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Donovan Osborne

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Debut April 9, 1992
  vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 15, 2004
Born June 21, 1969 in Roseville, CA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1990. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1992 23 STL NL  11   9  34  29   0   0   2  0  179.0  193   91   75  14   38  104   2   6   754   2   0  3.77  3.40   90 1.291 RoY-5
 1993 24 STL NL  10   7  26  26   1   0   0  0  155.7  153   73   65  18   47   83   7   4   657   4   0  3.76  3.97  106 1.285
 1995 26 STL NL   4   6  19  19   0   0   0  0  113.3  112   58   48  17   34   82   2   0   477   2   0  3.81  4.18  110 1.288
 1996 27 STL NL  13   9  30  30   2   1   0  0  198.7  191   87   78  22   57  134   1   6   822   5   1  3.53  4.22  120 1.248
 1997 28 STL NL   3   7  14  14   0   0   0  0   80.3   84   46   44  10   23   51   1   1   337   2   0  4.93  4.17   84 1.332
 1998 29 STL NL   5   4  14  14   1   1   0  0   83.7   84   42   38  11   22   60   1   1   358   2   0  4.09  4.24  104 1.267
 1999 30 STL NL   1   3   6   6   0   0   0  0   29.3   34   18   18   4   10   21   2   1   130   0   0  5.52  4.61   84 1.500
 2002 33 CHC NL   0   1  11   0   0   0   1  0   16.0   19   11   11   1   10   13   0   0    77   2   0  6.19  4.03   65 1.813
 2004 35 NYY AL   2   0   9   2   0   0   2  0   17.7   25   16   14   3    5   10   2   0    79   0   0  7.13  4.50   63 1.698
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .516  49  46 163 140   4   2   5  0  873.7  895  442  391 100  246  558  18  19  3691  19   1  4.03  4.02  100 1.306
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  36  31   0   0   1  0  196.0  200   99   87  22   55  125   4   4   828   4   0  4.03  4.02  100 1.306
 Career High     13   9  34  30   2   1   2  0  198.7  193   91   78  22   57  134   7   6   822   5   1  3.53  4.24  120 1.248

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 23 STL NL  34   58    4    7   0  1   0    0   0  0   0  21  .121  .121  .155  -21    9   2   0   0   0   0 RoY-5
 1993 24 STL NL  29   49    4   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  13  .204  .250  .224   30   11   7   0   0   0   0
 1995 26 STL NL  19   31    1    5   3  0   0    4   0  0   3  15  .161  .257  .258   37    8   3   0   0   1   0
 1996 27 STL NL  30   59    6   13   4  0   1   10   0  1   3  24  .220  .258  .339   56   20  10   0   0   0   0
 1997 28 STL NL  13   24    2    5   1  0   0    2   1  0   0   6  .208  .208  .250   20    6   1   0   0   0   0
 1998 29 STL NL  14   25    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .040  .143  .040  -48    1   4   0   0   0   1
 1999 30 STL NL   6   10    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .100  .100  .200  -27    2   1   0   0   0   0
 2002 33 CHC NL  11    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      156  259   18   42  10  1   1   19   1  1  12  87  .162  .202  .220   14   57  28   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        269   19   44  10  1   1   20   1  1  12  90  .162  .202  .220   14   59  29   0   0   1   1
 Career High     34   59    6   13   4  1   1   10   1  1   3  24                          20  10   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 23 STL NL   60   53    1   0.5    90| .121  .256| .121  .321| .155  .376| .276  .697| -21  .021  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1993 24 STL NL   59   46    3   1.8   102| .204  .269| .250  .333| .224  .409| .474  .743|  30  .144  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1995 26 STL NL   38   29    3   2.8   106| .161  .269| .257  .339| .258  .419| .515  .758|  37  .265  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1996 27 STL NL   72   57    5   2.4   107| .220  .270| .258  .339| .339  .422| .597  .761|  56  .210  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1997 28 STL NL   25   20    1   1.3   107| .208  .269| .208  .341| .250  .423| .458  .764|  20  .086  -2.9  -0.3 100%
 1998 29 STL NL   32   29    0   0.0   107| .040  .269| .143  .340| .040  .424| .183  .764| -48  .000  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1999 30 STL NL   11   10    0   0.0   117| .100  .277| .100  .352| .200  .446| .300  .798| -27  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 2002 33 CHC NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .263| .000  .337| .000  .419| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       300  247   13   1.4   102| .162  .266| .202  .335| .220  .410| .422  .745|  14  .100 -32.2  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 23 STL NL P 34 6 18 2 2 .923 .952 0.71 0.60 1.21 1.94 29 179.0 1993 24 STL NL P 26 8 24 0 1 1.000 .952 1.23 0.54 1.85 1.84 26 155.7 1995 26 STL NL P 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.51 1.51 1.84 19 113.3 1996 27 STL NL P 30 6 23 1 0 .967 .954 0.97 0.52 1.31 1.84 30 198.7 1997 28 STL NL P 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.52 1.57 1.85 14 80.3 1998 29 STL NL P 14 5 8 3 2 .813 .963 0.93 0.54 1.40 1.85 14 83.7 1999 30 STL NL P 6 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 1.33 0.48 2.46 1.72 6 29.3 2002 33 CHC NL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.48 1.12 1.86 0 16.0 2004 35 NYY AL P 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 0.78 0.44 3.56 1.68 2 17.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 23 STL NL P 34 6 18 2 2 .923 .952 0.71 0.60 1.21 1.94 29 179.0 1993 24 STL NL P 26 8 24 0 1 1.000 .952 1.23 0.54 1.85 1.84 26 155.7 1995 26 STL NL P 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.51 1.51 1.84 19 113.3 1996 27 STL NL P 30 6 23 1 0 .967 .954 0.97 0.52 1.31 1.84 30 198.7 1997 28 STL NL P 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.52 1.57 1.85 14 80.3 1998 29 STL NL P 14 5 8 3 2 .813 .963 0.93 0.54 1.40 1.85 14 83.7 1999 30 STL NL P 6 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 1.33 0.48 2.46 1.72 6 29.3 2002 33 CHC NL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.48 1.12 1.86 0 16.0 2004 35 NYY AL P 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 .946 0.78 0.44 3.56 1.68 2 17.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 163 34 114 7 7 .955 .954 0.91 0.53 1.52 1.86 140 873.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 163 34 114 7 7 .955 .954 0.91 0.53 1.52 1.85 140 874
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1996   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   1   9.00  0  0  0  0   4     7   4   0   5 
        NLCS  STL ATL     L   2   2   9.39  1  1  0  0   7.2  12   8   4   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   9.26  1  1  0  0  11.2  19  12   4  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  STL ATL     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1992 NL-1.91-8

Shutouts
1996 NL-1-9

SO to Walk
1992 NL-2.74-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1990.

November 3, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

September 3, 2002: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

March 25, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.

February 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 27, 2004: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

July 4, 2004: Released by the San Diego Padres.

February 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

April 4, 2005: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

June 27, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

June 9, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

August 29, 2006: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993St. Louis Cardinals$155,000
1994St. Louis Cardinals$112,000
1995St. Louis Cardinals$250,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$725,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$2,750,000
1998St. Louis Cardinals$3,750,000
1999St. Louis Cardinals$5,080,000
2002Chicago Cubs$450,000
2004New York Yankees$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,722,000

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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