Don Aase

Q: When was Don Aase born?

Don Aase was born on September 8, 1954.

Q: Where was Don Aase born?

Don Aase was born in Orange, CA .

Q: How much did Don Aase weigh when playing?

Don Aase weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Don Aase in the Hall of Fame?

Don Aase has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Don Aase drafted?

Don Aase was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Don Aase have?

Don Aase had 641 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Don Aase played for?

Don Aase played for 5 teams; the Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Q: How many World Series has Don Aase won?

Don Aase has never won a World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: September 8, 1954 in Orange, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA).

High School: Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA)

School: California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: July 26, 1977 (Age 22-321d, 13,916th in major league history)
vs. MIL 9.0 IP, 9 H, 11 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 36-025d)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Donald William Aase

Pronunciation: \AH-see\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

ERA

3.80

448

1109.1

641

WHIP

1.390

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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
1972	17	BOS-min	A-	0	10	.000	5.81	12	12		1	0	0	62.0	60	48	40	5	34	2	40	1	0	9				1.516	8.7	0.7	4.9	5.8	1.18	WPT NYPL
1973	18	BOS-min	A	12	15	.444	3.60	29	29		9	6	0	170.0	153	82	68	7	73	1	127	2	0	9				1.329	8.1	0.4	3.9	6.7	1.74	WHV FLOR
1974	19	BOS-min	A	17	8	.680	2.43	32	30		18	4	2	230.0	185	72	62	9	84	8	176	2	2	2				1.170	7.2	0.4	3.3	6.9	2.10	WSM CARL
1975	20	BOS-min	AAA	8	13	.381	3.63	29	29		7	3	0	186.0	173	85	75	9	88	6	125	3	1	5				1.403	8.4	0.4	4.3	6.0	1.42	PAW IL
1976	21	BOS-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.33	10	9		2	1	0	54.0	42	23	20	3	34	2	40	0	0	1				1.407	7.0	0.5	5.7	6.7	1.18	PAW IL
1977	22	BOS-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.04	18	18		5	0	0	109.0	118	67	61	9	60	3	64	0	1	3				1.633	9.7	0.7	5.0	5.3	1.07	PAW IL
1977	22	BOS	AL	6	2	.750	3.12	13	13	0	4	2	0	92.1	85	36	32	6	19	1	49	1	0	0	373	145	3.17	1.126	8.3	0.6	1.9	4.8	2.58
1978	23	CAL	AL	11	8	.579	4.03	29	29	0	6	1	0	178.2	185	88	80	14	80	4	93	2	0	3	773	90	3.94	1.483	9.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.16
1979	24	CAL	AL	9	10	.474	4.81	37	28	4	7	1	2	185.1	200	104	99	19	77	7	96	1	0	5	817	85	4.29	1.495	9.7	0.9	3.7	4.7	1.25
1980	25	CAL	AL	8	13	.381	4.06	40	21	6	5	1	2	175.0	193	83	79	13	66	3	74	1	1	2	761	97	4.02	1.480	9.9	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.12
1981	26	CAL	AL	4	4	.500	2.34	39	0	32	0	0	11	65.1	56	17	17	4	24	2	38	0	0	2	265	156	3.33	1.224	7.7	0.6	3.3	5.2	1.58
1982	27	CAL	AL	3	3	.500	3.46	24	0	18	0	0	4	52.0	45	20	20	5	23	2	40	0	0	2	212	118	3.76	1.308	7.8	0.9	4.0	6.9	1.74
1983			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1984	29	CAL-min	A	0	1	.000	5.11	4	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	9	9	7	2	7	0	10	0	0	0				1.297	6.6	1.5	5.1	7.3	1.43	RWD CALL
1984	29	CAL	AL	4	1	.800	1.62	23	0	17	0	0	8	39.0	30	7	7	1	19	5	28	0	0	0	160	250	3.13	1.256	6.9	0.2	4.4	6.5	1.47
1985	30	BAL	AL	10	6	.625	3.78	54	0	43	0	0	14	88.0	83	44	37	6	35	7	67	1	1	0	366	107	3.27	1.341	8.5	0.6	3.6	6.9	1.91
1986	31	BAL	AL	6	7	.462	2.98	66	0	58	0	0	34	81.2	71	29	27	6	28	2	67	0	0	4	337	140	3.11	1.212	7.8	0.7	3.1	7.4	2.39	AS
1987	32	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	2.25	7	0	6	0	0	2	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	33	203	5.25	1.500	9.0	1.1	4.5	3.4	0.75
1988	33	BAL-min	AAA	0	0		1.23	7	0	7	0	0	3	7.1	5	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0				1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00	ROC IL
1988	33	BAL	AL	0	0		4.05	35	0	16	0	0	0	46.2	40	22	21	4	37	5	28	0	0	1	209	97	5.06	1.650	7.7	0.8	7.1	5.4	0.76
1989	34	NYM	NL	1	5	.167	3.94	49	0	22	0	0	2	59.1	56	27	26	5	26	3	34	1	1	0	261	83	4.08	1.382	8.5	0.8	3.9	5.2	1.31
1990	35	LAD-min	A+	0	0		1.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0				0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00	BAK CALL
1990	35	LAD	NL	3	1	.750	4.97	32	0	13	0	0	3	38.0	33	24	21	5	19	4	24	0	0	3	163	75	4.76	1.368	7.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.26
13 Yrs				66	60	.524	3.80	448	91	235	22	5	82	1109.1	1085	503	468	89	457	45	641	7	3	22	4730	104	3.85	1.390	8.8	0.7	3.7	5.2	1.40
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.524	3.80	57	11	30	3	1	10	140	137	63	59	11	58	6	81	1	0	3	597	104	3.85	1.390	8.8	0.7	3.7	5.2	1.40

CAL (6 yrs)				39	39	.500	3.91	192	78	77	18	3	27	695.1	709	319	302	56	289	23	369	4	1	14	2988	99	3.94	1.435	9.2	0.7	3.7	4.8	1.28
BAL (4 yrs)				17	13	.567	3.49	162	0	123	0	0	50	224.1	202	97	87	17	104	14	165	1	1	5	945	117	3.66	1.364	8.1	0.7	4.2	6.6	1.59
NYM (1 yr)				1	5	.167	3.94	49	0	22	0	0	2	59.1	56	27	26	5	26	3	34	1	1	0	261	83	4.08	1.382	8.5	0.8	3.9	5.2	1.31
LAD (1 yr)				3	1	.750	4.97	32	0	13	0	0	3	38.0	33	24	21	5	19	4	24	0	0	3	163	75	4.76	1.368	7.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.26
BOS (1 yr)				6	2	.750	3.12	13	13	0	4	2	0	92.1	85	36	32	6	19	1	49	1	0	0	373	145	3.17	1.126	8.3	0.6	1.9	4.8	2.58

AL (11 yrs)				62	54	.534	3.74	367	91	200	22	5	77	1012.0	996	452	421	79	412	38	583	6	2	19	4306	106	3.81	1.391	8.9	0.7	3.7	5.2	1.42
NL (2 yrs)				4	6	.400	4.35	81	0	35	0	0	5	97.1	89	51	47	10	45	7	58	1	1	3	424	79	4.34	1.377	8.2	0.9	4.2	5.4	1.29

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1989	34	NYM	NL	-0.1	49	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	35	LAD	NL	0.0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-0.1	81	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				-0.1	162	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0

NYM (1 Yr)				-0.1	49	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
LAD (1 Yr)				0.0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G
1979	24	CAL	AL	2
1 Yr				2
162 Game Avg				162

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1977	22	BOS	AL	P	13	13	4	92.1	19	5	13	1	0	.947	.948	1.75	1.95	1.38	1.93	0	3	5	62.5	39.1	1
1978	23	CAL	AL	P	29	29	6	178.2	45	16	26	3	2	.933	.954	2.12	1.90	1.45	1.88	3	11	20	64.5	37.7	0
1979	24	CAL	AL	P	37	28	7	185.1	27	8	17	2	3	.926	.949	1.21	1.92	0.68	1.89	5	10	5	33.3	35.7	0
1980	25	CAL	AL	P	40	21	5	175.0	36	10	22	4	2	.889	.957	1.65	1.85	0.80	1.85	2	13	4	23.5	34.8	0
1981	26	CAL	AL	P	39	0	0	65.1	13	2	10	1	1	.923	.963	1.65	1.98	0.31	1.98	2	3	7	70.0	37.9	0
1982	27	CAL	AL	P	24	0	0	52.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	.958	1.38	1.80	0.33	1.80	2	1	4	80.0	36.4	0
1983	Did not play - Injured
1984	29	CAL	AL	P	23	0	0	39.0	7	1	5	1	0	.857	.959	1.38	1.80	0.26	1.78	0	2	2	50.0	36.3	0
1985	30	BAL	AL	P	54	0	0	88.0	18	8	10	0	0	1.000	.953	1.84	1.86	0.33	1.84	0	2	3	60.0	32.8	0
1986	31	BAL	AL	P	66	0	0	81.2	18	5	12	1	1	.944	.957	1.87	1.83	0.26	1.81	4	3	0	0.0	34.0	0	AS
1987	32	BAL	AL	P	7	0	0	8.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.950	1.13	1.80	0.14	1.81	0	0	1	100.0	31.0	0
1988	33	BAL	AL	P	35	0	0	46.2	5	2	3	0	1	1.000	.960	0.96	1.77	0.14	1.77	1	4	3	42.9	31.3	0
1989	34	NYM	NL	P	49	0	0	59.1	14	6	8	0	0	1.000	.947	2.12	1.87	0.29	1.87	0	4	3	42.9	31.9	0
1990	35	LAD	NL	P	32	0	0	38.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	.958	0.95	1.80	0.13	1.79	3	7	1	12.5	28.9	0
13 Yrs					448	91	22	1109.1	215	67	135	13	10	.940	.954	1.64	1.88	0.45	1.85	22	63	58	47.9	35.4	1

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1979	24	CAL	AL	P	2	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.50	0	0
1 Yr					2	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.50	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Don Aase?

Don Aase is 70 years old.

When was Don Aase born?

Don Aase was born on September 8, 1954.

Where was Don Aase born?

Don Aase was born in Orange, CA.

How tall is Don Aase?

Don Aase is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Don Aase weigh when playing?

Don Aase weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Don Aase play?

Don Aase played 13 seasons.

Is Don Aase in the Hall of Fame?

Don Aase has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Don Aase drafted?

Don Aase was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Savanna HS (Anaheim, CA).

What position did Don Aase play?

Don Aase was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Don Aase have?

Don Aase had 641 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Don Aase played for?

Don Aase played for 5 teams; the Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers.

How many World Series has Don Aase won?

Don Aase has never won a World Series.

When did Don Aase retire?

Don Aase last played in 1990.

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