Doug Linton
[edit] Biography
Born on February 9, 1965 in Santa Ana, California, Doug Linton (Douglas Warren Linton) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, California Angels, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Linton broke into the bigs on August 3, 1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.47 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Doug Linton's best season was 1996, when he struck out 87 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1992
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 8.62
| 16
| 23
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 31
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.55
| 4
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1993
| CAL
| A
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 7.71
| 19
| 22
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25.2
| 35
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 7.36
| 23
| 30
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 36.2
| 46
| 8
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| 32
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 4.47
| 29
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.1
| 74
| 4
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 1995
| KC
| A
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.25
| 13
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 22
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1996
| KC
| A
| 21
| 18
| 7
| 9
| 5.02
| 87
| 65
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 111
| 13
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 8
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 5.95
| 31
| 41
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 69
| 14
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 4.47
| 29
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.1
| 74
| 4
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 80
| 32
| 11
| 18
| 6.04
| 177
| 183
| 171
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 255
| 286
| 46
| 105
| 4
| 11
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 112
| 35
| 17
| 20
| 5.78
| 206
| 210
| 196
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 305.1
| 360
| 50
| 125
| 7
| 13
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1992
| TOR
| A
| P
| 8
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| P
| 4
| 1
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| CAL
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 25.2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| TOT
| A
| P
| 23
| 1
| 36.2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| P
| 32
| 3
| 50.1
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .875
|
| 1995
| KC
| A
| P
| 7
| 2
| 22.1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| KC
| A
| P
| 21
| 18
| 104
| 9
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 2
| .905
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| P
| 14
| 8
| 59
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 112
| 35
| 305.1
| 18
| 36
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 10
| 4
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1992
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| CAL
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOT
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| 32
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| KC
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| KC
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| BAL
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| TOR
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 112
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 43rd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed September 5, 1986).
- Claimed on waivers by California Angels from Toronto Blue Jays (June 17, 1993).
- Released by California Angels (September 14, 1993).
- Signed by New York Mets (December 17, 1993).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (April 25, 1995).
- Granted free agency (October 11, 1995).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (October 22, 1995).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (March 4, 1997).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 26, 1998).
- Released by New York Yankees (March 14, 1998).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (May 26, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 16, 1998).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 17, 1998).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (December 7, 1999).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (February 21, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2000).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 15, 2001).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 1, 2001).
- Signed by New York Mets (May 9, 2001).
- Sold by New York Mets to LG Twins (Korean) (July 25, 2001).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 16, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2002).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (October 23, 2002).
- Granted free agency (September 29, 2003).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 16, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2004).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories