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Danny Ainge
Daniel Ray Ainge

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 21, 1979
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 22, 1981
Born March 17, 1959 in Eugene, OR

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 20 TOR AL  87  308   26   73   7  1   2   19   1  0  12  58  .237  .269  .286   50   88   7   2   1   2   8
 1980 21 TOR AL  38  111   11   27   6  1   0    4   3  0   2  29  .243  .263  .315   55   35   1   0   0   1   3
 1981 22 TOR AL  86  246   20   46   6  2   0   14   8  5  23  41  .187  .258  .228   38   56   4   1   1   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      211  665   57  146  19  4   2   37  12  5  37 128  .220  .264  .269   47  179  12   3   2   4  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        511   44  112  15  3   2   28   9  4  28  98  .220  .264  .269   47  137   9   2   2   3  12
 Career High     87  308   26   73   7  2   2   19   8  5  23  58  .237  .269  .286   50   88   7   2   1   2   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 20 TOR AL  331  252   23   2.4   102| .237  .270| .269  .334| .286  .408| .555  .743|  50  .230 -22.3  -2.2 100%
 1980 21 TOR AL  115   88    9   2.8   103| .243  .275| .263  .338| .315  .408| .578  .746|  55  .281  -7.3  -0.7 100%
 1981 22 TOR AL  275  215   15   1.9    94| .187  .263| .258  .328| .228  .382| .486  .711|  38  .194 -20.3  -2.2  61%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       721  555   47   2.3    99| .220  .268| .264  .333| .269  .399| .533  .731|  47  .225 -50.0  -5.1  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 20 TOR AL 2B 86 198 261 11 67 .977 .978 5.34 4.80 5.60 5.50 86 737.7 DH 1 1980 21 TOR AL OF 29 67 3 1 2 .986 .979 2.41 2.15 2.67 2.47 28 235.7 CF 22 52 2 1 1 .982 .984 2.45 2.65 2.62 2.92 22 185.7 LF 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.50 1.92 3.14 2.34 5 43.0 3B 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.60 3.18 3.02 1 17.0 DH 2 2B 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 4.90 5.00 5.60 1 9.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.19 1 7.0 1981 22 TOR AL 3B 77 73 133 11 19 .949 .950 2.68 2.52 3.14 2.95 64 591.3 SS 6 6 8 1 1 .933 .966 2.33 4.18 3.90 4.99 5 32.3 OF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.15 3.65 2.47 1 19.7 CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.60 4.21 2.86 0 10.7 2B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.95 3.60 5.52 2 15.0 RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 20 TOR AL 2B 86 198 261 11 67 .977 .978 5.34 4.80 5.60 5.50 86 737.7 1980 21 TOR AL 2B 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 4.90 5.00 5.60 1 9.0 1981 22 TOR AL 2B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.95 3.60 5.52 2 15.0 1980 21 TOR AL 3B 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.60 3.18 3.02 1 17.0 1981 22 TOR AL 3B 77 73 133 11 19 .949 .950 2.68 2.52 3.14 2.95 64 591.3 1980 21 TOR AL CF 22 52 2 1 1 .982 .984 2.45 2.65 2.62 2.92 22 185.7 1981 22 TOR AL CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.60 4.21 2.86 0 10.7 1979 20 TOR AL DH 1 1980 21 TOR AL DH 2 1981 22 TOR AL DH 1 1980 21 TOR AL LF 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.50 1.92 3.14 2.34 5 43.0 1980 21 TOR AL OF 29 67 3 1 2 .986 .979 2.41 2.15 2.67 2.47 28 235.7 1981 22 TOR AL OF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.15 3.65 2.47 1 19.7 1980 21 TOR AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.19 1 7.0 1981 22 TOR AL RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1981 22 TOR AL SS 6 6 8 1 1 .933 .966 2.33 4.18 3.90 4.99 5 32.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 89 201 269 11 68 .977 .978 5.28 4.80 5.55 5.50 89 761.7 3B* 80 73 139 11 19 .951 .950 2.65 2.52 3.14 2.95 65 608.3 OF* 33 75 3 1 2 .987 .980 2.36 2.15 2.75 2.47 29 255.3 6 25 2# CF* 25 57 2 1 1 .983 .983 2.36 2.64 2.71 2.92 22 196.3 LF* 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.50 1.92 3.14 2.34 5 43.0 SS* 6 6 8 1 1 .933 .966 2.33 4.18 3.90 4.99 5 32.3 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 1.69 2.19 2 16.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 208 355 419 24 90 .970 .970 3.72 3.49 4.20 4.09 188 1658
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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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.

Youngest Player
1979 AL-20-6

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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

November 27, 1981: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


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