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Donald
Phillips		  
Nickname: Ducky
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 24, 1926 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1954   
All-Star Selections 1952    1953    1954    1955   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 LB CL $ 6,850,000  
1953 26 DEN PL $ 6,850,000  
1954 27 DEN PL $ 14,501,000  
1955 28 DEN PL $ 14,501,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,850,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,501,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 LB CL $ 6,850,000  
1953 26 DEN PL $ 6,850,000  
1954 27 DEN PL $ 14,501,000  
1955 28 DEN PL $ 14,501,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,850,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,501,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 25 LB CL 17 17 .500 39 39 15 2 0 308.3 260 135 26 126 350 3.94 .225 .300 .367 .667 19.1
1953 26 LB CL 12 9 .571 25 25 7 0 0 187.3 166 71 17 92 220 3.41 .237 .324 .382 .706 15.7
  DEN PL 2 2 .500 5 5 1 0 0 36.0 29 20 3 22 37 5.00 .223 .336 .369 .705 1.5
  TOT   14 11 .560 30 30 8 0 0 223.3 195 91 20 114 257 3.67 .235 .326 .380 .706 17.2
1954 27 DEN PL 25 8 .758 38 38 15 2 0 294.7 245 123 29 156 308 3.76 .228 .325 .376 .701 23.8
1955 28 DEN PL 26 6 .813 39 39 17 2 0 313.3 232 122 29 140 325 3.50 .203 .292 .343 .635 31.6
4 Years Sim 82 42 .661 146 146 55 6 0 1139.6 932 471 104 536 1240 3.72 .222 .310 .365 .675 91.6
Season Average 20 10 .667 36 36 13 1 0 284.9 233 117 26 134 310 3.72 .222 .310 .365 .675  
Career Highs 26 17 .813 39 39 17 2 0 313.3 260 135 29 156 350 3.94 .235 .326 .380 .706  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   481 244 46 285 743   .203 .288 .331 .618
vs LH   451 227 58 251 497   .246 .337 .411 .748
Home 38 16 .704 67 67 27 3 0 539.0 425 221 58 247 579 3.69 .215 .302 .369 .672
Away 44 26 .629 79 79 28 3 0 600.7 507 250 46 289 661 3.75 .227 .316 .362 .678
Mar/Apr 12 4 .750 17 17 7 0 0 140.0 127 62 14 56 149 3.99 .242 .316 .397 .712
May 19 5 .792 30 30 12 3 0 235.3 199 86 12 119 270 3.29 .229 .322 .339 .661
June 16 8 .667 29 29 9 3 0 229.3 167 78 15 113 255 3.06 .201 .297 .322 .619
July 14 10 .583 28 28 12 0 0 214.0 186 95 24 100 229 4.00 .234 .320 .398 .718
August 9 9 .500 23 23 10 0 0 173.7 142 84 23 76 173 4.35 .220 .302 .400 .702
Sep/Oct 12 6 .667 19 19 7 0 0 147.3 111 66 16 72 164 4.03 .204 .298 .355 .653
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 LB CL 39 107 5 11 1 0 0 5 3 4 4 34 .103 .142 .112 .254 -1.9 0.0
1953 26 LB CL 25 65 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 19 .092 .145 .138 .283 -1.4 0.0
  DEN PL 5 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0
  TOT   30 79 4 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 23 .114 .157 .152 .309 -0.9 0.0
1954 27 DEN PL 38 107 11 10 5 0 0 5 6 3 8 32 .093 .154 .140 .294 0.2 0.0
1955 28 DEN PL 39 118 13 21 6 2 0 11 4 0 3 35 .178 .202 .263 .464 6.3 0.0
4 Years Sim 146 411 33 51 15 2 0 23 13 8 19 124 .124 .165 .170 .335 3.7 0.0
162 Game Average 456 36 56 16 2 0 25 14 8 21 137 .124 .165 .170 .335 4.1  
Career Highs 39 118 13 21 6 2 0 11 6 4 8 35 .178 .202 .263 .464 6.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   300 18 36 10 0 0 14 9 8 12 87 .120 .157 .153 .311 -2.0
vs LH   111 15 15 5 2 0 9 4 0 7 37 .135 .185 .216 .401 3.6
Home 67 185 15 20 5 0 0 12 8 2 4 63 .108 .126 .135 .261 -2.6
Away 79 226 18 31 10 2 0 11 5 6 15 61 .137 .195 .199 .394 4.1
RISP   103 0 10 3 0 0 19 0 0 5 29 .097 .148 .126 .274 -1.6
Close/Late   31 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .194 .212 .258 .470 1.0
Mar/Apr 17 48 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 4 13 .042 .132 .063 .195 -2.3
May 30 85 8 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 19 .047 .089 .047 .136 -4.4
June 29 80 5 11 5 0 0 5 1 1 3 25 .138 .167 .200 .367 0.9
July 28 80 6 14 3 2 0 3 4 3 5 27 .175 .224 .263 .486 3.9
August 23 65 7 14 6 0 0 6 3 1 3 21 .215 .246 .308 .554 4.7
Sep/Oct 19 53 5 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 19 .113 .125 .113 .238 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 25 LB CL P 39 39 308.3 16 47 3 2 .955 1.84    
1953 26 LB CL P 25 25 187.3 14 29 3 2 .935 2.07    
  DEN PL P 5 5 36.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  TOT   P 30 30 223.3 17 35 3 2 .945 2.10    
1954 27 DEN PL P 38 38 294.7 20 48 4 2 .944 2.08    
1955 28 DEN PL P 39 39 313.3 16 49 2 2 .970 1.87    
Career Totals   146 146 1139.6 69 179 12 8 .954 1.96    
Career Highs   39 39 313.3 20 49 4 2 .970 2.10    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1954 27 DEN PL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 32.3 25 11 4 9 31 3.06 .212 .268 .390 .658
1955 28 DEN PL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 40.7 29 10 4 26 33 2.21 .204 .327 .345 .672
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 9 9 2 0 0 73.0 54 21 8 35 64 2.59 .208 .302 .365 .667
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 27 DEN PL 4 14 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .286 .357
1955 28 DEN PL 5 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 .077 .200 .154 .354
Career Post-Season Batting 9 27 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 8 .074 .138 .222 .360
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-7-3.94
1953-3-3.41
1954-2-3.76
1955-2-3.50
CAR-4-3.72
 Wins
1952-7-17
1954-1-25
1955-1-26
CAR-2-82
 Losses
1952-4-17
CAR-31-42
 Winning Pct
1954-2-.758
1955-1-.813
CAR-2-.661
 Games Pitched
CAR-41-146
 Games Started
1952-1-39
1954-3-38
1955-1-39
CAR-3-146
Complete Games
1952-5-15
1954-5-15
1955-1-17
CAR-9-55
 Shutouts
1952-3-2
1954-3-2
1955-8-2
CAR-11-6
 Innings Pitched
1952-3-308.3
1954-3-294.7
1955-2-313.3
CAR-3-1139.7
 Hits Allowed
CAR-31-932
 Homeruns Allowed
1955-4-29
CAR-11-104
 Strikeouts
1952-1-350
1953-6-220
1954-1-308
1955-1-325
CAR-1-1240
Walks Allowed
1952-2-126
1953-9-92
1954-2-156
1955-1-140
CAR-2-536
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-26-4.2
 Hits per 9IP
1952-2-7.6
1953-5-8.0
1954-3-7.5
1955-1-6.7
CAR-1-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-1-10.2
1953-1-10.6
1954-3-9.4
1955-2-9.3
CAR-1-9.8
 WHiP
1952-8-1.25
1955-2-1.19
CAR-9-1.29
 OAVG
1952-2-.225
1953-5-.237
1954-3-.228
1955-1-.203
CAR-1-.222
OOBP
1952-6-.300
1954-10-.325
1955-1-.292
CAR-5-.310
 OSLG
1952-4-.367
1953-10-.382
1954-7-.376
1955-2-.343
CAR-4-.365
 OOPS
1952-3-.667
1954-4-.701
1955-1-.635
CAR-4-.675
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 33
   Gray Ink Test: 87
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32
 
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  8. Francis Wachter (896)
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  1. Cameron Hagans (990)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Long Beach in 1952
Earned first career win on 4/14/1952
Had first career hit on 5/4/1952, off Christopher Leatherwood (HOL)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1952, going 6-0, 2.25
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
2/13/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,850,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1953, going 4-0, 2.73
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1953 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Long Beach to Denver on 7/31/1953 (Going to DEN: P Donald Phillips, P Aaron Ritchie. Going to LB: P Everett Colletti, LF Rocky Wooster, RF Jose Castillo, P Donald Paz)
Signed as a free agent by Denver on 2/18/1954 to a 6-year deal worth $14,501,000 per year
Struck out 15 batters against San Antonio on 4/27/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1954, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Set a new season PL-Record for Strikeouts with 307 on 9/17/1954
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1954
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Kansas City on 7/21/1955
Won Golden Arm in 1955, going 26-6, 3.50 ERA
 
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