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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Milt Donovan Shortstop
Retired (1983, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .235 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .633 Status Retired (1983) Option Years 0  
H 229 Age 55 (OS 56) Date of Birth 12-07-1948
HR 20 Drafted Round 4, Pick 49
(1969)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(146 games)
RBI 109
SB 13
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed B- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF F  (3.4%) Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (95.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1969 Minors 21 21.00 5 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 3 16 / 21
1970 Minors 22 35.00 6 / 8 1 / 2 7 / 9 0 / 2 1 / 4 3 / 6 2 / 4 20 / 35
1971 Minors 23 6.00 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 5 / 6
1971 Majors 23 20.80 80 39 29 1 / 2 0 / 0 4 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 0 11 / 20
1972 Majors 24 32.75 147 24 3 4 / 5 5 / 6 4 / 7 1 / 4 3 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 2 20 / 32
1973 Minors 25 33.00 1 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 2 3 / 5 5 / 8 3 / 6 2 / 5 17 / 33
1973 Majors 25 1.92 11 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1974 Minors 26 31.00 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 1 11 / 31
1975 Majors 27 38.62 162 37 0 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 6 2 / 9 2 / 8 0 / 4 2 / 5 8 / 38
1976 Majors 28 19.94 131 11 31 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 4 4 / 19
1977 Minors 29 24.00 2 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 5 / 24
1978 Minors 30 14.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 2 4 / 14
1978 Majors 30 12.81 90 3 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 12
1979 Majors 31 23.93 162 5 0 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 23
1980 Majors 32 31.03 162 15 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 0 1 / 5 1 / 31
1981 Minors 33 17.00 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 17
1981 Majors 33 17.33 47 30 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 17
1982 Majors 34 33.47 115 55 0 -2 / 3 -7 / 6 -1 / 5 -4 / 6 -9 / 5 -3 / 2 -2 / 6 -28 / 33
1983 Majors 35 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 9
Total 1107 219 63 22 / 56 9 / 47 19 / 69 8 / 56 10 / 75 15 / 57 11 / 56 94 / 416
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Milt Donovan has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-08-16The New York Yankees have waived Milt Donovan.
1982-08-11The New York Yankees have promoted Hank Gates to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Milt Donovan for assignment.
1982-03-13The New York Yankees have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted John Hemsley to the major league team.
1981-05-24The New York Yankees have promoted Brad Sele to the major league team. The New York Yankees have designated Milt Donovan for assignment.
1978-06-21The New York Yankees have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Harry McBee to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Jack Stellberger to the minors. The New York Yankees have designated Vern Ruhle for assignment.
1977-03-03The New York Goodfellas have promoted Ed Harder to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have promoted Dick Schofield to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have designated John Peden for assignment. The New York Goodfellas have designated Milt Donovan for assignment.
1976-04-30Milt Donovan of the New York Goodfellas is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1975-03-05The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have promoted Omar Little to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have designated Tom Willis for assignment. The New York Goodfellas have designated Mike Carlyle for assignment.
1974-09-24The New York Goodfellas have sent Milt Donovan to the minors.
1974-09-24The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have promoted William Rawls to the major league team.
1973-07-03The New York Goodfellas have sent Milt Donovan to the minors.
1973-06-20The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Dick Ritchie to the minors.
1973-04-01The New York Goodfellas have promoted George Grabowski to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Milt Donovan to the minors.
1972-09-28Milt Donovan of the New York Goodfellas is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1972-04-14The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have promoted Tony Stacks to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have designated Terry Henry for assignment. The New York Goodfellas have sent George Grabowski to the minors.
1971-09-11The New York Goodfellas have promoted Omar Little to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have promoted George Grabowski to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Milt Donovan to the minors. The New York Goodfellas have sent Tony Stacks to the minors.
1971-06-10Milt Donovan of the New York Goodfellas is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1971-05-09The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Tommy DeVito to the minors.
1971-05-08The New York Goodfellas have promoted Tommy DeVito to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Milt Donovan to the minors.
1971-05-08The New York Goodfellas have promoted Milt Donovan to the major league team. The New York Goodfellas have sent Tommy DeVito to the minors.
1969-08-01The New York Goodfellas have acquired Milt Donovan from the waiver wire.
1969-05-23The Cleveland Zephyrs have waived Milt Donovan.