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Don Slaught
Donald Martin Slaught (Sluggo)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut July 6, 1982
  vs. BOS 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 19, 1997
Born September 11, 1958 in Long Beach, CA

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1980. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 23 KCR AL  43  115   14   32   6  0   3    8   0  0   9  12  .278  .331  .409  102   47   2   0   0   0   3
 1983 24 KCR AL  83  276   21   86  13  4   0   28   3  1  11  27  .312  .336  .388   99  107   1   2   0   0   8
 1984 25 KCR AL 124  409   48  108  27  4   4   42   0  0  20  55  .264  .297  .379   86  155   8   7   4   2   8
 1985 26 TEX AL 102  343   34   96  17  4   8   35   5  4  20  41  .280  .331  .423  104  145   1   0   1   6   8
 1986 27 TEX AL  95  314   39   83  17  1  13   46   3  2  16  59  .264  .308  .449  102  141   3   3   0   5   8
 1987 28 TEX AL  95  237   25   53  15  2   8   16   0  3  24  51  .224  .298  .405   84   96   4   0   3   1   7
 1988 29 NYY AL  97  322   33   91  25  1   9   43   1  0  24  54  .283  .334  .450  119  145   5   4   3   3  10
 1989 30 NYY AL 117  350   34   88  21  3   5   38   1  1  30  57  .251  .315  .371   94  130   2   5   3   5   9
 1990 31 PIT NL  84  230   27   69  18  3   4   29   0  1  27  27  .300  .375  .457  132  105   3   4   2   3   2
 1991 32 PIT NL  77  220   19   65  17  1   1   29   1  0  21  32  .295  .363  .395  115   87   5   1   1   3   6
 1992 33 PIT NL  87  255   26   88  17  3   4   37   2  2  17  23  .345  .384  .482  146  123   6   5   5   2   6
 1993 34 PIT NL 116  377   34  113  19  2  10   55   2  1  29  56  .300  .356  .440  113  166   4   4   2   6  13
 1994 35 PIT NL  76  240   21   69   7  0   2   21   0  0  34  31  .288  .381  .342   90   82   1   1   2   3   5
 1995 36 PIT NL  35  112   13   34   6  0   0   13   0  0   9   8  .304  .361  .357   89   40   1   0   2   1   5
 1996 37 TOT AL  76  243   25   76  10  0   6   36   0  0  15  22  .313  .355  .428  100  104   1   2   0   2  16
         CAL AL  62  207   23   67   9  0   6   32   0  0  13  20  .324  .366  .454  108   94   0   2   0   2  12
         CHW AL  14   36    2    9   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   2  .250  .289  .278   48   10   1   0   0   0   4
 1997 38 SDP NL  20   20    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   5   4  .000  .200  .000  -40    0   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1327 4063  415 1151 235 28  77  476  18 15 311 559  .283  .338  .412  104 1673  48  38  28  42 115
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        496   51  141  29  3   9   58   2  2  38  68  .283  .338  .412  104  204   6   5   3   5  14
 Career High    124  409   48  113  27  4  13   55   5  4  34  59  .345  .384  .482  146  166   8   7   5   6  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 23 KCR AL  126   88   15   4.6    98| .278  .264| .331  .328| .409  .402| .740  .730| 102  .499   0.3   0.0   0%
 1983 24 KCR AL  290  202   34   4.5    98| .312  .266| .336  .328| .388  .401| .724  .728|  99  .496  -0.9  -0.1  75%
 1984 25 KCR AL  446  324   46   3.8    97| .264  .264| .297  .326| .379  .398| .676  .724|  86  .422  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1985 26 TEX AL  370  260   46   4.7   100| .280  .262| .331  .328| .423  .407| .754  .736| 104  .514   1.2   0.1  55%
 1986 27 TEX AL  341  247   42   4.5   102| .264  .264| .308  .332| .449  .412| .757  .744| 102  .487  -0.2   0.0  60%
 1987 28 TEX AL  266  198   27   3.6   106| .224  .265| .298  .333| .405  .425| .703  .759|  84  .360  -5.8  -0.5   0%
 1988 29 NYY AL  358  250   47   5.0    94| .283  .258| .334  .323| .450  .389| .784  .712| 119  .560   8.6   0.9 100%
 1989 30 NYY AL  392  279   41   3.9    92| .251  .260| .315  .324| .371  .382| .686  .707|  94  .456  -2.0  -0.2  50%
 1990 31 PIT NL  267  171   42   6.6    95| .300  .260| .375  .325| .457  .390| .832  .715| 132  .677  11.6   1.2   0%
 1991 32 PIT NL  250  167   32   5.2    93| .295  .256| .363  .324| .395  .384| .758  .708| 115  .593   5.4   0.6 100%
 1992 33 PIT NL  285  186   46   6.7    91| .345  .258| .384  .323| .482  .380| .866  .703| 146  .707  15.6   1.6  50%
 1993 34 PIT NL  420  286   57   5.3   103| .300  .270| .356  .335| .440  .411| .796  .746| 113  .564   7.4   0.7  66%
 1994 35 PIT NL  279  178   33   5.0   110| .288  .275| .381  .343| .342  .431| .723  .774|  90  .505  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1995 36 PIT NL  123   84   14   4.5   109| .304  .273| .361  .343| .357  .425| .718  .768|  89  .464  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1996 37 TOT AL  263  186   33   4.8   114| .313  .274| .355  .347| .428  .440| .783  .787| 100  .426  -0.2  -0.1   0%
         CAL AL  224  154   31   5.4   114| .324  .275| .366  .348| .454  .441| .820  .789| 108  .483   2.6   0.2   0%
         CHW AL   39   32    2   1.7   111| .250  .271| .289  .343| .278  .435| .567  .778|  48  .099  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1997 38 SDP NL   26   22    0   0.0   102| .000  .262| .200  .333| .000  .411| .200  .744| -40  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     4502 3128  555   4.8   100| .283  .264| .338  .330| .412  .404| .750  .734| 104  .516  25.7   2.7  54%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 23 KCR AL C 43 156 7 1 1 .994 .988 3.79 4.90 5.11 5.69 32 287.3 1 6 13 8 1983 24 KCR AL C 79 299 18 12 7 .964 .986 4.01 4.76 4.41 5.70 74 647.0 2 12 52 23 DH 1 1984 25 KCR AL C 123 547 44 11 8 .982 .987 4.80 5.05 5.27 5.96 112 1009.0 2 17 65 38 DH 1 1985 26 TEX AL C 102 550 33 6 4 .990 .987 5.72 5.03 6.29 6.05 99 833.7 13 26 61 27 1986 27 TEX AL C 91 533 40 4 1 .993 .989 6.30 5.44 7.16 6.62 85 720.3 13 48 88 27 DH 2 1987 28 TEX AL C 85 429 39 7 5 .985 .988 5.51 5.49 7.60 6.74 55 554.3 20 20 67 23 DH 5 1988 29 NYY AL C 94 496 24 11 4 .979 .989 5.53 5.28 6.11 6.22 87 766.0 4 19 61 17 DH 1 1989 30 NYY AL C 105 493 44 5 8 .991 .989 5.11 5.20 5.84 6.24 93 827.0 4 21 52 33 DH 3 1990 31 PIT NL C 78 345 36 8 4 .979 .987 4.88 5.44 6.10 6.65 61 561.7 4 15 58 26 1991 32 PIT NL C 69 338 31 5 4 .987 .988 5.35 5.59 6.52 6.78 53 509.0 3 9 42 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1992 33 PIT NL C 79 365 35 5 4 .988 .991 5.06 5.68 6.01 6.67 65 598.7 6 23 45 25 1993 34 PIT NL C 105 539 51 4 10 .993 .989 5.62 5.75 6.07 6.74 99 874.7 10 34 86 30 1994 35 PIT NL C 74 425 36 3 7 .994 .991 6.23 6.15 6.62 7.10 72 626.3 4 14 52 18 1995 36 PIT NL C 33 220 9 1 2 .996 .989 6.94 6.34 7.82 7.40 30 263.7 1 12 33 6 1996 37 TOT AL C 71 408 27 4 2 .991 .990 6.13 5.84 7.18 6.91 64 545.0 5 27 66 19 TOT AL DH 2 CAL AL C 59 338 27 3 2 .992 .990 6.19 5.84 7.26 6.91 53 452.3 5 23 54 18 DH 1 CHW AL C 12 70 0 1 0 .986 .990 5.83 5.84 6.80 6.91 11 92.7 0 4 12 1 DH 1 1997 38 SDP NL C 6 15 3 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 6.58 6.67 7.67 2 24.3 0 3 2 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1991 32 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1982 23 KCR AL C 43 156 7 1 1 .994 .988 3.79 4.90 5.11 5.69 32 287.3 1 6 13 8 1983 24 KCR AL C 79 299 18 12 7 .964 .986 4.01 4.76 4.41 5.70 74 647.0 2 12 52 23 1984 25 KCR AL C 123 547 44 11 8 .982 .987 4.80 5.05 5.27 5.96 112 1009.0 2 17 65 38 1985 26 TEX AL C 102 550 33 6 4 .990 .987 5.72 5.03 6.29 6.05 99 833.7 13 26 61 27 1986 27 TEX AL C 91 533 40 4 1 .993 .989 6.30 5.44 7.16 6.62 85 720.3 13 48 88 27 1987 28 TEX AL C 85 429 39 7 5 .985 .988 5.51 5.49 7.60 6.74 55 554.3 20 20 67 23 1988 29 NYY AL C 94 496 24 11 4 .979 .989 5.53 5.28 6.11 6.22 87 766.0 4 19 61 17 1989 30 NYY AL C 105 493 44 5 8 .991 .989 5.11 5.20 5.84 6.24 93 827.0 4 21 52 33 1990 31 PIT NL C 78 345 36 8 4 .979 .987 4.88 5.44 6.10 6.65 61 561.7 4 15 58 26 1991 32 PIT NL C 69 338 31 5 4 .987 .988 5.35 5.59 6.52 6.78 53 509.0 3 9 42 27 1992 33 PIT NL C 79 365 35 5 4 .988 .991 5.06 5.68 6.01 6.67 65 598.7 6 23 45 25 1993 34 PIT NL C 105 539 51 4 10 .993 .989 5.62 5.75 6.07 6.74 99 874.7 10 34 86 30 1994 35 PIT NL C 74 425 36 3 7 .994 .991 6.23 6.15 6.62 7.10 72 626.3 4 14 52 18 1995 36 PIT NL C 33 220 9 1 2 .996 .989 6.94 6.34 7.82 7.40 30 263.7 1 12 33 6 1996 37 TOT AL C 71 408 27 4 2 .991 .990 6.13 5.84 7.18 6.91 64 545.0 5 27 66 19 CAL AL C 59 338 27 3 2 .992 .990 6.19 5.84 7.26 6.91 53 452.3 5 23 54 18 CHW AL C 12 70 0 1 0 .986 .990 5.83 5.84 6.80 6.91 11 92.7 0 4 12 1 1997 38 SDP NL C 6 15 3 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 6.58 6.67 7.67 2 24.3 0 3 2 0 1983 24 KCR AL DH 1 1984 25 KCR AL DH 1 1986 27 TEX AL DH 2 1987 28 TEX AL DH 5 1988 29 NYY AL DH 1 1989 30 NYY AL DH 3 1996 37 TOT AL DH 2 CAL AL DH 1 CHW AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1237 6158 477 87 71 .987 .989 5.36 5.42 6.19 6.45 1083 9648.0 92 306 843 347 DH 15 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1238 6158 477 87 71 .987 .989 5.36 5.42 6.19 6.45 1083 9650
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   3  11   0   4  0  0  0   0   0   0  .364  .364  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   4  11   0   1  1  0  0   1   2   3  .091  .214  .182   0  0   0   1   0 
 1991   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   6  17   0   4  0  0  0   1   1   4  .235  .278  .235   0  0   1   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   5  12   5   4  1  0  1   5   6   3  .333  .556  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     0-4  18  51   5  13  2  0  1   7   9  10  .255  .361  .353   0  0   1   1   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.

Hit By Pitch
1985 AL-6-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.5 (787) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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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