Donnie Hill

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: November 12, 1960 in Pomona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA), the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st) of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

Schools: Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: July 25, 1983 (Age 22-255d, 14,773rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 11, 1992 (Age 31-242d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Donald Earl Hill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

2307

594

.258

276

RBI

228

OBP

.308

SLG

.343

OPS

.651

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 26 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	11
OAK	11
CAL	4

Platoon
vs RHP	17
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Away	22
Home	4

Outs
1	10
0	8
2	8

12 Opps
SEA	5
TOR	5
CHW	3
OAK	2
CLE	2
NYY	2
DET	2
KCR	1
MIN	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
MIL	1

25 Pitchers
Doyle Alexander	2
Mark Langston	1
Shane Rawley	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Bud Black	1
Doug Corbett	1
Jimmy Key	1
Ron Guidry	1
Phil Niekro	1
Charlie Hough	1
Frank Tanana	1
Pete Filson	1
Pete Ladd	1
Melido Perez	1
Steve Comer	1
Mark Davis	1
Dave Stieb	1
Jerry Reed	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Mike Morgan	1
Dave Beard	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Mark Ciardi	1
Bert Blyleven	1

12 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	10
9	6
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	19
3	3
4	2
6	1
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
12-	4
1--	4
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

43 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	15
1 on	5
2 on	6
Any on	11

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

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

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	7
-1	3
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	7
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	19
2-1	2
1-1	2
0-0	1
0-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	13
3B	7
SS	6

OrderPos
7th	11
2nd	7
8th	5
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-08-31	OAK		NYY	Shane Rawley	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---		1	7	6	0.106	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1983-09-07	OAK	@	CHW	Dick Tidrow	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	7	6	0.060	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1984-04-17	OAK	@	SEA	Dave Beard	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---		1	9	6	0.064	93%		Home Run
4	4	2	1	1984-09-09	OAK	@	CLE	Steve Comer	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--		2	9	6	0.134	84%		Home Run; J. Essian Scores/unER
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1985-04-11	OAK	@	SEA	Mike Morgan	behind 3-11	t 5	2	12-		3	8	4	0.032	4%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores; M. Heath Scores
6	6	2	1	1985-05-08	OAK	@	TOR	Doyle Alexander	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---		1	8	4	0.067	93%		Home Run
7	7	3	1	1985-07-18	OAK	@	TOR	Doyle Alexander	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---		1	8	4	0.188	50%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1986-04-16	OAK	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 2-4	t 6	2	1--		2	7	4	0.254	44%		Home Run; C. Lansford Scores
9	9	2	1	1986-04-20	OAK	@	SEA	Pete Ladd	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	---		1	7	4	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1986-08-15	OAK	@	CAL	Doug Corbett	behind 1-5	t 7	0	-23		3	7	4	0.143	31%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Lansford Scores/unER; M. Davis Scores
11	11	4	1	1986-09-10	OAK	@	CHW	Pete Filson	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1-3		3	7	4	0.138	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kingman Scores; M. Davis Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1987-04-18	CHW	@	DET	Jeff Robinson	behind 0-2	t 7	2	1--		2	2	4	0.282	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Redus Scores
13	13	2	1	1987-04-21	CHW		MIL	Mark Ciardi	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	4	0.095	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1987-07-11	CHW	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	4	0.108	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1987-07-27	CHW	@	DET	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	2	5	0.125	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	1987-08-13	CHW	@	TOR	Phil Niekro	behind 0-1	t 6	2	12-		3	7	5	0.397	73%		Home Run; R. Hassey Scores; G. Walker Scores
17	17	6	1	1987-08-16	CHW	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---		1	2	5	0.132	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	1987-08-22	CHW	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 4-7	t 7	0	--3		2	2	5	0.123	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Guillén Scores
19	19	8	1	1987-09-13	CHW	@	SEA	Mark Langston	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---		1	7	4	0.138	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	9	1	1987-09-27	CHW	@	OAK	Rick Honeycutt	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---		1	2	5	0.169	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1988-08-12	CHW	@	SEA	Jerry Reed	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	4	0.107	73%		Home Run (CF-RF)
22	22	2	1	1988-08-28	CHW		CLE	Bud Black	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	6,(1-2) FBFFFX	1	2	5	0.104	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1990-05-18	CAL	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	4	0.067	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1990-07-26	CAL	@	OAK	Dennis Eckersley	tied 2-2	t 11	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	6	0.489	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Bichette Scores
25	25	3	1	1990-09-21	CAL	@	KCR	Mark Davis	ahead 8-2	t 7	1	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	7	5	0.010	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Stevens Scores; L. Parrish Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1991-05-20	CAL		CHW	Melido Perez	tied 1-1	b 4	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	8	6	0.295	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Parrish Scores; B. Rose Scores; D. Hill Scores