Doug Linton
Douglas Warren Linton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 9, 1965 in Santa Ana, CA
School: University of California, Irvine
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 43rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed September 5, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1992
Final Game: April 18, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1992 27 TOR AL 1 3 .250 8.62 8 3 2 0 0 0 24.0 31 23 23 5 17 0 16 0 0 2 116 48 2.000 11.6 1.9 6.4 6.0 0.94
1993 28 TOT AL 2 1 .667 7.36 23 1 6 0 0 0 36.2 46 30 30 8 23 1 23 1 0 2 178 61 1.882 11.3 2.0 5.6 5.6 1.00
1993 28 TOR AL 0 1 .000 6.55 4 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 8 8 0 9 0 4 1 0 0 55 66 1.818 9.0 0.0 7.4 3.3 0.44
1993 28 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 7.71 19 0 6 0 0 0 25.2 35 22 22 8 14 1 19 0 0 2 123 58 1.909 12.3 2.8 4.9 6.7 1.36
1994 29 NYM NL 6 2 .750 4.47 32 3 8 0 0 0 50.1 74 27 25 4 20 3 29 0 0 2 241 93 1.868 13.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.45
1995 30 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7.25 7 2 0 0 0 0 22.1 22 21 18 4 10 1 13 2 0 0 98 66 1.433 8.9 1.6 4.0 5.2 1.30
1996 31 KCR AL 7 9 .438 5.02 21 18 0 0 0 0 104.0 111 65 58 13 26 1 87 8 1 3 452 100 1.317 9.6 1.1 2.3 7.5 3.35
1999 34 BAL AL 1 4 .200 5.95 14 8 0 0 0 0 59.0 69 41 39 14 25 1 31 2 0 4 264 79 1.593 10.5 2.1 3.8 4.7 1.24
2003 38 TOR AL 0 0 3.00 7 0 7 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 2 4 0 7 0 0 0 35 157 1.222 7.0 2.0 4.0 7.0 1.75
7 Seasons 17 20 .459 5.78 112 35 23 0 0 0 305.1 360 210 196 50 125 7 206 13 1 13 1384 80 1.588 10.6 1.5 3.7 6.1 1.65
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .459 5.78 52 16 11 0 0 0 141 167 97 91 23 58 3 95 6 0 6 640 80 1.588 10.6 1.5 3.7 6.1 1.65
TOR (3 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.95 19 4 9 0 0 0 44.0 49 34 34 7 30 0 27 1 0 2 206 62 1.795 10.0 1.4 6.1 5.5 0.90
KCR (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 5.41 28 20 0 0 0 0 126.1 133 86 76 17 36 2 100 10 1 3 550 92 1.338 9.5 1.2 2.6 7.1 2.78
NYM (1 yr) 6 2 .750 4.47 32 3 8 0 0 0 50.1 74 27 25 4 20 3 29 0 0 2 241 93 1.868 13.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.45
CAL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 7.71 19 0 6 0 0 0 25.2 35 22 22 8 14 1 19 0 0 2 123 58 1.909 12.3 2.8 4.9 6.7 1.36
BAL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.95 14 8 0 0 0 0 59.0 69 41 39 14 25 1 31 2 0 4 264 79 1.593 10.5 2.1 3.8 4.7 1.24
AL (6 yrs) 11 18 .379 6.04 80 32 15 0 0 0 255.0 286 183 171 46 105 4 177 13 1 11 1143 78 1.533 10.1 1.6 3.7 6.2 1.69
NL (1 yr) 6 2 .750 4.47 32 3 8 0 0 0 50.1 74 27 25 4 20 3 29 0 0 2 241 93 1.868 13.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.45

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 27 TOR AL 8 116 96 23 31 5 0 5 0 2 17 16 .323 .417 .531 .949 .338 51 2 0 1 2 0
1993 28 CAL AL 19 123 108 22 35 5 1 8 3 2 14 19 .324 .398 .611 1.009 .329 66 1 0 0 1 1
1993 28 TOR AL 4 55 43 8 11 4 1 0 0 0 9 4 .256 .382 .395 .777 .268 17 0 1 0 2 0
1993 28 TOT AL 23 178 151 30 46 9 2 8 3 2 23 23 .305 .393 .550 .943 .309 83 1 1 0 3 1
1994 29 NYM NL 32 241 217 27 74 13 0 4 5 1 20 29 .341 .395 .456 .851 .378 99 4 0 3 1 3
1995 30 KCR AL 7 98 86 21 22 5 0 4 2 0 10 13 .256 .347 .453 .800 .261 39 2 2 0 0 1
1996 31 KCR AL 21 452 410 65 111 30 3 13 5 1 26 87 .271 .325 .454 .779 .314 186 6 8 6 2 1
1999 34 BAL AL 14 264 233 41 69 14 1 14 2 3 25 31 .296 .369 .545 .914 .293 127 7 2 4 0 1
2003 38 TOR AL 7 35 31 3 7 1 0 2 0 1 4 7 .226 .314 .452 .766 .227 14 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 112 1384 1224 210 360 77 6 50 17 10 125 206 .294 .364 .489 .853 .318 599 23 13 14 8 7
162 Game Avg. 52 640 566 97 167 36 3 23 8 5 58 95 .294 .364 .489 .853 .318 277 11 6 6 4 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1992 27 TOR AL 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 34 71 10 8 4 0 1 4.5 2.1 4.2 79 1 2 0 0 97
1993 28 TOT AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 13 4 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.3 77 1 0 0 0 77
1993 28 TOR AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 6 2 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.3 77 1 0 0 0 77
1994 29 NYM NL 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 39 44 33 22 2 2 1 6.2 5.8 5.0 77 2 1 0 0 89
1995 30 KCR AL 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 41 73 8 6 3 1 1 1.3 0.7 6.5 109 0 0 2 0 109
1996 31 KCR AL 21 18 7 9 2 1 2 8 10 .444 2 0 0 0 9 50% 48 72 11 18 6 3 7 4.8 6.4 5.4 80 9 7 2 0 115
1999 34 BAL AL 14 8 1 4 3 0 1 2 6 .250 1 2 0 0 3 38% 43 65 19 6 2 1 7 3.6 3.1 5.9 93 2 3 3 0 113
6 Seasons 86 35 10 18 7 1 3 14 21 .400 3 3 0 0 15 43% 44 73 8 66 19 7 18 4.3 4.8 5.4 84 15 13 7 0 115
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1992 27 TOR AL 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0.819 1 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 3 1 6.8 44
1993 28 TOT AL 23 22 6 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 19 9 47% 0.568 3 5 14 1 2 19 12 10 9 6 11 3 4.4 28
1993 28 TOR AL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.783 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 6.7 43
1993 28 CAL AL 19 19 6 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 17 7 41% 8 0.472 3 3 13 1 2 16 11 8 7 6 9 3 4.1 26
1994 29 NYM NL 32 29 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 47% 7 0.904 7 6 14 3 6 20 10 19 12 14 13 3 3.7 20
1995 30 KCR AL 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0.706 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 3 4 1 4 0 5.6 31
1996 31 KCR AL 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 5 0.943 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 6.0 30
1999 34 BAL AL 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 4 0.784 0 1 5 0 0 6 3 3 5 0 5 0 6.0 35
2003 38 TOR AL 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 8 0.154 0 1 6 1 0 6 4 3 3 0 3 3 3.9 19
7 Seasons 112 77 23 7 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 62 28 45% 0.811 12 16 47 7 8 62 35 42 39 22 42 10 4.5 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 27 TOR AL 116 41% 4.3% 13.8% 14.7% 8.6% 32% 0.56 0.69 66% 25% 11.1% 13% 29 2 7%
1993 28 TOT AL 178 38% 4.5% 12.9% 12.9% 10.7% 41% 0.77 0.93 69% 21% 11.6% 7% 46 1 2%
1993 28 TOR AL 55 45% 0.0% 7.3% 16.4% 9.1% 46% 0.78 0.81 75% 22% 0.0% 9% 17 0 0%
1993 28 CAL AL 123 34% 6.5% 15.5% 11.4% 11.4% 40% 0.76 1.00 67% 20% 16.7% 6% 29 1 3%
1994 29 NYM NL 241 45% 1.7% 12.0% 8.3% 7.1% 23% 1.05 1.52 77% 24% 4.9% 11% 43 4 9%
1995 30 KCR AL 98 57% 4.1% 13.3% 10.2% 9.2% 41% 0.87 1.26 70% 19% 13.8% 26% 22 2 9%
1996 31 KCR AL 452 52% 2.9% 19.3% 5.8% 10.2% 41% 0.77 1.09 69% 22% 8.2% 13% 84 6 7%
1999 34 BAL AL 264 52% 5.3% 11.7% 9.5% 11.0% 42% 0.61 0.84 71% 21% 13.6% 16% 47 7 15%
2003 38 TOR AL 35 43% 5.7% 20.0% 11.4% 8.6% 43% 0.26 0.46 63% 25% 11.8% 11% 12 1 8%
7 Seasons 1384 48% 3.6% 14.9% 9.0% 9.6% 37% 0.75 1.02 71% 22% 9.9% 13% 283 23 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 27 TOR AL 116 455 3.92 269 59% 32% 12% 25% 31% 68% 0% 40% 82% 53% 7% 8 4 16% 19 11 0 38% 2 4 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT AL 178 696 3.91 395 57% 30% 13% 25% 33% 70% 1% 40% 82% 46% 8% 14 8 15% 27 14 1 17% 4 5 0 0 0
1993 28 TOR AL 55 205 3.73 110 54% 32% 8% 23% 37% 68% 0% 37% 88% 55% 13% 7 3 15% 8 2 1 25% 1 4 0 0 0
1993 28 CAL AL 123 491 3.99 285 58% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 1% 41% 80% 42% 6% 7 5 15% 19 12 0 16% 3 1 0 0 0
1994 29 NYM NL 241 822 3.41 512 62% 26% 17% 20% 38% 74% 3% 46% 77% 63% 6% 14 3 19% 45 27 4 38% 7 8 0 0 0
1995 30 KCR AL 98 374 3.82 224 60% 31% 13% 24% 33% 69% 3% 41% 81% 51% 7% 7 5 12% 12 4 0 31% 0 1 0 0 0
1996 31 KCR AL 442 1541 3.49 998 65% 29% 15% 22% 33% 71% 1% 46% 78% 62% 3% 14 10 19% 85 51 5 33% 18 3 10 6 0
1999 34 BAL AL 264 957 3.63 593 62% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 1% 45% 82% 61% 5% 14 5 19% 49 20 2 29% 5 8 0 0 0
2003 38 TOR AL 35 130 3.71 82 63% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 0% 45% 80% 51% 3% 1 1 26% 9 8 0 29% 3 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1374 4975 3.62 3073 62% 29% 14% 23% 34% 71% 1% 44% 80% 58% 5% 72 36 18% 246 135 12 31% 39 29 10 6 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1992 27 TOR AL 116 31 12 0 5 0 12 3 2 1 4 16 10 2 63% 0 2 0 37 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 28 TOT AL 178 46 2 0 8 0 3 4 4 3 5 18 11 0 61% 2 2 0 83 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1993 28 TOR AL 55 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 36% 1 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 28 CAL AL 123 35 2 0 8 0 1 4 4 3 5 7 7 0 100% 1 2 0 59 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1994 29 NYM NL 241 74 6 1 4 0 5 2 2 2 2 9 5 2 56% 2 2 0 106 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1995 30 KCR AL 98 22 3 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 3 12 8 0 67% 1 0 0 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1996 31 KCR AL 452 111 14 2 13 0 4 8 5 6 7 24 15 3 63% 8 3 1 173 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1999 34 BAL AL 264 69 8 3 14 0 4 6 8 4 10 7 3 1 43% 2 4 0 97 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 38 TOR AL 35 7 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1384 360 45 6 50 1 34 25 25 18 32 88 52 8 59% 15 13 1 545 17 10 63% 14 7 3 1 0 2 4 0 30 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1992 27 1 3 .250 8.62 8 3 2 0 0 0 24.0 31 23 23 5 17 0 16 0 0 2 116 48 2.000 11.6 1.9 6.4 6.0 0.94 48
1993 28 3 4 .429 7.86 31 4 8 0 0 0 60.2 77 53 53 13 40 1 39 1 0 4 294 55 1.929 11.4 1.9 5.9 5.8 0.98 55
1994 29 9 6 .600 6.32 63 7 16 0 0 0 111.0 151 80 78 17 60 4 68 1 0 6 535 67 1.901 12.2 1.4 4.9 5.5 1.13 67
1995 30 9 7 .563 6.48 70 9 16 0 0 0 133.1 173 101 96 21 70 5 81 3 0 6 633 67 1.823 11.7 1.4 4.7 5.5 1.16 67
1996 31 16 16 .500 5.84 91 27 16 0 0 0 237.1 284 166 154 34 96 6 168 11 1 9 1085 79 1.601 10.8 1.3 3.6 6.4 1.75 79
1997 32 16 16 .500 5.84 91 27 16 0 0 0 237.1 284 166 154 34 96 6 168 11 1 9 1085 79 1.601 10.8 1.3 3.6 6.4 1.75 79
1998 33 16 16 .500 5.84 91 27 16 0 0 0 237.1 284 166 154 34 96 6 168 11 1 9 1085 79 1.601 10.8 1.3 3.6 6.4 1.75 79
1999 34 17 20 .459 5.86 105 35 16 0 0 0 296.1 353 207 193 48 121 7 199 13 1 13 1349 79 1.600 10.7 1.5 3.7 6.0 1.64 79
2000 35 17 20 .459 5.86 105 35 16 0 0 0 296.1 353 207 193 48 121 7 199 13 1 13 1349 79 1.600 10.7 1.5 3.7 6.0 1.64 79
2001 36 17 20 .459 5.86 105 35 16 0 0 0 296.1 353 207 193 48 121 7 199 13 1 13 1349 79 1.600 10.7 1.5 3.7 6.0 1.64 79
2002 37 17 20 .459 5.86 105 35 16 0 0 0 296.1 353 207 193 48 121 7 199 13 1 13 1349 79 1.600 10.7 1.5 3.7 6.0 1.64 79
2003 38 17 20 .459 5.78 112 35 23 0 0 0 305.1 360 210 196 50 125 7 206 13 1 13 1384 80 1.588 10.6 1.5 3.7 6.1 1.65 80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 27 0 2 .000 10.23 22.0 32 28 25 5 18 15 0 2.273 13.1 7.4 6.1 0.83 2.0 8
1993 28 1 3 .250 7.25 36.0 46 32 29 8 23 23 1 1.917 11.5 5.8 5.8 1.00 2.0 23
1994 29 3 4 .429 4.43 69.0 103 38 34 6 28 40 0 1.899 13.4 3.7 5.2 1.43 0.8 32
1995 30 1 1 .500 6.75 24.0 24 20 18 4 11 14 2 1.458 9.0 4.1 5.3 1.27 1.5 7
1996 31 5 6 .455 4.37 105.0 105 57 51 12 25 88 8 1.238 9.0 2.1 7.5 3.52 1.0 21
1999 34 2 4 .333 5.95 56.0 68 41 37 14 25 29 2 1.661 10.9 4.0 4.7 1.16 2.3 14
2003 38 0 0 3.38 8.0 7 3 3 2 4 6 0 1.375 7.9 4.5 6.8 1.50 2.3 7
7 Seasons 12 20 .375 5.54 320.0 385 219 197 51 134 215 13 1.622 10.8 6.0 1.60 1.4 112

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