Donovan Osborne
[edit] Biography
Born on June 21, 1969 in Roseville, California, Donovan Osborne (Donovan Alan Osborne) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Osborne broke into the bigs on April 9, 1992 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 179 innings pitched in 1992, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Donovan Osborne's best season was 1996, when he posted a 3.53 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 134 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1992
| STL
| N
| 34
| 29
| 11
| 9
| 3.77
| 104
| 91
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 179
| 193
| 14
| 38
| 2
| 6
| 2
|
| 1993
| STL
| N
| 26
| 26
| 10
| 7
| 3.76
| 83
| 73
| 65
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 155.2
| 153
| 18
| 47
| 4
| 4
| 7
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 19
| 19
| 4
| 6
| 3.81
| 82
| 58
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 113.1
| 112
| 17
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 30
| 30
| 13
| 9
| 3.53
| 134
| 87
| 78
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 198.2
| 191
| 22
| 57
| 5
| 6
| 1
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 14
| 14
| 3
| 7
| 4.93
| 51
| 46
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 80.1
| 84
| 10
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| 14
| 14
| 5
| 4
| 4.09
| 60
| 42
| 38
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 83.2
| 84
| 11
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1999
| STL
| N
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 5.52
| 21
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29.1
| 34
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 2002
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.19
| 13
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 19
| 1
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| NY
| A
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 7.13
| 10
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.2
| 25
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 154
| 138
| 47
| 46
| 3.96
| 548
| 426
| 377
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 856
| 870
| 97
| 241
| 19
| 19
| 16
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 7.13
| 10
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.2
| 25
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 163
| 140
| 49
| 46
| 4.03
| 558
| 442
| 391
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 873.2
| 895
| 100
| 246
| 19
| 19
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1992
| STL
| N
| P
| 34
| 29
| 179
| 6
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 3
| 0
| .923
|
| 1993
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 26
| 155.2
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 19
| 113.1
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 30
| 198.2
| 6
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 3
| .967
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| P
| 14
| 14
| 80.1
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| P
| 14
| 14
| 83.2
| 5
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .813
|
| 1999
| STL
| N
| P
| 6
| 6
| 29.1
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| .889
|
| 2002
| CHI
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| NY
| A
| P
| 9
| 2
| 17.2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 163
| 140
| 873.2
| 34
| 114
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 44
| 38
| 7
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1992
| STL
| N
| 34
| 58
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .121
| .121
| .155
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| STL
| N
| 29
| 49
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .204
| .250
| .224
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 19
| 31
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .161
| .257
| .258
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 30
| 59
| 6
| 13
| 1
| 10
| .220
| .258
| .339
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| STL
| N
| 14
| 24
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .208
| .208
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| STL
| N
| 14
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .040
| .143
| .040
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1999
| STL
| N
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| NY
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 157
| 259
| 18
| 42
| 1
| 19
| .162
| .202
| .220
| 10
| 1
| 12
| 87
| 1
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 166
| 259
| 18
| 42
| 1
| 19
| .162
| .202
| .220
| 10
| 1
| 12
| 87
| 1
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1987).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed July 9, 1990).
- Granted free agency (November 3, 1999).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (February 13, 2002).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (September 3, 2002).
- Signed by New York Mets (February 22, 2003).
- Released by New York Mets (March 25, 2003).
- Signed by New York Yankees (February 7, 2004).
- Released by New York Yankees (May 27, 2004).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (June 6, 2004).
- Released by San Diego Padres (July 4, 2004).
- Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (February 21, 2005).
- Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (April 4, 2005).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (June 27, 2005).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2005).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (June 9, 2006).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (August 29, 2006).
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