Tom Donohue

Thomas James Donohue

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 15, 1952 in Mineola, NY
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1979
Team: Angels 1979-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1972	19	ANA-min	Rk,A	92	290	290		56	8	5	2						.193	.193	.276	.469		80							IDF,QDS · PION,MIDW
1973	20	ANA-min	A	83	267	239	26	49	11	0	7	27	4	1	28	111	.205	.288	.339	.627		81							QDS · MIDW
1974	21	ANA-min	A,AA	87	330	308	32	60	8	5	7	32	9	3	18	119	.195	.248	.321	.570		99	3	4	0	0	0		SLS,QDS,ELP · CALL,MIDW,TL
1975	22	ANA-min	AA,A	108	389	358	49	97	17	2	13	65	7	6	19	101	.271	.316	.439	.754		157	7	5	6	1	4		ELP,SLS · TL,CALL
1976	23	ANA-min	AA	37	141	135	22	44	9	2	3	23	6	0	4	34	.326	.350	.489	.839		66		1	1	0			ELP · TL
1977	24	ANA-min	AAA	110	436	395	53	108	22	8	15	67	5	6	35	101	.273	.337	.484	.821		191		3	3	0			SLC · PCL
1978	25	ANA-min	AAA	98	345	313	51	91	19	4	10	57	2	1	22	78	.291	.336	.473	.809		148		2	3	5			SLC · PCL
1979	26	ANA-min	AAA	15	54	51	9	13	4	1	3	13	1	2	2	14	.255	.278	.549	.827		28		0	0	1			SLC · PCL
1979	26	CAL	AL	38	113	107	13	24	3	1	3	14	2	0	3	29	.224	.259	.355	.614	67	38	1	2	1	0	0	2
1980	27	CAL	AL	84	230	218	18	41	4	1	2	14	5	1	7	63	.188	.216	.243	.459	28	53	0	1	3	1	0	2
2 Yrs				122	343	325	31	65	7	2	5	28	7	1	10	92	.200	.230	.280	.510	41	91	1	3	4	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	455	432	41	86	9	3	7	37	9	1	13	122	.200	.230	.280	.510	41	121	1	4	5	1	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
1979	26	CAL	AL	38	113	-2	0	0	-2	2	-2	-0.1	4	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.4	0.0	4	$	2
1980	27	CAL	AL	84	230	-21	1	2	-6	4	-20	-2.0	7	-13	-1.3	.476	.487	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$	2
2 Seasons				122	343	-23	2	2	-8	6	-21	-2.1	11	-11	-1.1	.482	.493	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$

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	PwrSpd
1979	26	CAL	AL	113	85	10	3.1	98	.280	.224	.265	.259	.329	.355	.401	.614	.730	67	.323	-5.4	-0.5	.536	.178	.131	2.4
1980	27	CAL	AL	230	182	12	1.8	96	.253	.188	.266	.216	.327	.243	.394	.459	.721	28	.150	-22.2	-2.2	.365	.106	.055	2.9
2 Yrs				343	267	22	2.2	97	.262	.200	.265	.230	.328	.280	.396	.510	.724	41	.205	-27.6	-2.8	.420	.129	.080	5.8
162 Game Avg.				455	355	29	2.2	97	.262	.200	.265	.230	.328	.280	.396	.510	.724	41	.205	-27.6	-2.8	.420	.129	.080	8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	26	CAL	AL	113	2.7%	25.7%	2.7%	6.2%	29%	9.67	3.7	35.7	7.6	0.93	66%
1980	27	CAL	AL	230	0.9%	27.4%	3.0%	3.0%	17%	9.00	3.5	109.0	15.6	0.78	67%
2 Yrs				343	1.5%	26.8%	2.9%	4.1%	22%	9.20	3.5	65.0	11.6	0.82	67%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.5%	8.3%	6.7%	28%	1.50	7.1	44.0	8.3	1.10	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1979	26	CAL	AL	-5.4	-0.5	116	0.3	2.4	-2.0	1.07	-0.2	0.5	-3.0	-0.3	1.01	-3.9
1980	27	CAL	AL	-22.2	-2.2	237	-1.5	2.5	-4.1	.88	-2.1	0.3	-19.4	-2.0	0.91	-21.6
2 Yrs				-27.6	-2.8	353	-1.2	4.9	-6.1	.94	-2.3	1.0	-22.5	-2.3	0.94	-25.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	26	CAL	AL	5	39%	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	50%	4	3	1	4	1	3
1980	27	CAL	AL	3	34%	68	5	1	83%	5	1	1	1	2	3	60%	9	5	4	6	1	5
2 Yrs				8	36%	103	7	1	88%	7	1	1	1	2	4	57%	13	8	5	10	2	8

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
1979	26	CAL	AL	113	42%	24			0	0	0	0		3	0	5	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	100%	28	1	4%	10	4	40%	84	12	14%	6	4	67%	3	1	33%	0
1980	27	CAL	AL	230	26%	41			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	3	100%	34	0	0%	15	4	27%	128	13	10%	8	3	38%	4	1	25%	0
2 Yrs				343	31%	65			0	0	0	0		5	0	8	2	3	4	1	0	4	4	100%	62	1	2%	25	8	32%	212	25	12%	14	7	50%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			52%			55%

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
1979	26	38	113	107	13	24	3	1	3	14	2	0	3	29	.224	.259	.355	.614	67	38	1	2	1	0	0
1980	27	122	343	325	31	65	7	2	5	28	7	1	10	92	.200	.230	.280	.510	41	91	1	3	4	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	26	38	115	109	14	25	3	1	3	15	2	3	29	.229	.263	.358	.621	10	38
1980	27	84	231	219	19	42	4	1	2	15	5	7	63	.192	.219	.247	.466	12	84
2 Yrs		122	346	328	33	67	7	2	5	30	7	10	92	.204	.234	.284	.517	22	122
162 Game Avg.		162	459	436	44	89	9	3	7	40	9	13	122	.204	.234	.284	.517	29	122

* 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.

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