Doug Jennings

James Douglas Jennings

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 30, 1964 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Leon HS (Leon, FL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 26, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1988
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs 1988-1993

Final Game: September 26, 1993
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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
1984	19	ANA-min	A-	52	221	173	29	45	7	1	1	17	12	12	40	45	.260	.400	.329	.729		57		3	1	4	1		SLM · NORW
1985	20	ANA-min	A	95	394	319	50	81	17	7	5	54	10	8	62	76	.254	.378	.398	.776		127		5	2	6	1		QDS · MIDW
1986	21	ANA-min	A	129	566	429	95	136	31	9	17	89	7	11	117	103	.317	.466	.550	1.016		236		10	2	8	7		PSP · CALL
1987	22	ANA-min	AA	126	577	464	106	157	33	1	30	104	7	3	94	136	.338	.459	.608	1.067		282		13	2	4	11		MDL · TL
1988	23	OAK-min	AAA	16	71	49	12	16	1	0	0	9	5	1	18	13	.327	.522	.347	.869		17		2	2	0	1		TAC · PCL
1988	23	OAK	AL	71	128	101	9	21	6	0	1	15	0	1	21	28	.208	.346	.297	.643	85	30	1	2	1	3	1	73/9D
1989	24	OAK-min	AAA	137	616	497	99	136	35	5	11	64	10	12	93	95	.274	.399	.431	.830		214		16	2	8	7		TAC · PCL
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1990	25	OAK-min	AAA	60	245	208	32	72	19	1	6	30	4	2	31	36	.346	.430	.534	.964		111		2	1	3	4		TAC · PCL
1990	25	OAK	AL	64	180	156	19	30	7	2	2	14	0	3	17	48	.192	.275	.301	.577	65	47	1	2	2	3	0	79/D3
1991	26	OAK-min	AAA	95	400	332	43	89	17	2	3	44	5	1	47	65	.268	.368	.358	.727		119	6	11	1	9	1		TAC · PCL
1991	26	OAK	AL	8	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	/7

1992	27	BAL-min	AAA	119	477	396	70	109	23	5	14	76	11	4	68	80	.275	.390	.465	.855		184	10	9	0	4	5		ROC · IL
1993	28	CHC-min	AAA	65	263	228	38	67	20	1	7	37	3	4	29	64	.294	.380	.482	.863		110	5	4	0	2	2		IWA · AA
1993	28	CHC	NL	42	57	52	8	13	3	1	2	8	0	0	3	10	.250	.316	.462	.777	108	24	0	2	0	0	0	3
1994	29	CIN-min	AAA	130	526	436	77	129	34	4	23	92	6	4	72	105	.296	.406	.550	.956		240	4	12	1	5	5		INA · AA
1995	30	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1996	31	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1997	32	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2000	35	KCR-min	AAA	33	139	124	23	40	12	1	6	18	2	3	13	21	.323	.396	.581	.976		72	2	2	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
2002	37	TAB,CDB	AAA	36	148	125	19	37	9	0	4	12	0	1	16	21	.296	.399	.464	.863		58	6	6	0	1	0		TAB,CDB · MEX
2003	38	MIL-min	AAA	59	199	169	17	44	13	1	5	23	1	1	17	48	.260	.357	.438	.795		74	7	10	0	3	1		INA · IL
5 Yrs				189	380	322	36	65	16	3	5	37	0	5	43	90	.202	.302	.317	.619	76	102	3	6	3	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	326	276	31	56	14	3	4	32	0	4	37	77	.202	.302	.317	.619	76	87	3	5	3	5	1

OAK (4 yrs)				147	323	270	28	52	13	2	3	29	0	5	40	80	.193	.300	.289	.589	69	78	3	4	3	6	1
CHC (1 yr)				42	57	52	8	13	3	1	2	8	0	0	3	10	.250	.316	.462	.777	108	24	0	2	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				147	323	270	28	52	13	2	3	29	0	5	40	80	.193	.300	.289	.589	69	78	3	4	3	6	1
NL (1 yr)				42	57	52	8	13	3	1	2	8	0	0	3	10	.250	.316	.462	.777	108	24	0	2	0	0	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
1988	23	OAK	AL	71	128	-2	-1	0	-1	-2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.493	.497	0.0	-0.3	-0	$62,500	73/9D
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.465	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/7
1990	25	OAK	AL	64	180	-5	-0	-0	0	-3	-8	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.486	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$103,000	79/D3
1991	26	OAK	AL	8	11	-1	-0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.470	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/7

1993	28	CHC	NL	42	57	1	0	0	-2	-0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	3
5 Seasons				189	380	-7	-1	0	-3	-6	-18	-1.8	12	-6	-0.7	.490	.498	-0.3	-0.9	-2	$165,500

OAK (4 yrs)				147	323	-8	-1	0	-2	-6	-17	-1.7	11	-6	-0.7	.488	.497	-0.5	-0.7	-5	$165,500
CHC (1 yr)				42	57	1	0	0	-2	-0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$

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
1988	23	OAK	AL	128	86	12	3.7	92	.267	.208	.256	.346	.320	.297	.385	.643	.706	85	.425	-0.3	-0.0	.634	.287	.089	.0
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	4	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.257	.000	.322	.000	.378	.000	.700	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1990	25	OAK	AL	180	135	14	2.8	90	.257	.192	.253	.275	.321	.301	.379	.577	.700	65	.302	-6.8	-0.7	.485	.199	.109	.0
1991	26	OAK	AL	11	10	0	0.0	92	.143	.111	.253	.273	.321	.111	.384	.384	.705	14	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.111	.000

1993	28	CHC	NL	57	39	8	5.5	101	.275	.250	.267	.316	.332	.462	.407	.777	.740	108	.577	0.4	0.0	.744	.269	.212	.0
5 Yrs				380	274	34	3.3	93	.258	.202	.256	.302	.322	.317	.386	.619	.708	76	.371	-8.8	-0.9	.551	.233	.115	.0
162 Game Avg.				326	235	29	3.3	93	.258	.202	.256	.302	.322	.317	.386	.619	.708	76	.371	-8.8	-0.9	.551	.233	.115

OAK (4 yrs)				323	235	26	3.0	91	.254	.193	.254	.300	.321	.289	.381	.589	.702	69	.326	-9.2	-0.9	.518	.226	.096	.0
CHC (1 yr)				57	39	8	5.5	101	.275	.250	.267	.316	.332	.462	.407	.777	.740	108	.577	0.4	0.0	.744	.269	.212	.0

AL (4 yrs)				323	235	26	3.0	91	.254	.193	.254	.300	.321	.289	.381	.589	.702	69	.326	-9.2	-0.9	.518	.226	.096	.0
NL (1 yr)				57	39	8	5.5	101	.275	.250	.267	.316	.332	.462	.407	.777	.740	108	.577	0.4	0.0	.744	.269	.212	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1990	25	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1990	25	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	L	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	2	2	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1

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
1988	23	OAK	AL	128	0.8%	21.9%	16.4%	5.5%	33%	1.33	3.6	101.0	6.7	0.83	1.24	59%	18%	4.5%	46%
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	100%	0.0%	0%
1990	25	OAK	AL	180	1.1%	26.7%	9.4%	6.1%	37%	2.82	3.3	78.0	11.1	0.52	0.57	61%	19%	2.9%	7%
1991	26	OAK	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.5			1.33	2.50	64%	14%	0.0%	33%

1993	28	CHC	NL	57	3.5%	17.5%	5.3%	10.5%	46%	3.33	5.2	26.0	6.5	0.40	0.38	70%	24%	7.7%	13%
5 Yrs				380	1.3%	23.7%	11.3%	6.3%	37%	2.09	3.6	64.4	8.7	0.59	0.72	61%	20%	4.2%	19%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.75	6.0	43.4	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	23	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	133	-0.1	2.3	-2.4	1.19	0.0	-0.1	1.4	0.1	1.04	0.0	1.61	27
1989	24	OAK	AL	-1.0	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.64	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.04	-1.2	0.16	1
1990	25	OAK	AL	-7.1	-0.7	185	-0.1	2.9	-3.0	.91	-0.3	0.2	-6.1	-0.6	0.96	-5.0	1.23	14
1991	26	OAK	AL	-1.0	-0.1	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.93	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.94	-1.7	1.84	1

1993	28	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	57	0.4	1.2	-0.8	1.05	0.1	0.2	3.4	0.3	0.92	1.3	1.19	30
5 Yrs				-9.1	-0.9	391	-0.1	6.5	-6.5	1.02	-0.3	0.3	-4.8	-0.5	0.98	-6.5	1.35	73

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1988	23	OAK	AL	1	0	19%	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	33%	7	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1989	24	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	25	OAK	AL	5	0	36%	64	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33%	16	11	5	1	1	0	4	2	2
1991	26	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	28	CHC	NL	1	0	38%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
5 Yrs				7	0	28%	143	0	5	0%	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	36%	26	19	6	2	1	1	8	2	6

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
1988	23	OAK	AL	128	99%	21	1	0	27	5	0	3	1.61	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	29	1	3%	17	9	53%	94	14	15%	11	5	45%	8	7	88%	0
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	100%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	25	OAK	AL	180	93%	30	4	0	14	2	0	1	1.23	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	34	1	3%	15	6	40%	110	12	11%	7	3	43%	5	1	20%	0
1991	26	OAK	AL	11	100%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1993	28	CHC	NL	57	93%	13	0	0	30	5	2	5	1.19	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	3	0	0%	30	6	20%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				380	95%	65	6	0	73	12	2	9	1.35	5	0	11	5	0	3	2	0	3	3	100%	72	3	4%	36	15	42%	242	32	13%	21	10	48%	14	8	57%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

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	23	OAK	AL	129	533	4.13	318	60%	24%	23%	30%	24%	76%	1%	46%	70%	24%	3%	4	0	16%	21	13	13%	17	6	32%	-1	0	0
1989	24	OAK	AL	4	21	5.25	13	62%	38%	15%	31%	15%	62%	0%	38%	75%	0%	0%	0	0	50%	2	1	25%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
1990	25	OAK	AL	176	702	3.99	416	59%	23%	21%	29%	27%	77%	0%	46%	73%	24%	6%	11	0	16%	29	13	10%	18	15	23%	4	1	0
1991	26	OAK	AL	11	43	3.91	22	51%	27%	23%	18%	32%	73%	0%	37%	69%	0%	18%	2	0	27%	3	1	18%	2	2	50%	0	0	0

1993	28	CHC	NL	57	191	3.35	125	65%	22%	20%	25%	34%	78%	0%	51%	74%	32%	4%	2	0	18%	10	5	5%	3	3	30%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				377	1490	3.95	894	60%	23%	21%	28%	27%	77%	1%	46%	72%	24%	5%	19	0	17%	65	33	11%	41	26	28%	3	1	0
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1988	23	71	128	101	9	21	6	0	1	15	1	21	28	.208	.346	.297	.643	85	30	1	2	1	3	1
1989	24	75	132	105	9	21	6	0	1	15	1	21	30	.200	.336	.286	.622	79	30	1	2	1	3	1
1990	25	139	312	261	28	51	13	2	3	29	4	38	78	.195	.301	.295	.596	71	77	2	4	3	6	1
1991	26	147	323	270	28	52	13	2	3	29	5	40	80	.193	.300	.289	.589	69	78	3	4	3	6	1
1992	27	147	323	270	28	52	13	2	3	29	5	40	80	.193	.300	.289	.589	69	78	3	4	3	6	1
1993	28	189	380	322	36	65	16	3	5	37	5	43	90	.202	.302	.317	.619	76	102	3	6	3	6	1

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
1988	23	71	132	103	10	23	7	0	1	17	0	23	28	.223	.366	.320	.687	12	71
1989	24	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1990	25	64	185	159	22	33	8	2	2	16	0	19	48	.208	.295	.321	.616	15	64
1991	26	8	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	8

1993	28	42	57	52	8	13	3	1	2	8	0	3	10	.250	.316	.462	.777	7	42
5 Yrs		189	389	327	40	69	18	3	5	41	0	47	90	.211	.316	.330	.646	34	189
162 Game Avg.		162	333	280	34	59	15	3	4	35	0	40	77	.211	.316	.330	.646	29	189

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