Don Aase
[edit] Biography
Donald William Aase (born September 8, 1954 in Orange, California, USA - ) was a baseball pitcher who played for 13 years (1977-90) on teams such as the Boston Red Sox (1977), California Angels (1978-84) and Baltimore Orioles (1985-88), of the American League. In the National League, he played for the New York Mets (1989) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1990).
Aase was named to the American League All-Star team in 1986. He was known for his outstanding relief pitching with the Orioles. His best year was 1986, when he recorded 34 saves (then a record for a last-place team) and a 2.98 ERA. Aase started his career as a starting pitcher. In 1979, the Angels began to use him as a reliever in some games and, by 1981, he was used exclusively in relief.
- He was drafted by the Red Sox and then traded by the Red Sox with cash December 8, 1977 to Los Angeles for Jerry Remy.
- He was then granted free agency on Nov. 4th 1984
- He was then signed as a free agent by the Orioles Dec. 13th 1984.
- He was released from the Orioles on Oct. 3rd 1988
- He was signed as a free agent by the Mets on Feb. 20th 1989.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 13
| 13
| 6
| 2
| 3.12
| 49
| 36
| 32
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 92.1
| 85
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1978
| CAL
| A
| 29
| 29
| 11
| 8
| 4.03
| 93
| 88
| 80
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 178.2
| 185
| 14
| 80
| 4
| 3
| 2
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 37
| 28
| 9
| 10
| 4.81
| 96
| 104
| 99
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 185.1
| 200
| 19
| 77
| 7
| 5
| 1
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 40
| 21
| 8
| 13
| 4.06
| 74
| 83
| 79
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 175
| 193
| 13
| 66
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 1981
| CAL
| A
| 39
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 2.34
| 38
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 65.1
| 56
| 4
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1982
| CAL
| A
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3.46
| 40
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 52
| 45
| 5
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1984
| CAL
| A
| 23
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1.62
| 28
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 39
| 30
| 1
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| BAL
| A
| 54
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 3.78
| 67
| 44
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 88
| 83
| 6
| 35
| 7
| 0
| 1
|
| 1986
| BAL
| A
| 66
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 2.98
| 67
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 81.2
| 71
| 6
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.25
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.05
| 28
| 22
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.2
| 40
| 4
| 37
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| 49
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3.94
| 34
| 27
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 59.1
| 56
| 5
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 4.97
| 24
| 24
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 38
| 33
| 5
| 19
| 4
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 81
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 4.35
| 58
| 51
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 97.1
| 89
| 10
| 45
| 7
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 367
| 91
| 62
| 54
| 3.74
| 583
| 452
| 421
| 22
| 5
| 77
| 1012
| 996
| 79
| 412
| 38
| 18
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 448
| 91
| 66
| 60
| 3.80
| 641
| 503
| 468
| 22
| 5
| 82
| 1109.1
| 1085
| 89
| 457
| 45
| 21
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| P
| 13
| 13
| 92.1
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| .947
|
| 1978
| CAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 29
| 178.2
| 16
| 26
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 20
| 0
| .933
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| P
| 37
| 28
| 185.1
| 8
| 17
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| .926
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| P
| 40
| 21
| 175
| 10
| 22
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 4
| 0
| .889
|
| 1981
| CAL
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 65.1
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| .923
|
| 1982
| CAL
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 52
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CAL
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 39
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 1985
| BAL
| A
| P
| 54
| 0
| 88
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| BAL
| A
| P
| 66
| 0
| 81.2
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 46.2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| P
| 49
| 0
| 59.1
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 448
| 91
| 1109.1
| 67
| 135
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 63
| 58
| 0
| .940
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| CAL
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| CAL
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| CAL
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CAL
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| BAL
| A
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| BAL
| A
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| 49
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 81
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 367
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 448
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with cash to California Angels in exchange for Jerry Remy (December 8, 1977).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1984).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 13, 1984).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 3, 1988).
- Signed by New York Mets (February 20, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 20, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 8, 1990).
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