Don Savage

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1919 in Bloomfield, NJ us

Died: December 25, 1961 in Montclair, NJ

Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ

High School: Bloomfield HS (Bloomfield, NJ)

School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)

Debut: April 18, 1944 (Age 25-044d, 9,643rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 26-202d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Donald Anthony Savage

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

297

.256

RBI

OBP

.312

SLG

.357

OPS

.668

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-39 / in Starts: 31-28
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 10 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 262 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	154 (80-44-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 262 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	171 (87-55-27)

Most Driven In
S Stirnweiss	5
N Etten	5
Self	4
J Lindell	2
L Rosenthal	2
B Metheny	2
E Levy	1
T Stainback	1

Most Driven In By
R Hemsley	5
Self	4
E Levy	2
M Garbark	2
J Lindell	2
M Milosevich	2
S Stirnweiss	2
L Rosenthal	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	5	1.05	-0.182	2.82	-0.30%	-1.75	3B
2	2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	5	1.02	0.137	3.00	0.24%	0.75	3B
3	3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	5	1.91	-0.004	5.16	-0.01%	-0.06	3B
4	4	4	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	6	1.61	0.079	3.83	0.11%	0.22	3B
5	5	5	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.444	.813	6	1.22	-0.039	3.10	-0.06%	-0.28	3B
6	6	6	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.409	.757	6	.29	-0.002	.71	0.00%	-0.33	3B
7	7	7	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.385	.407	.500	.907	6						3B
8	8	8	Apr 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.419	.500	.919	4	.91	0.108	2.11	0.15%	0.81	3B
9	9	9	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.382	.400	.471	.871	5	.88	-0.034	2.25	-0.05%	-0.40	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	10	10	May 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.400	.447	.847	5	.65	-0.042	1.91	-0.07%	-0.73	3B
11	11	11	May 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.405	.768	5	1.42	-0.069	4.50	-0.13%	-0.99	3B
12	12	12	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,11-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.388	.400	.788	5	1.34	0.264	4.57	0.54%	1.64	3B
13	13	13	May 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.300	.352	.360	.712	5	3.10	-0.431	10.65	-0.89%	-3.55	3B
14	14	14	May 10	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.379	.377	.757	5	.92	0.029	3.24	0.06%	0.40	3B
15	15	15	May 11	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.387	.386	.773	5	1.03	0.078	3.30	0.15%	0.62	3B
16	16	16	May 12	NYY		DET	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.379	.377	.756	5	.56	-0.003	1.97	-0.01%	-0.22	3B
17	17	17	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.371	.385	.756	5	.71	-0.020	2.57	-0.04%	-0.23	3B
18	18	18	May 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.355	.366	.721	5	1.95	-0.240	7.31	-0.54%	-1.20	3B
19	19	19	May 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.363	.413	.776	5	.82	0.238	3.15	0.55%	2.20	3B
20	20	20	May 15	NYY		CHW	W,10-2	CG	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.321	.369	.449	.818	5	.52	0.242	2.21	0.61%	2.48	3B
21	21	21	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,4-10	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.393	.463	.857	5	1.19	0.128	5.09	0.33%	1.22	3B
22	22	22	May 17	NYY		CHW	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.329	.387	.447	.834	5	1.00	-0.050	4.12	-0.12%	-0.57	3B
23	23	23	May 18	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.388	.432	.820	5	1.69	-0.053	6.77	-0.13%	0.14	3B
24	24	24	May 19	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.382	.424	.806	5	1.43	-0.105	5.68	-0.25%	-0.54	3B
25	25	25	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.377	.417	.794	6	.92	-0.044	3.64	-0.11%	-0.34	3B
26	26	26	May 21 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.375	.422	.797	5	2.46	-0.104	10.73	-0.27%	0.16	3B
27	27	27	May 21 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.311	.371	.434	.805	5						3B
28	28	28	May 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.367	.427	.794	5	.63	-0.059	2.69	-0.15%	-0.16	3B
29	29	29	May 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.307	.363	.421	.784	5						3B
30	30	30	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.311	.364	.420	.785	6						3B
31	31	31	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.303	.361	.410	.771	6						3B
32	32	32	May 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.365	.413	.778	6	.47	0.034	2.48	0.11%	0.18	3B
33	33	33	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.355	.400	.755	6						3B
34	34	34	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.293	.347	.391	.738	6						3B
35	35	35	May 31	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.338	.380	.717	7	.63	-0.061	2.79	-0.16%	-0.70	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	36	36	Jun 1	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(16)	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.329	.375	.704	6						3B
37	37	37	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.286	.340	.381	.721	6	.66	0.002	2.63	0.00%	0.51	3B
38	38	38	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.345	.391	.736	6	1.68	0.132	6.94	0.33%	1.26	3B
39	39	39	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.347	.387	.734	6						3B
40	40	40	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.283	.345	.396	.741	6						3B
41	41	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.337	.387	.724	6	.40	-0.038	1.60	-0.09%	-0.19	3B
42	42	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.341	.395	.736	6	1.41	0.158	5.33	0.36%	1.06	3B
43	43	43	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.339	.388	.727	6						3B
44	44	44	Jun 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.337	.397	.733	6						3B
45	45	45	Jun 12	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.388	.721	6	1.59	-0.113	4.98	-0.21%	-0.35	3B
46	46	46	Jun 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.332	.385	.716	6	1.70	-0.100	4.96	-0.18%	-0.69	3B
47	47	47	Jun 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.396	.729	6	.37	0.040	.97	0.06%	0.94	3B
48	48	48	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.267	.327	.387	.714	7	1.99	-0.297	5.57	-0.50%	-1.64	3B
49	49	49	Jun 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.330	.390	.720	7	.84	-0.008	2.00	-0.01%	0.68	3B
50	50	56 (6)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.330	.390	.720	7						3B
51	51	57	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.330	.389	.719	8	.60	0.017	1.42	0.02%	-0.28	3B
52	52	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.329	.386	.715	8	.95	-0.061	2.59	-0.10%	-1.18	3B
53	53	59	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.379	.702	8	.41	-0.042	1.21	-0.08%	-0.89	3B
54	54	60	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.326	.395	.721	8	.59	0.089	1.83	0.17%	0.82	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	55	79 (18)	Jul 16	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.329	.408	.737	7	.43	0.060	2.14	0.18%	0.56	3B
56	56	80	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.332	.407	.739	7	.33	-0.010	2.25	-0.04%	-0.13	3B
57	57	81	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.331	.405	.735	7	.99	-0.039	5.99	-0.14%	-0.36	3B
58	58	82	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.325	.397	.722	7	1.02	-0.133	7.14	-0.56%	-1.34	3B
59	59	95 (12)	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.324	.396	.719	9	.02	0.000	.09	0.00%	-0.46	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	60	96	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.327	.398	.725	9	.17	0.007	.58	0.01%	0.38	PH
61	61	99 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.325	.396	.721	6	1.15	-0.100	3.23	-0.17%	-0.74	3B
62	62	100	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GS-6	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.273	.333	.398	.732	8	.72	0.061	1.59	0.08%	0.53	3B
63	63	105 (4)	Aug 12	NYY		SLB	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.332	.397	.729	9	.63	-0.018	1.56	-0.03%	-0.35	PH
64	64	114 (8)	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.331	.395	.726	9	4.58	-0.199	9.94	-0.26%	-0.50	PH
65	65	115	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.329	.393	.723	9	.55	-0.014	.99	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
66	66	122 (6)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.328	.391	.720	9	3.68	-0.092	16.49	-0.25%	-0.75	PH
67	67	123	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.327	.390	.717	9	.02	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.15	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	68	128 (4)	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.326	.388	.714	9	.46	-0.012	2.53	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
69	69	136 (7)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.387	.711	9	4.65	-0.104	48.10	-0.64%	-0.34	PH
70	70	141 (4)	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.323	.385	.708	9	.84	-0.021	5.57	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
71	71	143 (1)	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.264	.323	.385	.708	9	3.45	-0.022	6.90	-0.03%	-0.19	PH
							32-39		262	239	31	63	7	5	4	23	20	1	41	1	2		3	8	1	1	.264	.323	.385	.708		1.14	-1.062	4.17	-2.63%	-5.59

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