Don Hood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 16, 1949 in Florence, SC us

Died: June 10, 2023 in Florence, SC

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (17th) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southside HS (Florence, SC).

High School: Southside HS (Florence, SC)

Debut: July 16, 1973 (Age 23-273d, 13,383rd in major league history)
vs. OAK 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: October 2, 1983 (Age 33-351d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Donald Harris Hood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

ERA

3.79

297

848.1

374

WHIP

1.419

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 12 go ahead

5 Tms
CLE	38
KCR	12
NYY	3
STL	2
BAL	2

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	26

Outs
1	25
2	22
0	10

15 Opps
NYY	14
BAL	6
MIL	6
DET	5
CHW	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
TEX	3
CAL	3
KCR	2
OAK	2
CLE	2
SEA	2
SFG	1
ATL	1

52 Batters
Graig Nettles	3
Harold Baines	2
Bobby Bonds	2
Gorman Thomas	2
Buddy Bradford	1
Bill Melton	1
Dave Collins	1
Jason Thompson	1
Lee May	1
Jim Rice	1
Ron Hassey	1
Larry Wolfe	1
Dave Duncan	1
Billy Sample	1
Ted Simmons	1
Johnnie LeMaster	1
Dan Meyer	1
Larry Milbourne	1
Roy White	1
Larry Hisle	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Carlos López	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Frank Howard	1
Leroy Stanton	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Jesús Vega	1
Thurman Munson	1
Roy Smalley	1
Mickey Rivers	1
Gene Tenace	1
Hal McRae	1
Pedro García	1
Milt May	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Clint Hurdle	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Eddie Murray	1
Don Baylor	1
Don Money	1
Otto Vélez	1
Toby Harrah	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Lance Parrish	1
Dave Winfield	1
Willie Montañez	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Jeff Burroughs	1
Jim Essian	1
Doug DeCinces	1

13 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	22
KauffmanStad (KAN)	10
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	12
8	4
78	3
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	7
12-	6
-2-	5
1-3	5
--3	2

93 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	32
1 on	14
2 on	11
Any on	25

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

1-3	13
4-6	24
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	17
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	11
-1	6
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	27
Tied	11
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	11
1B	8
RF	8
CF	7
C	7
3B	5
SS	4
PH	2
2B	2
LF	2
PH/DH	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-07-29	Frank Howard	DET	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1-3	3	5	DH	17%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Kaline Scores/unER; W. Horton Scores/unER; F. Howard Scores/unER
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1974-06-23	Don Money	MIL		BAL	ahead 8-2	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1975-05-04 (2)	Dave Duncan	BAL	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	21%	46%		Home Run
4	4	2	1	1975-05-10	Buddy Bradford	CHW	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 5	1	12-	3	1	9	29%	84%		Home Run; B. Dent Scores; B. Downing Scores
5	5	3	1	1975-05-15	Larry Hisle	MIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	8	16%	72%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Carew Scores
6	6	4	1	1975-05-19	Leroy Stanton	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	--3	2	5	9	16%	75%		Home Run; D. Chalk Scores
7	7	5	1	1975-06-16	Lee May	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	1-3	3	4	3	4%	98%		Home Run; P. Blair Scores/unER; A. Bumbry Scores/unER
8	8	6	1	1975-06-20	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	9	8	2%	97%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1975-07-03	Bobby Bonds	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	1	8	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	8	2	1975-07-03	Bobby Bonds	NYY	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 9	1	---	1	1	8	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1975-07-08	Gene Tenace	OAK		CLE	behind 1-2	b 1	2	1-3	3	6	3	28%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores/unER; J. Rudi Scores/unER; G. Tenace Scores/unER
12	12	10	1	1975-07-20	Dave Collins	CAL	@	CLE	behind 1-10	t 8	2	12-	3	3	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Hampton Scores; M. Rivers Scores
13	13	11	1	1975-08-07	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 4	2	--3	2	5	5	21%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Alomar Scores
14	14	12	2	1975-08-07	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	2	12%	79%		Home Run
15	15	13	1	1975-08-18 (1)	Toby Harrah	TEX	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	6	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Randle Scores
16	16	14	1	1975-09-08	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	11%	59%		Home Run
17	17	15	1	1975-09-20	Roy White	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bonds Scores
18	18	16	2	1975-09-20	Rick Dempsey	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1976-05-01	Bill Melton	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	---	1	4	DH	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1976-05-19	Otto Vélez	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	9	14%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	3	1	1976-05-26	Graig Nettles	NYY		CLE	behind 1-3	b 7	1	1--	2	6	5	35%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Piniella Scores
22	22	4	1	1976-07-03	Mickey Rivers	NYY	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	8	13%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	5	1	1976-07-25 (1)	Pedro García	DET	@	CLE	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	-2-	2	9	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Stanley Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1977-04-20	Eddie Murray	BAL		CLE	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	1--	2	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Singleton Scores
25	25	2	1	1977-05-15	Lamar Johnson	CHW		CLE	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---	1	6	PH/DH	10%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1977-09-20	Jason Thompson	DET		CLE	behind 3-4	b 10	0	---	1	4	3	43%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1978-04-15	Hal McRae	KCR		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	DH	11%	53%		Home Run (LF-CF)
28	28	2	2	1978-04-15	Clint Hurdle	KCR		CLE	behind 3-5	b 6	0	---	1	7	3	14%	39%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
29	29	3	1	1978-05-03	Dan Meyer	SEA		CLE	behind 0-8	b 5	0	---	1	7	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
30	30	4	1	1978-05-23	Graig Nettles	NYY		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	5	12%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	5	2	1978-05-23	Chris Chambliss	NYY		CLE	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1	6	3	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	6	1	1978-05-28 (1)	Carlos López	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	1	8	22%	76%		Home Run; D. DeCinces Scores
33	33	7	1	1978-06-04 (2)	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	9	25%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bando Scores; L. Hisle Scores
34	34	8	1	1978-06-17	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 7	1	1--	2	8	8	28%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wohlford Scores
35	35	9	1	1978-07-15	Larry Milbourne	SEA		CLE	ahead 6-2	b 4	1	---	1	1	4	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	10	1	1978-08-08	Jim Rice	BOS		CLE	ahead 8-7	b 6	2	---	1	3	DH	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	11	1	1978-08-17	Milt May	DET		CLE	tied 5-5	b 3	0	---	1	6	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	12	1	1978-09-03 (1)	Larry Wolfe	MIN		CLE	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	1-3	3	2	PH	11%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Chiles Scores; H. Powell Scores/unER
39	39	13	1	1978-09-28	Doug DeCinces	BAL		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	5	11%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1979-04-30	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 6-0	t 7	1	1--	2	5	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Hisle Scores
41	41	2	1	1979-07-07	Jim Essian	OAK		NYY	behind 2-5	b 5	2	---	1	3	3	9%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	3	1	1979-08-28	Willie Montañez	TEX		NYY	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	12-	3	6	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Oliver Scores; B. Bell Scores
43	43	4	1	1979-09-18	Cliff Johnson	CLE		NYY	ahead 12-0	b 5	1	12-	3	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Manning Scores; T. Harrah Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1980-05-06	Johnnie LeMaster	SFG	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	1	8	6	8%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1980-08-30	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 5	2	1--	2	9	PH	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Nahorodny Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1982-05-30	Billy Sample	TEX		KCR	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	---	1	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run
47	47	2	1	1982-06-15	Jesús Vega	MIN	@	KCR	behind 1-7	t 8	2	12-	3	5	DH	3%	3%		Home Run; T. Brunansky Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
48	48	3	1	1982-07-05 (2)	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	KCR	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1	4	3	11%	35%		Home Run
49	49	4	1	1982-07-10	Ted Simmons	MIL		KCR	ahead 6-0	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	5	1	1982-08-01	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	6	13%	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
51	51	6	1	1982-08-21	Harold Baines	CHW	@	KCR	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	1	7	9	26%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1982-09-05	Roy Smalley	NYY	@	KCR	ahead 11-3	t 6	2	12-	3	7	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Gamble Scores; G. Nettles Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1983-05-04	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	KCR	ahead 6-1	t 9	2	---	1	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	2	2	1983-05-04	Don Baylor	NYY	@	KCR	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	---	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	3	1	1983-05-22	Harold Baines	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 9-3	t 9	1	1--	2	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run; T. Bernazard Scores/unER
56	56	4	1	1983-07-16	Ron Hassey	CLE		KCR	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	9	2	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Vukovich Scores
57	57	5	1	1983-08-01	Lance Parrish	DET		KCR	tied 2-2	b 8	2	---	1	4	DH	32%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)