Don August

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: July 3, 1963 in Inglewood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (17th) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chapman University (Orange, CA).

School: Chapman University (Orange, CA)

Debut: June 2, 1988 (Age 24-335d, 13,088th in MLB history)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 28-090d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Donald Glenn August

Twitter: @DonAugust38

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

W

L

ERA

4.64

G

GS

SV

IP

440.0

SO

181

WHIP

1.475

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	21	HOU-min	AA	14	8	.636	2.96	27	27	0	4	2	0	176.1	183	77	58	11	49	4	78	3	1	9				1.316	9.3	0.6	2.5	4.0	1.59	CBS SOUL
1986	22	MIL-HOU-min	AAA					27																										VAN,TUC PCL
1987	23	MIL-min	AAA	10	9	.526	5.57	28	27	1	8	0	0	179.1	220	124	111	16	55	3	91	5	0	4				1.533	11.0	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.65	DEN AA
1988	24	MIL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.52	10	10	0	3	0	0	71.2	79	37	28	6	14	0	58	1	3	2				1.298	9.9	0.8	1.8	7.3	4.14	DEN AA
1988	24	MIL	AL	13	7	.650	3.09	24	22	0	6	1	0	148.1	137	55	51	12	48	6	66	0	0	5	614	129	3.90	1.247	8.3	0.7	2.9	4.0	1.38	RoY-4
1989	25	MIL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.94	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.2	35	18	13	3	5	0	12	1	0	1				1.690	13.3	1.1	1.9	4.6	2.40	DEN AA
1989	25	MIL	AL	12	12	.500	5.31	31	25	2	2	1	0	142.1	175	93	84	17	58	2	51	2	1	3	648	73	4.86	1.637	11.1	1.1	3.7	3.2	0.88
1990	26	MIL-min	AAA	7	7	.500	6.75	22	22	0	3	1	0	124.0	164	98	93	17	27	1	67	5	1	1				1.540	11.9	1.2	2.0	4.9	2.48	DEN AA
1990	26	MIL	AL	0	3	.000	6.55	5	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	13	10	8	0	5	0	2	0	0	2	51	61	3.81	1.636	10.6	0.0	4.1	1.6	0.40
1991	27	MIL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18			0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	1.8		DEN AA
1991	27	MIL	AL	9	8	.529	5.47	28	23	3	1	1	0	138.1	166	87	84	18	47	2	62	3	0	5	613	74	4.74	1.540	10.8	1.2	3.1	4.0	1.32
1992	28	DET-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	3.99	16	9	2	1	1	0	67.2	72	33	30	7	17	2	45	0	0	3	285			1.315	9.6	0.9	2.3	6.0	2.65	LON,TOL EL,IL
1993	29	CLE-min	AAA	3	1	.750	5.48	14	5	5	0	0	0	44.1	57	29	27	9	10	0	24	1	0	1	195			1.511	11.6	1.8	2.0	4.9	2.40	CHR IL
1994	30	SDP-min	AA	0	0		3.86	4	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	18	7	5	1	5	1	7	0	0	1	57			1.971	13.9	0.8	3.9	5.4	1.40	WCH TL
1995	31	PIT-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	7	4	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	39			1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	CGY PCL
4 Yrs				34	30	.531	4.64	88	70	6	9	3	0	440.0	491	245	227	47	158	10	181	5	1	15	1926	85	4.47	1.475	10.0	1.0	3.2	3.7	1.15
162 Game Avg.				15	13	.531	4.64	38	30	3	4	1	0	189	211	105	98	20	68	4	78	2	0	6	829	85	4.47	1.475	10.0	1.0	3.2	3.7	1.15

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