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Don Slaught

Donald Martin Slaught

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
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
Final Game: May 19, 1997
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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
1982 23 KCR AL 43 126 115 14 32 6 0 3 8 0 0 9 12 .278 .331 .409 .739 102 47 3 0 2 0 0 2
1983 24 KCR AL 83 290 276 21 86 13 4 0 28 3 1 11 27 .312 .336 .388 .723 99 107 8 0 1 2 0 2/D
1984 25 KCR AL 124 446 409 48 108 27 4 4 42 0 0 20 55 .264 .297 .379 .676 86 155 8 2 8 7 4 *2/D
1985 26 TEX AL 102 370 343 34 96 17 4 8 35 5 4 20 41 .280 .331 .423 .753 104 145 8 6 1 0 1 2
1986 27 TEX AL 95 341 314 39 83 17 1 13 46 3 2 16 59 .264 .308 .449 .757 102 141 8 5 3 3 0 2/D
1987 28 TEX AL 95 266 237 25 53 15 2 8 16 0 3 24 51 .224 .298 .405 .703 84 96 7 1 4 0 3 2/D
1988 29 NYY AL 97 358 322 33 91 25 1 9 43 1 0 24 54 .283 .334 .450 .785 119 145 10 3 5 4 3 2/D
1989 30 NYY AL 117 392 350 34 88 21 3 5 38 1 1 30 57 .251 .315 .371 .687 94 130 9 5 2 5 3 2/D
1990 31 PIT NL 84 267 230 27 69 18 3 4 29 0 1 27 27 .300 .375 .457 .832 132 105 2 3 3 4 2 2
1991 32 PIT NL 77 250 220 19 65 17 1 1 29 1 0 21 32 .295 .363 .395 .759 115 87 6 3 5 1 1 2/5
1992 33 PIT NL 87 285 255 26 88 17 3 4 37 2 2 17 23 .345 .384 .482 .866 146 123 6 2 6 5 5 2
1993 34 PIT NL 116 420 377 34 113 19 2 10 55 2 1 29 56 .300 .356 .440 .796 113 166 13 6 4 4 2 2
1994 35 PIT NL 76 279 240 21 69 7 0 2 21 0 0 34 31 .288 .381 .342 .723 90 82 5 3 1 1 2 2
1995 36 PIT NL 35 123 112 13 34 6 0 0 13 0 0 9 8 .304 .361 .357 .718 89 40 5 1 1 0 2 2
1996 37 TOT AL 76 263 243 25 76 10 0 6 36 0 0 15 22 .313 .355 .428 .783 100 104 16 2 1 2 0 2/D
1996 37 CAL AL 62 224 207 23 67 9 0 6 32 0 0 13 20 .324 .366 .454 .820 108 94 12 2 0 2 0 2/D
1996 37 CHW AL 14 39 36 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .250 .289 .278 .567 48 10 4 0 1 0 0 2/D
1997 38 SDP NL 20 26 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 1 0 1 0 0 /2
16 Seasons 1327 4502 4063 415 1151 235 28 77 476 18 15 311 559 .283 .338 .412 .749 104 1673 115 42 48 38 28
162 Game Avg. 162 550 496 51 141 29 3 9 58 2 2 38 68 .283 .338 .412 .749 104 204 14 5 6 5 3
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
PIT (6 yrs) 475 1624 1434 140 438 84 9 21 184 5 4 137 177 .305 .370 .421 .790 116 603 37 18 20 15 14
KCR (3 yrs) 250 862 800 83 226 46 8 7 78 3 1 40 94 .283 .315 .386 .701 93 309 19 2 11 9 4
TEX (3 yrs) 292 977 894 98 232 49 7 29 97 8 9 60 151 .260 .314 .427 .741 98 382 23 12 8 3 4
NYY (2 yrs) 214 750 672 67 179 46 4 14 81 2 1 54 111 .266 .324 .409 .734 106 275 19 8 7 9 6
SDP (1 yr) 20 26 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 1 0 1 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 62 224 207 23 67 9 0 6 32 0 0 13 20 .324 .366 .454 .820 108 94 12 2 0 2 0
CHW (1 yr) 14 39 36 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .250 .289 .278 .567 48 10 4 0 1 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 832 2852 2609 273 713 151 19 56 292 13 11 169 378 .273 .321 .410 .731 99 1070 77 24 27 23 14
NL (7 yrs) 495 1650 1454 142 438 84 9 21 184 5 4 142 181 .301 .367 .415 .782 114 603 38 18 21 15 14

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
1984 25 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727 4 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 4 14 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .091 .214 .182 .396 2 0 0 0 1 1
1991 32 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 6 19 17 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .235 .278 .235 .513 4 0 0 1 0 1
1992 33 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 5 18 12 5 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 6 3 .333 .556 .667 1.222 8 1 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons (4 Series) 18 62 51 5 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 9 10 .255 .361 .353 .714 18 1 0 1 1 3
1 ALCS 3 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 15 51 40 5 9 2 0 1 7 0 0 9 10 .225 .360 .350 .710 14 1 0 1 1 3

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1982 KCR AL 23 C 43 32 287.1 164 156 7 1 1 .994 0.0 0.0 0 5.11 3.79 .988 5.69 4.90 1 6 13 8 38%
1983 KCR AL 24 C 79 74 647.0 329 299 18 12 7 .964 -1.0 -1.9 -1 4.41 4.01 .986 5.70 4.76 2 12 52 23 31%
1983 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1984 KCR AL 25 C 123 112 1009.0 602 547 44 11 8 .982 4.0 4.8 4 5.27 4.80 .987 5.96 5.05 2 17 65 38 37%
1984 KCR AL 25 DH 1
1985 TEX AL 26 C 102 99 833.2 589 550 33 6 4 .990 -2.0 -2.9 -2 6.29 5.72 .987 6.05 5.03 13 26 61 27 31%
1986 TEX AL 27 C 91 85 720.1 577 533 40 4 1 .993 -13.0 -21.7 -13 7.16 6.30 .989 6.62 5.44 13 48 88 27 23%
1986 TEX AL 27 DH 2
1987 TEX AL 28 C 85 55 554.1 475 429 39 7 5 .985 -5.0 -10.8 -5 7.60 5.51 .988 6.74 5.49 20 20 67 23 26%
1987 TEX AL 28 DH 5
1988 NYY AL 29 C 94 87 766.0 531 496 24 11 4 .979 -5.0 -7.8 -5 6.11 5.53 .989 6.22 5.28 4 19 61 17 22%
1988 NYY AL 29 DH 1
1989 NYY AL 30 C 105 93 827.0 542 493 44 5 8 .991 6.0 8.7 6 5.84 5.11 .989 6.24 5.20 4 21 52 33 39%
1989 NYY AL 30 DH 3
1990 PIT NL 31 C 78 61 561.2 389 345 36 8 4 .979 1.0 2.1 1 6.11 4.88 .987 6.65 5.44 4 15 58 26 31%
1991 PIT NL 32 C 69 53 509.0 374 338 31 5 4 .987 5.0 11.8 5 6.52 5.35 .988 6.78 5.59 3 9 42 26 38%
1991 PIT NL 32 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -420.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1992 PIT NL 33 C 79 65 598.2 405 365 35 5 4 .988 0.0 0.0 0 6.01 5.06 .991 6.67 5.68 6 23 45 25 36%
1993 PIT NL 34 C 105 99 874.2 594 539 51 4 10 .993 -6.0 -8.2 -6 6.07 5.62 .989 6.74 5.75 10 34 86 30 26%
1994 PIT NL 35 C 74 72 626.1 464 425 36 3 7 .994 -1.0 -1.9 -1 6.62 6.23 .991 7.10 6.15 4 14 52 18 26%
1995 PIT NL 36 C 33 30 263.2 230 220 9 1 2 .996 -4.0 -18.2 -4 7.82 6.94 .989 7.40 6.34 1 12 33 6 15%
1996 TOT AL 37 C 71 64 545.0 439 408 27 4 2 .991 -7.0 -15.4 -7 7.18 6.13 .990 6.91 5.84 5 27 66 19 22%
1996 TOT AL 37 DH 2
1996 CAL AL 37 C 59 53 452.1 368 338 27 3 2 .992 -5.0 -13.3 -5 7.26 6.19 .990 6.91 5.84 5 23 54 18 25%
1996 CAL AL 37 DH 1
1996 CHW AL 37 C 12 11 92.2 71 70 0 1 0 .986 -2.0 -25.9 -2 6.80 5.83 .990 6.92 5.84 0 4 12 1 8%
1996 CHW AL 37 DH 1
1997 SDP NL 38 C 6 2 24.1 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -49.3 -1 6.66 3.00 .989 7.66 6.58 0 3 2 0 0%
16 Seasons C 1237 1083 9648.0 6722 6158 477 87 71 .987 -29.0 -3.6 -29 6.19 5.36 .989 6.45 5.42 92 306 843 346 29%
7 Seasons DH 15
1 Season 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -420.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
16 Seasons TOT 1238 1083 9650.0 6722 6158 477 87 71 .987 -29.7 -3.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 -29 6.19 5.36 .976 6.45 5.42 92 306 843 346 29%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  6 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1980.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Kansas City Royals to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

November 2, 1987: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Brad Arnsberg (November 10, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

December 4, 1989: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Robinson and Willie Smith.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

February 29, 1996: Purchased by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 31, 1996: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Anaheim Angels. The Chicago White Sox sent Scott Vollmer (minors) (November 14, 1996) to the Anaheim Angels to complete the trade.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

May 27, 1997: Released by the San Diego Padres.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Texas Rangers$215,000
1986Texas Rangers$331,500
1988New York Yankees$531,500
1989New York Yankees$650,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$650,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$766,667
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$1,691,667
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$1,116,667
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$1,475,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$2,025,000
1996California Angels$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$9,803,001
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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