LF Don Vining #15
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/28/1965
LF DON VINING #15 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/11/1934
Born in:Saco, ME
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:4 Years, 126 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1952, 15th Pick in Round 7
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1949 Total - 15 21 92 41 11 2 4 26 37 9 1 0 5 5 2 .446 .500 .739 1.239 100 100 2.0
1950 Total - 16 22 103 46 11 1 1 30 38 9 1 1 5 4 2 .447 .491 .602 1.093 100 100 1.6
1951 Total - 17 25 117 51 6 2 5 37 51 5 1 0 9 0 0 .436 .463 .650 1.113 100 100 1.7
1952 Total - 18 33 153 68 11 1 5 40 66 7 1 3 12 0 0 .444 .463 .627 1.091 100 100 2.1
1952 Moline - C 18 27 61 13 3 0 2 6 9 9 0 0 27 0 0 .213 .314 .361 .675 65 60 -0.0
1953 Moline - C 19 17 20 6 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 .300 .417 .500 .917 130 140 -0.0
1954 Moline - C 20 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 42 52 0.1
1955 Moline - C 21 18 25 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 .240 .269 .320 .589 56 48 -0.1
1955 Charlotte - B 21 20 36 9 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 .250 .270 .278 .548 49 20 -0.6
1956 Moline - C 22 14 13 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .467 .385 .851 123 107 0.1
1956 Charlotte - B 22 60 168 48 5 0 4 24 15 14 2 3 28 0 0 .286 .342 .387 .729 95 97 -0.1
1957 Charlotte - B 23 34 118 32 1 0 1 10 7 12 0 2 13 0 0 .271 .333 .305 .638 72 72 -0.3
1957 Hartford - A 23 53 150 46 4 1 1 13 12 15 1 0 20 0 0 .307 .373 .367 .740 97 104 0.2
1958 Hartford - A 24 84 179 48 5 0 5 24 20 16 2 0 22 0 0 .268 .335 .380 .715 107 104 0.5
1958 Dallas - AA 24 17 47 10 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 6 0 0 .213 .288 .277 .565 59 44 -0.1
1959 Hartford - A 25 33 53 14 0 0 1 1 7 5 0 0 7 0 0 .264 .328 .321 .648 85 85 -0.2
1959 Dallas - AA 25 58 132 43 4 0 4 19 17 6 0 0 13 0 0 .326 .355 .447 .802 128 130 1.0
1960 Hartford - A 26 5 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 26 -0.0
1960 Dallas - AA 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -129 -0.0
1960 Memphis - AA 26 84 218 61 2 0 9 32 22 14 2 1 24 0 0 .280 .328 .413 .741 100 92 -0.2
1960 Total - AA 26 86 220 61 2 0 9 32 22 14 2 1 25 0 0 .277 .325 .409 .734 98 90 -0.3
1961 Memphis - AA 27 127 178 62 6 0 3 24 23 7 0 0 21 0 0 .348 .373 .433 .806 122 127 0.9
1962 Memphis - AA 28 123 473 132 4 0 10 55 45 15 5 5 46 0 0 .279 .305 .351 .656 80 78 -0.9
1963 Memphis - AA 29 87 163 37 0 0 4 20 15 16 2 0 23 0 0 .227 .304 .301 .604 69 72 -0.6
1964 Memphis - AA 30 126 353 103 8 0 9 41 48 39 3 4 44 0 0 .292 .363 .391 .754 106 110 0.3
Total DIX 547 1385 395 20 0 35 172 153 91 12 10 158 0 0 .285 .332 .375 .708 94 94
Total MAL 175 390 110 9 1 7 40 39 36 3 0 50 0 0 .282 .347 .364 .711 99 100
Total SEL 114 322 89 7 0 5 35 26 27 2 5 45 0 0 .276 .331 .345 .676 82 79
Total LSA 77 181 53 4 0 5 20 20 11 0 0 20 0 0 .293 .333 .398 .731 107 104
Total UMVA 84 124 31 4 1 3 12 18 17 0 0 37 0 0 .250 .340 .371 .711 80 76
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Moline - C LF 12 4 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 46.2 0.96 +1.1 .986
1952 Moline - C CF 8 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 31.1 1.15 -0.8 .754
1952 Moline - C RF 11 8 9 0 0 10 1 .900 74.1 1.09 +0.1 .978
1953 Moline - C SS 4 3 3 2 0 6 1 .833 27.0 1.67 -1.6 .671
1953 Moline - C LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1953 Moline - C CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 -0.1 .997
1953 Moline - C RF 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 10.0 0.90 -0.0 .988
1954 Moline - C SS 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.0 .952
1954 Moline - C LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Moline - C CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Moline - C RF 6 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 10.0 3.60 +0.5 .941
1955 Charlotte - B SS 8 6 10 12 2 24 2 .917 54.1 3.64 -2.8 .744
1955 Moline - C SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Charlotte - B LF 3 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 26.0 2.77 -0.7 .782
1955 Moline - C LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Charlotte - B CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.2 13.50 +0.2 .986
1955 Charlotte - B RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
1955 Moline - C RF 6 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 32.2 0.83 -0.4 .972
1956 Charlotte - B SS 9 4 6 9 1 16 1 .938 45.0 3.00 -1.4 .901
1956 Charlotte - B LF 16 10 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 104.2 2.15 -1.9 .926
1956 Charlotte - B CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Charlotte - B RF 33 28 63 0 0 67 4 .940 252.0 2.25 -2.5 .912
1956 Moline - C RF 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 -0.0 .948
1957 Hartford - A SS 9 5 12 13 2 26 1 .962 55.0 4.09 -1.1 .895
1957 Hartford - A LF 10 6 12 1 1 13 0 1.000 65.2 1.78 -1.6 .877
1957 Charlotte - B LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Hartford - A CF 18 16 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 139.2 1.87 -4.3 .847
1957 Charlotte - B CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.1 .966
1957 Hartford - A RF 14 11 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 99.2 2.44 +0.1 1.007
1957 Charlotte - B RF 31 30 48 0 0 48 0 1.000 258.1 1.67 -1.9 .962
1958 Dallas - AA SS 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 12.0 3.00 +0.2 1.067
1958 Hartford - A SS 17 10 18 22 4 45 5 .889 107.1 3.35 -4.0 .781
1958 Dallas - AA LF 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.2 1.62 -0.1 .982
1958 Hartford - A LF 12 3 13 0 0 14 1 .929 43.2 2.68 +0.3 .993
1958 Dallas - AA CF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
1958 Hartford - A CF 5 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 37.0 1.70 -0.3 .996
1958 Dallas - AA RF 10 9 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 79.0 1.71 +0.3 1.027
1958 Hartford - A RF 21 16 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 143.1 1.38 -0.5 1.010
1959 Dallas - AA 3B 7 4 4 9 0 13 0 1.000 39.0 3.00 +0.4 1.034
1959 Dallas - AA SS 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 7.2 3.52 -0.1 1.044
1959 Hartford - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Dallas - AA LF 12 10 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 85.1 1.27 -0.3 .988
1959 Hartford - A LF 13 6 7 0 0 8 1 .875 64.1 0.98 -0.5 .851
1959 Dallas - AA RF 17 13 24 0 0 25 1 .960 109.2 1.97 -0.7 .964
1959 Hartford - A RF 8 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 28.0 1.29 -1.8 .648
1960 Memphis - AA 3B 6 6 4 11 0 16 1 .938 48.0 2.81 -0.6 .897
1960 Memphis - AA SS 66 33 84 111 19 215 20 .907 360.2 4.87 -9.1 .860
1960 Hartford - A SS 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 +0.2 1.051
1960 Memphis - AA RF 10 9 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 70.1 1.41 -0.5 1.010
1961 Memphis - AA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Memphis - AA SS 21 0 13 13 3 28 2 .929 46.2 5.01 -0.9 .885
1961 Memphis - AA LF 11 7 10 0 0 12 2 .833 58.0 1.55 -0.4 .890
1961 Memphis - AA RF 60 5 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 176.0 1.38 -1.1 .871
1962 Memphis - AA 1B 1 1 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 7.0 14.14 0.0 .000
1962 Memphis - AA LF 120 117 169 0 0 170 1 .994 946.2 1.61 -10.1 .921
1962 Memphis - AA RF 21 0 10 0 0 11 1 .909 55.0 1.64 +0.1 .965
1963 Memphis - AA 3B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.042
1963 Memphis - AA SS 20 9 13 29 9 45 3 .933 87.1 4.33 -2.9 .872
1963 Memphis - AA LF 47 24 54 1 0 57 2 .965 247.0 2.00 -1.5 .937
1963 Memphis - AA RF 9 5 5 2 0 8 1 .875 43.1 1.45 -1.1 .825
1964 Memphis - AA SS 5 0 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 9.2 4.66 -0.3 .865
1964 Memphis - AA LF 99 92 148 2 1 152 2 .987 711.2 1.90 -6.0 .949
1964 Memphis - AA RF 14 7 13 1 0 14 0 1.000 68.1 1.84 +0.4 1.041
TOTAL 1B 1 1 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 7.0 14.14 0.0 .000
TOTAL 3B 14 10 8 21 1 30 1 .967 89.0 2.93 -0.2 .960
TOTAL SS 166 71 162 225 42 422 35 .917 822.2 4.23 -23.7 .855
TOTAL LF 363 284 466 4 2 479 9 .981 2428.0 1.74 -21.8 .930
TOTAL CF 37 25 43 0 0 43 0 1.000 228.2 1.69 -5.9 .850
TOTAL RF 286 145 289 3 0 300 8 .973 1528.0 1.72 -9.6 .949
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/19/1952 Drafted in the 1952 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 15, 111st overall pick) by the St. Louis Pioneers, out of high school Concord (Concord; Concord, MA).
04/20/1959 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the St. Louis Pioneers development complex.
05/01/1960 Released by the St. Louis organization.
05/28/1960 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Memphis Excelsiors organization.
04/25/1962 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Memphis Excelsiors development complex.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
04/24/1963 Successfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Memphis Excelsiors development complex.
09/19/1963 Injured (bone spur (elbow)),out for 4 weeks.
10/11/1963 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, requires surgery and will miss another 2-3 months.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
04/01/1965 Released by the Memphis Excelsiors.
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