $
1962 23 LAA AL 24.1 12 1 14 5.18 4.46 -0.02 -0.15 101.0 4.38 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .484 .499 $
1962 23 MIN AL 10.1 6 1 8 6.97 4.45 0.18 -0.07 105.7 4.44 -3 -0.3 3.2 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .453 .498 $
2 Seasons 155.1 70 9 80 4.64 4.63 0.10 -0.11 107.3 4.74 3 0.3 1.5 -0.3 1.3 17 .505 .501 $
LAA (2 yrs) 124.2 50 8 62 4.48 4.64 0.05 -0.10 108.3 4.86 6 0.7 1.3 -0.0 1.6 17 .513 .502 $
MIN (1 yr) 10.1 6 1 8 6.97 4.45 0.18 -0.07 105.7 4.44 -3 -0.3 3.2 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .453 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 20.1 14 0 10 4.43 4.61 0.34 -0.19 102.3 4.17 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 2
1961 22 LAA AL 38 426 377 48 93 18 5 16 6 1 50 79 .247 .333 .448 .781 .270 169 6 0 4 3 4 1
1961 22 TOT AL 52 524 457 58 116 22 5 18 7 1 65 99 .254 .345 .442 .787 .286 202 7 0 7 3 6 3
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 1
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 0
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 1
2 Yrs 70 677 587 80 152 27 9 24 12 4 82 116 .259 .350 .458 .808 .284 269 10 2 11 3 6 4
162 Game Avg. 60 583 505 69 131 23 8 21 10 3 71 100 .259 .350 .458 .808 .284 232 9 2 9 3 5 3
MLB Averages .258 .327 .396 .723 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1961 22 TOT AL 5.8 0.6 548 -0.8 8.8 -9.6 .95 -0.2 -0.6 9.3 0.9 0.94 2.0 18 9 18
1961 22 DET AL 1.0 0.1 101 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .73 -0.4 -0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.73 -3.3 5 1 8
1961 22 LAA AL 4.8 0.5 447 -0.3 7.9 -8.2 1.00 0.2 -0.5 10.7 1.0 0.99 5.3 13 8 10
1962 23 TOT AL -3.3 -0.3 163 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .68 -0.9 0.4 -4.8 -0.5 0.68 -8.2 4 1 11
1962 23 LAA AL -0.7 -0.1 115 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .48 -0.5 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.48 -4.9 2 0 9
1962 23 MIN AL -2.6 -0.3 48 -0.1 1.1 -1.3 1.14 -0.4 0.3 -1.6 -0.2 1.14 -3.3 2 1 2
2 Yrs 2.5 0.2 711 -1.1 10.8 -11.9 .89 -1.1 -0.2 4.6 0.4 0.88 -6.2 22 10 29

Starting Pitching*

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% 48.9 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% 41.5 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% 49.0 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% 34.0 34 34 2 1 0 1 5.0 4.5 4.3
2 Yrs 56 9 0 2 7 0 2 3 6 .333 0 4 0 0 4 44% 47 74 31 28 15 5 2 4.2 2.4 5.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 115 -14 4.5 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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% .947 18 9 18 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 .733 5 1 8 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 .996 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% .679 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 .479 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 1.144 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 0 3.6
2 Yrs 70 61 27 6 6 10 7 3 70% 15 3 41 12 29% .886 22 10 29 20 8 33 22 39 33 16 35 11 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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 60% 3.4% 18.9% 12.4% 8.6% 39% 0.85 65% 100 7 7%
1961 22 DET AL 98 59% 2.0% 20.4% 15.3% 6.1% 26% 0.71 59% 27 1 4%
1961 22 LAA AL 434 61% 3.8% 18.5% 11.7% 9.2% 42% 0.88 67% 73 6 8%
1962 23 TOT AL 153 65% 3.9% 11.1% 11.1% 9.8% 42% 0.91 70% 31 3 10%
1962 23 LAA AL 107 68% 3.7% 13.1% 10.3% 8.4% 38% 0.73 70% 21 2 10%
1962 23 MIN AL 46 59% 4.4% 6.5% 13.0% 13.0% 50% 1.45 70% 10 1 10%
2 Yrs 685 61% 3.6% 17.1% 12.1% 8.9% 40% 0.86 66% 131 10 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.5% 14.0% 8.9% 6.7% 29% 1.05 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 1 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 1 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 Yrs 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 2 0 14 8
MLB Averages 52% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 3.75 120.0 110 56 50 17 62 99 0 1.433 8.3 4.7 7.4 1.60 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 Yrs 8 8 .500 4.00 153.0 146 76 68 23 79 115 2 1.471 8.6 6.8 1.46 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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