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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 STL NL 23 P 34 29 179.0 26 6 18 2 2 .923 1.21 0.71 .954 1.94 0.60 RoY-5
1993 STL NL 24 P 26 26 155.2 32 8 24 0 1 1.000 1.85 1.23 .950 1.84 0.54
1995 STL NL 26 P 19 19 113.1 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.51 1.00 .953 1.84 0.51
1996 STL NL 27 P 30 30 198.2 30 6 23 1 0 .967 1.31 0.97 .953 1.84 0.52
1997 STL NL 28 P 14 14 80.1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.57 1.00 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 STL NL 29 P 14 14 83.2 16 5 8 3 2 .813 1.40 0.93 .969 1.85 0.54
1999 STL NL 30 P 6 6 29.1 9 1 7 1 0 .889 2.45 1.33 .956 1.72 0.48
2002 CHC NL 33 P 11 0 16.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.18 .950 1.86 0.48
2004 NYY AL 35 P 9 2 17.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.57 0.78 .943 1.68 0.44
9 Seasons P 163 140 873.2 155 34 114 7 7 .955 1.52 0.91 .954 1.86 0.53
9 Seasons TOT 163 140 873.2 155 34 114 7 7 .955 1.52 0.91 .908 1.86 0.53

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 STL NL 23 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 STL NL 24 29 26 29 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1995 STL NL 26 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 27 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 28 14 13 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 STL NL 29 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 STL NL 30 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 33 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYY AL 35 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 166 137 156 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1992 STL NL 23 778 81% 33% 19 95% 0 6 0 6 18 14 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 10 90%
1993 STL NL 24 665 79% 30% 27 89% 0 8 3 3 23 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 89%
1995 STL NL 26 491 76% 31% 18 100% 0 3 0 1 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1996 STL NL 27 843 77% 30% 24 92% 0 5 0 3 23 19 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1997 STL NL 28 347 78% 31% 12 83% 0 4 2 1 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1998 STL NL 29 363 77% 32% 14 71% 0 5 2 1 9 7 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 50%
1999 STL NL 30 135 76% 30% 7 100% 0 1 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2002 CHC NL 33 79 71% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 NYY AL 35 82 79% 28% 4 100% 1 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 3783 78% 31% 127 91% 1 33 8 15 114 86 9 7 0 3 4 3 7 4 5 2 37 84%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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