Donovan Osborne
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 21, 1969 in Roseville, CA
High School: Carson (Carson City, NV)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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
Final Game: May 15, 2004
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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
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
1995 26 STL NL 19 38 31 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .161 .257 .258 .515 37 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 56 20 0 0 10 0 0 1
1997 28 STL NL 13 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
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
9 Seasons 156 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 312 269 19 44 10 1 1 20 1 1 12 90 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 59 1 1 29 0 0
STL (7 yrs) 145 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 15 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

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
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 1.8 102 .278 .204 .269 .250 .334 .224 .409 .474 .743 30 .144 -4.9 -0.5 .359 .082 .020
1995 26 STL NL 38 29 3 2.8 106 .313 .161 .269 .257 .339 .258 .419 .515 .758 37 .265 -2.7 -0.3 .462 .194 .097
1996 27 STL NL 72 57 5 2.4 107 .353 .220 .270 .258 .339 .339 .422 .597 .761 56 .210 -3.9 -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 Seasons 300 247 13 1.4 102 .240 .162 .266 .202 .335 .220 .410 .422 .745 14 .100 -32.2 -3.2 .320 .104 .058 1.0
162 Game Avg. 312 257 14 1.4 102 .240 .162 .266 .202 .335 .220 .410 .422 .745 14 .100 -32.2 -3.2 .320 .104 .058 1
STL (7 yrs) 297 244 13 1.4 102 .243 .164 .266 .204 .335 .223 .410 .427 .745 15 .103 -31.4 -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

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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 Season (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*

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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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 2 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 Seasons 0 0 32% 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 32% 12 9 3 2 2 0 11 5 5
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
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% 3 2 67% 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 0 0% 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% 7 2 29% 25 4 16% 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 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% 2 1 50% 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% 1 1 100% 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% 2 1 50% 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% 2 1 50% 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 Seasons 300 80% 42 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 37 28 76% 54 1 2% 63 16 25% 188 18 10% 15 5 33% 17 7 41% 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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 3 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 3 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 28 125 254 221 17 40 9 1 1 19 1 1 9 79 .181 .216 .244 .461 25 54 0 1 23 0 0
1998 29 139 286 246 17 41 9 1 1 19 1 1 12 84 .167 .208 .224 .432 17 55 1 1 27 0 0
1999 30 145 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 15 57 1 1 28 0 0
2000 31 145 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 15 57 1 1 28 0 0
2001 32 145 297 256 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 86 .164 .204 .223 .427 15 57 1 1 28 0 0
2002 33 156 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
2003 34 156 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0
2004 35 156 300 259 18 42 10 1 1 19 1 1 12 87 .162 .202 .220 .422 14 57 1 1 28 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1992 23 34 58 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 34
1993 24 29 53 50 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 3 13 .220 .264 .240 .504 3 29
1995 26 21 40 35 1 6 4 0 0 4 0 4 17 .171 .275 .286 .561 2 19
1996 27 30 62 59 6 13 4 0 1 9 0 3 24 .220 .258 .339 .597 5 30
1997 28 13 24 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 13
1998 29 14 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .107 .000 .107 0 14
1999 30 6 10 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 Seasons 158 278 264 15 30 9 0 1 17 1 13 89 .114 .158 .159 .317 12 156
162 Game Avg. 162 285 271 15 31 9 0 1 17 1 13 91 .114 .158 .159 .317 12 156

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