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Don Schulze

Donald Arthur Schulze

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 27, 1962 in Roselle, IL
High School: Lake Park HS (Roselle, IL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Indians/Padres/Mets/Cubs/Yankees 1983-1989

Final Game: September 29, 1989
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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
1980	17	CHC-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBF · GULF
1981	18	CHC-min	A	17	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167		0		0	0	0	0		QDS · MIDW
1982	19	CHC-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SLS · CALL
1983	20	CHC-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1983	20	CHC	NL	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1984	21	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	15	8	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.500	.625		4		0	0	0	0		IWA,MAI · AA,IL
1984	21	TOT	MLB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	21	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	21	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	22	CLE-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MAI · IL
1985	22	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	23	CLE-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MAI · IL
1986	23	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	24	NYM-CLE-min	AAA	20	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.111	.000	.111		0		0	0	0	0		TID,BFL · IL,AA
1987	24	NYM	NL	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1

1988	25	DET-min	AAA	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1989	26	NYY-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1989	26	TOT	MLB	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1989	26	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	26	SDP	NL	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1990	27	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1991	28	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1992	29	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1993	30	BAL-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
6 Yrs				76	13	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.000	.300	.000	.300	-9	0	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	28	15	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.000	.300	.000	.300	-9	0	0	0	6	0	0

CLE (3 yrs)				57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	1	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				7	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				17	13	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.000	.300	.000	.300	-9	0	0	0	3	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
1983	20	CHC	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1984	21	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1984	21	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1985	22	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1986	23	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$110,000	1
1987	24	NYM	NL	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1

1989	26	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1989	26	SDP	NL	7	5	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				76	13	-0	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$110,000

CLE (3 yrs)				57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$110,000
CHC (2 yrs)				5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
NYM (1 yr)				5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$
SDP (1 yr)				7	5	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1983	20	CHC	NL	3	2	0	0.0	100		.000	.268	.500	.337	.000	.397	.500	.734	48	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1987	24	NYM	NL	5	3	0	0.0	102		.000	.263	.500	.332	.000	.410	.500	.742	51	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1989	26	TOT	MLB	5	5	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.255	.000	.322	.000	.380	.000	.702	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1989	26	SDP	NL	5	5	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.255	.000	.322	.000	.380	.000	.702	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				13	10	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.300	.329	.000	.391	.300	.720	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.429	.000
162 Game Avg.				28	21	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.300	.329	.000	.391	.300	.720	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.429	.000

NYM (1 yr)				5	3	0	0.0	102		.000	.263	.500	.332	.000	.410	.500	.742	51	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.255	.000	.322	.000	.380	.000	.702	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	100		.000	.268	.500	.337	.000	.397	.500	.734	48	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				13	10	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.300	.329	.000	.391	.300	.720	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.429	.000

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
1983	20	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%

1987	24	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	40.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0		2.0			0%

1989	26	TOT	MLB	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					20%	0%
1989	26	SDP	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					20%	0%
6 Yrs				13	0.0%	46.2%	23.1%	0.0%		2.00	1.2		7.0			8%	0%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.71	6.1	40.6	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1983	20	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.37	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.12	-0.1	0
1984	21	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	21	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	21	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	22	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	23	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	24	NYM	NL	0.1	0.0	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.27	-0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.33	-0.0	0

1989	26	TOT	MLB	-1.0	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.83	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.88	-0.5	0
1989	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1989	26	SDP	NL	-1.0	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.83	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.88	-0.5	0
6 Yrs				-0.9	-0.1	13	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.12	-0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	1.11	-0.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1983	20	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	24	NYM	NL	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1989	26	TOT	MLB	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	26	SDP	NL	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	0	67%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

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
1983	20	CHC	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1987	24	NYM	NL	5	80%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1989	26	TOT	MLB	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1989	26	SDP	NL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				13	31%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1989	26	TOT	MLB	5	18	3.60	14	78%	36%	36%	14%	14%	64%	0%	50%	44%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
1989	26	SDP	NL	5	18	3.60	14	78%	36%	36%	14%	14%	64%	0%	50%	44%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
1 Yr				5	18	3.60	14	78%	36%	36%	14%	14%	64%	0%	50%	44%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH
1983	20	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	1
1984	21	24	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	1
1985	22	43	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	1
1986	23	62	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	1
1987	24	67	8	3	1	1	3	3	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	2
1988	25	67	8	3	1	1	3	3	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	2
1989	26	76	13	7	2	1	3	6	.000	.300	.000	.300	-9	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	20	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	4

1987	24	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	5

1989	26	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
3 Yrs		18	13	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	18
162 Game Avg.		162	117	63	18	0	0	0	0	9	0	27	54	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	18

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1983 NL born 1962-09-27 (5th) 1984 NL born 1962-09-27 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1983 NL born 1962-09-27 (5th)
1984 NL born 1962-09-27 (8th)

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