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Donnie Hill

Donald Earl Hill

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Angels/Twins 1983-1992

Final Game: July 11, 1992
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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
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 6/45
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 45/6D
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 103 392 352 36 93 18 2 3 32 1 2 29 27 .264 .319 .352 .671 91 124 10 1 6 4 1 465/31
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 756 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. 162 547 494 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) 180 634 561 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 22 OAK AL 169 -4 0 2 0 2 3 5 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ 6
1984 23 OAK AL 185 -11 1 -1 0 -6 3 6 -8 -0.9 -2 -0.2 -0.7 $ 6/45
1985 24 OAK AL 436 -1 2 0 0 0 4 13 18 1.8 18 1.8 0.0 $ *4
1986 25 OAK AL 366 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 15 1.5 14 1.4 0.1 $218,200 45/6D
1987 26 CHW AL 449 -18 1 -2 -1 8 3 14 5 0.6 -3 -0.3 0.9 $275,000 45/D
1988 27 CHW AL 253 -10 -1 1 0 -3 1 8 -4 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $275,000 45/D
1990 29 CAL AL 392 -6 1 0 -1 -10 2 13 -2 -0.2 9 0.9 -1.1 $225,000 465/31
1991 30 CAL AL 242 -4 0 0 1 0 2 8 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $500,000 46/3
1992 31 MIN AL 59 0 0 0 0 -0 0 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $400,000 6/459
9 Seasons 2551 -54 4 0 -1 -8 20 81 42 4.1 50 5.0 -0.9 $1,893,200
OAK (4 yrs) 1156 -16 3 1 0 -3 12 36 33 3.2 36 3.6 -0.4 $218,200
CAL (2 yrs) 634 -10 1 0 0 -10 4 21 6 0.6 16 1.6 -1.0 $725,000
CHW (2 yrs) 702 -28 0 -1 -1 4 4 22 1 0.1 -4 -0.4 0.5 $550,000
MIN (1 yr) 59 0 0 0 0 -0 0 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $400,000

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
1983 22 OAK AL 169 127 15 3.2 92 .292 .266 .257 .280 .318 .348 .388 .629 .706 78 .340 -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 .721 82 .390 -57.1 -5.6 .553 .166 .085 23.8
162 Game Avg. 547 394 53 3.6 96 .274 .257 .258 .308 .324 .343 .397 .651 .721 82 .390 -57.1 -5.6 .553 .166 .085 5
OAK (4 yrs) 1156 841 114 3.6 92 .292 .273 .253 .306 .317 .351 .390 .657 .708 86 .393 -19.1 -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 -29.1 -2.8 .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*

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 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.7% 29% 1.71 6.1 41.6 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 22 OAK AL -4.7 -0.5 174 -0.2 2.7 -3.0 1.00 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.97 -4.6 1.99 1
1984 23 OAK AL -10.2 -1.0 193 -1.1 2.1 -3.2 .89 -1.3 0.1 -13.5 -1.4 0.98 -14.5 0.61 5
1985 24 OAK AL -3.9 -0.4 458 0.1 6.7 -6.6 .95 -0.5 0.6 4.3 0.4 0.94 -6.7 1.96 2
1986 25 OAK AL -0.2 -0.0 377 -1.2 5.6 -6.8 1.01 -0.6 -0.6 -9.6 -1.0 0.97 -7.9 2.08 15
1987 26 CHW AL -18.6 -1.8 453 -1.8 7.1 -8.9 1.00 -1.5 -0.3 -19.5 -1.8 0.91 -18.7 1.08 3
1988 27 CHW AL -10.6 -1.1 261 -0.6 4.6 -5.2 1.14 -0.9 0.4 -8.8 -0.9 0.94 -10.9 3.37 12
1990 29 CAL AL -4.0 -0.4 400 -1.2 5.5 -6.7 .95 -0.8 -0.4 -5.4 -0.6 0.95 -8.4 2.15 9
1991 30 CAL AL -5.2 -0.5 249 -0.3 3.4 -3.7 .92 -0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.94 -5.6 1.85 16
1992 31 MIN AL 0.3 0.0 60 0.2 1.0 -0.8 .93 0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.94 -0.8 1.29 9
9 Seasons -57.1 -5.6 2625 -6.0 38.8 -44.8 .98 -6.4 0.2 -54.0 -5.4 0.94 -78.1 2.01 72

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

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
1983 22 OAK AL 169 100% 42 1 0 0 0 1.99 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 7 5 71% 41 3 7% 19 8 42% 107 15 14% 8 6 75% 14 10 71% 0
1984 23 OAK AL 185 100% 40 5 0 0 0 0.61 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 100% 36 3 8% 22 6 27% 122 14 11% 10 5 50% 9 4 44% 0
1985 24 OAK AL 436 100% 112 2 0 0 0 1.96 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 100% 83 7 8% 46 25 54% 263 50 19% 26 14 54% 21 16 76% 0
1986 25 OAK AL 366 100% 96 15 4 0 0 2.08 4 0 5 3 1 0 4 0 8 4 50% 68 9 13% 42 16 38% 237 25 11% 18 9 50% 14 6 43% 0
1987 26 CHW AL 449 100% 98 3 1 0 0 1.08 9 0 8 4 5 1 8 0 5 4 80% 67 11 16% 54 24 44% 256 37 14% 20 11 55% 38 22 58% 0
1988 27 CHW AL 253 100% 48 11 0 12 3 0 2 3.37 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 100% 34 3 9% 27 9 33% 149 19 13% 21 9 43% 8 5 63% 0
1990 29 CAL AL 392 100% 93 9 3 9 2 0 0 2.15 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 0 8 6 75% 83 10 12% 44 19 43% 245 31 13% 22 15 68% 14 9 64% 0
1991 30 CAL AL 242 100% 50 15 0 16 3 0 3 1.85 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 47 1 2% 20 9 45% 148 19 13% 15 11 73% 15 9 60% 0
1992 31 MIN AL 59 100% 15 7 0 9 3 0 0 1.29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 7 3 43% 35 2 6% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
9 Seasons 2551 100% 594 42 3 72 16 0 5 2.01 26 0 51 17 9 4 22 0 57 47 82% 471 47 10% 281 119 42% 1562 212 14% 142 80 56% 137 82 60% 0
MLB Averages 60% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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% 36% 70% 1% 42% 91% 23% 6% 52 3 17% 156 49 10% 95 52 33% 28 0 0
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
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 29 654 2250 2047 233 529 80 13 25 206 21 11 140 198 .258 .304 .347 .651 81 710 46 2 42 19 6
1991 30 731 2492 2256 269 579 88 14 26 226 22 11 170 219 .257 .307 .343 .650 81 773 47 2 45 19 7
1992 31 756 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

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 22 53 168 162 23 46 8 0 2 17 1 4 21 .284 .298 .370 .668 18 53
1984 23 73 184 177 24 43 6 0 2 18 1 5 12 .243 .261 .311 .572 15 73
1985 24 123 430 401 50 120 14 2 3 54 10 25 33 .299 .337 .367 .704 50 123
1986 25 108 371 346 41 103 17 2 4 32 5 25 38 .298 .345 .393 .738 47 108
1987 26 111 440 406 53 94 13 6 9 43 1 29 35 .232 .282 .360 .641 41 111
1988 27 83 253 223 18 50 6 1 2 22 3 27 32 .224 .304 .287 .591 20 83
1990 29 103 395 359 41 100 19 2 3 36 1 31 27 .279 .334 .368 .702 45 103
1991 30 77 241 210 38 51 8 1 1 21 1 31 21 .243 .340 .305 .645 22 77
1992 31 25 58 52 8 16 3 0 0 2 0 5 6 .308 .379 .365 .745 7 25
9 Seasons 756 2540 2336 296 623 94 14 26 245 23 182 225 .267 .318 .352 .670 265 756
162 Game Avg. 162 544 501 63 134 20 3 6 53 5 39 48 .267 .318 .352 .670 57 756

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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