Donald
Birnbaum
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: June 14, 1973 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2003    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 27 NV GE $ 2,695,000 8 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4
2001 28 NV GE $ 2,695,000 8 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4
2002 29 NV GE $ 2,695,000 8 6 7 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 4 4
2003 30 NV GE $ 2,695,000 9 7 7 4 3 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
2004 31 NV GE $ 2,695,000 9 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
2005 32 CT FF $ 2,695,000 9 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
2006 33 CT FF   9 7 8 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
2007 34 CT FF $ 300,000 9 7 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
2008 35 CT FF $ 300,000 9 7 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   8 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,695,000 9 7 8 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 36 CT FF $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6
2010 37 CT FF $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5
2011 38 CT FF $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
2012 39 ID GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
2013 40 ID GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 27 NV GE 138 249 33 72 4 4 5 23 0 2 20 52 .289 .347 .398 .744 32.7 5.0
2001 28 NV GE 150 589 78 174 9 5 12 61 8 0 54 126 .295 .354 .389 .743 80.6 16.2
2002 29 NV GE 132 368 50 113 12 3 9 53 0 1 36 42 .307 .369 .429 .799 54.5 14.2
2003 30 NV GE 153 581 53 165 15 0 22 97 2 0 39 85 .284 .328 .423 .751 80.3 16.9
2004 31 NV GE 158 569 78 177 25 1 22 113 3 0 51 99 .311 .368 .475 .843 94.4 22.7
2005 32 CT FF 157 568 86 182 31 1 17 73 4 1 55 104 .320 .378 .468 .847 97.6 21.2
2006 33 CT FF 156 550 60 165 19 1 14 76 5 0 54 98 .300 .366 .415 .781 80.6 19.1
2007 34 CT FF 155 569 67 173 26 1 10 76 1 0 59 98 .304 .375 .406 .781 84.9 18.1
2008 35 CT FF 156 559 70 185 28 0 13 93 0 0 59 101 .331 .398 .451 .849 95.8 23.4
2009 36 CT FF 152 573 82 174 24 1 19 78 2 0 64 86 .304 .375 .449 .824 94.8 20.5
2010 37 CT FF 152 565 91 167 36 1 17 102 0 0 50 79 .296 .360 .453 .813 86.4 18.7
2011 38 CT FF 132 331 35 99 17 1 15 48 0 0 18 47 .299 .338 .492 .831 51.5 13.3
2012 39 ID GE 91 327 30 74 9 0 4 31 0 0 20 52 .226 .280 .291 .571 25.1 1.8
    AAA   36 136 13 25 5 1 0 9 0 1 18 26 .184 .279 .235 .515 9.3  
2013 40 AAA   136 510 23 59 14 1 3 30 1 2 48 103 .116 .192 .165 .356 8.5  
13 Years Sim 1882 6398 813 1920 255 19 179 924 25 4 579 1069 .300 .361 .430 .790 959.4 211.2
2 Years AAA 172 646 36 84 19 2 3 39 1 3 66 129 .130 .210 .180 .390 17.8  
162 Game Average 550 69 165 21 1 15 79 2 0 49 92 .300 .361 .430 .790 82.6  
Career Highs 158 589 91 185 36 5 22 113 8 2 64 126 .331 .398 .492 .849 97.6  
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   4354 553 1297 181 13 120 647 21 3 367 637 .298 .355 .428 .783 642.3
vs LH   2044 260 623 74 6 59 277 4 1 212 432 .305 .372 .433 .806 322.5
Home 939 3127 397 935 130 9 86 438 14 2 275 521 .299 .358 .429 .787 466.7
Away 943 3271 416 985 125 10 93 486 11 2 304 548 .301 .363 .431 .793 498.1
RISP   1782 0 562 60 3 53 736 0 0 190 319 .315 .377 .442 .818 293.1
Pinch Hitting   246 32 72 7 0 9 36 0 1 17 40 .293 .338 .431 .769 34.8
Close/Late   796 64 222 23 3 13 87 0 0 85 126 .279 .348 .364 .712 103.7
Mar/Apr 275 938 110 294 28 1 25 143 2 0 77 152 .313 .369 .425 .794 141.9
May 329 1124 135 339 49 5 32 147 4 0 90 198 .302 .355 .440 .795 169.0
June 325 1067 161 320 50 4 37 167 5 1 112 173 .300 .370 .458 .828 174.9
July 296 1002 127 293 36 4 23 137 5 2 87 162 .292 .352 .405 .757 140.0
August 315 1089 129 322 47 3 22 144 3 0 103 181 .296 .357 .405 .762 155.6
Sep/Oct 342 1178 151 352 45 2 40 186 6 1 110 203 .299 .361 .442 .804 183.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2000 27 NV GE 1B 41 39 352.7 376 19 2 35 .995 10.08   0.5
    LF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2001 28 NV GE 1B 149 148 1309.7 1261 84 11 106 .992 9.24   1.3
    SS 1 1 8.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
2002 29 NV GE 1B 89 84 765.3 726 43 8 76 .990 9.04   0.6
2003 30 NV GE 1B 146 146 1301.7 1242 67 6 110 .995 9.05   1.9
2004 31 NV GE 1B 156 142 1267.0 1195 92 6 99 .995 9.14   1.4
2005 32 CT FF 1B 153 148 1282.3 1180 96 5 93 .996 8.96   1.5
2006 33 CT FF 1B 153 148 1268.7 1199 91 5 106 .996 9.15   1.1
2007 34 CT FF 1B 153 150 1339.0 1321 80 8 108 .994 9.42   2.3
2008 35 CT FF 1B 151 150 1299.7 1298 76 6 117 .996 9.51   2.2
2009 36 CT FF 1B 151 150 1305.0 1533 100 15 143 .991 11.26   1.6
2010 37 CT FF 1B 150 149 1276.7 1516 119 14 132 .992 11.53   1.4
2011 38 CT FF 1B 99 68 642.3 734 54 3 70 .996 11.04   1.0
2012 39 ID GE 1B 89 85 751.7 780 61 5 60 .994 10.07   1.7
  1B 1680 1607 14161.6 14361 982 94 1255 .994 9.75   18.4
  SS 1 1 8.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
  LF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1683 1608 14179.3 14362 986 94 1256 .994 9.74   18.5
Career Highs   156 150 1339.0 1533 119 15 143 .996 11.53    
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
2004 31 NV GE 3 12 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .583 .917
2008 35 CT FF 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364
Career Post-Season Batting 6 23 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .261 .261 .391 .652
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2005-7-.320
2008-4-.331
2010-8-.296
On-Base Pct
2005-9-.378
2008-7-.398
XR
2005-10-97.6
2009-10-94.8
Games
2004-5-158
2005-5-157
Hits
2005-7-182
2008-7-185
2009-9-174
2010-8-167
Singles
2001-7-148
2003-10-128
2004-10-129
2005-6-133
2007-6-136
2008-4-144
2009-7-130
Doubles
2010-6-36
RBIs
2003-6-97
2004-2-113
2008-8-93
2010-7-102
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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