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Tom Donohue

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 15, 1952 in Mineola, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (9th) of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Nassau Community College (Garden City, NY).

High School: Westbury HS (Old Westbury, NY)

School: Nassau Community College (Garden City, NY)

Debut: April 6, 1979 (Age 26-142d, 14,150th in major league history)
vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 27-325d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Thomas James Donohue

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

325

.200

RBI

OBP

.230

SLG

.280

OPS

.510

OPS+

Summary of 5 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

1 Tm
CAL	5

Platoon
vs LHP	3
vs RHP	2

Home/Road
Home	4
Away	1

Outs
1	2
0	2
2	1

5 Opps
KCR	1
TEX	1
CLE	1
DET	1
TOR	1

5 Pitchers
Fergie Jenkins	1
Sid Monge	1
Pat Underwood	1
Gary Christenson	1
Jesse Jefferson	1

2 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	5

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	3
1--	1
-2-	1

7 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	3
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
2	1
3	2
8	1
9	1

1-3	3
7-end	2

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

Ahead	1
Tied	2
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	5

OrderPos
9th	5

Leverage
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-06-06	CAL		TOR	Jesse Jefferson	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	9	2	0.110	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1979-06-18	CAL		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	9	2	0.175	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Grich Scores
3	3	3	1	1979-08-20	CAL		CLE	Sid Monge	tied 5-5	b 8	1	---	1	9	2	0.293	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1980-05-23	CAL		KCR	Gary Christenson	behind 7-13	b 9	0	---	1	9	2	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1980-05-31	CAL	@	DET	Pat Underwood	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	9	2	0.176	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Harlow Scores