Bill Doran
William Donald Doran
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 28, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Mount Healthy (Cinncinati, OH)
School: Miami University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1982
Final Game: July 8, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 HOU NL 24 2B 26 26 230.1 122 41 78 3 17 .975 2.1 10.9 1.1 0.9 0.2 1 4.65 4.58 .978 5.42 4.75
1983 HOU NL 25 2B 153 151 1339.0 825 347 461 17 109 .979 9.9 8.9 6.9 -0.1 7.0 3 5.43 5.28 .978 5.34 4.46 RoY-5
1984 HOU NL 26 2B 139 131 1137.0 690 261 419 10 83 .986 8.2 8.7 10.2 2.8 7.4 -2 5.38 4.89 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 HOU NL 26 SS 13 7 70.2 36 13 21 2 7 .944 -2.4 -40.8 -2.4 -2.5 0.1 0 4.33 2.62 .967 4.88 3.98
1985 HOU NL 27 2B 147 145 1262.2 801 345 440 16 108 .980 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.8 1 5.60 5.34 .982 5.47 4.82 MVP-21
1986 HOU NL 28 2B 144 143 1244.2 607 262 329 16 62 .974 -4.0 -3.9 -5.0 -5.8 0.8 1 4.27 4.10 .980 5.21 4.54 MVP-11
1987 HOU NL 29 2B 162 162 1399.1 737 300 431 6 70 .992 2.4 2.1 3.4 -4.7 8.1 -1 4.70 4.51 .982 5.19 4.44 MVP-18
1987 HOU NL 29 SS 3 0 4.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 0.33 1.000 4.73 3.90 MVP-18
1988 HOU NL 30 2B 130 128 1120.0 639 260 371 8 73 .987 4.4 4.7 4.4 1.7 2.6 0 5.07 4.85 .980 5.22 4.58
1989 HOU NL 31 2B 138 131 1157.0 611 254 345 12 64 .980 -6.2 -6.4 -4.2 -0.7 -3.5 -2 4.66 4.34 .981 5.12 4.43
1990 TOT NL 32 2B 111 107 932.0 506 198 302 6 49 .988 -10.6 -13.6 -7.6 -0.8 -6.8 -3 4.83 4.50 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 HOU NL 32 2B 99 96 827.1 440 170 265 5 43 .989 -9.3 -13.5 -7.3 -1.5 -5.8 -2 4.73 4.39 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 CIN NL 32 2B 12 11 104.2 66 28 37 1 6 .985 -1.3 -14.9 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 -1 5.59 5.42 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 CIN NL 32 3B 4 3 22.0 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -0.6 -32.7 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.64 1.00 .967 2.74 2.30
1991 CIN NL 33 2B 88 78 704.2 368 153 208 7 47 .981 -3.5 -6.0 -4.5 -3.9 -0.6 1 4.61 4.10 .982 5.14 4.28
1991 CIN NL 33 LF 6 5 42.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 -1 2.34 1.83 .982 2.17 1.67
1991 CIN NL 33 OF 6 5 42.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 -1 2.34 1.83 .982 2.27 1.88
1991 CIN NL 33 1B 4 2 16.1 19 19 0 0 3 1.000 -0.6 -44.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 10.47 4.75 .989 9.75 8.45
1992 CIN NL 34 2B 104 91 792.1 416 170 241 5 55 .988 -5.4 -8.2 -5.4 -5.9 0.5 0 4.67 3.95 .981 5.18 4.27
1992 CIN NL 34 1B 25 15 149.0 144 136 8 0 5 1.000 -0.7 -5.6 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 8.70 5.76 .993 9.75 8.38
1993 MIL AL 35 2B 17 10 98.1 56 28 26 2 5 .964 -1.4 -17.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 4.94 3.18 .982 5.14 4.54
1993 MIL AL 35 1B 4 2 22.0 18 16 2 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -27.3 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 7.36 4.50 .994 9.57 8.25
12 Seasons 2B 1359 1303 11417.1 6378 2619 3651 108 742 .983 -2.1 -0.2 -1.1 -16.7 15.5 -1 4.94 4.61 .981 5.24 4.50
3 Seasons 1B 33 19 187.1 181 171 10 0 10 1.000 -1.8 -11.5 -1.8 -1.1 -0.7 0 8.70 5.48 .993 9.73 8.37
2 Seasons SS 16 7 74.2 38 13 22 3 7 .921 -2.7 -43.4 -2.7 -2.8 0.1 0 4.22 2.19 .968 4.87 3.96
1 Season LF 6 5 42.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 -1 2.34 1.83 .982 2.17 1.67
1 Season OF 6 5 42.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 -1 2.34 1.83 .982 2.27 1.88
1 Season 3B 4 3 22.0 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -0.6 -32.7 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.64 1.00 .967 2.74 2.30
12 Seasons TOT 1418 1337 11743.2 6614 2814 3687 113 759 .983 -7.4 -0.8 -5.4 -20.9 15.4 -1 -1 4.98 4.58 .964 5.30 4.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 HOU NL 24 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 25 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 HOU NL 26 147 138 147 145 0 0 0 139 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 HOU NL 27 148 145 148 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 HOU NL 28 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 HOU NL 29 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 30 132 128 132 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1989 HOU NL 31 142 131 142 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1990 HOU NL 32 109 96 109 99 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1990 CIN NL 32 17 14 17 16 0 0 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 CIN NL 33 111 85 111 95 0 0 4 88 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 20 0
1992 CIN NL 34 132 106 132 122 0 0 25 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1993 MIL AL 35 28 12 28 21 0 0 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
12 Seasons 1453 1337 1453 1398 0 0 33 1359 4 16 6 0 0 6 0 81 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 HOU NL 24 1008 52% 77% 28% 92 95% 0 42 14 21 7 82 77 5 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 19 6 3 4 0 15 4 9 4 1 3
1983 HOU NL 25 5887 56% 77% 27% 552 94% 2 347 119 159 69 473 409 51 0 4 17 1 14 2 13 112 45 15 35 4 104 40 61 7 4 2
1984 HOU NL 26 5027 58% 77% 26% 460 98% 2 268 86 133 49 430 366 50 1 5 10 0 8 2 8 83 32 19 21 2 76 23 52 6 3 3
1985 HOU NL 27 5609 58% 77% 26% 516 97% 0 340 122 154 64 450 380 60 1 6 16 0 12 4 12 106 43 19 30 3 99 36 63 6 1 5
1986 HOU NL 28 5388 59% 73% 24% 428 95% 0 271 117 87 67 331 289 38 0 2 16 2 9 5 8 64 27 6 20 1 59 23 34 4 1 2
1987 HOU NL 29 6242 55% 74% 26% 519 96% 3 299 112 116 71 430 370 47 2 6 6 0 6 0 5 69 19 19 17 4 60 21 38 7 4 3
1988 HOU NL 30 4947 56% 75% 31% 433 94% 3 257 96 112 49 370 316 40 5 3 8 0 7 1 7 72 25 24 15 1 69 17 51 3 2 1
1989 HOU NL 31 5205 54% 76% 29% 430 95% 1 252 106 91 55 345 285 51 0 8 12 0 7 5 6 65 16 12 24 3 57 27 28 8 1 7
1990 HOU NL 32 3698 52% 79% 30% 327 94% 2 167 66 60 42 270 228 36 0 2 5 0 4 1 5 42 10 9 16 1 39 18 20 3 3 0
1990 CIN NL 32 450 60% 68% 28% 49 94% 0 28 12 12 4 38 35 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 3 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
1991 CIN NL 33 3192 55% 76% 29% 291 78% 1 154 51 66 37 208 181 23 0 2 7 0 5 2 7 47 18 11 14 0 43 14 29 4 1 3
1992 CIN NL 34 3433 59% 75% 30% 324 81% 0 170 58 75 38 242 204 29 0 5 5 3 1 1 2 55 21 8 16 3 51 21 29 4 3 1
1993 MIL AL 35 432 61% 79% 33% 37 84% 0 27 7 16 4 26 25 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
12 Seasons 50518 56% 76% 28% 4458 93% 14 2622 966 1102 556 3695 3165 434 9 46 108 6 78 24 78 744 265 149 215 22 682 247 421 56 24 30
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 CIN NL 33 82 76% 82% 37% 2 50% 0 19 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0%
1992 CIN NL 34 641 59% 72% 27% 37 92% 0 136 12 122 2 14 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 MIL AL 35 118 53% 74% 25% 5 100% 0 16 2 14 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 841 59% 73% 28% 44 91% 0 171 14 155 2 16 10 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 3 67%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 HOU NL 26 324 58% 79% 23% 28 89% 0 14 7 6 1 23 18 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 0 4 0 0 6 2 4 1 1 0
1987 HOU NL 29 17 53% 88% 35% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 341 58% 79% 24% 30 87% 0 14 7 6 1 24 19 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 7 2 0 4 0 0 6 2 4 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 207 53% 80% 39% 26 42%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 207 53% 80% 39% 26 42%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 CIN NL 32 102 57% 82% 36% 8 63% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 102 57% 82% 36% 8 63% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89% 71%

* 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.

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