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Don Slaught

Donald Martin Slaught (Sluggo)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 11, 1958 in Long Beach, CA
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1982
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rangers/Royals/Yankees/Angels/... 1982-1997
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: May 19, 1997
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1982 KCR AL 23 C 43 32 28 287.1 164 156 7 1 1 .994 0 0 5.11 3.79 .988 5.69 5.66 1 6 13 8 38% 36% 0
1983 KCR AL 24 C 79 74 69 647.0 329 299 18 12 7 .964 -1 -2 4.41 4.01 .986 5.70 5.66 2 12 52 23 31% 33% 0
1983 KCR AL 24 DH 1 1
1984 KCR AL 25 C 123 112 101 1009.0 602 547 44 11 8 .982 4 5 5.27 4.80 .987 5.96 5.92 2 17 65 38 37% 36% 0
1984 KCR AL 25 DH 1 0
1985 TEX AL 26 C 102 99 85 833.2 589 550 33 6 4 .990 -2 -3 6.29 5.72 .987 6.05 5.99 13 26 61 27 31% 33% 0
1986 TEX AL 27 C 91 85 70 720.1 577 533 40 4 1 .993 -13 -22 7.16 6.30 .989 6.62 6.56 13 48 88 27 23% 34% 0
1986 TEX AL 27 DH 2 2
1987 TEX AL 28 C 85 55 49 554.1 475 429 39 7 5 .985 -5 -11 7.60 5.51 .988 6.74 6.67 20 20 67 23 26% 31% 0
1987 TEX AL 28 DH 5 4
1988 NYY AL 29 C 94 87 72 766.0 531 496 24 11 4 .979 -5 -8 6.11 5.53 .989 6.22 6.16 4 19 61 17 22% 31% 0
1988 NYY AL 29 DH 1 1
1989 NYY AL 30 C 105 93 89 827.0 542 493 44 5 8 .991 6 9 5.84 5.11 .989 6.24 6.17 4 21 52 33 39% 31% 0
1989 NYY AL 30 DH 3 1
1990 PIT NL 31 C 78 61 53 561.2 389 345 36 8 4 .979 1 2 6.11 4.88 .987 6.65 6.61 4 15 58 26 31% 29% 1
1991 PIT NL 32 C 69 53 46 509.0 374 338 31 5 4 .987 5 12 6.52 5.35 .988 6.78 6.75 3 9 42 26 38% 33% 0
1991 PIT NL 32 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -420 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1992 PIT NL 33 C 79 65 58 598.2 405 365 35 5 4 .988 0 0 6.01 5.06 .991 6.67 6.67 6 23 45 25 36% 32% 0
1993 PIT NL 34 C 105 99 92 874.2 594 539 51 4 10 .993 -6 -8 6.07 5.62 .989 6.74 6.69 10 34 86 30 26% 31% 1
1994 PIT NL 35 C 74 72 69 626.1 464 425 36 3 7 .994 -1 -2 6.62 6.23 .991 7.10 7.05 4 14 52 18 26% 32% 1
1995 PIT NL 36 C 33 30 27 263.2 230 220 9 1 2 .996 -4 -18 7.82 6.94 .989 7.40 7.37 1 12 33 6 15% 30% 0
1996 TOT AL 37 C 71 64 46 545.0 439 408 27 4 2 .991 -7 -15 7.18 6.13 .990 6.91 6.87 5 27 66 19 22% 30% 0
1996 TOT AL 37 DH 2 0
1996 CAL AL 37 C 59 53 39 452.1 368 338 27 3 2 .992 -5 -13 7.26 6.19 .990 6.91 6.87 5 23 54 18 25% 30% 0
1996 CAL AL 37 DH 1 0
1996 CHW AL 37 C 12 11 7 92.2 71 70 0 1 0 .986 -2 -26 6.80 5.83 .990 6.92 6.87 0 4 12 1 8% 30% 0
1996 CHW AL 37 DH 1 0
1997 SDP NL 38 C 6 2 2 24.1 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -49 6.66 3.00 .990 7.66 7.62 0 3 2 0 0% 32% 0
16 Seasons C 1237 1083 956 9648.0 6722 6158 477 87 71 .987 -29 -4 6.19 5.36 .989 6.45 6.41 92 306 843 346 29% 32% 3
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -420 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
16 Seasons TOT 1238 1083 956 9650.0 6722 6158 477 87 71 .987 -30 -4 6.19 5.36 .989 6.45 6.41 92 306 843 346 29% 32% 3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1982 KCR AL 23 C 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 24 C -1 -2 -1
1984 KCR AL 25 C 4 5 4
1985 TEX AL 26 C -2 -3 -2
1986 TEX AL 27 C -13 -22 -13
1987 TEX AL 28 C -5 -11 -5
1988 NYY AL 29 C -5 -8 -5
1989 NYY AL 30 C 6 9 6
1990 PIT NL 31 C 1 2 1
1991 PIT NL 32 C 5 12 5
1991 PIT NL 32 3B -1 -420 -1 -1 0 0
1992 PIT NL 33 C 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 34 C -6 -8 -6
1994 PIT NL 35 C -1 -2 -1
1995 PIT NL 36 C -4 -18 -4
1996 CAL AL 37 C -5 -13 -5
1996 CHW AL 37 C -2 -26 -2
1997 SDP NL 38 C -1 -49 -1
16 Seasons C -29 -4 -29
1 Season 3B -1 -420 -1 -1 0 0
16 Seasons TOT -30 -4 -1 -1 0 0 -29
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 KCR AL 23 43 32 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 24 83 75 83 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
1984 KCR AL 25 124 112 124 123 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
1985 TEX AL 26 102 99 102 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 TEX AL 27 95 87 95 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
1987 TEX AL 28 95 59 95 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 0
1988 NYY AL 29 97 88 97 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
1989 NYY AL 30 117 94 117 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 0
1990 PIT NL 31 84 61 84 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1991 PIT NL 32 77 53 77 70 0 69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1992 PIT NL 33 87 65 87 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1993 PIT NL 34 116 99 116 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1994 PIT NL 35 76 72 76 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 PIT NL 36 35 30 35 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 CAL AL 37 62 53 62 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
1996 CHW AL 37 14 11 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1997 SDP NL 38 20 2 20 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
16 Seasons 1327 1092 1327 1239 0 1238 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 160 2
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1982 KCR AL 23 1246 4.45 4.70 9 100% 0 0 155 9 0 5 141 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 24 2791 4.27 4.92 22 95% 0 0 296 16 5 14 259 22 2 0 0 3 12 0 1 11 2 7 0 1 1 2 100%
1984 KCR AL 25 4203 3.73 4.05 41 98% 2 0 551 26 5 16 504 46 8 0 0 4 11 2 2 7 0 11 0 1 3 4 75%
1985 TEX AL 26 3565 4.28 4.74 30 97% 0 0 552 11 2 16 523 35 9 0 0 2 6 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 3 67%
1986 TEX AL 27 3178 4.49 5.20 33 100% 0 0 532 19 3 14 496 42 9 0 0 11 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 100%
1987 TEX AL 28 2424 4.36 5.05 21 95% 2 1 430 8 2 6 414 38 9 0 1 6 7 0 3 4 0 5 0 1 2 3 100%
1988 NYY AL 29 3312 4.30 4.68 24 88% 0 0 496 15 5 10 466 24 4 1 0 6 11 1 2 8 1 4 0 1 2 6 67%
1989 NYY AL 30 3622 4.64 5.20 41 95% 1 0 493 29 5 19 440 44 11 0 0 5 5 0 1 4 0 8 0 1 2 5 80%
1990 PIT NL 31 2349 3.56 4.01 33 91% 0 1 345 19 2 8 315 35 9 0 0 1 8 0 2 6 0 5 0 0 0 8 100%
1991 PIT NL 32 2091 3.04 3.57 13 100% 0 0 338 11 3 7 317 31 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 2 2 100%
1992 PIT NL 33 2528 3.83 4.10 19 89% 0 0 366 9 3 10 344 33 9 0 0 4 5 0 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 4 75%
1993 PIT NL 34 3761 4.92 5.13 33 94% 0 1 539 22 4 10 502 51 6 0 1 14 4 0 0 4 0 10 1 0 2 11 82%
1994 PIT NL 35 2725 4.57 5.22 21 95% 0 0 425 12 5 11 397 34 8 0 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 7 0 1 3 7 86%
1995 PIT NL 36 1156 4.27 4.92 8 100% 0 0 220 5 2 2 211 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1996 CAL AL 37 2042 5.19 5.85 13 92% 1 0 338 9 0 4 325 27 3 0 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1996 CHW AL 37 388 3.88 3.98 3 100% 0 0 70 3 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 SDP NL 38 117 6.29 6.29 2 100% 0 0 15 2 0 0 13 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 41498 4.26 4.74 366 95% 6 3 6161 225 46 152 5734 480 93 1 2 79 88 3 19 66 4 76 1 10 21 67 87%
MLB Averages 4.04 4.49 95% 87%
Lg PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1982 KCR AL 23 1 6 464 13 8 6 38% 13 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 30 8 0.99 1.55
1983 KCR AL 24 2 12 1053 52 23 16 31% 47 21 5 2 0 0 0 0 85 26 1.16 1.35
1984 KCR AL 25 2 17 1518 65 38 31 37% 57 31 8 7 0 0 0 0 106 43 1.35 1.29
1985 TEX AL 26 12 26 1292 61 27 23 31% 54 27 4 0 3 0 0 0 127 30 1.22 1.01
1986 TEX AL 27 13 48 1250 88 27 18 23% 80 26 8 1 0 0 0 0 179 32 1.29 1.14
1987 TEX AL 28 20 20 874 67 23 16 26% 61 20 6 2 0 1 0 0 133 29 1.23 1.26
1988 NYY AL 29 4 19 1212 61 17 11 22% 55 14 5 1 1 2 0 0 100 18 1.10 1.10
1989 NYY AL 30 4 21 1351 52 33 27 39% 38 30 13 3 1 0 0 0 96 35 1.59 1.38
1990 PIT NL 31 4 15 838 58 26 22 31% 50 24 8 2 0 0 1 0 101 28 1.40 1.36
1991 PIT NL 32 3 9 713 42 27 23 39% 35 26 7 1 0 0 0 0 69 29 1.40 1.13
1992 PIT NL 33 6 23 894 45 25 19 36% 37 21 8 2 0 2 0 0 92 30 1.41 1.18
1993 PIT NL 34 10 34 1351 86 30 19 26% 64 27 22 1 0 2 1 0 162 34 1.49 1.38
1994 PIT NL 35 4 14 988 52 18 12 26% 42 16 10 2 0 0 1 0 82 21 1.28 1.26
1995 PIT NL 36 1 12 427 33 6 5 15% 31 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 54 7 1.64 1.07
1996 CAL AL 37 5 23 800 54 18 13 25% 46 18 7 0 1 0 0 0 102 20 1.09 1.03
1996 CHW AL 37 0 4 130 12 1 0 8% 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1.45 1.02
1997 SDP NL 38 0 3 48 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.49
16 Seasons 91 306 15203 843 347 261 29% 723 314 114 25 6 8 3 0 1544 391 1.32 1.24
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27
Lg PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 PIT NL 32 8 63% 50% 38% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 63% 50% 38% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 88% 69%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
Career  1,237 (65th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
Career  6,158 (61st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1983 AL  12 (2nd)
1984 AL  11 (4th)
1988 AL  11 (1st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  13 (2nd)
1986 AL  13 (2nd)
1987 AL  20 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1984 AL  65 (4th)
1986 AL  88 (1st)
Career  843 (51st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1989 AL  33 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1989 AL  6 (4th)
1991 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1986 AL  7.16 (2nd)
1987 AL  7.60 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1985 AL  5.72 (5th)
1986 AL  6.30 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1985 AL  .990 (5th)
1986 AL  .993 (3rd)
1993 NL  .993 (4th)

                           

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