What years did Donovan Osborne play?

Donovan Osborne played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004.

Was Donovan Osborne a pitcher?

Yes. Donovan Osborne pitched in the major leagues, recording 49 wins and 558 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Donovan Osborne hit?

Donovan Osborne hit 1 career home run with 42 hits.

What teams did Donovan Osborne play for?

Donovan Osborne played for 3 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1992–1993, 1995–1999), the Chicago Cubs (2002), and the New York Yankees (2004).

What were Donovan Osborne's career stats?

In 163 games, Donovan Osborne went 49-46 with a 4.03 ERA, 558 strikeouts, and 873.2 innings pitched. At the plate he had 42 hits and 1 home runs.

What was Donovan Osborne's salary?

Donovan Osborne's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $5,080,000, in 1999, and his lowest was $112,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2004.

What position did Donovan Osborne play?

Donovan Osborne played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Donovan Osborne and how much did he weigh?

Donovan Osborne was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 195 pounds.

What was Donovan Osborne's career ERA?

Donovan Osborne finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 49-46 with 558 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Donovan Osborne have?

Donovan Osborne recorded 558 career strikeouts.

Is Donovan Osborne in the Hall of Fame?

No. Donovan Osborne has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Donovan Osborne

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2004)

Donovan Osborne was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, and the New York Yankees, a span of 13 seasons. Across 163 career appearances, he went 49-46 with a 4.03 ERA and 558 strikeouts. He also batted .162 with 1 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3310.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 49–46

ERA 4.03

WHIP 1.31

SO 558

Pitcher PIV 3310.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 195 lb
Born: 6/21/1969 in Roseville, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-04-09
Last Game: 2004-05-15

Full name: Donovan Alan Osborne

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Career Pitching Statistics

Donovan Osborne — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
49	46	163	140	4	2	0	873.2	895	391	100	246	558	4.03	3310.0

Career ERA 4.03 vs. league average 4.37 across their career seasons — 7.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Donovan Osborne Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	SLN	NL	11	9	34	29	0	0	179.0	193	75	38	104	3.77	3.75 (-1%)	2028.4
1993	SLN	NL	10	7	26	26	1	0	155.2	153	65	47	83	3.76	4.19 (+10%)	-1071.2
1995	SLN	NL	4	6	19	19	0	0	113.1	112	48	34	82	3.81	4.45 (+14%)	-306.2
1996	SLN	NL	13	9	30	30	2	1	198.2	191	78	57	134	3.53	4.61 (+23%)	2444.8
1997	SLN	NL	3	7	14	14	0	0	80.1	84	44	23	51	4.93	4.39 (-12%)	72.3
1998	SLN	NL	5	4	14	14	1	1	83.2	84	38	22	60	4.09	4.43 (+8%)	410.4
1999	SLN	NL	1	3	6	6	0	0	29.1	34	18	10	21	5.52	4.71 (-17%)	4.7
2002	CHN	NL	0	1	11	0	0	0	16.0	19	11	10	13	6.19	4.28 (-45%)	101.7
2004	NYA	AL	2	0	9	2	0	0	17.2	25	14	5	10	7.13	4.46 (-60%)	-374.9
Career · 9 seasons			49	46	163	140	4	2	873.2	895	391	246	558	4.03	—	3,310

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Donovan Osborne — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
166	259	18	42	10	1	1	19	1	12	87	.162	.202	.220	.422	-1,055

Career AVG .162 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 38.9% below league average.

Career OBP .202 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 39.7% below league average.

Career SLG .220 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 47.2% below league average.

Career OPS .422 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — 43.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Donovan Osborne Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	SLN	NL	34	58	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	.121	.255 (-53%)	.322 (-63%)	.377 (-59%)	.699 (-61%)	-550.5
1993	SLN	NL	29	49	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	3	13	.204	—	—	—	—	-275.4
1995	SLN	NL	19	31	1	5	3	0	0	4	0	3	15	.161	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	SLN	NL	30	59	6	13	4	0	1	10	0	3	24	.220	.269 (-18%)	.340 (-24%)	.426 (-21%)	.767 (-22%)	-229.4
1997	SLN	NL	14	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	6	.208	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SLN	NL	14	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.040	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	SLN	NL	6	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CHN	NL	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	NYA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			166	259	18	42	10	1	1	19	1	12	87	.162	—	—	—	—	-1,055

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Donovan Osborne — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Donovan Osborne — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1996	NLCS	SLN	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1996	NLDS2	SLN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Donovan Osborne — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	3	3	0	11.2	19	12	4	11	9.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Donovan Osborne — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	NLCS	SLN	1	1	2	2	0	7.2	12	8	4	6	9.39
1996	NLDS2	SLN	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	7	4	0	5	9.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Donovan Osborne — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	85	123	13	23	1	12	.187
Away	81	136	5	19	0	7	.140

Pitching — Home / Away

Donovan Osborne — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	82	453.2	434	179	114	292	3.55
Away	81	420.0	461	212	132	266	4.54

Last 10 Games — Batting

Donovan Osborne — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2004-05-15	NYY	SEA	L	0	0
2004-05-09	NYY	SEA	W	0	0
2004-05-04	NYY	OAK	W	0	0
2004-04-27	NYY	OAK	W	0	0
2004-04-23	NYY	BOS	L	0	0
2004-04-17	NYY	BOS	L	0	0
2004-04-16	NYY	BOS	L	0	0
2004-04-09	NYY	CHW	L	0	0
2004-04-06	NYY	TBR	L	0	0
2002-05-08	CHC	STL	L	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Donovan Osborne — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-05-15	NYY	SEA	—	5.0	8	6	4	0	0	0
2004-05-09	NYY	SEA	—	1.1	6	6	6	2	0	1
2004-05-04	NYY	OAK	W	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	1
2004-04-27	NYY	OAK	W	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004-04-23	NYY	BOS	—	2.1	3	2	2	1	2	1
2004-04-17	NYY	BOS	—	3.0	3	1	1	0	4	0
2004-04-16	NYY	BOS	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-04-09	NYY	CHW	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2004-04-06	NYY	TBR	—	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2002-05-08	CHC	STL	—	1.2	2	0	0	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Donovan Osborne — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	163	140	34	114	7	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Donovan Osborne — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	SLN	P	34	29	6	18	2	2
1993	SLN	P	26	26	8	24	0	1
1995	SLN	P	19	19	3	16	0	0
1996	SLN	P	30	30	6	23	1	0
1997	SLN	P	14	14	4	10	0	1
1998	SLN	P	14	14	5	8	3	2
1999	SLN	P	6	6	1	7	1	0
2002	CHN	P	11	0	0	2	0	0
2004	NYA	P	9	2	1	6	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Donovan Osborne Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	163

Salary History

Donovan Osborne's recorded salaries total $13,722,000 over 9 seasons, 1993 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Osborne's career ran from 1992 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1992.

Donovan Osborne — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	NYA	AL	$450,000
2002	CHN	NL	$450,000
1999	SLN	NL	$5,080,000
1998	SLN	NL	$3,750,000
1997	SLN	NL	$2,750,000
1996	SLN	NL	$725,000
1995	SLN	NL	$250,000
1994	SLN	NL	$112,000
1993	SLN	NL	$155,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$13,722,000

College History

Donovan Osborne — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Nevada-Las Vegas	Las Vegas	NV	1988, 1989, 1990

Award Voting History

Donovan Osborne — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1992	Rookie of the Year	NL	5th	12.0	120	0

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Career Spans

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Donovan Osborne: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 9, 1992 and the final game on May 15, 2004, Donovan Osborne built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the St. Louis Cardinals (1992 to 1999), the Chicago Cubs (2002), and the New York Yankees (2004). Osborne, born on June 21, 1969, in Roseville, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted from both sides and threw left-handed. The bio gives 195 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. The given name on file is Donovan Alan Osborne.

Osborne pitched in 163 games, starting 140, and finished with a 49-46 record and 4.03 ERA. Also on Osborne's record: 558 strikeouts. Against a 4.37 league ERA for the same years, Osborne was 7.8% better. No season topped the 13 wins of 1996. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.53 in 1996, when the league's was 4.61. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Osborne's career adds up to 3,310.0.

Frequently Asked Questions about Donovan Osborne

What years did Donovan Osborne play?: Donovan Osborne played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2004.
Was Donovan Osborne a pitcher?: Yes. Donovan Osborne pitched in the major leagues, recording 49 wins and 558 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Donovan Osborne hit?: Donovan Osborne hit 1 career home run with 42 hits.
What teams did Donovan Osborne play for?: Donovan Osborne played for 3 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1992–1993, 1995–1999), the Chicago Cubs (2002), and the New York Yankees (2004).
What were Donovan Osborne's career stats?: In 163 games, Donovan Osborne went 49-46 with a 4.03 ERA, 558 strikeouts, and 873.2 innings pitched. At the plate he had 42 hits and 1 home runs.
How much did Donovan Osborne earn in his career?: Donovan Osborne's recorded salaries total $13,722,000 over 9 seasons, 1993 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Osborne's career ran from 1992 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1992.
What was Donovan Osborne's salary?: Donovan Osborne's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $5,080,000, in 1999, and his lowest was $112,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2004.
What position did Donovan Osborne play?: Donovan Osborne played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Donovan Osborne and how much did he weigh?: Donovan Osborne was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 195 pounds.
What was Donovan Osborne's career ERA?: Donovan Osborne finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 49-46 with 558 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Donovan Osborne have?: Donovan Osborne recorded 558 career strikeouts.
Is Donovan Osborne in the Hall of Fame?: No. Donovan Osborne has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.