Donovan Osborne

Donovan Alan Osborne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 21, 1969 in Roseville, CA
High School: Carson HS (Carson City, NV)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Yankees 1992-2004

Final Game: May 15, 2004
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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
1992 23 STL NL 34 60 58 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 .121 .121 .155 .276 -21 9 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-5
1993 24 STL NL 29 59 49 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 13 .204 .250 .224 .474 30 11 0 0 7 0 0 1
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995 26 STL NL 19 38 31 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .161 .257 .258 .515 38 8 0 1 3 0 0 1
1996 27 STL NL 30 72 59 6 13 4 0 1 10 0 1 3 24 .220 .258 .339 .597 57 20 0 0 10 0 0 1
1997 28 STL NL 14 25 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 .208 .208 .250 .458 20 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 29 STL NL 14 32 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .040 .143 .040 .183 -48 1 1 0 4 0 0 1
1999 30 STL NL 6 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -27 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 33 CHC NL 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004 35 NYY AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 166 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 293 253 18 41 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 85 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 56 1 1 27 0 0
STL (7 yrs) 146 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 16 57 1 1 28 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 157 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
AL (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1992 23 STL NL 34 60 -9 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1 RoY-5
1993 24 STL NL 29 59 -6 -0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $155,000 1
1995 26 STL NL 19 38 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $250,000 1
1996 27 STL NL 30 72 -5 -0 1 0 10 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .517 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $725,000 1
1997 28 STL NL 14 25 -3 -0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $2,750,000 1
1998 29 STL NL 14 32 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $3,750,000 1
1999 30 STL NL 6 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $5,080,000 /1
2002 33 CHC NL 11 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $450,000 1
2004 35 NYY AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000 /1
9 Seasons 166 300 -35 -1 2 0 40 6 0.6 8 15 0.7 .504 .500 0.7 0.0 15 $13,610,000
STL (7 yrs) 146 297 -34 -1 2 0 39 7 0.7 8 15 0.7 .505 .501 0.7 0.0 15 $12,710,000
CHC (1 yr) 11 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $450,000
NYY (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000

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
1992 23 STL NL 60 53 1 0.5 90 .189 .121 .256 .121 .321 .155 .376 .276 .697 -21 .021 -9.4 -1.0 .176 .034 .034
1993 24 STL NL 59 46 3 1.8 101 .278 .204 .267 .250 .332 .224 .407 .474 .740 30 .144 -4.8 -0.5 .359 .082 .020
1995 26 STL NL 38 29 3 2.8 105 .313 .161 .268 .257 .337 .258 .417 .515 .755 38 .265 -2.7 -0.3 .462 .194 .097
1996 27 STL NL 72 57 5 2.4 106 .353 .220 .269 .258 .338 .339 .420 .597 .758 57 .210 -3.8 -0.4 .468 .153 .119 .0
1997 28 STL NL 25 20 1 1.3 107 .278 .208 .269 .208 .341 .250 .423 .458 .764 20 .086 -2.9 -0.3 .368 .083 .042 .0
1998 29 STL NL 32 29 0 0.0 107 .050 .040 .269 .143 .340 .040 .424 .183 .764 -48 .000 -5.6 -0.6 .160 .120 .000
1999 30 STL NL 11 10 0 0.0 117 .125 .100 .277 .100 .352 .200 .446 .300 .798 -27 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .100 .100
2002 33 CHC NL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .263 .000 .337 .000 .419 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 300 247 13 1.4 102 .240 .162 .266 .202 .334 .220 .409 .422 .743 14 .100 -32.0 -3.2 .320 .104 .058 1.0
162 Game Avg. 293 241 13 1.4 102 .240 .162 .266 .202 .334 .220 .409 .422 .743 14 .100 -32.0 -3.2 .320 .104 .058 1
STL (7 yrs) 297 244 13 1.4 102 .243 .164 .266 .204 .334 .223 .409 .427 .743 16 .103 -31.2 -3.1 .324 .105 .059 1.0
CHC (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .263 .000 .337 .000 .419 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 27 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 STL NL NLCS ATL L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1992 23 STL NL 60 0.0% 35.0% 0.0% 1.7% 14% 2.8 1.43 1.91 62% 3% 0.0% 29%
1993 24 STL NL 59 0.0% 22.0% 5.1% 1.7% 10% 4.33 3.8 16.3 1.25 2.20 61% 14% 0.0% 13%
1995 26 STL NL 38 0.0% 39.5% 7.9% 7.9% 60% 5.00 2.1 7.8 0.67 2.50 42% 16% 0.0% 11%
1996 27 STL NL 72 1.4% 33.3% 4.2% 6.9% 39% 8.00 2.5 59.0 5.9 0.35 1.29 47% 33% 5.3% 17%
1997 28 STL NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 4.0% 20% 4.0 12.0 2.00 3.67 72% 11% 0.0% 33%
1998 29 STL NL 32 0.0% 15.6% 9.4% 0.0% 0% 1.67 5.0 0.58 1.18 63% 13% 0.0% 25%
1999 30 STL NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 5.0 0.17 0.33 73% 11% 0.0% 17%
2002 33 CHC NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67% 0%
9 Yrs 300 0.3% 29.0% 4.0% 4.0% 29% 7.25 3.0 259.0 13.6 0.88 1.68 57% 16% 1.4% 20%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.4% 8.9% 7.8% 33% 1.85 5.4 32.9 7.6 0.80 1.08 70% 21% 7.9% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 23 STL NL -9.4 -1.0 60 -1.0 0.3 -1.2 .90 -1.0 -0.1 -10.8 -1.2 0.90 -10.1 0
1993 24 STL NL -4.9 -0.5 59 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 .91 -0.5 0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.83 -5.6 0
1995 26 STL NL -2.7 -0.3 38 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 1.02 -0.3 0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.94 -3.0 0
1996 27 STL NL -3.9 -0.4 73 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 .98 -0.6 0.5 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -6.2 0
1997 28 STL NL -2.9 -0.3 26 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 .96 -0.2 -0.0 -3.5 -0.3 1.03 -2.9 0
1998 29 STL NL -5.6 -0.6 32 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 .88 -0.6 0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.92 -6.5 0
1999 30 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 1.04 -0.2 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 1.20 -2.2 0
2002 33 CHC NL -0.9 -0.1 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .37 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.46 -0.1 0
2004 35 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -32.2 -3.2 302 -2.4 2.9 -5.3 .94 -3.4 0.9 -30.8 -3.1 0.92 -36.7 0

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
1992 23 STL NL 0 0 57% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1993 24 STL NL 0 0 31% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1995 26 STL NL 0 0 11% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1996 27 STL NL 0 0 33% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 2
1997 28 STL NL 0 0 40% 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 STL NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2002 33 CHC NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 0 0 32% 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 32% 12 9 3 2 2 0 11 5 5

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
1992 23 STL NL 60 62% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0 0% 12 0 0% 35 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1993 24 STL NL 59 63% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 7 0 0% 8 3 38% 29 3 10% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1995 26 STL NL 38 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 8 2 25% 25 4 16% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1996 27 STL NL 72 100% 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 13 10 77% 19 0 0% 16 6 38% 48 9 19% 6 4 67% 5 3 60% 0
1997 28 STL NL 25 92% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 22 2 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 32 69% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 1 14% 9 3 33% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1999 30 STL NL 11 73% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 300 80% 42 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 37 28 76% 54 1 2% 64 16 25% 188 18 10% 15 5 33% 11 6 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 34% 15% 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
1992 23 STL NL 60 204 3.40 153 75% 23% 26% 25% 25% 77% 0% 58% 66% 53% 0% 0 0 8% 5 1 2% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
1993 24 STL NL 53 173 3.26 119 69% 31% 16% 22% 31% 69% 0% 47% 77% 42% 0% 0 0 6% 3 1 4% 2 0 31% 6 0 0
1995 26 STL NL 36 156 4.33 97 62% 30% 20% 31% 19% 69% 0% 43% 71% 44% 3% 1 0 8% 3 0 0% 0 0 50% 2 0 1
1996 27 STL NL 57 208 3.65 136 65% 31% 19% 24% 26% 69% 0% 45% 72% 32% 4% 2 0 9% 5 2 9% 5 2 44% 15 0 0
1997 28 STL NL 25 93 3.72 59 63% 25% 22% 20% 32% 75% 0% 47% 70% 12% 4% 1 0 20% 5 3 4% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 32 97 3.03 64 66% 23% 13% 27% 38% 77% 0% 51% 84% 53% 6% 2 0 16% 5 3 13% 4 1 80% 0 0 0
1999 30 STL NL 11 36 3.27 26 72% 15% 12% 38% 35% 85% 0% 61% 86% 45% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 9% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL 3 11 3.67 7 64% 57% 14% 0% 29% 43% 0% 27% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 277 978 3.53 661 68% 27% 20% 25% 28% 72% 0% 49% 73% 41% 2% 6 0 10% 28 10 5% 14 4 40% 23 0 1
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
1992 23 34 60 58 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 .121 .121 .155 .276 -21 9 0 0 2 0 0
1993 24 63 119 107 8 17 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 34 .159 .182 .187 .369 4 20 0 0 9 0 0
1994 25 63 119 107 8 17 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 34 .159 .182 .187 .369 4 20 0 0 9 0 0
1995 26 82 157 138 9 22 4 1 0 7 0 0 6 49 .159 .200 .203 .403 12 28 0 1 12 0 0
1996 27 112 229 197 15 35 8 1 1 17 0 1 9 73 .178 .217 .244 .461 26 48 0 1 22 0 0
1997 28 126 254 221 17 40 9 1 1 19 1 1 9 79 .181 .216 .244 .461 25 54 0 1 23 0 0
1998 29 140 286 246 17 41 9 1 1 19 1 1 12 84 .167 .208 .224 .432 17 55 1 1 27 0 0
1999 30 146 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 16 57 1 1 28 0 0
2000 31 146 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 16 57 1 1 28 0 0
2001 32 146 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 16 57 1 1 28 0 0
2002 33 157 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
2003 34 157 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
2004 35 166 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0

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
1992 23 34 60 58 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 .121 .121 .155 .276 1 34
1993 24 29 60 50 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 13 .220 .264 .240 .504 3 29
1995 26 21 43 35 1 6 4 0 0 5 0 4 17 .171 .275 .286 .561 2 19
1996 27 30 72 59 6 13 4 0 1 10 0 3 24 .220 .258 .339 .597 5 30
1997 28 14 24 23 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 .174 .174 .217 .391 1 14
1998 29 14 32 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .107 .000 .107 0 14
1999 30 6 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2002 33 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
8 Yrs 159 305 263 17 41 10 1 1 20 1 13 89 .156 .199 .213 .411 12 157
162 Game Avg. 162 311 268 17 42 10 1 1 20 1 13 91 .156 .199 .213 .411 12 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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