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, 15,472nd in major league 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

ERA

4.64

440.0

181

WHIP

1.475

Summary of 47 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	47

Platoon
vs RHB	25
vs LHB	22

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	20

Outs
2	18
1	15
0	14

13 Opps
TOR	7
OAK	5
SEA	5
CHW	5
BAL	4
KCR	3
MIN	3
BOS	3
TEX	3
CLE	3
DET	3
CAL	2
NYY	1

40 Batters
Kent Hrbek	2
Devon White	2
Mark McGwire	2
Robin Ventura	2
Bo Jackson	2
Cal Ripken Jr.	2
John Olerud	2
Cory Snyder	1
José Canseco	1
Dave Cochrane	1
Fred McGriff	1
Nick Esasky	1
Rick Cerone	1
Lance Parrish	1
Brian Harper	1
Dean Palmer	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Steve Lyons	1
Alvin Davis	1
Rich Gedman	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Brian McRae	1
Leo Gómez	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Pat Sheridan	1
Mel Hall	1
Steve Buechele	1
Ron Karkovice	1
Dave Parker	1
Scott Bradley	1
Darnell Coles	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Roberto Kelly	1
Fred Lynn	1
Brady Anderson	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Dave Henderson	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Albert Belle	1

13 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	20
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	14
8	6
78	5
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
1	9
4	9
2	9
7+	4
5	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	31
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	8
12-	5
1-3	4
--3	3
-2-	3
-23	2

83 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	22
1 on	14
2 on	11
Any on	25

Inning
1	7
2	8
3	7
4	7
5	3
6	5
7	4
8	1
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	15
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	2
+1	9
Tied	16
-1	4
-2	8
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	16
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	9
2-1	9
1-0	7
2-2	5
2-0	5
1-1	4
3-2	3
3-1	2
0-1	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	8
1B	7
DH	7
3B	7
CF	6
C	6
RF	3
SS	2
2B	1

OrderPos
7th	8
5th	8
4th	8
3rd	7
2nd	6
1st	4
9th	3
6th	3

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-06-17	Steve Lyons	CHW	@	MIL	behind 0-4	t 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) B1CBX	2	2	5	10%	18%		Home Run; D. Boston Scores
2	2	2	1	1988-06-22	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1-3	3,(0-2) CFX	3	7	3	13%	88%		Home Run; T. Steinbach Scores; C. Lansford Scores
3	3	3	1	1988-07-04	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	17%	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1988-07-04	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	3	1988-07-04	Brian Harper	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	7	2	10%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	1988-07-31	Rich Gedman	BOS		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	1--	7,(2-2) CBFBFFX	2	7	2	7%	97%		Home Run (RF Line); J. Rice Scores/unER; R. Gedman Scores/unER
7	7	7	1	1988-08-16	Mel Hall	CLE		MIL	behind 1-3	b 3	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	4	7	28%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Francona Scores; J. Carter Scores
8	8	8	2	1988-08-16	Cory Snyder	CLE		MIL	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	5	9	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1988-08-21	Jesse Barfield	TOR		MIL	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	1	7	9	12%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1988-09-05	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	MIL	behind 1-5	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1988-09-16	Darnell Coles	SEA		MIL	behind 0-5	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line)
12	12	12	1	1988-10-02	Dave Parker	OAK		MIL	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	14%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1989-04-08	Lou Whitaker	DET		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	4	11%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1989-04-13	Steve Buechele	TEX	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	5	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1989-04-23	Pat Sheridan	DET	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	7,(3-2) FCBBBFX	2	1	8	19%	68%		Home Run; K. Moreland Scores
16	16	4	1	1989-04-29	Bo Jackson	KCR		MIL	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	6,(2-2) SCBFBX	1	6	7	13%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	5	1	1989-05-10	Ron Karkovice	CHW	@	MIL	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	9	2	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); F. Manrique Scores; E. Williams Scores
18	18	6	1	1989-05-15	Dave Henderson	OAK		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1--	4,(2-1) BFPX	2	2	8	16%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Polonia Scores
19	19	7	1	1989-05-20	Devon White	CAL		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	8	2	1989-05-20	Lance Parrish	CAL		MIL	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	21%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	9	1	1989-05-26	Scott Bradley	SEA	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	2	3	15%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Briley Scores; O. Vizquel Scores
22	22	10	1	1989-06-05	Fred McGriff	TOR		MIL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	19%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Bell Scores
23	23	11	1	1989-07-07	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIL	behind 2-6	t 6	0	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	6	8%	21%		Home Run; P. Bradley Scores
24	24	12	1	1989-07-18	Bo Jackson	KCR		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	19%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Seitzer Scores; G. Brett Scores
25	25	13	1	1989-07-25	Fred Lynn	DET	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-23	5,(2-2) BCBFX	3	5	7	24%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Moreland Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
26	26	14	1	1989-07-30	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		MIL	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	1-3	1,(0-0) 11X	3	6	8	16%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); H. Baines Scores; J. Franco Scores/unER
27	27	15	1	1989-09-12	José Canseco	OAK		MIL	behind 5-7	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	14%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	16	1	1989-09-28	Rick Cerone	BOS		MIL	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	2	13%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Romine Scores
29	29	17	2	1989-09-28	Nick Esasky	BOS		MIL	ahead 4-2	b 3	0	12-	4,(2-1) BC+1BX	3	5	3	11%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Evans Scores; M. Greenwell Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1991-04-14	Kelly Gruber	TOR		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	5	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Gruber Scores
31	31	2	1	1991-04-19	John Olerud	TOR	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	3	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Olerud Scores
32	32	3	2	1991-04-19	Rance Mulliniks	TOR	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	DH	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Mulliniks Scores
33	33	4	3	1991-04-19	John Olerud	TOR	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	-2-	4,(2-1) CB1B.X	2	5	3	20%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Carter Scores; J. Olerud Scores
34	34	5	1	1991-04-27	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		MIL	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	7,(3-2) FFBBBFX	1	3	6	14%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Ripken Scores
35	35	6	1	1991-05-18	Brian McRae	KCR		MIL	behind 1-3	b 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	1	8	35%	52%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Pecota Scores; B. McRae Scores
36	36	7	1	1991-05-23	Albert Belle	CLE	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	19%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Allred Scores; A. Belle Scores
37	37	8	1	1991-06-06	Mark McGwire	OAK		MIL	behind 0-2	b 4	0	12-	3,(2-0) B1BX	3	5	3	27%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Henderson Scores; H. Baines Scores; M. McGwire Scores
38	38	9	1	1991-06-22	Dave Cochrane	SEA	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	--3	4,(2-1) SB1B.X	2	7	7	13%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Martínez Scores; D. Cochrane Scores
39	39	10	2	1991-06-22	Alvin Davis	SEA	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	DH	10%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. O'Brien Scores; A. Davis Scores
40	40	11	1	1991-07-19	Robin Ventura	CHW		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	7,(2-2) CSBBFFX	1	2	5	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Ventura Scores
41	41	12	2	1991-07-19	Robin Ventura	CHW		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-2-	3,(2-0) 1BB.X	2	2	5	10%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Raines Scores; R. Ventura Scores
42	42	13	1	1991-08-05	Brady Anderson	BAL		MIL	behind 3-5	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	13%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores
43	43	14	1	1991-08-11	Dean Palmer	TEX		MIL	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	DH	11%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Palmer Scores
44	44	15	1	1991-08-16	Leo Gómez	BAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	7	5	20%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Orsulak Scores; R. Milligan Scores; L. Gómez Scores
45	45	16	1	1991-08-22	Devon White	TOR		MIL	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	13%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. White Scores
46	46	17	1	1991-08-27	Edgar Martínez	SEA		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	--3	5,(2-2) BCBFX	2	1	5	16%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); G. Briley Scores; E. Martínez Scores
47	47	18	1	1991-09-25	Roberto Kelly	NYY	@	MIL	tied 5-5	t 11	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	7	38%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball); S. Sax Scores; D. Mattingly Scores; R. Kelly Scores