Donovan Osborne Notable

b. June 21, 1969 · St. Louis Cardinals 1992–1993, 1995–1999, Chicago Cubs 2002, New York Yankees 2004

Donovan Osborne played for three clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1992 and closing with the New York Yankees in 2004.

He went 49 and 46 with a 4.03 earned run average, pitching 873.7 innings in 163 games. He struck out 558 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 166 games he batted .162, with 42 hits and 18 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 10 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Roseville, CA, USA on June 21, 1969. He batted both ways and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1992	STL	34	58	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	21	0	.121
1993	STL	29	49	4	10	1	0	0	3	3	13	0	.204
1995	STL	19	31	1	5	3	0	0	4	3	15	0	.161
1996	STL	30	59	6	13	4	0	1	10	3	24	0	.220
1997	STL	14	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	6	1	.208
1998	STL	14	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	.040
1999	STL	6	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.100
2002	CHC	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
2004	NYY	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	166	259	18	42	10	1	1	19	12	87	1	.162

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	STL	11	9	34	29	179.0	193	75	38	104	3.77
1993	STL	10	7	26	26	155.2	153	65	47	83	3.76
1995	STL	4	6	19	19	113.1	112	48	34	82	3.81
1996	STL	13	9	30	30	198.2	191	78	57	134	3.53
1997	STL	3	7	14	14	80.1	84	44	23	51	4.93
1998	STL	5	4	14	14	83.2	84	38	22	60	4.09
1999	STL	1	3	6	6	29.1	34	18	10	21	5.52
2002	CHC	0	1	11	0	16.0	19	11	10	13	6.19
2004	NYY	2	0	9	2	17.2	25	14	5	10	7.13
Career	—	49	46	163	140	873.2	895	391	246	558	4.03

On this day & linked events

1969

Born June 21, 1969

Roseville, CA, USA

1992

Major-league debut: Donovan Osborne

Donovan Osborne made a major-league debut on April 9, 1992.

2004

Final major-league game: Donovan Osborne

Donovan Osborne played a final major-league game on May 15, 2004.

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