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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1980	17	CHC-min	Rk	2	7	.222	4.09	12	12		3	0	0	66.0	58	38	30	0	36	0	30	3	2	4			1.424	7.9	0.0	4.9	4.1	0.83	CBF · GULF
1981	18	CHC-min	A	8	5	.615	2.31	17	16	1	6	1	0	105.0	89	33	27	1	51	1	61	7	2	4			1.333	7.6	0.1	4.4	5.2	1.20	QDS · MIDW
1982	19	CHC-min	A	13	7	.650	2.84	24	9	0	9	1	0	165.0	150	61	52	3	59	4	122	6	0	10			1.267	8.2	0.2	3.2	6.7	2.07	SLS · CALL
1983	20	CHC-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.27	25	25	0	7	2	0	168.2	170	88	80	16	63	0	103	3	2	4			1.381	9.1	0.9	3.4	5.5	1.63	IWA · AA
1983	20	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	7.07	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	19	11	11	1	7	0	8	1	0	1	67	55	1.857	12.2	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.14
1984	21	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.79	15	15	0	1	0	0	88.1	93	52	47	6	32	1	51	3	0	0			1.415	9.5	0.6	3.3	5.2	1.59	IWA,MAI · AA,IL
1984	21	TOT	MLB	3	6	.333	5.08	20	15	2	2	0	0	88.2	113	57	50	9	28	0	41	0	2	5	396	82	1.590	11.5	0.9	2.8	4.2	1.46
1984	21	CHC	NL	0	0		12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	37	3.000	24.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1984	21	CLE	AL	3	6	.333	4.83	19	14	2	2	0	0	85.2	105	53	46	9	27	0	39	0	2	5	380	86	1.541	11.0	0.9	2.8	4.1	1.44
1985	22	CLE-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.65	15	15	0	5	1	0	115.1	105	41	34	7	29	0	45	2	1	2			1.162	8.2	0.5	2.3	3.5	1.55	MAI · IL
1985	22	CLE	AL	4	10	.286	6.01	19	18	0	1	0	0	94.1	128	75	63	10	19	2	37	4	0	3	429	69	1.558	12.2	1.0	1.8	3.5	1.95
1986	23	CLE-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.30	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	12	7	7	1	4	0	7	0	0	0			1.600	10.8	0.9	3.6	6.3	1.75	MAI · IL
1986	23	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	5.00	19	13	1	1	0	0	84.2	88	48	47	9	34	0	33	5	0	6	371	83	1.441	9.4	1.0	3.6	3.5	0.97
1987	24	NYM-CLE-min	AAA	11	2	.846	4.84	20	20	0	1	1	0	111.2	114	62	60	8	43	0	58	5	1	4			1.406	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.7	1.35	TID,BFL · IL,AA
1987	24	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	6.23	5	4	1	0	0	0	21.2	24	15	15	4	6	0	5	1	0	0	91	62	1.385	10.0	1.7	2.5	2.1	0.83

1989	26	NYY-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.05	14	14	0	2	1	0	92.0	71	27	21	3	28	3	62	5	0	1			1.076	6.9	0.3	2.7	6.1	2.21	CLB · IL
1989	26	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	5.09	9	6	2	0	0	0	35.1	50	25	20	7	11	0	20	1	0	1	167	73	1.726	12.7	1.8	2.8	5.1	1.82
1989	26	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	49	98	1.545	9.8	0.8	4.1	4.1	1.00
1989	26	SDP	NL	2	1	.667	5.55	7	4	2	0	0	0	24.1	38	20	15	6	6	0	15	0	0	1	118	65	1.808	14.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	2.50
1993	30	BAL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.10	39	9	20	1	0	7	96.2	111	49	44	10	24	2	65	7	1	5	427		1.397	10.3	0.9	2.2	6.1	2.71	ROC · IL
6 Seasons				15	25	.375	5.47	76	59	6	4	0	0	338.2	422	231	206	40	105	2	144	12	2	16	1521	75	1.556	11.2	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.37
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.375	5.47	38	30	3	2	0	0	171	213	116	104	20	53	1	73	6	1	8	766	75	1.556	11.2	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.37

CLE (3 yrs)				11	20	.355	5.30	57	45	3	4	0	0	264.2	321	176	156	28	80	2	109	9	2	14	1180	78	1.515	10.9	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.36
CHC (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.94	5	4	0	0	0	0	17.0	27	15	15	1	8	0	10	1	0	1	83	50	2.059	14.3	0.5	4.2	5.3	1.25
NYM (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.23	5	4	1	0	0	0	21.2	24	15	15	4	6	0	5	1	0	0	91	62	1.385	10.0	1.7	2.5	2.1	0.83
SDP (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.55	7	4	2	0	0	0	24.1	38	20	15	6	6	0	15	0	0	1	118	65	1.808	14.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	2.50
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	49	98	1.545	9.8	0.8	4.1	4.1	1.00

AL (4 yrs)			AL	12	21	.364	5.26	59	47	3	4	0	0	275.2	333	181	161	29	85	2	114	10	2	14	1229	79	1.516	10.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.34
NL (4 yrs)			NL	3	4	.429	6.43	17	12	3	0	0	0	63.0	89	50	45	11	20	0	30	2	0	2	292	59	1.730	12.7	1.6	2.9	4.3	1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1983	20	CHC	NL	14.0	3	11	8	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
1984	21	CHC	NL	3.0	1	4	2	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$
1984	21	CLE	AL	85.2	14	53	52	0	.9	-1	-0.1	$
1985	22	CLE	AL	94.1	18	75	60	-4	1.1	-15	-1.6	$
1986	23	CLE	AL	84.2	13	48	55	-3	1.0	7	0.6	$110,000
1987	24	NYM	NL	21.2	4	15	12	0	.9	-3	-0.3	$

1989	26	NYY	AL	11.0	2	5	6	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
1989	26	SDP	NL	24.1	4	20	14	-2	.8	-6	-0.6	$
6 Seasons				338.2	59	231	209	-9	1.0	-22	-2.4	$110,000

CLE (3 yrs)				264.2	45	176	167	-7	1.0	-9	-1.1	$110,000
CHC (2 yrs)				17.0	4	15	10	0	1.0	-5	-0.5	$
NYM (1 yr)				21.2	4	15	12	0	.9	-3	-0.3	$
SDP (1 yr)				24.1	4	20	14	-2	.8	-6	-0.6	$
NYY (1 yr)				11.0	2	5	6	0	1.0	1	0.1	$

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More Stats

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
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

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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1983	20	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1987	24	NYM	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1989	26	SDP	NL	5	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				13	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

NYM (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SDP (1 yr)				5	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1983	CHC	NL	20	P	4	3	0	14.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.75	.953	1.93	1.90	3	1	25%
1984	TOT	MLB	21	P	20	15	2	88.2	19	10	9	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.95	.957	1.79	1.78	9	2	18%
1984	CHC	NL	21	P	1	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	1.00	.950	1.80	1.90	2	0	0%
1984	CLE	AL	21	P	19	14	2	85.2	18	9	9	0	0	1.000	1.89	0.95	.958	1.79	1.78	7	2	22%
1985	CLE	AL	22	P	19	18	1	94.1	26	8	16	2	2	.923	2.29	1.26	.953	1.86	1.84	8	3	27%
1986	CLE	AL	23	P	19	13	1	84.2	14	7	7	0	0	1.000	1.49	0.74	.957	1.83	1.81	5	4	44%
1987	NYM	NL	24	P	5	4	0	21.2	12	6	6	0	0	1.000	4.98	2.40	.955	1.91	1.90	0	1	100%
1989	TOT	MLB	26	P	9	6	0	35.1	12	5	6	1	0	.917	2.80	1.22	.949	1.86	1.87	1	0	0%
1989	NYY	AL	26	P	2	2	0	11.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.64	1.00	.960	1.88	1.85	0	0
1989	SDP	NL	26	P	7	4	0	24.1	10	4	5	1	0	.900	3.33	1.29	.947	1.85	1.87	1	0	0%
	6 Seasons			P	76	59	4	338.2	86	37	46	3	2	.965	2.21	1.09	.954	1.84	1.83	26	11	30%
	6 Seasons			TOT	76	59	4	338.2	86	37	46	3	2	.965	2.21	1.09	.954	1.84	1.83	26	11	30%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
June 13, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Darryl Banks (minors), Joe Carter and Mel Hall to the Cleveland Indians for George Frazier, Ron Hassey and Rick Sutcliffe.
May 11, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for Ricky Nelson.
October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
March 28, 1988: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Karl Best.
October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
November 17, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
July 22, 1989: Traded by the New York Yankees with Mike Pagliarulo to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Walt Terrell. The San Diego Padres sent Freddie Toliver (September 27, 1989) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
November 16, 1989: Released by the San Diego Padres.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	23	Cleveland Indians	$110,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$110,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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