Donnie
Rotten
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 0''
Weight: 172
 
Born: June 6, 1961 in Brooklyn, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1985    1986    1988    1989    1992   
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
1980 19 OMA JL   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7
                                             
  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
1981 20 OMA JL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 4 5 10 10 10 17 17 17 17 17 17
1982 21 OMA JL $ 300,000   11 11 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 17 17 17 18 18 18
1983 22 OMA JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 17 17 17 10 10 10 17 17 17 19 19 19
1984 23 OMA JL $ 300,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 17 17 17 20 20 20
1985 24 OMA JL $ 300,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 12 12 12 17 17 17 20 20 20
1986 25 OMA JL $ 3,850,000   17 17 17 20 20 20 12 12 12 17 17 17 20 20 20
1987 26 OMA JL $ 9,500,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 11 11 11 16 16 16 20 20 20
1988 27 OMA JL $ 9,500,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 11 11 11 16 16 16 20 20 20
1989 28 OMA JL $ 19,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 15 15 15 19 19 19
1990 29 OMA JL $ 19,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 15 15 15 20 20 20
1991 30 OMA JL $ 19,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 15 15 15 19 19 19
1992 31 OMA JL $ 19,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 15 15 15 19 19 19
1993 32 NO FL $ 21,000,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 11 11 11 15 15 15 19 19 19
1994 33 LBC FL $ 21,000,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 11 11 11 14 14 14 19 19 19
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 4 5 10 10 10 14 14 14 17 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 21,000,000   17 17 17 20 20 20 12 12 12 17 17 17 20 20 20
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 19 AA   138 530 70 147 19 1 5 50 16 8 80 48 .277 .372 .345 .717 73.7  
1981 20 OMA JL 63 187 26 51 5 2 1 19 15 5 17 10 .273 .335 .337 .672 23.6 2.9
    AAA   70 261 45 77 13 1 3 26 16 3 71 16 .295 .446 .387 .833 53.1  
    AA   19 61 10 23 3 0 2 12 2 1 22 1 .377 .542 .525 1.067 17.9  
1982 21 OMA JL 67 196 28 40 8 2 3 16 10 1 27 22 .204 .301 .311 .612 22.9 1.7
    AAA   56 208 40 71 7 3 14 49 1 2 44 15 .341 .456 .606 1.062 53.2  
1983 22 OMA JL 72 248 42 71 8 3 12 46 15 4 41 15 .286 .384 .488 .871 48.0 9.6
    AAA   89 308 77 103 17 2 26 88 16 3 65 18 .334 .450 .656 1.106 85.1  
1984 23 OMA JL 155 539 92 141 28 7 22 78 21 11 73 20 .262 .348 .462 .810 86.5 14.6
1985 24 OMA JL 154 576 93 173 30 5 29 108 38 4 54 13 .300 .357 .521 .878 107.7 21.3
1986 25 OMA JL 158 553 129 169 26 6 46 126 38 5 98 22 .306 .410 .624 1.034 136.2 27.8
1987 26 OMA JL 116 436 97 127 16 1 37 106 24 5 65 19 .291 .386 .587 .973 98.3 18.4
1988 27 OMA JL 155 573 111 166 24 9 37 115 30 5 63 15 .290 .361 .557 .917 114.1 19.9
1989 28 OMA JL 157 601 116 183 35 6 32 112 26 8 74 24 .304 .379 .542 .921 117.6 25.1
1990 29 OMA JL 115 440 73 121 26 4 29 86 18 5 49 18 .275 .347 .550 .897 81.6 13.6
1991 30 OMA JL 147 555 94 150 21 7 29 102 27 8 60 21 .270 .336 .490 .826 96.5 16.6
1992 31 OMA JL 130 498 110 159 22 5 34 120 24 2 57 17 .319 .388 .588 .976 108.6 23.0
1993 32 NO FL 162 620 103 145 24 5 29 86 34 9 74 34 .234 .319 .429 .748 89.7 13.3
1994 33 NO FL 68 248 45 62 10 5 13 43 14 1 28 20 .250 .330 .488 .818 41.2 6.3
  LBC FL 65 233 32 58 10 3 15 48 14 0 25 12 .249 .327 .511 .838 40.0 5.9
  TOT   133 481 77 120 20 8 28 91 28 1 53 32 .249 .328 .499 .827 81.1 12.2
14 Years Sim 1784 6503 1191 1816 293 70 368 1211 348 73 805 282 .279 .358 .516 .874 1212.5 220.0
3 Years AAA 215 777 162 251 37 6 43 163 33 8 180 49 .323 .447 .552 1.000 191.4  
2 Years AA 157 591 80 170 22 1 7 62 18 9 102 49 .288 .393 .364 .756 91.6  
5 Years Minors 372 1368 242 421 59 7 50 225 51 17 282 98 .308 .424 .471 .895 283.0  
162 Game Average 590 108 164 26 6 33 109 31 6 73 25 .279 .358 .516 .874 110.1  
Career Highs 162 620 129 183 35 9 46 126 38 11 98 34 .319 .410 .624 1.034 136.2  
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   4548 834 1262 204 48 268 868 233 60 563 195 .277 .356 .520 .876 852.4
vs LH   1955 357 554 89 22 100 343 115 13 242 87 .283 .363 .505 .868 366.8
Home 883 3136 556 877 135 39 181 587 168 39 388 138 .280 .358 .521 .879 592.2
Away 901 3367 635 939 158 31 187 624 180 34 417 144 .279 .358 .511 .869 627.0
RISP   1725 0 502 72 14 108 820 0 0 310 70 .291 .387 .537 .924 363.9
Pinch Hitting   59 15 17 4 0 5 13 1 0 8 3 .288 .382 .610 .993 12.9
Close/Late   679 137 178 27 5 32 98 0 0 141 38 .262 .390 .458 .848 127.6
Mar/Apr 289 1054 197 299 58 17 67 231 50 9 127 37 .284 .358 .562 .919 211.2
May 294 1065 201 316 53 9 54 206 64 10 136 50 .297 .377 .515 .893 207.9
June 253 924 170 256 40 6 53 151 43 10 110 44 .277 .353 .505 .858 167.7
July 283 1044 179 280 35 12 52 174 53 9 123 51 .268 .345 .474 .820 178.2
August 340 1225 251 362 62 14 72 225 68 20 160 46 .296 .378 .545 .923 247.3
Sep/Oct 325 1191 193 303 45 12 70 224 70 15 149 54 .254 .337 .489 .825 206.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 20 OMA JL SS 53 53 436.7 71 144 3 27 .986 4.43   4.5
    3B 3 1 13.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.1
    2B 3 1 11.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
1982 21 OMA JL SS 65 65 505.0 75 165 5 36 .980 4.28   3.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 22 OMA JL 2B 66 65 584.3 148 218 10 50 .973 5.64   3.3
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 23 OMA JL 3B 142 138 1243.0 79 280 8 20 .978 2.60   5.2
    2B 6 0 10.3 5 6 0 2 1.000 9.58   0.2
    SS 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 24 OMA JL 3B 104 96 864.0 49 245 11 24 .964 3.06   3.5
    SS 49 49 437.0 60 159 8 23 .965 4.51   1.3
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1986 25 OMA JL 3B 116 116 1017.3 69 233 9 18 .971 2.67   3.5
    2B 40 31 286.0 55 99 4 30 .975 4.85   1.3
    SS 2 0 4.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.1
1987 26 OMA JL 3B 114 114 996.7 58 263 8 23 .976 2.90   4.6
    SS 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 27 OMA JL 3B 96 95 830.0 54 215 12 19 .957 2.92   2.7
    2B 39 35 320.0 65 117 6 26 .968 5.12   1.2
    SS 18 17 154.0 21 58 2 7 .975 4.62   0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1989 28 OMA JL 2B 126 122 1087.3 237 352 13 71 .978 4.88   2.6
    3B 28 26 243.0 9 57 1 2 .985 2.44   0.8
    CF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
1990 29 OMA JL SS 81 81 731.3 111 238 12 45 .967 4.29   1.3
    2B 32 32 292.7 50 108 3 17 .981 4.86   1.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.1
1991 30 OMA JL SS 145 144 1284.3 201 420 14 73 .978 4.35   6.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1992 31 OMA JL SS 129 124 1121.7 161 399 12 70 .979 4.49   5.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1993 32 NO FL SS 162 162 1432.3 198 530 15 82 .980 4.57   9.6
1994 33 NO FL 3B 34 33 288.5 22 70 2 7 .979 2.87   1.4
    SS 32 32 284.6 35 115 3 15 .980 4.74   0.6
    2B 2 0 5.2 1 3 1 1 .800 6.92   0.0
  LBC FL 3B 32 31 268.1 21 65 1 6 .989 2.89   0.4
    SS 30 30 264.4 32 106 2 14 .986 4.70   1.6
    2B 2 0 4.8 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  SS 773 757 6669.6 968 2340 76 393 .978 4.46   34.2
  3B 677 650 5774.6 368 1434 53 119 .971 2.81   22.3
  2B 320 286 2607.7 562 913 37 198 .976 5.09   9.7
  CF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1775 1695 15073.9 1905 4687 166 710 .975 3.94   66.2
Career Highs   162 162 1432.3 251 530 20 82 .987 5.60    
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
1981 20 OMA JL 7 18 2 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
1983 22 OMA JL 4 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .188 .235 .250 .485
1984 23 OMA JL 5 22 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409
1985 24 OMA JL 3 11 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .545 .879
1987 26 OMA JL 3 12 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .357 .500 .857
1989 28 OMA JL 12 47 5 10 2 1 2 7 1 0 6 6 .213 .296 .426 .722
1992 31 OMA JL 11 41 6 7 1 0 0 4 4 0 6 3 .171 .292 .195 .487
1994 33 LBC FL 4 14 1 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .500 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 49 181 22 38 14 2 2 22 8 0 16 12 .210 .284 .343 .626
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
1992-6-.319
On-Base Pct
1986-8-.410
1992-5-.388
Slugging Pct
1985-7-.521
1986-3-.624
1987-10-.587
1988-3-.557
1989-10-.542
1990-9-.549*
1992-3-.588
CAR-21-.516
OPS
1985-8-.878
1986-4-1.034
1987-8-.973
1988-4-.917
1989-7-.921
1990-10-.895*
1992-2-.976
CAR-21-.874
XR
1985-7-107.7
1986-3-136.2
1988-3-114.1
1989-5-117.6
1992-6-108.6
CAR-27-1212.5
Games
1986-4-158
1989-8-157
1993-1-162
At-Bats
1989-9-601
1993-6-620
CAR-39-6503
Runs
1986-2-129
1988-3-111
1989-3-116
1992-6-110
1993-10-103
CAR-23-1191
Hits
1985-10-173
1989-10-183
CAR-46-1816
Total Bases
1985-6-300
1986-4-345
1988-3-319
1989-5-326
1992-9-293
CAR-28-3353
Homeruns
1985-9-29
1986-2-46
1988-4-37
1989-7-32
1992-8-34
1993-8-29
CAR-18-368
RBIs
1985-4-108
1986-5-126
1988-1-115
1989-6-112
1992-5-120
CAR-23-1211
Stolen Bases
CAR-50-348
Walks
1984-8-73
1986-5-98
1993-5-74
CAR-30-805
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Frank Boerner (879)
  2. Kewpie Medlinger (861)
  3. David Bogdan (861)
  4. Archie Ayrault (858)
  5. Gary Barr (836)
  6. Justin Smith (831)
  7. Clemente Serrano (821)
  8. Jon McNecirty (819)
  9. Xavier Jonah (818)
  10. Leroy Jeffcoat (814)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Omaha in 1980
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/12/1981, off Jacob Butler (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1981, off Roy Anderson (VAL)