Don Stanhouse

Full Name: Donald Joseph Stanhouse	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/185	First Game: April 19, 1972
Birthdate: February 12, 1951	Final Game: September 24, 1982
Birthplace: DuQuoin, Illinois	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 12, 1951 in DuQuoin, Illinois, Don Stanhouse (Donald Joseph Stanhouse) played for the Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 10 year career. Stanhouse broke into the bigs on April 19, 1972 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 104.2 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Don Stanhouse's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1978, when he posted a 2.89 ERA and notched 24 saves. However, others believe that it was 1979, when he posted a 2.85 ERA and notched 21 saves.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1972	TEX	A	24	16	2	9	3.78	78	48	44	1	0	0	104.2	83	8	73	5	6	1
1973	TEX	A	21	5	1	7	4.76	42	41	37	1	0	1	70	70	5	44	3	3	2
1974	TEX	A	18	0	1	1	4.88	26	20	17	0	0	0	31.1	38	4	17	0	5	2
1975	MON	N	4	3	0	0	8.31	5	12	12	0	0	0	13	19	1	11	2	1	0
1976	MON	N	34	26	9	12	3.77	79	84	77	8	1	1	184	182	7	92	10	5	4
1977	MON	N	47	16	10	10	3.41	89	72	60	1	1	10	158.1	147	12	84	9	4	4
1978	BAL	A	56	0	6	9	2.89	42	28	24	0	0	24	74.2	60	0	52	6	3	0
1979	BAL	A	52	0	7	3	2.85	34	24	23	0	0	21	72.2	49	4	51	7	2	1
1980	LA	N	21	0	2	2	5.04	5	14	14	0	0	7	25	30	4	16	3	0	0
1982	BAL	A	17	0	0	1	5.40	8	16	16	0	0	0	26.2	29	3	15	1	0	2
Total	NL		106	45	21	24	3.86	178	182	163	9	2	18	380.1	378	24	203	24	10	8
Total	AL		188	21	17	30	3.81	230	177	161	2	0	46	380	329	24	252	22	19	8
Total			294	66	38	54	3.84	408	359	324	11	2	64	760.1	707	48	455	46	29	16

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1972	TEX	A	P	24	16	104.2	8	23	2	1	3	9	2	1	.939
1973	TEX	A	P	21	5	70	11	18	1	2	2	8	1	0	.967
1973	TEX	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	TEX	A	P	18	0	31.1	0	7	1	2	2	5	2	0	.875
1975	MON	N	P	4	3	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1976	MON	N	P	34	26	184	24	33	1	4	1	19	8	0	.983
1977	MON	N	P	47	16	158.1	7	21	2	1	2	15	6	0	.933
1978	BAL	A	P	56	0	74.2	6	11	2	2	1	7	7	2	.895
1979	BAL	A	P	52	0	72.2	3	16	1	2	2	5	3	0	.950
1980	LA	N	P	21	0	25	2	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
1982	BAL	A	P	17	0	26.2	2	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	294	66	760.1	65	142	10	17	13	76	31	3	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1972	TEX	A	26	31	0	4	0	1	.129	.182	.161	1	2	10	2	2
1973	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MON	N	4	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MON	N	34	52	7	11	0	3	.212	.281	.250	2	5	13	4	0
1977	MON	N	47	47	2	9	1	5	.191	.220	.255	0	2	10	4	0
1978	BAL	A	56	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1979	BAL	A	52	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1980	LA	N	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	0	0	0
1982	BAL	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		106	104	9	21	1	8	.202	.257	.250	2	8	23	8	0
Total	AL		192	31	0	4	0	1	.129	.182	.161	1	2	10	2	2
Total			298	135	9	25	1	9	.185	.240	.230	3	10	33	10	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Jim Panther to Texas Rangers in exchange for Denny McLain (March 4, 1972).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Pete Mackanin to Montreal Expos in exchange for Willie Davis (December 5, 1974).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Joe Kerrigan and Gary Roenicke to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith (December 7, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 17, 1979).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 17, 1981).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (April 5, 1982).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 15, 1982).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (July 23, 1982).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 19, 1982).