Donnie Hill
Donald Earl Hill
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 12, 1960 in Pomona, CA
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1983
Final Game: July 11, 1992
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Standard Batting

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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
1983 22 OAK AL 53 169 158 20 42 7 0 2 15 1 1 4 21 .266 .280 .348 .629 78 55 3 0 5 2 0 6
1984 23 OAK AL 73 185 174 21 40 6 0 2 16 1 1 5 12 .230 .249 .299 .547 56 52 3 0 4 2 0 6/45D
1985 24 OAK AL 123 436 393 45 112 13 2 3 48 9 4 23 33 .285 .321 .351 .673 91 138 7 0 16 4 2 *4
1986 25 OAK AL 108 366 339 37 96 16 2 4 29 5 2 23 38 .283 .329 .378 .706 99 128 9 0 4 0 1 45/D6
1987 26 CHW AL 111 449 410 57 98 14 6 9 46 1 0 30 35 .239 .290 .368 .658 71 151 11 1 4 4 1 45/D
1988 27 CHW AL 83 253 221 17 48 6 1 2 20 3 1 26 32 .217 .296 .281 .577 63 62 3 0 3 3 1 45/D
1990 29 CAL AL 102 392 352 36 93 18 2 3 32 1 2 29 27 .264 .319 .352 .671 91 124 10 1 6 4 1 465/3D1
1991 30 CAL AL 77 242 209 36 50 8 1 1 20 1 0 30 21 .239 .335 .301 .636 79 63 1 0 3 0 1 46/3
1992 31 MIN AL 25 59 51 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .294 .368 .353 .721 101 18 0 1 2 0 0 6/459
9 Seasons 755 2551 2307 276 594 91 14 26 228 22 11 175 225 .257 .308 .343 .651 82 791 47 3 47 19 7
162 Game Avg. 162 547 495 59 127 20 3 6 49 5 2 38 48 .257 .308 .343 .651 82 170 10 1 10 4 2
OAK (4 yrs) 357 1156 1064 123 290 42 4 11 108 16 8 55 104 .273 .306 .351 .657 86 373 22 0 29 8 3
CAL (2 yrs) 179 634 561 72 143 26 3 4 52 2 2 59 48 .255 .325 .333 .658 86 187 11 1 9 4 2
CHW (2 yrs) 194 702 631 74 146 20 7 11 66 4 1 56 67 .231 .292 .338 .630 69 213 14 1 7 7 2
MIN (1 yr) 25 59 51 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .294 .368 .353 .721 101 18 0 1 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1983 22 OAK AL 169 127 15 3.2 92 .292 .266 .257 .280 .318 .348 .388 .629 .706 78 .339 -4.7 -0.5 .492 .108 .082 1.3
1984 23 OAK AL 185 144 13 2.4 91 .235 .230 .255 .249 .317 .299 .385 .547 .702 56 .242 -10.2 -1.0 .413 .098 .069 1.3
1985 24 OAK AL 436 312 45 3.9 92 .302 .285 .252 .321 .316 .351 .391 .673 .707 91 .421 -3.9 -0.4 .568 .137 .066 4.5
1986 25 OAK AL 366 258 41 4.2 93 .310 .283 .252 .329 .319 .378 .393 .706 .712 99 .457 -0.2 0.0 .606 .171 .094 4.4
1987 26 CHW AL 449 331 43 3.5 108 .241 .239 .268 .290 .337 .368 .431 .658 .768 71 .340 -18.6 -1.8 .567 .205 .129 1.8
1988 27 CHW AL 253 183 20 2.9 94 .242 .217 .259 .296 .324 .281 .391 .577 .715 63 .321 -10.6 -1.1 .508 .190 .063 2.4
1990 29 CAL AL 392 281 39 3.7 92 .276 .264 .256 .319 .324 .352 .382 .671 .706 91 .425 -4.0 -0.4 .565 .168 .088 1.5
1991 30 CAL AL 242 163 24 4.0 96 .262 .239 .259 .335 .328 .301 .393 .636 .721 79 .438 -5.2 -0.5 .588 .211 .062 1.0
1992 31 MIN AL 59 38 7 5.0 97 .333 .294 .263 .368 .332 .353 .390 .721 .722 101 .554 0.3 0.0 .667 .157 .059
9 Seasons 2551 1837 247 3.6 96 .274 .257 .258 .308 .324 .343 .397 .651 .720 82 .390 -57.0 -5.7 .553 .166 .085 23.8
162 Game Avg. 547 394 53 3.6 96 .274 .257 .258 .308 .324 .343 .397 .651 .720 82 .390 -57.0 -5.7 .553 .166 .085 5
OAK (4 yrs) 1156 841 114 3.6 92 .292 .273 .253 .306 .317 .351 .390 .657 .708 86 .393 -18.9 -1.9 .542 .137 .078 13.0
CAL (2 yrs) 634 444 63 3.8 94 .271 .255 .257 .325 .325 .333 .386 .658 .711 86 .429 -9.2 -0.9 .573 .184 .078 2.7
CHW (2 yrs) 702 514 63 3.3 104 .241 .231 .265 .292 .333 .338 .417 .630 .750 69 .334 -29.2 -2.9 .546 .200 .106 5.9
MIN (1 yr) 59 38 7 5.0 97 .333 .294 .263 .368 .332 .353 .390 .721 .722 101 .554 0.3 0.0 .667 .157 .059

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 22 OAK AL 169 1.2% 12.4% 2.4% 5.3% 21% 5.25 7.5 79.0 10.5 0.68 81%
1984 23 OAK AL 185 1.1% 6.5% 2.7% 4.3% 20% 2.40 14.5 87.0 10.9 0.86 88%
1985 24 OAK AL 436 0.7% 7.6% 5.3% 4.1% 16% 1.43 11.9 131.0 8.2 0.84 83%
1986 25 OAK AL 366 1.1% 10.4% 6.3% 6.0% 23% 1.65 8.9 84.8 11.7 0.98 81%
1987 26 CHW AL 449 2.0% 7.8% 6.7% 6.5% 30% 1.17 11.7 45.6 8.9 0.90 82%
1988 27 CHW AL 253 0.8% 12.7% 10.3% 3.6% 19% 1.23 6.9 110.5 11.1 0.82 1.00 75% 20% 3.8% 50%
1990 29 CAL AL 392 0.8% 6.9% 7.4% 5.9% 25% 0.93 13.0 117.3 11.0 0.73 0.98 83% 23% 1.8% 12%
1991 30 CAL AL 242 0.4% 8.7% 12.4% 4.1% 20% 0.70 10.0 209.0 10.5 0.63 0.75 77% 24% 1.0% 16%
1992 31 MIN AL 59 0.0% 10.2% 8.5% 5.1% 20% 1.20 8.5 25.5 0.61 1.00 76% 30% 0.0% 14%
9 Seasons 2551 1.0% 8.8% 6.9% 5.1% 22% 1.29 10.3 88.7 10.1 0.72 0.89 81% 23% 1.8% 22%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 22 OAK AL 5 0 41% 48 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 50% 7 4 3 4 2 1 5 1 4
1984 23 OAK AL 1 0 44% 66 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 53% 9 5 4 2 1 1 6 2 4
1985 24 OAK AL 5 0 32% 148 9 4 69% 7 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 18 41% 27 16 8 4 4 0 15 4 11
1986 25 OAK AL 4 0 29% 144 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 53% 17 8 8 3 1 2 12 3 7
1987 26 CHW AL 4 0 40% 150 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 54% 24 11 13 9 3 5 15 6 8
1988 27 CHW AL 4 0 21% 73 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 47% 14 8 6 0 0 0 3 1 2
1990 29 CAL AL 4 0 28% 165 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 43% 23 17 6 5 4 1 14 3 11
1991 30 CAL AL 2 0 44% 102 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 51% 19 13 5 6 2 4 12 2 10
1992 31 MIN AL 0 0 33% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30% 6 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 29 0 34% 921 22 11 67% 20 10 1 0 1 1 4 0 20 79 48% 146 86 55 36 20 14 83 22 58
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1983 22 OAK AL 169 100% 42 1 0 0 0 2.03 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 7 5 71% 41 3 7% 19 8 42% 107 15 14% 8 6 75% 10 5 50% 0
1984 23 OAK AL 185 100% 40 4 0 0 0 0.69 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 100% 36 3 8% 22 6 27% 122 14 11% 10 5 50% 12 3 25% 0
1985 24 OAK AL 436 100% 112 2 0 0 0 1.92 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 100% 83 7 8% 46 25 54% 263 50 19% 26 14 54% 30 12 40% 0
1986 25 OAK AL 366 100% 96 13 4 0 0 2.11 4 0 5 3 1 0 4 0 8 4 50% 68 9 13% 42 16 38% 237 25 11% 18 9 50% 26 11 42% 0
1987 26 CHW AL 449 100% 98 3 1 0 0 1.06 9 0 8 4 5 1 8 0 5 4 80% 67 11 16% 54 24 44% 256 37 14% 20 11 55% 48 23 48% 0
1988 27 CHW AL 253 100% 48 11 0 11 3 0 2 3.35 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 100% 34 3 9% 27 9 33% 149 19 13% 21 9 43% 17 11 65% 0
1990 29 CAL AL 392 100% 93 9 3 8 2 0 0 2.25 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 0 8 6 75% 83 10 12% 44 19 43% 245 31 13% 22 15 68% 18 12 67% 0
1991 30 CAL AL 242 100% 50 15 0 16 3 0 3 1.87 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 47 1 2% 20 9 45% 148 19 13% 15 11 73% 13 8 62% 0
1992 31 MIN AL 59 100% 15 7 0 9 3 0 0 1.37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 7 3 43% 35 2 6% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
9 Seasons 2551 100% 594 42 3 67 16 0 5 2.04 26 0 51 17 9 4 22 0 57 47 82% 471 47 10% 281 119 42% 1562 212 14% 142 80 56% 177 86 49% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CHW AL 249 943 3.79 557 59% 30% 9% 27% 34% 70% 1% 41% 87% 20% 6% 16 1 14% 36 13 10% 26 16 22% 4 0 0
1990 29 CAL AL 368 1371 3.73 836 61% 29% 5% 29% 38% 71% 1% 43% 93% 23% 5% 18 1 19% 69 24 10% 36 20 31% 24 0 0
1991 30 CAL AL 242 989 4.09 569 58% 31% 5% 30% 34% 69% 1% 39% 92% 24% 6% 15 1 18% 44 10 12% 29 14 43% 0 0 0
1992 31 MIN AL 59 217 3.68 130 60% 30% 8% 25% 36% 70% 0% 42% 88% 31% 5% 3 0 12% 7 2 7% 4 2 67% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 918 3520 3.83 2092 59% 30% 6% 28% 35% 70% 1% 42% 91% 23% 6% 52 3 17% 156 49 10% 95 52 33% 28 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1983 22 53 169 158 20 42 7 0 2 15 1 1 4 21 .266 .280 .348 .629 78 55 3 0 5 2 0
1984 23 126 354 332 41 82 13 0 4 31 2 2 9 33 .247 .264 .322 .586 66 107 6 0 9 4 0
1985 24 249 790 725 86 194 26 2 7 79 11 6 32 66 .268 .295 .338 .633 80 245 13 0 25 8 2
1986 25 357 1156 1064 123 290 42 4 11 108 16 8 55 104 .273 .306 .351 .657 86 373 22 0 29 8 3
1987 26 468 1605 1474 180 388 56 10 20 154 17 8 85 139 .263 .302 .355 .657 82 524 33 1 33 12 4
1988 27 551 1858 1695 197 436 62 11 22 174 20 9 111 171 .257 .301 .346 .646 79 586 36 1 36 15 5
1989 28 551 1858 1695 197 436 62 11 22 174 20 9 111 171 .257 .301 .346 .646 79 586 36 1 36 15 5
1990 29 653 2250 2047 233 529 80 13 25 206 21 11 140 198 .258 .304 .347 .651 81 710 46 2 42 19 6
1991 30 730 2492 2256 269 579 88 14 26 226 22 11 170 219 .257 .307 .343 .650 81 773 47 2 45 19 7
1992 31 755 2551 2307 276 594 91 14 26 228 22 11 175 225 .257 .308 .343 .651 82 791 47 3 47 19 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 22 53 166 160 23 44 7 0 2 17 1 4 21 .275 .289 .356 .645 17 53
1984 23 73 183 176 23 42 6 0 2 18 1 5 12 .239 .257 .307 .564 14 73
1985 24 123 431 402 51 121 14 2 3 54 10 25 33 .301 .339 .368 .707 51 123
1986 25 108 367 343 41 100 17 2 4 32 5 24 38 .292 .338 .388 .726 45 108
1987 26 111 438 405 53 93 13 6 9 43 1 28 35 .230 .279 .358 .637 40 111
1988 27 83 258 226 18 53 7 1 2 22 3 29 32 .235 .318 .301 .619 22 83
1990 29 102 394 358 41 99 19 2 3 36 1 31 27 .277 .332 .366 .698 44 102
1991 30 77 247 214 38 55 9 1 1 21 1 33 21 .257 .356 .322 .679 25 77
1992 31 25 60 53 8 17 3 0 0 2 0 6 6 .321 .400 .377 .777 8 25
9 Seasons 755 2544 2337 296 624 95 14 26 245 23 185 225 .267 .319 .353 .672 266 755
162 Game Avg. 162 546 501 64 134 20 3 6 53 5 40 48 .267 .319 .353 .672 57 755

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 AL--16--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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